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Saturday, Aug 03, 2013 11:22 PM EDT

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Los Angeles Times

Michael Jackson's survivors vs. AEG: a gold mine for witnesses

Saturday, Aug 03, 2013 10:57 PM EDT

Wrongful-death suit means lots of expert medical and business testimony. And that means each side pays big bucks to those who take the stand. A lot of people are making a lot of money off the Michael Jackson wrongful-death case — and then there are the lawyers.        

Teach for America criticized for apparent stance on education policy

Saturday, Aug 03, 2013 10:57 PM EDT

Critics say Teach for America has strayed from a core mission of helping needy urban schools, favoring efforts seen as anti-teacher union. Over its 24-year history, Teach for America has won accolades for taking top college graduates and putting them to work in some of America's toughest schools, creating what it regards as a national model of nonpartisan service in education.        

David Sanders to lead Los Angeles County child protection panel

Saturday, Aug 03, 2013 10:27 PM EDT

New child protection group elects former Department of Children and Family Services head David Sanders to lead county reform effort. Los Angeles County's new Blue Ribbon Commission on Child Protection selected David Sanders to lead its far-reaching effort to reform programs for the county's abused and neglected children.        

Newport Beach seeks new John Wayne takeoff path to lessen jet noise

Saturday, Aug 03, 2013 08:27 PM EDT

At John Wayne Airport, planes already take off at a steeper angle. If the city has its way, they'll also travel in an S-curve above Upper Newport Bay, away from homes. The Boeing 737 screams out of John Wayne Airport, lifting into the thin, misty clouds over Newport Beach.        

San Diego County clerk withdraws Proposition 8 bid

Saturday, Aug 03, 2013 08:27 PM EDT

San Diego County's clerk says his legal bid to resurrect Proposition 8 is unnecessary in light of ProtectMarriage's case. San Diego County Clerk Ernest J. Dronenburg Jr. said he was withdrawing his legal bid to resurrect Proposition 8, the 2008 ballot measure that banned same-sex marriage, because it duplicated efforts by the sponsors of the marriage ban.        


Canyon News

Canyon News - Man Accused Of Murdering Girlfriend Appears In Court

Saturday, Aug 03, 2013 06:41 PM EDT

BEVERLY HILLS — On Friday, August 02, 2013, James Duane Grzeslo appeared in court for the killing of his girlfriend in 2011. Grzeslo killed his 58-year-old girlfriend Cathy Carrasco-Zanini by stabbing her with a knife in her Beverly Hills apartment on the 100 block of North Hamilton Drive.

Canyon News - The Beverly Hills International Music Festival is Currently In Motion

Saturday, Aug 03, 2013 06:11 PM EDT

BEVERLY HILLS — As of Friday, August 2, 2013 the 10th Annual Beverly Hills International Music Festival is underway. Nearly 60 different artists, including instrumentalists and vocalists, from all over the world are expected to perform.

Canyon News - City Council Repeals Broken Meter Policy

Saturday, Aug 03, 2013 01:41 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES—On Wednesday, July 31, the Los Angeles City Council voted to reverse the city’s policy of ticketing a vehicle parked next to a broken meter.


CBS 2 Los Angeles

Actress, Emmy-Nominated Soap Producer Gail Kobe Dies At 84

Saturday, Aug 03, 2013 10:49 PM EDT

Actress and Emmy-nominated soap producer Gail Kobe has died.

2 Seriously Hurt, 2 Critical After Car Plows Into Venice Boardwalk Crowd

Saturday, Aug 03, 2013 10:15 PM EDT

Two people were seriously hurt, 2 more were critically injured after a car plowed into people on the Venice Boardwalk.

Small Monkey Rescued From Thousand Palms Home During Narcotics Bust

Saturday, Aug 03, 2013 08:22 PM EDT

A small marmoset monkey was rescued from a Thousand Palms home Friday evening during a narcotics bust.

82-Year-Old Driver Crashes Her Car Through Beauty School

Saturday, Aug 03, 2013 06:55 PM EDT

Authorities say an 82-year-old driver crashed her Volkswagen Passat through a beauty school in Murrieta Saturday morning.

South LA Barricade Suspect Taken Into Custody After 3 Hours

Saturday, Aug 03, 2013 06:28 PM EDT

A man who barricaded himself inside a South Los Angeles home after allegedly firing a shot at police officers was taken into custody Saturday afternoon.


Orange County Register

Protesters demand justice after shooting

Saturday, Aug 03, 2013 09:58 PM EDT

About 60 people with signs and megaphones marched outside the Santa Ana Police Department on Saturday afternoon and demanded that authorities bring the police officer that shot and killed an unarmed homeless man Tuesday to justice.

Corn Festival parade marks 65 years of tradition

Saturday, Aug 03, 2013 05:11 PM EDT

LA HABRA - As a high school band paraded down La Habra Boulevard on Saturday, Debbie Dominguez stood along the crowded sidewalk with thousands of other parade watchers, smiling at the procession and waving at familiar faces.

Man shot, killed by Huntington Beach police

Saturday, Aug 03, 2013 04:47 PM EDT

HUNTINGTON BEACHA man was shot and killed by a patrol officer Saturday morning.

Round two of Ortega bridge demolition

Saturday, Aug 03, 2013 03:30 PM EDT

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO - Six powerful hydraulic excavators with ram attachments chipped away at the south side of the Ortega Highway bridge that spans the 5 Freeway as spectators looked on late Friday night and into the early morning hours Saturday.

Cypress pursuit ends in fire, death

Saturday, Aug 03, 2013 01:56 PM EDT

CYPRESS - A report of a shirtless man carrying a large knife led to a police pursuit that ended with a house fire and a man found inside dead.


