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Using the homeless to bash Abercrombie & Fitch not cool
You may already have seen the video. “Abercrombie & Fitch is a terrible company,” intones the creator and star, Los Angeles writer Greg Karber. “Their CEO insists on only hiring attractive people, which is ironic because he looks like...
Tags: Leila Fowler, Media Industry, Abercrombie & Fitch Company
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Lack of quorum spotlights Garcetti's council-meeting absences
A quarrel at the Los Angeles City Council over strategies for helping homeless residents on Friday sparked a campaign debate over Councilman Eric Garcetti's frequent absences from meetings as he runs for mayor. The council's 10 a.m. meeting came to a...
Tags: Jan Perry, Local Elections, Primaries, Social Issues, Eric Garcetti
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Big snake discovered among belongings at homeless storage center
L.A. NOWAnimal Services workers were heading to a downtown Los Angeles facility used by the homeless to store their possessions after a python was discovered among the belongings Friday morning, officials said.... -
One of 7 fires to hit small swath of Bend, Ore., burns old church
A string of seven fires within a city block in Bend, Ore., started with the scorching of a historic church during the morning darkness Wednesday and continued until after dawn, when firefighters spotted two cars engulfed in flames, officials said. After...
Tags: Anglicanism, Social Issues, Religion and Belief, Medina (Saudi Arabia), Christianity
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Bill Rosendahl, happy warrior
Robert Kennedy was a young Bill Rosendahl's hope for the White House, but Kennedy's rival, Hubert Humphrey, practiced the "happy warrior" style of politics that represents the principles Rosendahl has embraced. As he leaves the Los Angeles City Council...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Minority Groups, Local Elections, Health Treatments, Civil Rights
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L.A. asks U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on skid row injunction
L.A. NOWCiting an immediate public health threat, the city of Los Angeles will ask the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday to overturn a lower court ruling preventing the random seizure and destruction of belongings that homeless people leave temporarily unattended on... -
L.A. to ask high court to overturn ruling on homeless' belongings
L.A. NOWThe city of Los Angeles is scheduled Thursday to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a lower-court ruling preventing the random seizure and destruction of belongings that homeless people leave temporarily unattended on public sidewalks. If the court... -
Downtown L.A. tuberculosis outbreak prompts CDC response
L.A. NOWThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is dispatching scientists to Los Angeles to mount a new attack on an outbreak of tuberculosis on skid row. Health workers have identified about 4,650 people who were probably exposed and are trying...... -
Persistent strain of TB claims victims on L.A.'s skid row
Public health officials have launched a new, coordinated attack to contain a persistent outbreak of tuberculosis on downtown Los Angeles' skid row, including a search for more than 4,500 people who may have been exposed to the disease. The Centers for...
Tags: HIV, Diseases and Illnesses, University of California, Los Angeles, Social Issues, Symptoms
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Mike Bonin in Council District 11
Los Angeles City Council District 11 begins at the bluffs of Pacific Palisades and crosses the coral tree-lined median of San Vicente Boulevard. It includes Westchester bungalows in the shadow of jets rumbling into LAX, and the homeless in Venice who...
Tags: Social Issues, Economy, Business and Finance, United Way , Rentals, Politics
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Tuberculosis outbreak in downtown L.A. sparks federal effort
L.A. NOWPublic health officials have launched a new, coordinated effort to contain a persistent outbreak of tuberculosis in downtown L.A.’s skid row, including searching for more than 4,500 people who may have been exposed to the disease. The Centers for... -
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: Jan Perry, Jerry Brown, Social Issues, Economy, Business and Finance, Housing and Urban Planning
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