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Today's Local News for Beverly Hills CA : Councilman's preferred successor holds edge in Westside district Los Angeles Times - Friday, Feb 22, 2013 08:46 PM EST Dorner and the LAPD legacy Los Angeles Times - Friday, Feb 22, 2013 08:31 PM EST Canyon News - DNA Links Illegal Immigrant To Stabbing Canyon News - Friday, Feb 22, 2013 06:11 AM EST Canyon News - Two Cars Collide On PCH In Santa Monica Canyon News - Friday, Feb 22, 2013 05:41 AM EST Chicago Politics in Beverly Hills? West Hollywood/Beverly Hills Democrats Spread Anti-Mirisch Door Hangers Beverly Hills Courier - Friday, Feb 22, 2013 08:29 PM EST Jack Nicholson, Dustin Hoffman to Present Awards at Oscars Beverly Hills Courier - Friday, Feb 22, 2013 07:59 PM EST Los Angeles Times Councilman's preferred successor holds edge in Westside district Friday, Feb 22, 2013 08:46 PM EST Mike Bonin, Councilman Bill Rosendahl's longtime chief of staff, has raised the most money of four candidates. But rivals say he represents politics as usual. When Los Angeles City Councilman Bill Rosendahl decided in October to retire and focus on battling cancer, he anointed Mike Bonin, his longtime chief of staff, as his preferred successor. Dorner and the LAPD legacy Friday, Feb 22, 2013 08:31 PM EST Old feelings die hard, and Christopher Dorner's manifesto blaming his firing on racists, liars and cowards has Police Chief Charlie Beck facing a public that needs answers. I expected fireworks in South Los Angeles this week, when LAPD Chief Charlie Beck showed up at a community meeting to talk about Christopher Dorner, the ex-cop turned killer whose manifesto cast the department in an ugly ... 'Great 9th' may lose more of its African American political clout Friday, Feb 22, 2013 08:23 PM EST In 1963, Gilbert Lindsay was chosen to fill a seat in South L.A.'s 9th District and a black power base took root. Now, a big demographic shift could upend the political landscape. Los Angeles reached a benchmark half a century ago when the City Council's first African American was appointed to represent the area then known as South Central. Eric Garcetti's role in L.A. budget fixes is in dispute Friday, Feb 22, 2013 02:38 AM EST Many say the mayoral candidate was not a fiscal hard-liner but rather a conciliator. Pressed in the race for mayor of Los Angeles to say how he would fix a persistent budget gap that has led to the gutting of many city services, Eric Garcetti urges voters to look at what he has done in the past. Garcetti and Greuel in duel for funds Friday, Feb 22, 2013 12:46 AM EST The front-runners in L.A. mayor's race report raising nearly a half-million dollars each, but the city controller has a steep advantage in outside efforts on her behalf. Wendy Greuel and Eric Garcetti remain locked in a tight fundraising battle, with the front-runners in Los Angeles' mayoral contest each raising just under a half-million dollars in recent weeks and both showing ample cash ... Canyon News Canyon News - DNA Links Illegal Immigrant To Stabbing Friday, Feb 22, 2013 06:11 AM EST SANTA MONICA —A 39-year-old man from Sonora, Mexico was named as a suspect by the Santa Monica Police Department on Thursday, February 21 for the stabbing of a black teenager in Santa Monica. Canyon News - Two Cars Collide On PCH In Santa Monica Friday, Feb 22, 2013 05:41 AM EST SANTA MONICA —A car crash on the Pacific Coast Highway in Santa Monica led to police shutting down a section of the highway for about three hours on Thursday, February 21. Canyon News - Clint Eastwood's Home Swatted Friday, Feb 22, 2013 05:11 AM EST LOS ANGELES —Actor Clint Eastwood has become a part of a long list of celebrity swatting victims due to fake calls to the police. Swatting is a term that refers to a hoax emergency being reported to authorities in order to have a SWAT team arrive at the scene. Beverly Hills Courier Chicago Politics in Beverly Hills? West Hollywood/Beverly Hills Democrats Spread Anti-Mirisch Door Hangers Friday, Feb 22, 2013 08:29 PM EST In an apparent attempt to confuse voters and distort Vice Mayor John Mirisch's record, the West Hollywood Democratic Club/Beverly Hills Democratic Club placed door hangers on the front doors of homes across Beverly Hills Friday morning. Jack Nicholson, Dustin Hoffman to Present Awards at Oscars Friday, Feb 22, 2013 07:59 PM EST Multiple Oscar-winning Hollywood legends Jack Nicholson and Dustin Hoffman were added Friday to the presenting line-up at this weekend's 85th Academy Awards. The pair will join a star-studded cast on stage Sunday including Michael Douglas, John Travolta, Ben Affleck, Jessica Chastain, Jennifer Lawrence, Halle Berry, Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon. Film, TV Publicists Honored at Ceremony in Beverly Hills Friday, Feb 22, 2013 07:14 PM EST The publicity team behind the Oscar-nominated film ``Argo'' was honored for best film publicity campaign today during the 50th annual International Cinematographers Guild Publicists Awards. The film received the