Saturday, January 28, 2012

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Saturday, January 28, 2012 10:21 PM EST

Today's Local News for Beverly Hills CA :

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Los Angeles Times

It's time for a crackdown on abusers of disabled placards

Jan 28 10:12 PM EST

Los Angeles needs to take tough action, and California should at least require that the drivers get a doctor's signature every two years. Physicians could be more discriminating too. Call them cretins, barbarians — whatever you like. I'm with you. But there are two very good reasons many California drivers abuse disabled placards when they park their vehicles.

Brown ordered firing of regulator who cracked down on oil firms

Jan 28 8:42 PM EST

The dispute centered on a risky method of extraction. California's governor has sued oil companies throughout his career, but he now talks of tossing cumbersome regulations to revive the economy. Late last year, Gov. Jerry Brown pushed for a top state regulator to ease key requirements for companies seeking to tap California's oil. The official balked.

Planned house demolition upsets Malibu neighbors

Jan 28 7:42 PM EST

A New Yorker's plan to demolish a Bart Prince-designed home and build a two-story California Mission-style residence has neighbors concerned over the potential loss of ocean views and what some decry as the waste of a perfectly good house. A New York hedge fund manager's plan to demolish an eye-catching steel-and-glass home in Malibu and build a two-story California Mission-style residence has ...

Caltrans wants to abandon cliff-hanging Highway 39

Jan 28 7:42 PM EST

To avoid closure of the popular San Gabriel Mountains route, Caltrans has asked the U.S. Forest Service or L.A. County to take it over, but neither wants it. In a standoff with federal forest officials, Caltrans is proposing to abandon a popular, cliff-hanging highway in the San Gabriel Mountains because it is too expensive to maintain.

6 shot, 2 dead at Thai restaurant, nightclub

Jan 28 12:42 PM EST

New details emerged Saturday morning in the fatal shooting at the Pink Pepper Thai restaurant on Hollywood Boulevard, one of several shootings overnight in L.A.


Canyon News

Canyon News - $440K Spent On Garden Walk Art

Jan 26 11:11 PM EST

SANTA MONICA — On Tuesday, January 24, the Santa Monica City Council voted unanimously to pay $440,200 for artwork that will be installed in the new Palisades Garden Walk, the construction of which is estimated to be completed in late 2013.

Canyon News - Possible "Office" Spinoff In the Works

Jan 26 10:11 PM EST

HOLLYWOOD — NBC is said to be working on a spinoff to "The Office" starring popular character Dwight Schrute with a debut targeted for the middle of the 2013 season, according to reports on Wednesday, January 25.

Canyon News - Mar Vista School Well, Field To Be Moved

Jan 26 9:11 PM EST

SANTA MONICA — On Tuesday, January 24, the Santa Monica City Council voted unanimously to budget $1.4 million to have a water production well at a Mar Vista private school relocated so that its football field can be upgraded for expanded and safer use.

Canyon News - One Month Anniversary for Missing Woman

Jan 26 4:26 PM EST

LOS ANGELES —The family of missing 22-year-old female Bree'Anna Jovette Guzman is to mark the one month anniversary of her disappearance with a candlelight and prayer vigil on the evening of Thursday, January 26. The mother of two girls who also goes by the name "Bree" was last seen on Monday, December 26 at approximately 7:30pm at her home on the 2300 block of Humboldt Street in the Lincoln ...

Canyon News - Parks Dept. Asked To Power Zoo Films

Jan 25 8:56 PM EST

LOS FELIZ —T he Los Angeles Department of Water and Power reported to the city on Wednesday, January 25 a pricing plan for power nodes at Griffith Park's Old L.A. Zoo, LADWP's John Ferraro Building and at City Hall that could be used by production companies while they film at these locations.


Beverly Hills Courier

Happenings...

Jan 27 5:30 PM EST

Local events and opportunities...

Resident Frustration Rules at Roxbury Park Town Hall Meeting

Jan 27 5:00 PM EST

Despite the promise of a Roxbury Park Community Center Town Hall meeting, the City Council meeting held last night lacked dialogue between Councilmembers and the community regarding the issue of the proposed project. The vast majority of residents who spoke opposed the councils grandiose plans to pave over green space.

Local Authors Debut eBook Aims To Help Readers Save Money, And Inspire

Jan 27 12:16 PM EST

Longtime resident Christine Redlin is debuting her new eBook, Life On A Shoestring .. In Beverly Hills? (A Feel And Think Better Book).

