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Southern California date growers scramble to fill Ramadan orders
In June, the calls to Dennis Jensen's Riverside County date farm began to pick up. By July, he said, the calls took on a more urgent nature: "Send me some dates; save me!"
Wholesalers and grocers were rushing to put their orders in for Ramadan, the...Tags: Electrical Appliance, Ramadan, Saudi Arabia, Religious Festivals, Career and Workplace
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Mexico violence is actually down, the numbers show
This just in: Mexico may not be as violent as everyone thinks.
Yes, a drug war has killed more than 11,000 people since the end of 2006. Severed heads and heaps of bodies turn up as traffickers battle Mexican forces and one another. Some days, the...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Mexico City, Health, Justice System, War Crimes
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Mayor found dead three days after being kidnapped
Spiraling drug-war violence in Mexico's wealthiest region has claimed the life of a prominent mayor — kidnapped Sunday and found dead Wednesday — and prompted demands from panicked residents for army protection.
Edelmiro Cavazos was mayor...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution, Heads of State, Justice System, Drug Trafficking
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Mexico attorney general is replaced
Mexico's attorney general, a key figure in the government's war on drug cartels, resigned Monday as part of a Cabinet shake-up announced by beleaguered President Felipe Calderon.
Atty. Gen. Eduardo Medina Mora stepped down after severe criticism from...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Agricultural Research and Technology, Mexico City, Justice System, Drug Trafficking
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Marchers fill L.A.'s streets
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersFeeling power in their numbers, hundreds of thousands of people marched peacefully, even joyously, through the streets of Los Angeles on Monday as part of a nationwide demonstration of economic and political clout by immigrants -- legal and illegal....Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Assault, Family, Labor Legislation, Immigration
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Father, Son Turn Lives Around in Family Business
Times Staff WriterBig Hector Marroquin still looks like the widely feared gang leader he once was. Tattoos spiral up his big arms and across his chest and a heavy gold chain hangs at his neck. His head gleams bald above a lush, chestnut goatee and a cross dangles from a...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Juvenile Delinquency, Social Issues, Family, Minority Groups
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Cool drinks: Aguas frescas beat the SoCal heat
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterON COUNTERS of neighborhood taquerías and Oaxacan restaurants, at Salvadoran farmers market stands and Eastside backyard parties, even at swank Hollywood restaurants, you can see the huge glass vitroleros, beehive-shaped jars filled with aguas frescas...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Salt, Mexico City, Fairfax (Fairfax, Virginia), Whole Foods Market
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Mexico's President Calderon has few choices in drug war
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterStretched thin in an uphill battle against drug gangs, the government of Mexican President Felipe Calderon faces increasingly stark options at a pivotal moment. A fatal Sept. 15 grenade attack on civilians in western Mexico, coming on top of a steadily...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, National Security, Heads of State, Health, War Crimes
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Marrakech's new Euro chic
Times Staff WriterSOMEONE must have rubbed a brass lamp and let a genie out of a bottle. That's the only conclusion I can draw, given the changes to Marrakech since my last visit a decade ago. In those days, the low, burnt-umber-colored city on the Haouz Plain in...Tags: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Air Transportation Industry, Dining and Drinking, Morocco, Los Angeles International Airport
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Decisions of Long Ago Shape the Union Today
Times Staff WriterIn the winter of 1977, at the height of his union's power, Cesar Chavez summoned the leaders of the United Farm Workers to a mountain retreat in the Sierra foothills. They found themselves in an ultra-clean compound where recovering drug addicts with...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Unions, Family, Labor Legislation, Tuberculosis
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City and Southern Section Final Softball Statistics
++++++++++++++++++++ || BATTING AVERAGE || || Minimum 42 at-bats || || Player, School || AB || R || H || Avg. || || Shayne Lotito, Vasquez || 47 || 23 || 34 || .723 || || Trina McGee, Whittier Christian || 69 || 42 || 49 || .710 || || Adrienne Munoz,...Tags: Television, Wetlands, Stuart, Christina Aguilera, Entertainment
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Farmworkers Reap Little as Union Strays From Its Roots
Times Staff WriterRed letters flash inside the famous black eagle, symbol of the United Farm Workers: "Donate," the blinking message urges, to carry on the dreams of Cesar Chavez. Bannered on websites and spread by e-mail, the insistent appeals resonate with a...Tags: Pension and Welfare, Hispanic and Latino Americans, Gray Davis, Companies and Corporations, Homes
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