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Now Arriving at Union Station Locked Turnstiles
The Metropolitan Transit Authority latched subway entry gates at downtown Los Angeles' Union Station Wednesday, part of a plan to prevent fare evaders from breezing through the gates and using the transit system without ...
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3 Men Arrested in Fatal Hollywood Stabbing
A woman was killed in a stabbing attack that occurred after she and a friend took pictures of panhandling men at the busy intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue on Tuesday night, police ...
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Wildfires burn in Arizona California
A wildfire in Arizona grew unchecked Wednesday while officials said the area blackened by a fire in California could be closed for weeks. The Doce fire outside Prescott, Ariz., had expanded to 7,000 acres, The Arizona Republic reported. High winds and arid conditions fanned the flames with the smoke blowing toward Prescott, the state's third-largest city. A number of homes in the area 100 ...
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NBA Summer League 2013 Schedule Announced
NEW YORK, June 19, 2013 - The NBA Summer League 2013 in Las Vegas will feature 22 teams competing in a 61-game schedule from July 12-22 at the Thomas & Mack Center and COX Pavilion on the campus of the University of Nevada Las ...
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Hollywood Internships Under Fire After Black Swan Ruling
For years, interns have provided film and television productions with free labor. But a June 11 court ruling has thrown the future of Hollywood internships into limbo. Not long after a New York judge declared Fox Searchlight violated labor laws by not paying two interns on the 2010 ...
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Gun Safety Tips For Safely Keeping A Gun In Your Home
Over a third of American households currently contain at least one working firearm. With so many homes containing weapons, gun-related accidents make all-too familiar tragic headlines, compounded by the knowledge that most could have been avoided had added safety precautions been taken. Benjamin Nuzzi is a family man and former active duty United States Marine Corp. Sergeant marksmanship ...
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Woman Dies After Stabbing Near Hollywood Highland Complex
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) -- Police sought the public’s help Wednesday for information linked to the stabbing of a woman near a popular Hollywood tourist attraction. KNX 1070′s Vytas Safronikas reports investigators believe the woman may have been a tourist who was taking photos outside the Hollywood & Highland entertainment ...
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Man 21 Charged With Attempted Murder Of 7-Month-Old Child
ONTARIO (CBSLA.com) -- A 21-year-old man has been arrested and charged in the attempted murder of a 7-month-old child, Ontario police said Wednesday. Ryan Anthony Garcia was arrested Tuesday after first responders were dispatched to a home in the 800 block of West J Street for a baby not ...
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Wine and water Deep aquifer trouble in Californias North County
The latest domestic energy boom is sweeping through some of the nation's driest pockets, drawing millions of gallons of water to unlock oil and gas reserves from beneath the Earth's ...
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Port of Long Beach Board Approves Budget Names Fields as Board President
has approved a $1.02 billion budget for fiscal year 2014.The port's "aggressive" modernization, with projects such as the Middle Harbor terminal and Gerald Desmond Bridge Replacement, pushed the overall budget up by 6.6 percent compared with the current fiscal year, the Port of Long Beach said in a written statement.A total of $788 million in capital spending, up 6 percent ...
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Suspected Pipe Bomb Was Drug Paraphernalia
LAPD's bomb squad was responding to a report of a pipe bomb found when an FBI search warrant was served in Mid-City on Wednesday, June 19, 2013. It turned out not to be an explosive ...
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Defense lawyer says gov’t hid NSA role in California terrorism case
and their newly disclosed relationship in suspected terrorism cases, at least one defense attorney is starting to challenge previously closed cases. Among the cases officials cited where NSA surveillance proved useful in securing a conviction was that ...
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‘Drug Paraphernalia’ Reported As Pipe Bomb In Mid-City
MID CITY (CBSLA.com)-- The Los Angeles Police Department Wednesday responded to a report of a pipe bomb in the Mid-City area. The LAPD bomb squad responded to a report called in by FBI agents at 7:40 a.m. in the 5100 block of Washington Boulevard, according to ...
