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Friday, Mar 01, 2013 10:22 PM EST

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Los Angeles Times

Population growth is threat to other species, poll respondents say

Friday, Mar 01, 2013 01:34 PM EST

About two-thirds of registered voters in the U.S. believe society has a responsibility to address the problem if it pushes other animal species to extinction, a survey finds. Nearly two-thirds of American voters believe that human population growth is driving other animal species to extinction and that if the situation gets worse, society has a "moral responsibility to address the problem ...

Las Vegas Strip shooting suspect is arrested in L.A.

Friday, Mar 01, 2013 02:05 AM EST

Authorities find Ammar Harris in a Studio City apartment a week after the car-to-car shooting and crash that killed three. They say he operated as a pimp in Las Vegas. A man suspected in a deadly car-to-car shooting in the heart of the Las Vegas Strip was arrested Thursday at a Studio City apartment complex, bringing an end to a weeklong manhunt.

Brush fire in Riverside County scorches 150 acres, nears homes

Friday, Mar 01, 2013 02:04 AM EST

The blaze breaks out along the Santa Ana River bottom and quickly spreads, with 30-foot flames consuming palm trees. Some residents evacuate. Others grab garden hoses. A fire scorched about 150 acres of heavy brush in Riverside County on Thursday amid unseasonably warm weather, pushing residents to evacuate their neighborhoods as flames singed the backyards of homes.

Bell jurors ordered to begin anew after panelist is dismissed

Friday, Mar 01, 2013 12:27 AM EST

After nearly five days of deliberations, jurors in the Bell corruption trial are ordered by a judge to begin anew after a member of the panel is dismissed for misconduct and replaced by an alternate. After nearly five days of deliberations, jurors in the Bell corruption trial were ordered Thursday to begin anew after a member of the panel was dismissed for misconduct and replaced by an alternate.

Greuel attacks Garcetti over oil lease

Friday, Mar 01, 2013 12:12 AM EST

She says the lease undermines his environmental credentials, but he says no oil has ever been extracted from beneath family's property. Los Angeles mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel ramped up her attacks on chief rival Eric Garcetti on Thursday, alleging that his family's financial connections to a controversial oil drilling operation at Beverly Hills High School has endangered children and raised ...


Canyon News

Canyon News - Driver Faces Charges For Hit-And-Run

Friday, Mar 01, 2013 04:41 AM EST

MALIBU—A female driver who allegedly killed a tow truck driver in Malibu on Monday, February 11 was expected to surrender Thursday, February 28 to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.


Beverly Hills Courier

IAPA’s ‘One Life To Live’ Helps Teens Face Dangerous Challenges

Friday, Mar 01, 2013 10:02 PM EST

Attorney Michael Payman Kade will be one of the featured speakers at the next “One Life to Live” seminar for teens and their parents at 6 p.m., Monday, March 4 at the Four Seasons Hotel, 300 S. Doheny Dr.

Beverly Hills Police Arrest Two Suspects In Million-Dollar Armed Jewelry Robbery

Friday, Mar 01, 2013 06:18 PM EST

Two of the three suspects charged with robbing a Beverly Hills jeweler of more than $1 million were arrested late last week by the Beverly Hills Police Department, Lt. Lincoln Hoshino confirmed to The Courier.

Richard Burton Honored With Star on Walk of Fame

Friday, Mar 01, 2013 04:02 PM EST

Richard Burton posthumously received the 2,491st star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame today, next to Elizabeth Taylor's, honoring a career marked by such memorable films as ``Cleopatra'' and ``Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'' and seven Academy Award nominations, but not one Oscar. Burton's daughter, Maria, accepted the star at the 11:30 a.m. ceremony on Hollywood Boulevard. Michael Sheen, a ...

Actress and BHHS Grad Bonnie Franklin Dies at 69

Friday, Mar 01, 2013 04:02 PM EST

Bonnie Franklin, best known for her role in TV's ``One Day at a Time,'' died today at the age of 69. The Santa Monica-born actress had been battling pancreatic cancer. Franklin played single mom Ann Romano on the hit sitcom, which ran from 1975 to 1984. Her two daughters in the series were played by Mackenzie Phillips and Valerie Bertinelli.

HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS (030113)

Friday, Mar 01, 2013 12:17 PM EST

TODAY'S BIRTHDAY (Mar. 1). The warm, playful air about you attracts like-minded friends. The needs of your heart will be met in your professional life in April. You could even move for work and find that your new environs are just what were needed for personal success. June begins a deep renovation. Thankful loved ones celebrate you in August. Scorpio and Sagittarius people adore you.