Maxwell Weinberg Award for Best Publicity Campaign, besting publicity teams from the films ``Flight,'' ``Les Miserables,'' ``Life of Pi,'' ``Skyfall'' and ``The Avengers.'' Barber ‘Little Joe’ Entering 51st Year Of Cuts In Beverly Hills Friday, Feb 22, 2013 05:29 PM EST Joe Bausone loves to cut hair and talk to people. And he should, he’s been doing it for 50 years. His Little Joe’s Barber Shop, firmly ensconced in the Sports Club L.A. building at Wilshire and Camden, is entering its 51st year of business. Stars Turn Out For Annual Oscars Beauty & Couture Suite Friday, Feb 22, 2013 04:59 PM EST Roger and Lynn Neal of Neal Public Relations produced their 17th annual The Ultimate Beauty & Couture Suite in honor of the 85th Academy Awards this week at L’Ermitage Hotel on Burton Way. CBS 2 Los Angeles Former Bellflower Coach Pleads No Contest To Molesting Teen Girl For 5 Years Friday, Feb 22, 2013 09:18 PM EST Authorities say a former Bellflower High School track and girls’ basketball coach pleaded no contest Friday to molesting a teen over a five-year period starting when she was 13. 8 LAPD Officers Involved In Mistaken ID Shooting During Dorner Manhunt Friday, Feb 22, 2013 09:02 PM EST Eight Los Angeles police officers who mistakenly shot newspaper delivery women while guarding a target of fugitive ex-cop Christopher Dorner remain out of the field pending an internal investigation. Lawsuit Filed In SoCal Tour Bus Crash That Killed 8 Friday, Feb 22, 2013 07:34 PM EST A mother and daughter injured in a Southern California tour bus crash that killed eight people filed a lawsuit Friday against the tour bus operator and the charter company that organized the fatal trip. Jermaine Jackson Changes Last Name To Jacksun Friday, Feb 22, 2013 07:26 PM EST Jermaine Jackson has a new, brighter surname — Jacksun. OC Trio Accused Of Intercepting Credit Card Deliveries Friday, Feb 22, 2013 06:15 PM EST Three suspects accused of using computers to track deliveries of American Express cards in order to intercept them from their rightful owners were behind bars Friday. Orange County Register Vietnamese Americans send $150,000 to New York Friday, Feb 22, 2013 09:25 PM EST Local Vietnamese American leaders who wanted to personally present donations raised by the ethnic Orange County community for hurricane relief efforts in New York got their wish on Friday - a month after questions arose about the whereabouts of some of the donated money. Leaders from the Orange... New hotel proposed for San Juan Capistrano Friday, Feb 22, 2013 08:32 PM EST Another hotel could be in the works for San Juan Capistrano. According to a weekly report by City Manager Karen Brust, the city's Development Advisory Board was presented with preliminary plans for a new 130- to 150-room hotel, along with 5,000 to 10,000 square feet of meeting space,... Nothing new for man walking in circles Friday, Feb 22, 2013 07:03 PM EST ORANGE - Ray Venezia walked around the Orange Plaza 50 times on Friday to commemorate a 50-mile walk he logged around the traffic circle a half century ago. It took Venezia, 66, about two hours to complete his journey around the inner circle of Plaza Square. "It's a lot easier today... Chapman University to receive $10 million endowment Friday, Feb 22, 2013 06:23 PM EST ORANGE - Christine and Lon Cross visited Chapman University for the first time recently and were taken by the campus' beauty, the friendliness of faculty and staff, and students' devotion to learning. That's when the couple decided to leave their legacy at the university: On Friday,... LaRuffa steps down as Barons head coach Friday, Feb 22, 2013 05:48 PM EST Fountain Valley baseball coach Ron LaRuffa stepped down Thursday, and assistant coach Derek Yanagisawa will assume the head coaching duties for the Barons.LaRuffa, who retired in 2002 but came out of retirement to once again coach the Barons in 2009, said he will effectively switch roles with... The Press-Enterprise TEMECULA: Border Patrol seizes heroin, meth Friday, Feb 22, 2013 08:06 PM EST More than 10 pounds of methamphetamine and more than three pounds of heroin were in the car’s spare tire, Border Patrol officials said CORONA: Police corporal convicted in Remmers abuse-report case Friday, Feb 22, 2013 05:03 PM EST Corona police Cpl. Margaret Bell was accused of keeping mum about suspected child abuse of a 13-year-old boy TEMECULA: Man shot by officer unarmed, family says Friday, Feb 22, 2013 04:35 PM EST John Armes, 29, of Fallbrook, died Feb. 11 after he was shot by a member of a fugitive apprehension taskforce in Temecula, authorities said BANNING: 4-hour standoff ends with arrest of mirror-hurling man Friday, Feb 22, 2013 04:25 PM EST Police surround house after report of man with knife threatening to kill one of his neighbors ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION: Supervisors support path to citizenship Friday, Feb 22, 2013 11:11 AM EST Two members of the Riverside County Board of Supervisors are wading into the national debate over an overhaul of the