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Wrongway Driver In 14 Freeway Pileup Due In Court
SAN FERNANDO (CBSLA.com)-- The wrongway driver blamed for an eight vehicle accident that injured 12 people on the Antelope Valley Freeway is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday morning. Rick Allen Walker, 54, faces a number of felony charges including driving under the ...
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Tide Thefts Linked To Drug Users Trading Detergent For Crack
SAN BERNARDINO (AP) -- Southern California authorities say it’s a dirty business and a bizarre trend – drug users trading Tide detergent for crack. The Riverside Press-Enterprise says it’s a nationwide problem – people are stealing the popular but expensive detergent and trading it for marijuana and crack ...
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Willis Taps Foley to Drive PC Business in Northern California
Willis North America named Kristen Foley as client advocate and senior vice president of property/casualty for Willis of Northern California. Foley will be responsible for business development and expanding Willis' footprint across Northern California. She will report to Amy Mattle, senior vice president and chief operating officer of Willis of Northern California. Foley has more than 18 ...
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Suit Filed Over Southern California Border Patrol Chase Death
The parents of a man who died when his car burst into flames during a Border Patrol chase in San Diego County is suing the government for wrongful death. Twenty-five-year-old Alex Martin of Texas died in March of 2012. Authorities say Border Patrol agents saw him driving the wrong way on Interstate 8 near Pine Valley and gave chase. A spike strip blew the car tires when it left the Interstate. ...
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Automakers Finding Many Customers Now Appreciate Simplicity
DEARBORN, MI (WWJ) – After years of putting more and more features on computer screens, car companies are finding out that customers like to ';keep it simple.'; Ford says it will soon start adding old fashioned buttons and knobs to its audio systems. This comes as the company takes a closer look at some of the customer complaints involving ';MyFord Touch.'; The word ...
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Road Test 2013 Toyota Avalon
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – It looks like Toyota may have finally figured out a way to make the Avalon, well, cool. In previous incarnations of Toyota’s take on the big American family car, Toyota put in a lot of functionality, a lot of value and a lot of reliability — and that’s all well and good — but you gotta bring style and soul to the table if you want to go up ...
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VIDEO The LeBron James Headband Game
James lost his signature accessory with just over 9 minutes left in the fourth quarter, got a dunk on that very play and never replaced the headband the rest of the way. He finished with 32 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists, and the Heat rallied from a 13-point second-half deficit to beat the San Antonio Spurs 103-100 in overtime in Game 6 of the NBA ...
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The Good Ol’ Days When Gas Was 93 Cents Per Gallon
ATLANTA (WAOK) – When I started driving, gas was 93 cents per gallon. I could fill my tank with $10 and have change for chips and a drink. Today, $10 will get you to the next gas station. The national average for a gallon of gas today is $3.62 per gallon. Help is on the way…or is it? Automobile manufacturers and our government are looking for ways to make the automobile more fuel ...
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Sporty New Corolla Aimed At Youthful Buyers
DETROIT (AP) – Toyota is giving the Corolla a sportier look and more gadgets, a recognition by the world’s biggest automaker that the under-50 crowd wants more than just reliability in a compact car. The world’s largest automaker rolled out the 2014 version of America’s top-selling compact Thursday night at a splashy event in Santa Monica, Calif., hoping to shed the old ...
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San Fernando Valley School Named After Michelle Obama
PANORAMA CITY (CBSLA.com) -- School board members have approved a plan to rename a San Fernando Valley elementary school after First Lady Michelle ...
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6 Miles Of Wilshire Boulevard To Be Closed For Sunday’s ‘CicLAvia’ Event
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Ousted School Board Member I Feel Like Richard Nixon
He was at the center of a controversy involving Nazi-themed posts online, but a residency issue ultimately led to Stephen Winkler's dismissal from the Saugus Union School ...
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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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