Yahoo! AlertsWednesday, December 14, 2011 10:21 PM ESTToday's Local News for Beverly Hills CA :As of 10:21 PM EST
Los Angeles TimesLessons of 'Arborgeddon'Dec 14 9:06 PM ESTAngelenos' desire for an urban forest is sweet but unrealistic, as the recent Big Blow showed. Let's rethink our approach to L.A. trees. There's a part of us that secretly likes disasters. Well, maybe not so secretly. That's why Joan Didion's famous riff on the Santa Ana winds — "the weather of catastrophe, of apocalypse" — is hauled out several times a year to explain what L.A. is all about. It ... Bullet train's travel-time mandate adds to ballooning of costsDec 14 8:51 PM ESTThe ballot measure for the project required that the L.A.-to-San Francisco trip take no more than two hours, 40 minutes. Achieving that would mean building more viaducts and tunnels, which are costly. California's proposed bullet train will need to soar over small towns on towering viaducts, split rich farm fields diagonally and burrow for miles under mountains for a simple reason: It has no ... In Santa Monica, battle over Christmas displays takes a new twistDec 14 8:51 PM ESTAtheists win a majority of exhibit spots in a city park, displacing most of the traditional Nativity scene, as the nation's annual tussle over religious displays on public land heats up. In a sunny park overlooking the beach in Santa Monica, where a cool breeze blows in from the Pacific, the so-called war over Christmas has found its latest battlefield. L.A. council members call for more control over housing authorityDec 14 4:44 PM ESTThe move comes in response to a $1.2-million payout to the agency's former top executive and pricey taxpayer-funded dining. Angered by reports of lavish, taxpayer-funded restaurant meals and a high-priced payout for the fired executive director of Los Angeles' housing authority, city leaders on Tuesday pushed for more direct, local control of the beleaguered agency. $1 billion in California budget cuts to kick in soonDec 14 12:32 AM ESTCalifornia schools, libraries, prisons and disabled services will all be affected — with more to come, Gov. Jerry Brown warns. Reporting from Sacramento and Los Angeles -- Gov. Jerry Brown announced nearly $1 billion in new state budget cuts, slashing spending on higher education and eliminating funding for free school-bus service but avoiding the deeper reductions to public schools that many ... Canyon NewsCanyon News - Council Prefers U.S. Seal Phrase Over MottoDec 14 4:54 PM ESTMALIBU— On Monday, December 12, members of the Malibu City Council reached a consensus on putting up for discussion at a later meeting whether to display "E plurbus unum," a phrase on the U.S. Seal which in Latin means "Out of many, one," in the council's office. Canyon News - Liability, Due Process Shape Home View LawDec 14 2:54 AM ESTMALIBU— On Monday, December 12, the Malibu City Council voted 4-1 to direct city staff to draft an ordinance that would give the Planning Commission the authority to decide if homeowners' trees and other foliage blocks their neighbors' views and if it should be trimmed. Canyon News - Former Death Row Records VP Dies at Age 40Dec 13 3:09 AM ESTBEVERLY HILLS — Music and real estate executive John Atterberry, the former Vice President of Death Row Records and best known for working with Michael Jackson, Christina Aguilera and The Spice Girls, has died at age 40 after succumbing to gunshot wounds he sustained in a Hollywood shootout on the morning of Friday, December 9. Canyon News - Casting Associate Violates Sex Offender RulesDec 12 5:54 PM ESTWEST HOLLYWOOD — Jason James Murphy, a Hollywood casting associate and registered sex offender, has been charged with violating terms of his registration after failing to notify West Hollywood Sheriff's Station detectives that he had moved out of their jurisdiction and was using an alias. Canyon News Staff LoginDec 11 1:54 AM ESTCanyon News Switchboard 9437 Santa Monica Blvd Suite 208 Beverly Hills, CA 90210. Copyright © 2011 All rights reserved. Beverly Hills CourierNew UCLA Football Coach Hoping To Make Fans ProudDec 14 3:01 PM ESTNewly named UCLA coach Jim L. Mora said top his objectives are 'to make UCLA fans proud of their football team,' win Pacific- 12 Conference championships and compete for national championships. Controller Releases Scathing Audit of Housing AuthorityDec 14 3:00 PM ESTCity Controller Wendy Gruel today released a sharply critical audit of the city's low-income housing authority and its 'reckless' spending of taxpayer money. "Fear Factor" Pulls in ViewersDec 14 2:16 PM ESTThe first original episodes of 'Fear Factor' since 2006 drew NBC's largest audiences in their time slots this season, according to live-plus same-day figures released today by The Nielsen Co. 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards Nominees AnnouncedDec 14 1:46 PM EST'The Help,' a poignant film about a biracial friendship in the Deep South during the civil rights era, and the primetime television sitcom 'Modern Family' emerged as top contenders today when nominations were announced for the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards. Producer Bert Schneider Dead at 78Dec 14 1:31 PM ESTBert Schneider, the producer behind such iconic films as 'Easy Rider,' 'Five Easy Pieces' and 'The Last Picture Show,' has died. He was 78. CBS 2 Los AngelesOh, Baby! Half-Pound Infant Weighs In As 3rd Smallest In WorldDec 14 9:40 PM ESTA baby recently born at Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center is giving new meaning to the term "little bundle of joy." Former Hornets Player Chris Paul To Join The ClippersDec 14 7:59 PM ESTFormer New Orleans Hornets player Chris Paul will reportedly join the Clippers. LAUSD To Sue Calif. Over $38M In Cuts To Its Transportation ProgramDec 14 7:35 PM ESTThe Los Angeles Unified School District plans to file a lawsuit against the state Wednesday in hopes of blocking $38 million in cuts to its transportation program. SoCal Lawmakers Voice 'Serious Concerns' Over Constitutionality Of Defense BillDec 14 5:22 PM ESTTwo local congressmen are opposed to legislation that they say could legalize the indefinite detention of U.S. citizens without a