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L.A. Unified settles federal civil rights probe, agrees to reforms
L.A. NOWThe Los Angeles Unified School District agreed to sweeping revisions in the way it teaches students who are learning English as well as black students, to settle a federal civil rights investigation into whether the district was denying the students...... -
Montebello councilwoman says City Hall is trying to silence her
L.A. NOWDismayed by one council member's repeated whistle-blowing about the embattled city, Montebello City Council members on Wednesday are slated to discuss a host of rules on how council members communicate and use city letterhead. The move comes after some... -
5-year-old boy injured after falling from school bus in Mecca
L.A. NOWA 5-year-old boy was being treated for injuries after he fell from a moving school bus in Riverside County, officials said Monday afternoon.... -
Osama bin Laden, born to privilege, dies a pariah
Osama bin Laden, a scion of one of Saudi Arabia's wealthiest families, became the grim apostle of a strain of Islamic radicalism that exalted violence against non-believers, and the leader of a terrorist network that launched repeated attacks in the West,...Tags: U.S. Embassy, Kabul (Afghanistan), Egypt, Syria, Obituaries
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Mecca tire-recycling plant ordered to remove stockpiles that pose fire danger
L.A. NOWFederal environmental regulators Wednesday ordered a tire recycling plant in the Coachella Valley town of Mecca to remove excess stockpiles of tires that pose a fire danger. The tire recycler operates on the Cabazon Band of Mission Indians reservation... -
Television review: When troubadours were the scene in L.A.
"Troubadours: Carole King, James Taylor and the Rise of the Singer-Songwriter," a presentation of "American Masters" that airs Wednesday on KOCE, tells the story of the crowd that haunted Doug Weston's Troubadour in the late '60s and early '70s, the music...Tags: Danny Kortchmar, Documentary (genre), Carole King, Health, Betty White
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Onra ambles through Los Angeles, premieres 'To the Beat'
Pop & HissThe inscrutable style of Parisian producer Onra can be ascertained by scanning the three club dates he's currently in the middle of. On Monday night, he manned the turntables at the famed Funkmosphere, the terrain of modern funk messiah Dam-Funk...... -
SAUDI ARABIA: Rains lash pilgrims, as pilgrims stone the devil
Babylon & BeyondViolent storms Wednesday wreaked havoc on the annual hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia but didn't cause any notable injuries or halt the processions. Around 2.8 million people took part in the pilgrimage this year, a religious requirement for any able-... -
'Portlandia': Where the dream of the '90s lives on...
Pop & HissSo, a friend visited L.A. over the holidays and he'd just moved to Portland, Ore., two weeks ago from New York, where he'd been living for the last three years. He showed me pictures of his multi-bedroom house that he's...... -
Have gun, Will talk: Arizona Sheriff Clarence Dupnik not speechless over Tucson shootings or much else
Top of the TicketGabrielle Giffords and 19 others dead or wounded.... -
A trek into the Atlas Mountains in Morocco
You have to wonder whether it's a setup when you're in a Muslim country and someone asks, point-blank, "Are you lot drinkers?"
Despite the hooded djellaba he was wearing, John Horne, who was doing the asking, looked as though he had guzzled a few in...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Death, Islam, Restaurants, Mountains
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California's food stamp participation rate is nation's second-lowest
Despite persistent economic woes, California leaves billions of federal food stamp dollars on the table each year that could help ease hunger and boost the local economy, officials say.
Only 48% of eligible Californians are enrolled in the nutrition...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Crimes, Wages and Pensions, Social Services, Employees
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