CBS 2 Los Angeles

Laker Standout, Women Gear Up For Susan G. Komen Race For The Cure

Friday, Mar 01, 2013 09:41 PM EST

Get ready to lace up your sneakers and take a stand against breast cancer!

Officials Hunt For Suspect They Say Shot At Sheriff’s Deputy

Friday, Mar 01, 2013 09:32 PM EST

Authorities in Yucaipa are looking for a suspect they say opened fire on a Sheriff's deputy Friday morning.

Manhunt Underway After Inmate Turns Up Missing From Jail In Orange

Friday, Mar 01, 2013 09:10 PM EST

Authorities on Friday continued to search for an inmate they believe may have escaped from a maximum security jail in the city of Orange.

Firefighters Get A Handle On Jurupa Valley Brush Fire

Friday, Mar 01, 2013 08:57 PM EST

Crews have made progress containing a brush fire that scorched 311 acres and damaged two structures on the Jurupa Valley side of the Santa Ana River bottom.

Woman, 29, Gets 19 Years In Prison For Fatal DUI Hit-And-Run Crash

Friday, Mar 01, 2013 08:30 PM EST

Authorities say a 29-year-old woman was sentenced to 19 years in state prison Friday after pleading guilty to gross vehicular manslaughter, leaving the scene of a fatal accident and driving while intoxicated.


Orange County Register

Authorities search for inmate missing at Theo Lacy jail

Friday, Mar 01, 2013 08:27 PM EST

ORANGE - Sheriff's officials are searching for a man missing Friday during a body count at the Theo Lacy jail, forcing them to put the facility on lockdown, authorities said.Jail officials weren't able to find the man during a routine inmate count about 10:30 a.m., said Gail Krause, an...

New Sunset Beach marijuana dispensary in legal limbo

Friday, Mar 01, 2013 08:17 PM EST

Huntington Beach - A new marijuana dispensary is open in Sunset Beach and operating without a business license, though its owners say that's because they've been given the run- around by city bureaucracy. Patient Med-Aid opened Feb. 4 on Pacific Coast Highway near Warner Avenue, the...

Man who police say stole money, forced a woman to cook for him arrested

Friday, Mar 01, 2013 07:59 PM EST

SANTA ANA - Police have located a man believed to have broken into two apartments, holding one woman against her will and forcing her to cook for him and stealing from another, after discovering that the man suspected in the crimes was in custody on drug charges.Thomas Walker, 45, who was behind...

Johnson: Got a ticket? Your insurance may not go up

Friday, Mar 01, 2013 07:50 PM EST

I have not received a traffic ticket since, if I can remember correctly, 1999. It was after midnight. I had just gotten off the freeway and spotted at the top of the off-ramp a sign: "No Right Turn On Red" it read. I waited. And I waited. There was no one on the streets that I could...

Wisckol: Republicans who like the sequester

Friday, Mar 01, 2013 07:33 PM EST

A Pew poll in February showed that a majority in the GOP thought sequester cuts that kicked in Friday would have a "mostly negative" effect on the economy. Given what I'd been hearing from Republicans, those findings were a surprise. So I called up the Register's OC Political...


Los Angeles Daily News

California raises gasoline tax by 3.5 cents a gallon

Friday, Mar 01, 2013 10:06 PM EST

Motorists will get smacked in the wallet this summer after state regulators boosted the gasoline tax tax by 3.5 cents a gallon.

Teen jumps to death from building at La Cañada High School

Friday, Mar 01, 2013 09:51 PM EST

LA CAÑADA-FLINTRIDGE - A teenage boy jumped to his death Friday from a building at La Cañada High School, disrupting a girl's softball game nearby, Sheriff's officials said.

Los Angeles voters weigh sales tax increase

Friday, Mar 01, 2013 09:07 PM EST

With the threat of police layoffs hanging over their heads, Los Angeles voters will decide Tuesday whether to approve a half-percent sales tax increase that city officials say they need to get out of a fiscal hole and preserve critical services.

Slow improvement seen in L.A. economy

Friday, Mar 01, 2013 09:07 PM EST

City Controller Wendy Greuel predicted on Friday a slow but continuing improvement in the local economy, with some increases in local tax revenue and a reduced need for the city to borrow money to help finance operations.