nation’s immigration laws. Los Angeles Daily News Westfield to build community center at old Sizzler site Friday, Feb 22, 2013 09:36 PM EST Work on Westfield LLC's massive Westfield Village at Topanga project gets under way on Saturday, sort of, in an unlikely location. Across the street at Westfield Topanga. Veterans in hospice can't watch premium cable at VA Hospital in North Hills Friday, Feb 22, 2013 09:36 PM EST Federal officials are looking into why the Veterans Administration Hospital in North Hills is paying for premium cable channels, but residents in the hospice care are unable to view them freely. Hit pieces fly back, forth on campaign trail toward March 5 election Friday, Feb 22, 2013 09:21 PM EST With the Los Angeles election less than two weeks away, candidates in high-stakes races are challenging claims being made in campaign fliers that are overflowing in voters' mailboxes. Campaign to increase L.A.'s sales tax raises $620K Friday, Feb 22, 2013 08:52 PM EST The campaign to boost Los Angeles' sales tax has raised $620,000, according to City Ethics Commission filings released Friday. Tim Rutten: A new pope to serve the good of the church Friday, Feb 22, 2013 08:52 PM EST By the end of this week, the 118 cardinal-electors of the Roman Catholic church will have gathered in Rome to select a successor to Pope Benedict XVI, whose abdication takes effect Thursday evening. NBC Los Angeles Lawyers Accuse LAUSD of Trying to Cover Up Abuse Friday, Feb 22, 2013 09:40 PM EST Lawyers for at least four students in the Los Angeles Unified School District accused the district on Friday of trying to cover up allegations of teacher abuse by tossing out charges, but the district said it’s... Arsonist Targets Trees in Sylmar: LAFD Friday, Feb 22, 2013 08:41 PM EST One week after a frightening blaze occurred in front of a Sylmar family’s home, authorities are asking for the public’s help in finding a potential arsonist who they believe has set a series of fires in... Burley the Koala Visits NBC4 Friday, Feb 22, 2013 08:25 PM EST Aussie critters visited the NBC4 studios on Friday to herald the opening of their new digs at the San Diego Zoo. Man Found Burned to Death in Cadillac ID'd by Son Friday, Feb 22, 2013 08:10 PM EST The burning body of a man found inside a parked car that was aflame in Westchester early Friday has been identified by family members. Woman Leaves $27M Estate to Alzheimer's Association Friday, Feb 22, 2013 06:25 PM EST After a modest Orange County woman died at 95, the county’s Alzheimer’s Association chapter was shocked to find that she left it the entirety of her $27 million estate KABC-TV Los Angeles Police reassure public after Vegas Strip murder Friday, Feb 22, 2013 09:44 PM EST Despite a shooting and multi-vehicle crash that killed three people in Las Vegas Thursday, visitors say they feel safe. LA mayoral candidate profile: Eric Garcetti aims for LA comeback Friday, Feb 22, 2013 09:29 PM EST The Garcetti name is one of L.A.'s better-known names, and Eric Garcetti has his eyes set on filling the mayor's post. Huntington Beach pharmacy shut down, connected to Dr. Tseng Friday, Feb 22, 2013 08:59 PM EST An O.C. pharmacy was shut down for filling tens of thousands of suspicious prescriptions for painkillers, many from Dr. Tseng. Parents accuse LAUSD of allowing out-of-area kids at high-performing Studio City school Friday, Feb 22, 2013 08:20 PM EST Carpenter Community Charter School says parents from outside the area are committing fraud to get their kids admitted. Justice Department joins lawsuit against Lance Armstrong Friday, Feb 22, 2013 05:29 PM EST The U.S. Justice Department joined a lawsuit against cyclist Lance Armstrong Friday. Daily Breeze Torrance Planning Commission approves 44-unit affordable housing building Friday, Feb 22, 2013 09:37 PM EST The Torrance Planning Commission has signed off on the construction of a 44-unit affordable housing apartment building on Cabrillo Avenue in Old Torrance. Former South Bay assemblyman Carl Washington to plead guilty to bank fraud Friday, Feb 22, 2013 08:23 PM EST A former South Bay assemblyman who now works for the Los Angeles County Probation Department is expected to plead guilty Monday to federal bank fraud charges, admitting he bilked financial institutions by falsely claiming to be the victim of identity theft. Party planned in San Pedro to mark skate park construction Friday, Feb 22, 2013 08:22 PM EST Groundbreaking will be held from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday to mark the start of construction of a skate plaza at San Pedro's Peck Park. Saturday's police log: Hawthorne, Lawndale and Gardena Friday, Feb 22, 2013 08:16 PM EST Recent police activities in Hawthorne, Lawndale and Gardena. | POLICE NEWS | BLOG: SOUTH BAY CRIME, COURT NEWS | FACEBOOK Body found in burned Westchester car Friday, Feb 22, 2013 01:07 PM EST LOS ANGELES - A body was found in Westchester today inside a vehicle damaged by fire, authorities said.

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