Baby Steps Helps Clients Navigate Field Of Infertility, Surrogacy

Jan 27 12:16 PM EST

After her own miserable, humiliating, frustrating and costly experience with surrogacy, Liz Silverman-Platt decided there had to be a better way. So nearly three years ago she founded Baby Steps Fertility, LLC to help others, save them from some of the tribulations she went through, and be the resource she wishes shed had.

Bedtime With Books

Jan 27 12:16 PM EST

Kindergartners Tanner Capik and Sophia Lifson work on Valentines Day themed art projects at El Rodeos Bedtime With Books, Tuesday.


CBS 2 Los Angeles

6 People Held In Connection With 29-Year-Old Man's Stabbing Death In Riverside

Jan 28 9:18 PM EST

Six people were arrested Saturday in connection with the stabbing and beating death of a 29-year-old Riverside man, according to the police department.

Fallen Tree Branch Injures Man, Blocks Traffic On Sunset Boulevard In Brentwood

Jan 28 7:51 PM EST

A large limb of a tree -- possibly a eucalyptus -- fell Saturday afternoon injuring one man and tying up traffic on Sunset Boulevard in Brentwood.

San Jacinto Man, 33, Wanted For Alleged Child Molestation Nabbed In Riverside

Jan 28 7:42 PM EST

A man suspected of continuous sexual abuse against a minor in San Jacinto was behind bars Saturday because investigators tracked him down in Riverside, according to a sheriff's department spokesman.

Motorist In Littlerock Killed When His Pickup Truck Flips Over And Lands On Him

Jan 28 7:34 PM EST

A motorist in Littlerock was killed Saturday morning when he flew out of his pick-up truck as it flipped over and landed on him in a desert wash east of Palmdale, a California Highway Patrol officer said.

8 Arrested For Alleged DUI In Overnight Checkpoint Operation

Jan 28 7:23 PM EST

Deputies arrested nine people, including eight for suspicion of drunken driving, during overnight checkpoints in Moreno Valley and Perris, sheriff's department spokesmen said Saturday.


Orange County Register

Tet celebrates Year of the Dragon

Jan 28 7:52 PM EST

GARDEN GROVE - Phuong Le, draped in vivid pink satin robes and sparkling jewel earrings, knelt on stage in front of a table of colorful offerings as part of a Vietnamese ancestral ceremony.The ceremony was part of the opening events of the 31st Annual Tet Festival in Garden Grove. The festival,...

Santa Ana hosts Graffiti Clean-up Day

Jan 28 7:44 PM EST

SANTA ANA - More than 130 teens, residents and community leaders gathered at Memorial Park on Saturday to take part in a graffiti removal project aimed at fostering neighborhood pride.Participants congregated in front of the stage before fanning out to all corners of the 17-acre park - and...

Students display clever inventions in Irvine

Jan 28 7:19 PM EST

IRVINE About 435 Irvine and Tustin students lined up next to poster boards of their creations at the

Ladera Ranch bank robbed

Jan 28 5:19 PM EST

LADERA RANCH - Authorities evacuated a supermarket midmorning Saturday to search for a bank robber they said later was confirmed to have already walked out.The 11:15 a.m. robbery occurred at the US Bank inside the Pavilions at 25636 Crown Valley Parkway, according to the Orange County...

CSU tries to avoid $400K presidents

Jan 28 10:57 AM EST

It was a scandal last year when the California State University trustees hired a new president at an annual salary of...


The Press-Enterprise

ETTA JAMES FUNERAL: Aguilera, Sharpton, Wonder join family to honor singer

Jan 28 4:18 PM EST

Stevie Wonder and Christina Aguilera perform at private funeral for R&B icon in Gardena for her family; Al Sharpton reads message from Obamas

ETTA JAMES: Family, celebrities eulogize iconic singer

Jan 28 3:50 PM EST

Stevie Wonder and Christina Aguilera perform at private funeral for Etta James being held in Gardena for her family; Al Sharpton reads message from Obamas

MENIFEE: Owner speaks out about golf-club attack that killed Chihuahua

Jan 28 12:49 AM EST

"He's a wicked, wicked man," Barbara Hitchman said of the neighbor sheriff's officials allege killed her Chihuahua in an unprovoked golf-club attack

UPDATE: Chihuahua dies in Menifee golf-club attack

Jan 27 5:13 PM EST

The assailant was about to take a second swing when witnesses stopped him, sheriff's officials say

RIVERSIDE: Man shot dead on city's east side

Jan 27 10:53 AM EST

The shooting was reported at 10:10 p.m. Thursday along Kansas Avenue, just south of University Avenue


Los Angeles Daily News

College presidents criticize Obama's cost-control proposal

Jan 28 8:43 PM EST

WASHINGTON - Fuzzy math, Illinois State University's president called it. "Political theater of the worst sort," said the University of Washington's head.

