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Cities to battle California in court for redevelopment money
The city of Adelanto had planned to spend $15 million on affordable housing. Artesia proposed to invest $2.3 million in downtown improvements. Atascadero budgeted $53 million for upgrades including a pedestrian bridge downtown and a better wall at the...
Tags: Judges, Bonds, Economy, Business and Finance, Trials, Crime, Law and Justice
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Pilots and supervisors accuse United of racial discrimination
Twenty-four African American pilots and supervisors at United Air Lines filed a lawsuit Tuesday, accusing the airline of a pattern of discrimination that has kept them from being promoted. The suit, filed in U.S District Court in San Francisco,...
Tags: United Air Lines, Transportation Accidents, Disasters and Accidents, Discrimination, Air and Space Accidents
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Undermining L.A.'s subway plans
There's an urban legend that you can derail a train by putting a penny on the tracks, but in reality, all you end up with is a wasted (and very flat) penny. There's a lesson in that somewhere for Beverly Hills. Egged on by community activists who fret...
Tags: Technology, Transportation, Science and Technology, Subway Transportation, Zev Yaroslavsky
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For contraceptives, a Catholic exception?
Even before the Supreme Court has ruled on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — a.k.a. "Obamacare" — 43 Roman Catholic organizations have filed lawsuits challenging a related regulation that requires...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Family Planning, Litigation and Regulation, Birth Control, Abortion
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Realignment plan for California prisons causing new friction
The first four times Pamela Morris was released from prison, she would go to her state parole officers or they would occasionally make unannounced solo visits to make sure she wasn't committing new crimes. But after Morris completed a state sentence...
Tags: YouTube, Local Government, Law Enforcement, Schizophrenia, Punishment
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Amazon in danger as Brazil moves forward with bill, critics say
SAO PAULO, Brazil — The Brazilian government is pressing forward with controversial legislation that critics say will lead to widespread destruction of the Amazon rain forest. After months of heated discussion, President Dilma Rousseff on Monday...
Tags: Judges, Pocahontas, Agricultural Research and Technology, United Nations, Crime, Law and Justice
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6 candidates vie to succeed Cooley as L.A. County D.A.
It is the most powerful job in Los Angeles County's criminal justice system, a position that oversees the prosecution of 60,000 felons each year and can provide a steppingstone to higher office.
Six candidates are vying to become district attorney in...Tags: Gang Activity, Music Industry, Steve Cooley, Colleges and Universities, University of California, Los Angeles
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Wind farms considering detection systems to prevent bird deaths
MOJAVE — Just before daybreak, a group of naturalists don parkas to blunt the frosty wind blowing down a narrow canyon in the Tehachapi Mountains north of Los Angeles. They mount spotting scopes and cameras on tripods, and wait.
"Showtime," one...Tags: Wildlife, Wind Power, Renewable Energy, Natural Resources, Environmental Issues
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June 5 primary: The Times' endorsements
For voters in Los Angeles County, the most important decision in the election that culminates June 5 may be in the six-candidate race for district attorney. This will be the first time since 1964 that the race is wide open, with no incumbent. The victor...
Tags: Judges, Parties and Movements, Minority Groups, Steve Cooley, Prosecution
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California's egg-farm law prompts a push for national standards
ATWATER, Calif. — The gigantic chicken coop at the JS West farm here is big enough to hangar a Boeing 747, and the clucks from 150,000 egg-laying hens make it almost as noisy as one. Jill Benson, whose family owns the place, is proud of the roomy...
Tags: Judges, Standards, Livestock Farming, Trials, Lobbying
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A father photographer's loving eye: Why Etan Patz's case haunts
There's something haunting about the images of Etan Patz -- all, of course, taken before he vanished in 1979 while walking to school. That's because the images were no mere family snapshots. Etan's father, Stanley, was a professional photographer. So...
Tags: FBI, Law Enforcement, Arts and Culture, Crime, Law and Justice, Missing Persons
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Ecotality sues to block NRG's electric vehicle charging stations
SACRAMENTO — A Bay Area clean technology firm is suing state energy regulators, accusing them of granting an out-of-state power company a monopoly over EV charging stations in California.
Ecotality, a San Francisco maker of electric charging...Tags: Litigation, Economy, Business and Finance, Dynegy Incorporated, Energy, Jerry Brown
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