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Tina Daunt: LA's New Top Cop Talks

Wed, 2 Dec 2009 20:18:08 +0000

Charlie Beck, Los Angeles's newly appointed chief of police, is a cop's cop. For a city that's lived through seven years of his rock star predecessor, Bill Bratton -- whose outsized abilities came with an ego to match -- it's a definite change of pace. Beck, 56, is about as rooted in Los ...

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Tiger comments on current events

Wed, 2 Dec 2009 15:36:00 +0000

I have let my family down and I regret those transgressions with all of my heart. I have not been true to my values and the behavior my family deserves. I am not without faults and I am far short of perfect. I am dealing with my behavior and personal failings behind closed doors with my family. ...

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Villaraigosa announces electric car infrastructure plan

Wed, 2 Dec 2009 16:17:00 +0000

Los Angeles is known by many names, among them “the quintessential city of sprawl,” “the congestion capital of the world” and the consistently top-ranked area with the country’s worst air pollution. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has said it all himself, yet...

Metro Library and Archive Transportation Headlines found this 12 hours ago on latimesblogs.latimes.com

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Silver Lake and L.A.'s Bicycle Plan

Wed, 2 Dec 2009 01:45:00 +0000

The L.A. Draft Bicycle Plan in the Silver Lake area. Solid Green = Existing Bicycle Lane; Dashed Yellow = Potential Bicycle Lane; Dashed Blue = Bicycle Friendly Street; Dashed Purple = Proposed Bicycle Route; Solid & Dashed Maroon = Existing & Proposed Bicycle Paths | Download the full map ...

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UC regents approve fee hike amid loud student protests [Updated]

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:57:32 +0000

Amid loud student protests that roiled the UCLA campus, the UC Board of Regents this afternoon approved a 32% increase in student fees. The fee hike of $2,500, or 32%, will come in two steps by next fall. That would...

Lotería Chicana found this 13 days ago on latimesblogs.latimes.com

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$100,000 in donated toys and food for underprivileged stolen

Wed, 2 Dec 2009 23:29:41 +0000

GARDEN GROVE - Not even the Grinch could have concocted the underhanded plan used by thieves over the weekend to steal more than $100,000 in donated toys and food destined for underprivileged children and families. The loot and the thieves who helped...

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Metrolink to consider significant service cuts

Wed, 2 Dec 2009 18:43:09 +0000

The Metrolink Board of Directors last month delayed making a decision on a controversial six percent fare increase and instead chose to look at other options to close the commuter rail line’s budget gap.

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Lower Than Low: Thieves Steal Donated Toys, Food

Wed, 2 Dec 2009 19:49:47 +0000

Donated toys and food are among the items stolen from a storage shed.

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Bananas and More

Tue, 1 Dec 2009 18:29:00 +0000

QUICK SUMMARY : a new gate has been put up – illegally – on one of Echo Park’s historic stairways. Read the full report, below, to find out what you can do about it. Friday, November 27. Working on new stairway routes with a bunch of friends; we take a late-afternoon walk that mainly runs north ...

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Two Days to Support Complete Streets in State Planning Guidelines

Tue, 1 Dec 2009 22:10:25 +0000

Not a Complete Street. Photo: Matthias Kaeding/Flickr The California Transportation Commission (CTC), is the state body charged with creating guidelines for agencies such as the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) and other regional planning bodies. This year, the CTC's ...

Damien Newton posted 31 hours ago from la.streetsblog.org

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Own your own Hotel Bel-Air bed

Tue, 1 Dec 2009 20:25:58 +0000

Furnishings removed from the under-renovation Hotel Bel-Air go on sale to the public Thursday at 10 a.m. at the old Circuit City store at 1251 4th Street in Santa Monica....

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Crappy Anniversary!

Tue, 1 Dec 2009 17:10:38 +0000

Today marks a milestone my friends never expected, but which I inwardly worried might come. One year ago, I joined the ranks of the laid-off, and began a journey of uneasy new directions.

mediabistro.com: FishBowlLA found this 36 hours ago on blog.cagle.com

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Engineers who hacked into L.A. traffic signal computer, jamming streets, sentenced

Tue, 1 Dec 2009 16:23:28 +0000

Two L.A. traffic engineers who pleaded guilty to hacking into the city's signal system and slowing traffic at key intersections as part of a labor protest have been sentenced to two years' probation. Authorities said that Gabriel Murillo, 40, and...

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Metrolink engineer may have run red signal, prompting new concerns about rail safety

Tue, 1 Dec 2009 21:59:23 +0000

With Metrolink still struggling to recover from last year’s deadly head-on Chatsworth collision, officials at the commuter rail agency were investigating a fresh incident in which an engineer allegedly failed to stop at a red signal as another passenger train...

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Another red-light probe for Metrolink -

Wed, 2 Dec 2009 14:17:48 +0000

A Metrolink train runs east of Union Station near the site of an incident last week in which another Metrolink train passed a red light. It was the fourth alleged red-light violation by a Metrolink train since the deadly Sept. 12, 2008, crash in Chatsworth. ( Brian Vander Brug / Los Angeles ...

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El Pollo Loco testing fish tacos

Wed, 2 Dec 2009 16:00:00 +0000

Watch out Rubio's. Costa Mesa-based El Pollo Loco is testing two different fish tacos at some restaurants, including one unit in Orange.

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UC Extends Application Deadline After Glitch

Wed, 2 Dec 2009 17:00:00 +0000

University of California officials are extending the admissions application deadline after a computer slowdown blocked some students from filing their applications on time.

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Warning: L.A. May Lay Off Thousands Of City Workers

Wed, 2 Dec 2009 16:41:30 +0000

Facing a grim financial outlook, a City Councilman warns that city workers will get hit with layoffs.

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What GOOD Ideas Do You Have?

Tue, 1 Dec 2009 16:20:33 +0000

On December 5 th , Good Magazine will host an event called L.A. 2.0: Refresh, Reinvent and Re-imagine , which will assemble 25 leading urban practitioners for an afternoon to identify five key urban strategies to improve the physical environment in Los Angeles. I’m pleased to ...

Damien Newton posted 36 hours ago from la.streetsblog.org

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Critical Mess Update: LAPD Looking Into Incident. Working Group to Form Next Year.

Wed, 2 Dec 2009 19:34:51 +0000

Critical Mass takes a rest in February of 2008. Photo: digablesoul/Flickr The now Streetsblog-Famouns Lt. Andre Dawson gave me a call last night to discuss where the LAPD is in working on its bike policy after we traded messages about last Friday's incident between the LAPD and Critical ...

Damien Newton posted 9 hours ago from la.streetsblog.org

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