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Does anyone want to run this place?
IT'S ONE THING to apply to become Los Angeles County's chief administrative officer, get the offer and then turn it down, as Sandra L. Vargas of Hennepin County, Minn., did earlier this month. It's another thing entirely to accept the job, as did Thomas...Tags: David Janssen, Health, Hospitals and Clinics, Local Elections, Zev Yaroslavsky
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Metrolink board lacks firsthand passenger experience
About seven to 10 times each month, Art Brown hops on a Metrolink train. As a member of the commuter rail's five-county governing board, he usually carries a bag imprinted with the word "Metrolink." Brown says he does it to attract comments from other...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Investments, Local Elections, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Travel
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Measure by measure
Measure A What it does: Imposes a $36-a-year tax on each parcel of property in the city to raise money for youth and anti-gang programs. Requires two-thirds vote. Back story: Every property in the city, whether it's a lot with a 20,000-square-foot...Tags: Barack Obama, Gang Activity, Juvenile Delinquency, Crime, Law and Justice, Social Issues
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A choice, for a change
Like popes, Los Angeles County supervisors have to win an election to land the job, but once in, they're sitting pretty. The last time there was a contested supervisor election, George Bush was president -- the Bush who didn't send U.S. forces into...Tags: Mark Ridley-Thomas, The Washington Post, Crime, Law and Justice, Local Elections, Society
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Development threatens the funky life of Marina del Rey
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAll along, Carla Andrus' life seemed landlocked, literally and figuratively: She was born in Utah, raised in Watts and was scraping by in a tiny apartment near downtown L.A. when, one night, her husband came across a magazine ad for classic wooden boats...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Activism, Restaurants, Dining and Drinking, Housing and Urban Planning
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Crash thrusts Metrolink chief into the unwelcome limelight
He is one of those well-paid technocrats who makes sure things run smoothly, someone few people have heard of but so many depend on. Then something happens, and that cloak of invisibility disappears.
For David R. Solow, that moment occurred Sept. 12,...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Accidental Death, Industrial Accidents, Railway Transportation, Travel
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Close King-Harbor
Members of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors this week expressed disappointment, anger and frustration over the failure of the hospital complex once known as Martin Luther King Jr.-Charles Drew Medical Center. Each of those feelings is...Tags: University of California, Los Angeles, Health and Medical Professionals, Hospitals and Clinics, Children, Local Elections
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The Times recommends
With far fewer Californians expected to vote in Tuesday's election than did in the Feb. 5 presidential primaries, each person who votes packs proportionally greater clout. County and judicial elections are nonpartisan -- candidates who win more than 50%...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Local Elections, Citizens Initiative and Recall, Voting, Justice System
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County medical crisis deepens
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersLos Angeles County's profoundly troubled public healthcare system fell into further crisis Thursday when its embattled director abruptly quit, and negotiations with a private entity to reopen King-Harbor hospital fell apart. Dr. Bruce A. Chernof, whose...Tags: University of California, Los Angeles, Hospitals and Clinics, Yvonne B. Burke, Activism, Sports
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Hospital's overseer still has a mission
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterFifteen months ago, he was brought in to save Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center, which had struggled for decades with patient-care problems. But last Friday, Dr. Bruce Chernof presided over the shutdown of the much smaller entity it had become....Tags: Health and Safety at School, Disasters and Accidents, Martin Luther King Jr., Healthcare Provider, Medical Services
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After such a huge threat, Avalon's loss is small
Times Staff WritersTheir night of fear behind them, Avalon residents began returning home Friday to find charred hillsides and their quaint island town blanketed in a layer of white, powdery ash. The fire that had come within a few feet of engulfing shops and hillside...Tags: Mother's Day, Radio Industry, Fires, Restaurants, Dining and Drinking
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L.A. County sheriff's plan to send deputies to inauguration is questioned
The request was straightforward, even flattering. Send a few hundred Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies across the country next month to assist Washington, D.C., police at the presidential inauguration. It's the price tag of $1.6 million -- with as...Tags: Mark Ridley-Thomas, Crime, Law and Justice, Lee Baca, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, Los Angeles Police Department
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