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    May 30, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. California Assembly approves hike in state's minimum wage

    SACRAMENTO — The Assembly passed a proposal Thursday to hike California's minimum wage from $8 to $9.25 an hour over the next three years and require future increases to keep pace with inflation.
    SACRAMENTO — The Assembly passed a proposal Thursday to hike California's minimum wage from $8 to $9.25 an hour over the next three years and require future increases to keep pace with inflation. Higher wages would "allow our families to provide...

    Tags: Donald P. Wagner, Los Angeles Unified School District, Kristin Olsen, Alex Padilla, AFSCME

    2. May 30, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Ban on plastic grocery bags rejected by state Senate

    SACRAMENTO -- A proposal to ban single-use plastic grocery bags in California is dead for the year after it failed to win passage by a deadline in the state Senate on Thursday.
    SACRAMENTO -- A proposal to ban single-use plastic grocery bags in California is dead for the year after it failed to win passage by a deadline in the state Senate on Thursday. It was the third time since 2010 that such a bill has stalled in the...

    Tags: Kevin de Leon, Alex Padilla, Ron Calderon, Norma J. Torres, Politics

    3. Feb 21, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Five picks from the Palm Springs Modernism Show

    For proof that Modernism still spins it magic, witness the crowds that descended upon the Palm Springs Modernism Show & Sale last weekend. Though final attendance numbers wouldn't be available until after Modernism Week ends this Sunday, the design exhibition at the Palm Springs Convention Center did have 82 dealers, about 10 more than last year, and they ranged from elegantly spare midcentury furnishings and geometric paintings to ostentatious vintage jewelry and clothing. Among the highlights:
    For proof that Modernism still spins it magic, witness the crowds that descended upon the Palm Springs Modernism Show & Sale last weekend. Though final attendance numbers wouldn't be available until after Modernism Week ends this Sunday, the design...

    Tags: Greta Garbo, Building Material, Joan Fontaine

    4. Feb 21, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Alabama Chanin debuts new collection at Heath Ceramics

    Natalie Chanin is someone I deeply admire. The Alabama native started her designing career in New York, but when she found she needed skilled seamstresses to complete her designs, she moved back home, to Florence, Ala., where textile mill closings had left many women without work. With <a href="http://www.alabamachanin.com/">Alabama Chanin</a> she created a whole line of high-end appliqued and embroidered clothing around their considerable skills with a needle.
    Natalie Chanin is someone I deeply admire. The Alabama native started her designing career in New York, but when she found she needed skilled seamstresses to complete her designs, she moved back home, to Florence, Ala., where textile mill closings had...
    5. Feb 7, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Father Maur van Doorslaer dies at 87; famed for folksy plaques

    Father Maur van Doorslaer lived a kind of double life.
    Father Maur van Doorslaer lived a kind of double life. For decades, the Benedictine monk spent half the year working in a studio at an abbey in Belgium, painting abstract art in varying shades of white. For the other half, he took in the High Desert...

    Tags: Building Material, Colon Cancer, Architecture, Entertainment Events, Frank Gehry

    6. Jan 17, 2013 | Los Angeles Times

  6. 2 arrested, a third sought in Postal Service plastics theft

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    A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s task force has arrested two men and is searching for another suspected of possessing stolen plastic pallets belonging to the U.S. Postal Service in a Rancho Cucamonga warehouse....
    7. Jan 17, 2013 | Los Angeles Times

  7. Suspect in Hollywood nightclub slaying arrested in Las Vegas

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    Police arrested a man suspected of fatally shooting another man during a brawl outside a popular Hollywood nightclub, authorities said Wednesday. The suspect, who was not immediately identified, was taken into custody at a residence in the Las Vegas area....
    8. Jan 17, 2013 | Los Angeles Times

  8. Natalie Wood death probe found new evidence, sources say

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    While the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department probe of Natalie Wood's death is far from complete, sources said this week that detectives have developed some new leads. A law enforcement source with knowledge of the case said the detectives have......
    9. Jan 3, 2013 | Los Angeles Times

  9. Eight arrested in sophisticated plastic-theft ring

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    Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies arrested eight people accused of being involved in a sophisticated plastic-theft ring, officials said....
    10. Jan 10, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. End of an era for Gainey Ceramics, local maker of garden pots

    Gainey Ceramics, the La Verne company known for its glazed planters, urns and decorative pottery, confirmed Thursday that after more than 60 years, it is suspending its ceramics manufacturing Jan. 31 and ending one of the last operations of its kind in Southern California.
    Gainey Ceramics, the La Verne company known for its glazed planters, urns and decorative pottery, confirmed Thursday that after more than 60 years, it is suspending its ceramics manufacturing Jan. 31 and ending one of the last operations of its kind in...

    Tags: Building Material

    11. Oct 14, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Designers, brands take steps toward sustainable fashion

    Call it the H&amp;M effect, or fast fashion. Americans are buying, and discarding, clothes more quickly than ever. On average, each of us throws 54 pounds of clothes and shoes into the trash each year. That adds up to about 9 million tons of shoes, jackets and other wearables that are sent into the waste stream annually, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
    Los Angeles Times
    Call it the H&M effect, or fast fashion. Americans are buying, and discarding, clothes more quickly than ever. On average, each of us throws 54 pounds of clothes and shoes into the trash each year. That adds up to about 9 million tons of shoes, jackets...

    Tags: Stella McCartney, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Science and Technology, Gucci Group NV, Michael Kors

    12. Nov 26, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  12. California businesses plagued by plastic thieves

    L.A. NOW
    California businesses are being plauged by plastic thieves, who steal plastic pallets, trays and crates in order to sell them to recyclers....
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