Santa Anas blowing up temps, wildfire danger in San Fernando Valley

Jan 28 8:43 PM EST

LOS ANGELES - A new round of Santa Ana winds neared hurricane force in local mountains today, pumped up temperatures across coastal Southern California and pushed the danger of a wildfire into the red zone today. | PHOTOS

Promises bring risks and rewards

Jan 28 8:42 PM EST

COCOA, Fla. - Newt Gingrich's promise to colonize the moon isn't pie-in-the-sky in Florida. It illustrates an adage: All politics is local.

Gingrich won't quit if he loses on Tuesday

Jan 28 8:42 PM EST

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. - On the weekend before the pivotal Florida primary, Newt Gingrich vowed on Saturday to stay in the race for the Republican presidential nomination until the national convention this summer even if he loses Tuesday's vote.

Steps taken to save petroglyphs

Jan 28 8:42 PM EST

TUBA CITY, Ariz. - In the far reaches of northern Arizona lies a monument to a people's past and a symbol of the promise of peace between two long-warring Indian nations.


NBC Los Angeles

Deputy Involved Shooting in Lennox

Jan 28 9:49 PM EST

Police in Lennox are looking for a man who ran from the scene after an officer-involved shooting Saturday morning, according to police.

Red Flag Warnings Extended

Jan 28 5:49 PM EST

Santa Ana winds howled through the Southland Saturday, and fire officials added extra engines to compensate for increased fire danger.

Clean Cars, Solar Power and the Dodgers' Next Step

Jan 28 3:49 PM EST

Los Angeles solidified its role as a leader in green energy and the city's baseball team took one step closer to finding a new owner this week in Southland news.

OC Cops Hunt for Puppy Napper

Jan 28 3:19 PM EST

The cops aren't going easy on the remorseful puppy thieves who left $600 in cash and an apology note two days after taking a tiny chow out of a Stanton pet store.

State's First Sustainable Utility Campus

Jan 28 1:34 PM EST

Burbank Water and Power boasts the state's first sustainable campus, a title for which it plans to celebrate on Saturday with a community fair and dedication ceremony.


Daily Breeze

Pot seized from boat at Smugglers Cove

Jan 28 9:04 PM EST

MALIBU - The federal government seized an estimated 1,200 to 1,500 pounds of marijuana from a Mexican panga boat that beached in Malibu and arrested three men, a Department of Homeland Security official said Saturday.

Taking a write turn

Jan 28 8:19 PM EST

New writing program developed by educators in Manhattan Beach School District aims to build all-around creativity, thinking skills in students.

Torrance PD searches are called illegal

Jan 28 8:19 PM EST

Torrance taxpayers have paid $300,000 to settle a federal lawsuit stemming from a Police Department policy of unconstitutionally entering private property without proper authority.

John Bogert: A scary and wonderful development

Jan 28 7:49 PM EST

"Look at this," she said, offering the tiny screen of her smartphone. Without glasses I couldn't quite make out the image.

Redondo Beach slow-growth group wins court victory

Jan 27 11:19 PM EST

A slow-growth advocacy group in Redondo Beach scored a financial victory this week after an appellate court upheld a previous ruling awarding the nonprofit hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees. | The judge's ruling


Ventura County Star

Violent crime down in sheriff's areas, up in Ventura

Jan 28 10:06 PM EST

While the number of homicides in areas patrolled by Ventura County sheriff's deputies was up slightly last year, violent crime as a whole dropped.

Charity work helps create ties that bind

Jan 28 9:58 PM EST

More than 200 girls and about 75 of their mothers from seven area chapters of the National Charity League Inc. filled an assembly hall at Casa Pacifica to make more than 400 fleece blankets for the facility's residents.

Moorpark launches library's centennial celebration

Jan 28 9:42 PM EST

The Moorpark City Library hosted an event on Saturday to mark the beginning of the library's centennial celebration this year.

Health occupations conference brings students together in Simi

Jan 28 9:36 PM EST

Fifty youths from three high schools gave up their weekend plans to attend Ventura County's first Health Occupations Students of America conference at Simi Valley High School.

Food, muscle cars, Fieri look-alikes on tap for 'Diners' viewing party in Oxnard

Jan 28 8:29 PM EST

With beer tastings, a display of muscle cars and a Guy Fieri look-alike contest, the viewing party that will take place Jan. 30 at The Kitchen in downtown Oxnard could only be for one show: "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives."


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