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NAACP catches heat for opposing New York large-soda ban
There's new fireworks exploding around the plan by New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg — a.k.a. “Nanny Bloomberg” — to ban the sale of sugar-sweetened soft drinks larger than 16 ounces from a broad array of eateries in the...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, High Blood Pressure, Diabetes, Business, Food Industry
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Oak Harbor, Wash., councilman walks out in concealed gun dispute
SEATTLE -- While the debate over guns -- who can buy them, who can carry them -- is playing out on a grand scale across the national stage, its most emotional skirmishes are often fought in smaller venues, those most people never hear about, in...
Tags: YouTube, Rentals, Media Industry, Afghanistan, Crime, Law and Justice
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'Irvine 11' Muslim students appeal conviction in free speech case
L.A. NOWAttorneys have filed an appeal in Orange County Superior Court on behalf of 10 of the so-called Irvine 11 convicted of two misdemeanor charges to conspire and then disrupt a 2010 speech by Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren at UC Irvine.... -
California can't go it alone on guns
SACRAMENTO — California's gun controls are among the toughest in the nation, but they're severely weakened by Washington's failure to pass strong national laws. It's sort of like the chain analogy — a chain being only as strong as its...
Tags: Antonio Villaraigosa, Kamala D. Harris, Crime, Law and Justice, Weaponry, Lobbying
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Off-duty officer involved in fight with suspect at Whittier home
L.A. NOWAn off-duty law enforcement officer was involved in a fight at his Whittier home with a suspect who may have tried to break into the residence, police said Thursday evening.... -
Tet parade in Little Saigon saved by fundraising push
L.A. NOWThe nation's only Tet parade, staged in the heart of Little Saigon, will go on after all. After being told that the city of Westminster could not help pay for the annual Lunar Day parade in the country’s largest Vietnamese...... -
Bell defense says accused city leaders hardworking, charitable
L.A. NOWDefense attorneys for half a dozen former Bell council members accused in a widespread municipal corruption case have completed opening statements and the first witness will be called Friday. The former council members are accused of scheming to inflate... -
Facing charges, ex-Compton Mayor Omar Bradley seeks reelection
L.A. NOWFormer Compton Mayor Omar Bradley, whose conviction on corruption charges was reversed by an appeals court in August, has filed to run for the mayor's seat again.... -
Wendy Greuel walks tightrope in mayor's race
One big advantage for a Los Angeles city controller aspiring to higher office is the ability to make news with a steady flow of audits exposing wasteful spending at City Hall. So while stuck in Hollywood Freeway traffic on a recent morning, Wendy...
Tags: Antonio Villaraigosa, Jan Perry, Local Elections, Radio, Budgets and Budgeting
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L.A. mayoral candidates explain their approaches on housing
At a time when many residents are grappling with foreclosures and rising rental costs have far outpaced growth in their incomes, the three top Los Angeles mayoral candidates promised Friday to make housing policy a central focus for their administrations....
Tags: Finance, Jan Perry, Homelessness, Economy, Business and Finance, Metropolitan Transportation Authority
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Degree of L.A.'s fiscal problems splits mayoral candidates
A virtual unknown straining to make his mark in the race for mayor of Los Angeles offered an alarming assessment of the city's finances. "We are actually on the brink of bankruptcy," Emanuel Pleitez, a tech executive and former aide to Mayor Antonio...
Tags: Finance, Jan Perry, Richard Riordan, Budgets and Budgeting, Economy, Business and Finance
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Mayor calls for ending L.A. investments in assault weapon makers
L.A. NOWL.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has asked the city's three pension funds to review all investments and work to end those in companies that manufacture assault weapons....
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