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SEC accuses city of Victorville, others of fraud in bond sale
Ever since the Department of Defense shut down George Air Force Base in 1992, the high desert town of Victorville has struggled to reinvent itself. The city encouraged massive residential and retail development. It invested in two new power plants....
Tags: Bonds, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Personal Finance, Career and Workplace, Alternative Energy
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Mayoral candidates court Latino voters
The two candidates vying to be mayor of Los Angeles courted Latino voters Saturday, promising to do more to help those who are seeking citizenship and to make greater efforts to clean up and enhance Latino neighborhoods such as Boyle Heights and Pacoima....
Tags: Government, Labor Markets, Wendy Greuel, Immigration, Labor Legislation
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L.A. mayor candidates make pitches to Latino voters
The two candidates for Los Angeles mayor courted Latino voters on Saturday, promising to help those seeking citizenship and to help clean up and enhance Latino neighborhoods like Boyle Heights and Pacoima. Latino voters account for as much as a third of...
Tags: Government, Wendy Greuel, Immigration, Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace
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L.A. full of roads to ruin for cars
A drive along Angus Street in hilly Silver Lake requires navigating a gantlet of buckled concrete slabs and dirt-filled cracks. But on South Seabluff Drive in Playa Vista the ride is smooth, the pavement is black and you can smell the fresh asphalt....
Tags: Structural Failures, Tom LaBonge, Road Transportation, FBI, Travel
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Sheriff Baca needs a civilian cop [Blowback]
The Times' editorial Thursday on the dysfunction at the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department was only half right in concluding that the recent spat between Sheriff Lee Baca and former Undersheriff Paul Tanaka "should serve as a catalyst to speed...
Tags: Government, Barack Obama, Los Angeles Police Department, Law Enforcement, Politics
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San Bernardino police officers criticize city officials on billboard
The San Bernardino police officers' union took a very public shot at several of the bankrupt city's elected officials with a billboard proclaiming, "Congratulations! You've made San Bernardino the WORST run city in America!" The billboard featured...
Tags: Shootings, Government, Labor Legislation, Politics, Career and Workplace
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Move that LAX runway already
The city officials who run Los Angeles International Airport have been trying for what seems like forever to move the north runway 260 feet closer to the boundary separating the airport from the community of Westchester. The move would put more space...
Tags: Government, Los Angeles International Airport, Politics
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Stop dissing the humanities
If any line item in the state or federal budgets cries out for more resources, or even just a little more respect, it's the arts and humanities. Never mind that many writers, artists and scholars have the fresh ideas that our times so desperately need....
Tags: Land Price, Nelson Algren, Entertainment Events, Arts and Culture, University of California, Los Angeles
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Building a better billboard law in L.A.
Many major thoroughfares in Los Angeles, especially on the Westside and in Hollywood, were a little less glaring this week, a little less distracting, a little — OK, fine, let's come out and say it — less tacky. That's because a judge...
Tags: Justice System, Government, Science and Technology, Electronics, Clear Channel Communications Inc.
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New Orleans asks judge to seize troubled prison from sheriff
Conditions have gotten so bad at a New Orleans prison that city officials have asked a judge to appoint a replacement for the sheriff in charge, according to a federal court filing. For years, the Orleans Parish Prison has been criticized by theĀ U.S....
Tags: Justice System, Government, U.S. Department of Justice, Politics, Financially Distressed Companies
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Carmen Trutanich lags in endorsements against Mike Feuer
Los Angeles City Atty. Carmen Trutanich offers an explanation for why his reelection challenger has racked up the lion's share of endorsements as the May 21 runoff approaches: "He's part of the old-boys club; he's a career politician and I'm independent."...
Tags: Tom LaBonge, Lawyers, Steve Cooley, Business Enterprises, Legal Service
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Ernie Schneider dies at 66; chief administrative officer of O.C. when it declared bankruptcy
Ernie Schneider, the chief administrative officer of Orange County when it declared bankruptcy in 1994 because of its disastrous investment practices, died Saturday at his home in San Juan Capistrano. He was 66. His death, related to liver and kidney...
Tags: Government, Science and Technology, Economy, Business and Finance, Accounting and Auditing, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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