trial. Tanker Truck Catches Fire On Pomona Freeway In MontebelloDec 14 4:26 PM ESTAn overturned tanker truck has caught fire on the eastbound Pomona (60) Freeway at Paramount Boulevard in Montebello. Orange County Register14 openings at O.C. place like S.F. Ferry BuildingDec 14 9:30 PM EST An owner of OC Mart Mix compares it to the Ferry Building in San Francisco.OC Mart Mix is a 24,000-square-foot venue that currently houses 33 tenants. The fully leased building is at South Coast Collection, a Costa Mesa shopping center, at 3313 Hyland Ave. near South Coast Plaza. A group of students from Cal State Fullerton's Chicano Studies 306: Barrio Studies class shared what they learned about Orange County's diverse Latino community this semester... HUNTINGTON BEACH - A man and woman were found dead Wednesday morning in a Huntington Beach home, the result of what police suspect to be a murder-suicide, authorities said.The man and woman were found in a residence in the 8800 block of Jarrett Circle just before 5:30 a.m. and were pronounced dead... The arm of the Legal Aid Society of Orange County that represents poor people facing eviction was going to take a huge hit Jan. 1. Federal funding to Legal Aid is being cut by 15 percent, and in preparation for that, the Santa Ana-based nonprofit organization has lost two of its six staff lawyer... SANTA ANA - An Orange County jury has reached a verdict on one defendant and is deadlocked on the other in the trial of two men accused of helping a friend kill and burn his ex-girlfriend's father and her older sister and the attempted murder of her mother.Telling jurors to sleep on it... Authorities found nearly 90 photos and videos showing young boys tied up and raped Deputies quickly arrest two suspects, one armed with replica .45-caliber handgun Joshua Peter Egan has been placed on administrative leave pending the results of a fire department personnel investigation, police say. Crash reported at 4:25 p.m. at Heacock St, Webster Ave; CHP investigating Blaze was contained to the kitchen area of the home Los Angeles Unified filed suit late Wednesday against Gov. Jerry Brown and other state officials, seeking to block budget cuts that would gut the district's transportation program for magnet and special-education students. NEW ORLEANS -- The Hornets have agreed in principle to deal Chris Paul to the Los Angeles Clippers for guard Eric Gordon, forward Al-Farouq Aminu, center Chris Kaman and a first-round draft choice, people familiar with negotiations said. BALDWIN PARK - County authorities today sought a home for an 8-month-old kitten that was repeatedly abused and fed only table scraps. CHATSWORTH -- A veterinary technician at the West Valley animal shelter has been fired for allegedly euthanizing dogs in an inhumane manner. SANTA ANA, Calif. - Authorities have filed child endangerment charges against an Orange County family found living in a filthy home with 110 cats. For the first time married couples make up about only 51 percent of American households, according to U.S. Census Bureau data. That's an historic low. The Shady Hollow complex in Santa Ana sits on leased land. Due to a reappraisal, the fee is going up from $42 a month to more than $1,000 a month for some residents. The number of veterans seeking treatment in the Los Angeles is expected to increase as the final U.S. troops return from Iraq. Al Ladine is an 83-year-old man who changed the Atria Woodbridge Man Cave program by building one machine at a time. Laguna Hills' City Council granted final approval Tuesday evening for an ordinance that restricts sex offenders from visiting certain locations. The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday confirmed a veteran Democratic political consultant to serve on the Board of Airport Commissioners. Providence Little Company of Mary officials will break ground this week on new medical offices at the former Daily Breeze site in Torrance. A ceremony and blessing is planned for 10 a.m. Friday for the Providence Breeze Medical Plaza, which is scheduled to open in early 2013. Marina del Rey's Fourth of July fireworks may have been canceled this year because of county budget cuts, but private funding will again help pay for a New Year's Eve display. Hawthorne has withdrawn a claim that alleges an El Segundo police officer is responsible for the death of Hawthorne Officer Andrew Garton. Environmentalists and employers clashed at a Los Angeles City Council hearing Wednesday over a proposal to ban both paper and plastic single-use bags. Amgen said Wednesday it bought back $5 billion in stock at auction, accounting for 9.5 percent of its outstanding shares. The Thousand Oaks-based biotech drugmaker's purchase of 83.3 million shares at $60 per share came about a month after it said it would do so in a "modified Dutch auction" tender offer that expired Dec. 7. UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi told lawmakers Wednesday she did not order the use of force or deployment of pepper spray against student demonstrators in a Nov. 18 campus incident that has sparked national condemnation over the point-blank spraying of seated protesters. Simi Valley attorney Russell Takasugi was taken into custody Wednesday after police said they unearthed evidence he looted another estate. A search warrant was executed Wednesday morning in connection with a series of new felony charges, and as a courtesy, Simi Valley police alerted Takasugi that he was to be arrested, said Lt. Stephanie Shannon. Retiring Thousand Oaks Cultural Affairs Director Tom Mitze hasn't left City Hall yet, but his replacement is waiting in the wings. The city has hired Barry McComb, chief executive of Glendale Arts, a community arts nonprofit that manages the Alex Theatre, to replace Mitze beginning Feb. 6. A Camarillo man has been arrested in connection with the sale of narcotics and the possession of weapons, authorities said. Camarillo police said Adam Burgess' arrest Monday came after a monthlong investigation in which investigators received information that various drugs were being sold, including methadone, oxycodone, heroin, cocaine, LSD, Xanax and Valium. |
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