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Sierra Madre Residents Struggle With Water Restrictions
Sierra Madre has received less than half of its normal rainfall during the past year, dropping water levels more than 30 feet, according to city ...
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Los Angeles County commits $8.5 million to Marina del Rey upgrades
The county Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to commit $8.5 million to improve public spaces in Marina del Rey, as several developers commit hundreds of millions of dollars to the ...
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Wetlands advocacy group names Andrew Henderson to its board
"Andy has been associated with the Friends for years, beginning with his legal work on our behalf in the mid-1990s. We're thrilled that he will bring his considerable conservation expertise to our board, and we look forward to his input as we continue to advocate for the restoration of Ballona Wetlands," board President David Kay said in a ...
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Gardena offers presentation on brownfield cleanup
The city of Gardena and the Brownfield Community Relations Committee will present "Recycling Our Land Through Zero Waste" from 3:30-5:30 p.m. Thursday at the Gardena Transportation Facility, 13999 S Western ...
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Robber snatches iPhones from victims in Hawthorne
Police searched with dogs on the ground and a chopper in the air Tuesday for a man who snatched iPhones from the hands of two people in ...
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Banning Police Watch Residents With Newly Installed Security Cameras
BANNING (CBSLA.com) --Authorities have installed a dozen surveillance cameras in Banning to watch its residents. Banning Police Chief Leonard Purvis said the cameras are a way for officers to keep an eye on the city without having as many patrols on the ground. "We definitely don’t want anybody to feel that we’re trying to be Big Brother, we just want to be able to provide an ...
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LAUSD Under Scrutiny For $30M iPad Purchase For Students
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) -- The L.A. Unified School District is under scrutiny for agreeing to purchase $30M in iPads for students. The plan was approved by the Board of Education at a meeting Tuesday. Before the vote, United Teachers Los Angeles President Warren Fletcher asked board members to delay their decision. The expenditure has struck a nerve with the teachers union who, after having ...
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Riverside Supervisors Approve Plan To Split $100K Dorner Reward
RIVERSIDE (CBSLA.com) -- Riverside County Supervisors gave final approval Tuesday to a plan to split a $100,000 reward between four people who assisted law enforcement during the Christopher Dorner manhunt in February. A fifth person, Richard Heltebrake, attended the meeting but will not receive any reward money. Heltebrake was carjacked by Dorner in Big Bear, and claims his call to a local ...
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Woman Sentenced To 8 Days In Jail For Stealing Ex-‘Idol’ Contestant’s iPhone
SANTA ANA (CBSLA.com) -- A 47-year-old woman was sentenced to eight days in jail for stealing a former "American Idol" contestant's iPhone during an event at an Orange County elementary school last week. Bertha Alicia Avalos of Santa Ana pleaded guilty Monday to misdemeanor petty theft of lost property and petty theft charges. Todrick Hall, an "Idol" contestant in ...
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California City Wants Team Sues Major League Baseball
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Suburban teen breaks in to Hollywood
To prepare for her role as the larcenous leader of "The Bling Ring," Winnetka's Katie Chang received an unusual assignment from her director, Sofia Coppola. Chang would lead her co-stars on an actual break-in of a Hollywood mansion to steal a specific set of items. "A week before the shooting began, Sofia had us break into the house of someone she knew," Chang said. ...
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Kemp reports improvement with hamstring
Email NEW YORK -- After aggressive running drills on the warning track on Tuesday afternoon before the series opener with the Yankees was postponed by rain, outfielder Matt Kemp reported that his strained right hamstring is improved and that he might try to run the bases on Wednesday. Kemp, out since May 30, needs to be able to run the bases before the Dodgers send him on a Minor League rehab ...
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Schumaker awaiting word on appeal
Email NEW YORK -- Now that the Dodgers are in New York, Skip Schumaker's appeal of a two-game suspension should be resolved, right? "Haven't heard a word," said Schumaker. "Not on [Monday's] off-day, either." Schumaker was handed a two-game suspension by MLB for "aggressive actions" in the benches-clearing incident after Arizona's Ian Kennedy ...
