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Ontario opens arms to homeless
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterOver the last six months, more than 250 homeless people have pitched tents near the Ontario airport, creating a burgeoning shantytown that sprawls across vacant lots and spills into side streets. They call it Tent City, and for many it's a welcome...Tags: Health, Children, David Kelly (actor), Hospitals and Clinics, Rentals
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With HIV, growing older faster
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterLarry Gibson first spotted Dennis Golay outside West Hollywood's French Market Place. By the time he was halfway across Santa Monica Boulevard, he'd fallen in love. It was Nov. 14, 1981 -- Golay's 34th birthday. Seven years later, both men tested...Tags: Illnesses, National Institutes of Health, Health, Minority Groups, University of California, Los Angeles
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Letters to the editor
Be charitable to Nuñez Re "Nuñez used a charity to funnel donations," Nov. 2 Not only is it OK for elected officials to support worthwhile charities, it is their civic responsibility. Their status as leaders in the community make their support...Tags: Judges, Foreign Aid, Justice System, Democracy, Terrorism
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Former Exec Turns Talents to Aiding Homeless
Times Staff WriterA few weeks after the new $17-million Midnight Mission for the homeless opened downtown this spring, Larry Adamson still was getting used to the building that is likely to become his legacy. At the time, only half of the phone lines worked, e-mails...Tags: Social Issues, Crimes, Homelessness, Bars and Clubs, Heads of State
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Blind Eye to Culture of Abuse
Times Staff WritersCOLORADO CITY, Ariz. — For half a century, while polygamous members of this remote enclave engaged in widespread sexual abuse and child exploitation, government authorities on all levels did little to intervene or protect generations of victims....Tags: Wanted (movie), Freedom of Religion, Heavy Engineering, Health, Entertainment
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My L.A.: City of Hope
Showers! a counselor commanded. All the boys around me began to strip until they stood naked at the edge of the institutions showers. Lets go! a second counselor shouted. One! Two! I froze. Barely seven years old, lost among rows of beds in an...Tags: Social Issues, Examinations, Crimes, Prisons, Awards and Prizes
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High court says no to new rights for church groups
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterWASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday refused to expand the rights of church groups, turning down appeals in a pair of cases. In the first case, the justices declined to hear a free-speech claim from an evangelical minister in Northern...Tags: Judges, Freedom of Religion, Health, Justice System, Finance
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FreeRice: giving by clicking
FreeRice.com is one of the most ingenious websites of 2007. In the best spirit of the Internet, it offers education, entertainment and a way to change the world -- all for free. All you have to do is visit the site and play a vocabulary game. For each...Tags: Charity, Social Issues, Bloomington (Monroe, Indiana), Gaming, Marketing
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California voters want more state services but resist tax increases
In the pages of one day's Times last week were two in a lengthening procession of articles explaining what happens when governments run out of money, as city and county officials across the state cut programs to save cash. Four pages earlier was the...Tags: Social Issues, Politics, Family, Career and Workplace, Government
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Jewish sect leader held on charges of money laundering
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe leader of an Orthodox Jewish sect was arrested Wednesday after authorities unsealed a sweeping 37-count indictment alleging that he operated a decade-long tax fraud and money laundering scheme stretching from Israel through New York to downtown Los...Tags: Cults and Sects, Israel, Justice System, Christian Orthodoxy, FBI
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Orange County social services reach out to Vietnamese community
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterWhen Planned Parenthood representatives began handing out free condoms during an initial information session with recent Vietnamese immigrants in Orange County last year, a hush fell over the room. Those who took one quietly whispered, in Vietnamese,...Tags: Arts and Culture, Health and Safety at School, University of California, Irvine, Diabetes, Health
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Speaking with the new speaker
Karen Bass, California's new Assembly speaker, visited The Times last week to discuss her efforts to fix California's tax structure, negotiate a balanced budget with Republicans and reform foster care in the state. Below is a partial transcript of her...Tags: Social Issues, Politics, Republican Party, Family, Robert Greene
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