The Press-Enterprise

MENIFEE: Memorial unveiled for Terry Smith Jr. searchers

Friday, Aug 02, 2013 11:27 PM EDT

About 300 gather to get a first glimpse of the mosaic at Menifee Market - which served as a headquarters for the volunteer search effort


Los Angeles Daily News

'Sharknado' takes a bite at the box office

Saturday, Aug 03, 2013 09:05 PM EDT

"Sharknado" took a bite out of the box office, attracting hundreds of local movie-goers to heckle, laugh and tweet along with others across the country excited to see sharks take over the streets of L.A.

Women attempt breast-feeding world record at Santa Monica park

Saturday, Aug 03, 2013 08:05 PM EDT

Hosted by La Leche League, an international group that teaches mothers about breast-feeding, the Big Latch-On in Santa Monica was designed to draw attention to the benefits of the practice during World Breast-feeding Week. Video: The Big Latch-On in Santa Monica.

Doug McIntyre: Kevin James pays his pound of flesh

Saturday, Aug 03, 2013 08:05 PM EDT

It was painful to watch, painful to hear, and it's painful to write about. A pound of flesh was demanded and paid in full last Tuesday by former radio talk show host and mayoral candidate Kevin James.

School funding and flexibility key to California's success: Editorial

Saturday, Aug 03, 2013 01:06 PM EDT

Just like students returning to class this fall, backpacks filled with pencils, erasers, notebooks and other tools to support their learning, California schools start the 2013-14 year with extra supplies meant to improve academic achievement.

A Los Angeles that was never built, and one still to come: Larry Wilson

Saturday, Aug 03, 2013 01:06 PM EDT

Can something that was planned but never built in Southern California still affect us? Of course it can, unless you are a relentlessly practical type who pretends to ignore what haunts our dreams.


NBC Los Angeles

Car Plows Into Crowd Near Beach; Several Injured

Saturday, Aug 03, 2013 10:22 PM EDT

A car apparently plowed into a crowd of pedestrians near the Venice Boardwalk on Saturday afternoon, injuring 12 people - two critically, authorities said. Photo Credit: Getty Images

Vital 405 Fwy Off-Ramp Closes For Four Months

Saturday, Aug 03, 2013 07:37 PM EDT

Los Angeles motorists will have to withstand a four-month closure of a crucial San Diego (405) Freeway exit ramp as crews continue to work on the Sepulveda Pass Improvement project.

Huntington Beach Police Fatally Shoot Gunman

Saturday, Aug 03, 2013 06:37 PM EDT

Huntington Beach police shot and killed a man Saturday morning during a confrontation after a traffic stop.

Body Found in Burned Home After Standoff

Saturday, Aug 03, 2013 06:07 PM EDT

Authorities were investigating the death of a man whose body was found in a burned home in Cypress after a standoff with police.

4th Man Arrested in Ambush of Officers

Saturday, Aug 03, 2013 01:22 PM EDT

Police arrested a fourth suspect in connection with an ambush shooting that wounded a San Bernardino police officer.


KABC-TV Los Angeles

12 hurt after car hits crowd on Venice Beach boardwalk

Saturday, Aug 03, 2013 10:27 PM EDT

Twelve people have been injured after a car reportedly hit a crowd of people on the Venice Beach boardwalk.

Time Warner Cable drops CBS in Los Angeles, New York, Dallas

Saturday, Aug 03, 2013 09:42 PM EDT

Three million Time Warner Cable customers in New York, Los Angeles and elsewhere lost access to CBS programming on Friday.

Alex Rodriguez to be suspended Monday, ESPN reports

Saturday, Aug 03, 2013 09:04 PM EDT

Alex Rodriguez will be suspended Monday, likely through the end of the 2014 season, sources told 'Outside the Lines.'

Julius Chambers, NC civil rights leader, dies at 76

Saturday, Aug 03, 2013 07:50 PM EDT

Julius Chambers, an attorney whose practice was in the forefront of the civil rights movement in North Carolina, has died.

Huntington Beach suspect killed in officer-involved shooting

Saturday, Aug 03, 2013 05:04 PM EDT

An investigation is underway after a suspect was killed in an officer-involved shooting in Huntington Beach on Saturday.


Daily Breeze

Parent-trigger efforts in L.A. give parents control of the classroom

Saturday, Aug 03, 2013 10:47 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES - As the 2013-14 school year begins this month, Southern California will be ground zero for a new experiment in how schools are run. | Related: Parent-trigger efforts in West Adams force 24th Street Elementary to start over | Parent trigger coup: Parents oust Watts principal

Parent-trigger efforts in West Adams force 24th Street Elementary to start over

Saturday, Aug 03, 2013 10:47 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES - Before they tried the parent-trigger route, parents who complained about 24th Street Elementary were told to shut up.

Parent trigger coup: Parents oust Watts principal

Saturday, Aug 03, 2013 10:47 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES - Even in the short history of California's parent-trigger law, what Watts parents did was novel: Instead of trying to force sweeping changes at Weigand Avenue Elementary School, they just wanted one change: Principal Irma Cobian gone.

Monthly walk, talk with Manhattan Beach mayor set for Monday

Saturday, Aug 03, 2013 06:48 PM EDT

Monday marks Manhattan Beach Mayor David Lesser's monthly Walk 'N' Talk event starting at 8 a.m. at Peet's Coffee and Tea, 328 Manhattan Beach Blvd.

El Segundo driving museum to feature slot car racing event

Saturday, Aug 03, 2013 06:32 PM EDT

El Segundo's Automobile Driving Museum will host a slot car racing event later this month that is free to the public.


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