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Aerojet Rocketdyne newly formed rocket engine maker expects job stability growth
United Technologies Corp. today announced it has reached agreement to sell its Rocketdyne unit, currently part of Pratt & Whitney, to GenCorp Inc. for $550 million. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2013. (Dean Musgrove / Staff ...
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Video 4 suspects sought in May 31 assault on transgender woman on Hollywood Boulevard
HOLLYWOOD - Los Angeles police released video today of four suspects wanted for assaulting a transgender woman on Hollywood Boulevard and announced a $25,000 reward for tips leading to the arrests of the culprits. In video recovered by police, the young men are shown knocking down the person, who is in a sheer pink or orange dress, then delivering several kicks to the victim, who police ...
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Low-flying DC-8 operated by NASA startles South Bay residents
A NASA Douglas DC-8 flying laboratory conducting low-altitude research flights over California this week startled residents when it swooped low over Torrance Municipal ...
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Plastic bag ban approved by Los Angeles City Council
After more than a decade of debate and watching other cities around the nation take action, the Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday joined the movement to ban single-use plastic bags in ...
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Award-Winning Journalist Michael Hastings Dies
Michael Hastings of BuzzFeed and Rolling Stone attends the Guardian’s ';Post-Truth Politics & The Media’s Role'; reception and discussion at The LongView Gallery on May 1, 2012, in Washington, DC. (credit: Paul Morigi/Getty Images for The ...
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Angelina Jolie’s Stunt Double Sues News Corp. Over Alleged Phone Hacking
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) -- Angelina Jolie's stunt double is suing Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. for allegedly tapping into her voicemail and obtaining information about Jolie's relationship with Brad Pitt. In court documents, Eunice Huthart said she was working in L.A. at the time on the movie "Mr. & Mrs. ...
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Police Hope To Identify Attackers Caught On Video In Hate Crime Beating
HOLLYWOOD (CBSLA.com) -- Police have released pictures and video in hopes of identifying the men shown brutally beating a transgender woman near a Hollywood Metro stop in ...
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‘Terminator 2’ Star Edward Furlong Charged In Domestic Violence Assault
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) -- "Terminator 2" star Edward Furlong was charged Tuesday with assaulting his girlfriend and threatening her if she called ...
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COL BB North Carolina 4 Louisiana State 2
Trent Thornton hurled seven efficient innings and Brian Holberton homered Tuesday in North Carolina's 4-2 College World Series win over Louisiana State. Thornton, a freshman, allowed two runs on nine hits and overcame four walks while Colin Moran chipped in with three hits, an RBI and two runs scored as the top-seeded Tar Heels eliminated LSU. With the victory, North Carolina advances to ...
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Obamacare and California — little hope
The Legislature last weekend endorsed a major part of the state's role in implementing President Obama's health care reform law, opting to expand Medicaid to 1.4 million poor Californians. The only hope now -- slimmer than slim -- is that Gov. Jerry Brown will miraculously see the light and reverse the state's participation in this disaster-in-waiting known as ...
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Aetna Leaving Californias Individual Health Insurance Market
Aetna Inc. said it would stop selling individual health insurance policies in California next month, and nearly 50,000 existing policyholders will have to find new coverage by January. The company's announcement Monday comes a month after it opted not to participate in California's new state-run insurance market for consumers, a key component of the new federal healthcare law. ...
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Opener in Bronx a wash twin bill on Wednesday
NEW YORK -- Manager Don Mattingly had just told the media that his Dodgers were healthier than they've been in a while when Tuesday night's game was rained out, to be made up as part of a day-night doubleheader on Wednesday. Now, can his Dodgers survive a second night off in New York unscathed? The team needs to report to Yankee Stadium in the morning, with Hyun-Jin Ryu scheduled to ...
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LAX gets a facelift
Los Angeles International Airport has decided to go under the knife again; the sixth busiest airport in the world is in the final stages of a multi-million dollar face lift of its international terminal, aimed at bringing the airport back up to world class standards in design and service and now there is talk of even further redevelopment for the domestic terminals as well.
LAX was once considered a pioneering facility in the early days of the jet age, the famous Theme Building, built to resemble a flying saucer that has just landed is testament to this period of advancement and modernism. The building features a circular restaurant below four concentric spider-like legs, in-keeping with the space-age theme of the building, this restaurant is called Encounters. Read more
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