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Los Angeles goes after Vegas hospital for dumping 1500 patients
USA The city of Los Angeles is pursuing a criminal investigation of a psychiatric hospital in Las Vegas, which has allegedly put 1,500 patients on buses and sent them out of state over the past five years. About one third of these patients, some of which were homeless, were given one-way bus tickets to cities in California. About 200 of the 1,500 mentally ill patients were sent to Los Angeles ...
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Colombia enters into game of attracting Hollywood business
Colombia is the latest country to vie for production work. Hollywood may migrate south for a while while Colombia becomes the next country to bid for Hollywood production by offering incentives for filming. According to a report by Variety, a new law in the country will allow foreign shoots for film and TV investing over $500,000 in the Colombia's economy can receive cash rebates of up to 40 ...
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LA Voters Face 3 Medical Marijuana Measures
Backers are seeking votes for several different medical marijuana measures on the ballot next week. LA City Councilman Bill Rosendahl spoke out Tuesday in support of Measure D, which caps the number of dispensaries at 135, and would also require higher taxes. If several bills pass, then the one with the most votes will be enacted. Conan Nolan reports from Downtown LA for the NBC4 News at 6 p.m. ...
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Phony Cop Pulls Over School Bus Driver in Redlands
A school bus driver became suspicious and threatened to call CHP when a man impersonating a police officer pulled her over in Redlands on May 17, ...
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Bike Lane Pits Cyclists Against Drivers
A controversy is coming to a head in San Pedro between bicyclists and car drivers after a bike lane improvement resulted in fewer traffic lanes on a major road. Protests were planned Monday, May 20, ...
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Disney Paramount and Universal expanding while production shrinking
NBCUniversal is investing more in its Los Angeles-based theme park attraction, which is also part of the working studio. Common wisdom in Hollywood dictates that studios are ever moving toward focusing on distribution, not production. Then why are some of the biggest studios in town adding facilities to their production lots? According to a report by the New York Times, Disney, Paramount and ...
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Defense industry challenges considered at Torrance forum
California's defense industry, greatly diminished from 1990s levels, remains under constant pressure from multiple fronts. A community forum Friday in Torrance considered the challenges facing the economically vital sector that employs 86,000 people in Southern California, including 60,000 in Los Angeles County. The event was organized by Torrance Democratic Assemblyman Al Muratsuchi, who ...
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Justice League merchandise to hit stores before movie even announced
Henry Cavill is pictured as Superman in a scene from "Man of Steel." There is speculation that the movie may include a tease for any upcoming Justice League film, but as of now, no formal plans have been announced. With all the Justice League merchandise that's scheduled to hit retail stores, you might think the movie will be out by Christmas, however, it has yet to even be ...
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Multiple Arrests Made In Brazen East LA Robbery Kidnapping
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) -- Three men were named in a federal indictment unsealed Monday in connection with a bizarre robbery and kidnapping at an East Los Angeles bank last September. Officials with the FBI and the Huntington Park Police Department were on hand to announce the charges in a sealed federal Grand Jury indictment from April 25 leading to the May 17 arrests of Los Angeles residents ...
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Convicted Felon Wanted By Authorities After Making Violent Threats Against School Children
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) -- Authorities asked for the public's help Monday in locating a man they consider to be extremely violent and an imminent public threat. Frank Edward Edmonds, 40, is wanted on a warrant for a parole violation and a pending battery case, the LA County Probation Department said. Officials say during a recent confinement at the UCLA Harbor General Mental Health ...
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Southern California joins Northrop research group
The University of Southern California has joined Northrop Grumman's Cybersecurity Research Consortium to combat cyberthreats to the United States. The consortium was founded in 2009. Other members ...
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Dolbys hopes its sound investment in tentpoles pays off
"Star Trek Into Darkness" is one of the first movies to use Dolby's Atmos sound system. Dolby Laboratories is hoping that you were listening to the sounds of the Enterprise as much as you were enjoying the visual spectacle. The company is using "Star Trek into Darkness" to showcase its latest sound system, Dolby Atmos, and anticipates that it will increase demand for the ...
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Los Angeles jeweler pleads guilty in KPMG case
LOS ANGELES -; The owner of a Los Angeles jewelry store pleaded guilty Monday for his role in an insider-trading case involving a former senior partner at accounting firm ...