The politics of cloth, yarn and ... sequins at the Craft and Folk Art Museum

Friday, Mar 01, 2013 09:07 PM EST

From outside the Craft and Folk Art Museum in Los Angeles, anyone might think the place was crawling with fungus. In fact, it's painstakingly hand-stiched and stuffed fabric replicas of fungus.


NBC Los Angeles

How Sequester Will Affect California

Friday, Mar 01, 2013 09:59 PM EST

Despite months of warnings that across-the-board spending cuts could devastate the still-recovering U.S. economy, lawmakers on Friday were unable to strike a deal that would avoid slashing $85 billion from... Photo Credit: Getty Images

Escaped Inmate Subject of Search in OC

Friday, Mar 01, 2013 09:44 PM EST

An inmate who escaped from a maximum security jail in Orange County was the subject of an extensive search Friday.

Parents, Teens Tackle Drug Abuse -- For Free

Friday, Mar 01, 2013 08:59 PM EST

A new survey shows drinking and drug use is common in High School. A local program helps parents intervene early, before problems get serious.

Cleanup for Historic Public Staircases in LA

Friday, Mar 01, 2013 08:44 PM EST

LA residents can give some love to the city's historic staircases at a public cleanup in the Silver Lake, Los Feliz and Franklin Hills neighborhoods on Saturday. Photo Credit: Jeremy Sternberg/flickr

Fewer Felons Means Less Firefighting Support

Friday, Mar 01, 2013 08:44 PM EST

A shift in inmate housing threatens to weaken a decades-old California program that trains inmates to help out at the scene of wildfires. Photo Credit: AP / Press-Enterprise / Terry Pierson


KABC-TV Los Angeles

Inmate missing from Theo Lacy Jail in Orange

Friday, Mar 01, 2013 09:33 PM EST

An inmate was discovered missing from Theo Lacy Jail in Orange County Friday morning.

15 Chihuahuas abandoned at Pasadena Humane Society

Friday, Mar 01, 2013 08:33 PM EST

Police are asking for the public's help to track down a suspect who abandoned 15 Chihuahuas outside a Pasadena shelter.

Santa Paula fire destroys trailers, motor home

Friday, Mar 01, 2013 07:48 PM EST

Trailers, a motor home, and storage containers went up in flames in Santa Paula. The fire is under investigation.

Colo. theater shooting suspect James Holmes may plead insanity

Friday, Mar 01, 2013 07:33 PM EST

Lawyers for the Colorado theater shooting suspect have indicated their client might plead not guilty by reason of insanity.

OC shooting spree suspect left suicide note

Friday, Mar 01, 2013 07:18 PM EST

Police say the 20-year-old man who went on a deadly shooting rampage in Orange County left a suicide note on his computer.


Daily Breeze

Redondo Beach begins demolition of former Red Onion restaurant for new hotel

Friday, Mar 01, 2013 08:26 PM EST

City officials literally took sledgehammers to a faded landmark in Redondo Beach's King Harbor this week to make way for a boutique hotel envisioned as the cornerstone of a waterfront revitalization.

Gardena shipping company's appeal denied, must pay $100,000 l in Port of Long Beach trucking case

Friday, Mar 01, 2013 07:26 PM EST

A Gardena shipping company was ordered to pay more than $100,000 for unreimbursed expenses and unlawful deductions to four truckers at the Port of Long Beach who were misclassified as independent haulers, it was announced today.

Motorcyclist killed in San Pedro vehicle crash identified

Friday, Mar 01, 2013 05:26 PM EST

A motorcyclist killed when he struck a stopped sport utility vehicle that had inched into his path in San Pedro was identified Friday as 59-year-old Thomas Howard Guilmette.

Renee Moilanen: Buying into the dream in Torrance and Lawndale

Friday, Mar 01, 2013 05:26 PM EST

In just a few months, Torrance residents will lay claim to having one of the swankiest car dealerships in the area, a gleaming two-story showcase of Ferraris and Maseratis that - if the artist's rendering holds true - looks like a crystal toy chest for middle-aged divorc sand overpaid athletes.

Saturday's police log: Hawthorne, Lawndale and Gardena

Friday, Mar 01, 2013 05:20 PM EST

Recent police activities in Hawthorne, Lawndale and Gardena. | POLICE NEWS | BLOG: SOUTH BAY CRIME, COURT NEWS | FACEBOOK


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