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Leimert Park Village deserves a rail station
Two years ago, every one of the elected officials representing South Los Angeles — members of the City Council, the Legislature and Congress — joined in an unprecedented show of unity to call for the Crenshaw-to-LAX light-rail line to...
Tags: Antonio Villaraigosa, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Transportation, Los Angeles International Airport, Railway Transportation
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LAX fails to land in top 100 ranking of world's best airports
President Obama recently groused that no U.S. airport ranked among the world's top 25 airports. If you're a regular traveler to Los Angeles, you may be even more disappointed to learn that Los Angeles International Airport didn't even make the top 100....
Tags: Expedia Incorporated, Immigration, Air Transportation, International Travel, Transportation
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Stanley A. Dashew dies at 96; helped revolutionize credit card industry
Stanley A. Dashew, an inventor and entrepreneur who helped revolutionize the credit card industry, died of natural causes Thursday in Los Angeles, according to a family spokesman. He was 96. Dashew held 40 patents in fields as diverse as credit card...
Tags: American Express Company, Arts, Transportation, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Parkinson's Disease
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Restored or ruined? Malibu Lagoon project stirs strong opinions
Before the bulldozers arrived last June, Malibu Lagoon was a fully grown habitat for egrets, voles and tidewater gobies, studded with sycamore trees and clusters of tule reeds. Today, the lagoon's islands appear almost barren, covered by a sea of tiny red...
Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Gardening, Wetlands, Renovation, Environmental Issues
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Furloughs over, so air controllers (and flights) back on schedule
A week after federal officials launched job furloughs at air traffic control towers, the controllers are back on a regular work schedule -- and airline delays are now caused primarily by severe weather. The number of delays over the week averaged...
Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Road Transportation, Unemployment, Air Transportation Delays, Transportation
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Air traffic controllers' furloughs end
The furloughed air traffic controllers are back at work, and now the nation's airlines can blame only bad weather for delays in getting you to your destination. The furloughs that began about a week ago — delaying hundreds of planes across the...
Tags: Unemployment, Transportation, Career and Workplace, Air Transportation Industry, U.S. Congress
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It's time for a water coaster in Southern California
Southern California is long overdue for a water coaster. For the uninitiated, a water coaster is a water park slide that mimics the ups and downs of a traditional roller coaster with the help of conveyor belts, water jets or magnetic propulsion....
Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Aquatica, Orlando Magic, South Korea
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Top 20 water parks in the world
By now, everybody knows what to expect from your standard-issue ho-hum water park: body and tube slide complexes with funnels and bowls, deluge-inducing water play towers for the little ones, undulating wave pools and relaxing lazy rivers. Photos: 20...
Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Aquatica, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Climbing, Amusement and Theme Parks
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California: Silverado offers sports camp for kids
Here’s a vacation that can keep two generations happy: a stay in California’s Napa Valley wine region combined with a daily sports program for teens and pre-teens. The 1,200-acre Silverado Resort & Spa, 50 miles northeast of San Francisco,...
Tags: Sports, Tennis, Golf, Personal Service, Hotels and Accommodations
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Disney dreamer turns boyhood passion into lifelong career
As a guy who started his own company before he graduated from high school, Garner Holt is just a big kid who owns a giant toy factory. "I feel like I've never worked a day in my life," said the founder and president of Garner Holt Productions, the...
Tags: Tourism and Leisure Industry, Tourism and Leisure, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Amusement and Theme Parks, Inventories
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Source of American Airlines computer glitch yet to be disclosed
Nearly a week after a computer glitch grounded hundreds of its planes, American Airlines has yet to disclose the exact cause of the problem that frustrated passengers stuck in crowded terminals across the country. American's chief executive, Tom Horton,...
Tags: Tourism and Leisure Industry, Transportation, Security Measures, Air Transportation Industry, Transportation Security Administration
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Knott's Berry Farm adding new life to old log ride
After thrilling millions of riders for nearly half a century, a classic Knott's Berry Farm ride isĀ undergoing a major renovation that will see the addition of about 60 animatronic figures. About 50 engineers, mechanics and artisans at Garner Holt...
Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Halloween, Theme Park Vacations, Amusement and Theme Parks
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