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John Edmond Jr. dies at 67; popular golf teacher at Rancho Park in West L.A.
'He had a huge following,' an observer says, and when Edmond's job was endangered in 2003, protesters helped save it. In 1962, he became the first African American pro to work at an L.A. city course.
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FrancEyE dies at 87; prolific Santa Monica poet
Frances Dean Smith, the mother of Charles Bukowski's only child, published her work in journals and collections.
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A modest proposal for fiscal misery: Make them hurt in Brentwood and beyond
Michael Daly, a retired political aide, suggests raising fees until middle- and upper-class people feel their fair share of the pain.
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Tarawa has become a different sort of battlefield
A Malibu veteran's quest to have the U.S. clean up a now-trashed site of Pacific theater carnage is the subject of a TV documentary to be shown this week.
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U2 guitarist's Malibu house plans create some reverb
David Evans -- also known as the Edge -- wants to build five contemporary houses high atop a Malibu hill. Residents worry that the project would produce an environmental disaster.
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L.A. city attorney candidates hold spirited debate
Jack Weiss accuses rival Carmen Trutanich of representing a 'moral sinkhole' of clients. Trutanich accuses his foe of having a 'failed record.'
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In tony Malibu, $195 cargo pants aplenty, but nary a hammer or nail
Upscale shopping centers are crowding out small retail stores in the once-sleepy beach community. Residents gripe at having to drive to Calabasas or Agoura for basics like tools and undies.
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Backyards could become community gardens in Santa Monica
Program would match willing homeowners with would-be gardeners, reducing the years-long waiting list for a plot of soil.
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L.A. city attorney candidates spar in combative debate
Carmen 'Nuch' Trutanich and Jack Weiss trade jabs over conflicts of interest, development, illegal billboards and gun control. The runoff election is May 19.
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L.A. County judge rules against Malibu homeowners and two taxpayer groups
The plaintiffs had sought to prevent the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy from using studies funded by state bond money to prepare a plan to increase public access to parks.