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Mild dry weather bolsters California rice planting
TIM HEARDEN Capital PressWILLOWS, Calif. -- Rice planting in California's Sacramento Valley is mostly complete, and the dry spring has enabled growers to plant at a pace that should facilitate a smooth harvest.While rain and wind in previous years have narrowed the window for planting, farmers this year were able to work at a normal pace, said Charley Mathews, a Marysville, Calif., grower ...
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Close But No Jackpot for Kern County Powerball Ticket
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - MAY 17: A customer holds $140 worth of Powerball tickets that he just purchased on May 17, 2013 in San Francisco, California. People are lining up to purchase $2 Powerball tickets as the multi-state jackpot hits $600 million. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty ...
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Gunmen shoot into California home kill 10-year-old girl
SAN FRANCISCO - Authorities were searching for at least two gunmen who walked up to the door of a Northern California home and opened fire, killing a 10-year-old girl and injuring her parents. "Whoever these gunmen were, they were directly outside the front door," Sacramento County sheriff's spokesman Sgt. Jason Ramos said Sunday. "This was not a drive-by. These gunmen ...
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Jewelry Store Owner Pleads Guilty To Insider Trading
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) -- An Encino jewelry store owner plead guilty in court Monday to a federal charge of using insider information from a former auditor to make over $1 million from illegal stock trades. Bryan Shaw, 52, of Lake Sherwood, appeared at the U.S. District Courthouse in downtown Los Angeles for a change-of-plea hearing after agreeing to a deal with federal prosecutors on May 6 to ...
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Will 4K TV cause consumers to upgrade
Sony's Bravia 4K liquid crystal display television is displayed at its launch in Tokyo on April 11. Sony is one of several manufacturers that are banking on 4K technology injecting life into television sales. Just when you thought you invested in a TV with the clearest picture possible, along comes something even better. 4K ultra-high-definition televisions are now available for somewhat ...
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Disrupting the upfronts -- are the upfronts a bad buy
Last week networks wrapped up the upfronts, a time where advertising execs act like baseball scouts looking for the next big thing in which to sink millions of dollars. And like baseball scouts, the ad execs are advising their brands to invest big money into gut feelings. Networked Insights, which counts Samsung and GE among its clients, is asking advertisers why they're sinking money into ...
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California Considers Oil Tax to Fund Schools
education funding flows out of the ground. The idea of an oil severance tax has been bubbling for years, but proponents have been unable to surmount intense lobbying from the energy industry. That hasn't deterred a state senator from coming up with a bill and a University of California, Berkeley, undergraduate from circulating a ballot initiative, both of which would impose a tax on ...
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Dude California Beach Parking Plan Making Waves
Sunbathers flocking to Southern California beaches are used to feeding the meter or paying a parking attendant. Not so along the less-developed north coast where it's customary to ditch cars on the shoulder of Highway 1 to surf, swim or picnic. That sandy line that long defined the state's disparate beach culture may soon fade. In search of new revenue, the state parks system ...
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May 21 Election Find Polling Place
Election day features the race for LA mayor involving councilmember Eric Garcetti and city controller Wendy Greuel. The candidates, vying for the seat vacated by outgoing Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, were the top two vote-getters in the March primary ...
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Santa Clarita Valley will be hit by 45-mph gusts
LOS ANGELES - Winds blowing at speeds of between 15 and 30 miles per hour and gusting at between 40 and 45 mph will sweep the Santa Clarita Valley and the San Gabriel mountains Monday morning, forecasters said. A wind advisory signifying an expectation of 35-mph winds or 45-mph gusts will be in effect in the Santa Clarita Valley and the San Gabriels in both Los Angeles and Ventura counties from ...
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Gardena Make It Quick bandit strikes for the 10th time
The so-called "Make it Quick" bandit, who hadn't been heard from in nearly nine months, struck again last week in Gardena. The bandit believed responsible for nine previous South Bay and Harbor Area bank robberies since 2009 hit a U.S. Bank branch on Friday. All of the robbers 10 crimes have occurred at U.S. Bank branches, the FBI said. Friday's crime was the fourth at the ...
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East Africa Two California Men Sentenced for Rhino Horn Trafficking
Washington - The sentencing May 15 of two California businessmen in Los Angeles for trafficking in rhino horn will send both to prison and ensure that $800,000 of their illegally acquired "profits" end up helping protect rhinos in Africa. Vinh Chung "Jimmy" Kha and Felix Kha pleaded guilty in September 2012 to federal felony charges brought as a result of Operation Crash, an ...
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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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