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James Ray Allen Help Heat Force Game 7 Vs. Spurs
MIAMI (AP) --For years, Ray Allen’s routine has not changed. Show up for work hours earlier than just about everyone else, go onto the court and take hundreds of jump shots. It paid off for him on Tuesday. And he’ll be back out there on Thursday -- since the MiamiHeat season still has one game remaining. Allen’s 3-pointer with 5.2 seconds left in the fourth quarter capped a ...
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Police Search For 3 Suspects After Woman Stabbed In Hollywood
HOLLYWOOD (CBSLA.com) -- Authorities are searching for three suspects in the stabbing of a woman Tuesday. Shortly after 8 p.m., Hollywood police say they received a report that a woman had been stabbed with a knife at Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue. When officers arrived, a man they suspect was the assailant took off running. The victim was found in front of an American Eagle ...
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Chef Paris Jackson ‘Devastated And Lost’ After Singer’s Death
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) -- Katherine Jackson wept in court Tuesday as Michael Jackson’s personal chef testified about the day the singer’s children discovered their father dead. Kai Chase was called to testify in the wrongful death trial filed by Jackson’s mother on behalf of his family. The suit claims AEG executives negligently hired and supervised the doctor who provided ...
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5 Things Learned In Game 3 Of Stanley Cup Finals
BOSTON (AP) - Five things learned in the Boston Bruins’ win over the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup finals Monday night: ___ SUPAH TUUKKA: Tuukka Rask is proving the Bruins right for putting their faith in him. Rask watched the Bruins’ entire 2011 Stanley Cup run from the bench while Tim Thomas led Boston to the NHL title, winning the Conn Smythe Trophy in the ...
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Time Warner Cable Sued Over Lakers and Dodgers Channels
Getty Images Time Warner Cable is being accused of requiring subscribers to pay higher cable bills to watch Los Angeles Lakers and Dodgers games without offering them the opportunity to opt out of those ...
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California senators want more information on oil well acid jobs
SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) - California state legislators on Tuesday told regulators and oil industry lobbyists they wanted more information about the use of acid to increase flows in wells in a technique that is used more often in the state than the controversial fracking ...
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Journalist who brought down U.S. general is killed in Los Angeles car crash
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Journalist Michael Hastings, whose 2010 Rolling Stone magazine profile of the U.S. military chief in Afghanistan, Stanley McChrystal, led to the general being relieved of command, died on Tuesday in a car wreck in Los Angeles, his employer ...
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LAUSD board passes $6.2 billion budget
The Los Angeles Unified school board passed a $6.2 billion budget for 2013-14 on Tuesday, the first time in five years that deep cuts and gut-wrenching layoffs haven't been part of the financial ...
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LAUSD spending $30 million to buy 30000 iPads for students
The Los Angeles Unified board Tuesday approved a $30 million contract to buy iPads for 30,000 students, the first phase in an ambitious plan to equip every pupil with a computer tablet within the next 14 ...
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OC Kids Raise Money To Buy Bulletproof Vest For Police Dog
SANTA ANA (CBSLA.com) -- A group of children helped raise money to outfit one of the Santa Ana Police Department’s newest canine officers with a bulletproof vest. Puskas, a Dutch Shepherd, joined the force six months ago, but did not have a ballistics vest. To teach their kids about forming a company, children of employees at the Orange County office of Deloitte held an ice cream sale, ...
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Woman Found Fatally Stabbed In Compton Motel
COMPTON (CBSLA.com) -- A woman was found fatally stabbed in a motel room Tuesday, authorities reported. The body was found in the 1900 block of East El Segundo Boulevard, according to the L.A. County Sheriff's ...
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California judge irked by accused killer acting as own lawyer
SAN RAFAEL, California (Reuters) - An accused California serial killer representing himself at his own murder trial drew a series of rebukes from the judge on the first day of testimony and was warned to obey procedural rules in court or risk losing the right to serve as his own ...
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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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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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