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Los Angeles Times

Lancaster City Council prayers again ruled constitutional

Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 09:33 PM EDT

An appellate court panel upholds a lower court ruling, saying that the prayers were constitutional because the city had invited people of all faiths to lead them. Since the Lancaster City Council began opening its meetings with a prayer from local religious leaders, people have become more tolerant of unfamiliar beliefs, according to Mayor Rex Parris.

Garcetti, Greuel step gingerly around city labor issues

Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 08:03 PM EDT

Though both mayoral candidates have stated that gains made by public employees help the economy, they have signaled they would push benefits downward, if necessary. Los Angeles union leaders had hoped the presence of two liberal Democrats in the race for mayor would produce a robust defense of the value of government, government employees and the positive effects public sector pay and benefits ...

Congressman brings common sense to gun control debate

Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 07:58 PM EDT

Rep. Mike Thompson (D-St. Helena), a gun owner and hunter, believes reasonable laws are needed to prevent gun violence and keep communities safe. SACRAMENTO — As the national firearms debate reaches a crescendo, a California congressman is proving that you can be both a gun lover and a gun controller.

Supreme Court seems willing to restore gay marriage in California

Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 07:58 PM EDT

The sharply divided justices also appear uncomfortable with legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide. WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court, hearing arguments on the emotionally charged issue of gay marriage for the first time, appeared willing Tuesday to restore marital rights to gays and lesbians in California but uncomfortable with legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide.

For Californians, Prop. 8 hearing is milestone in years-long saga

Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 08:13 AM EDT

Californians on both sides of same-sex marriage issue listened to arguments before the Supreme Court, talking it over in taverns, coffeehouses and law offices. The mood was electric that crisp, clear February day as couples lined up at San Francisco City Hall to be among the first to get licenses for same-sex marriages in California.


Canyon News

Canyon News - Lana Chae To Perform Paino Recital

Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 10:26 PM EDT

SANTA MONICA — The Santa Monica Public Library will hold a special piano recital for local musician Lana Chae on Saturday, April 6.

Canyon News - Missing Girl Found In Woodland Hills

Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 10:11 PM EDT

WOODLAND HILLS—A 10-year-old-girl who was kidnapped from her Northridge home early this morning and missing for almost twelve hours was reportedly dropped off in Woodland Hills.

Canyon News - Malibu to Host Battle of the Bands

Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 09:41 PM EDT

MALIBU — The city has opened wave to up-in-coming musicians hoping to showcase their talents with a Battle of the Bands extravaganza.

Canyon News - Lakers Lose Third Game In A Row

Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 01:41 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES—On Monday, March 25, the Los Angeles Lakers lost their third game in a row after losing to the Golden State Warriors. The game got so bad, team member Kobe Bryant stormed off the court with a second left for halftime.

Canyon News - LAPD Arrests 25 MS-13 Gang Members

Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 08:26 AM EDT

LOS ANGELES—On Thursday, March 14 the LAPD’s Gang Enforcement Detail Division handed out 21 search warrants and arrested 25 Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang members in connection to extorting money from street vendors in the southeast portion of Hollywood.


Beverly Hills Courier

Court Approves American Airlines – US Airways Merger

Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 09:44 PM EDT

A US bankruptcy court judge approved Wednesday the merger of American Airlines and US Airways, which will create the country's largest airline, a spokesman for American's corporate parent AMR Corp said. But the judge left undecided the $19.9 million payout planned for AMR chief executive Tom Horton, who will lose his job in the merger.

Upsets, Underdogs Abound as March Madness Rolls Onward

Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 09:14 PM EDT

Hometown favorite UCLA may have been eliminated from contention, but Beverly Hills residents still have plenty of reasons to tune into the NCAA men's basketball tournament as the "Sweet 16" phase kicks off this week. The Bruins' early exit was but one episode in a historic series of upsets that have turned this year's March Madness on its head. One-seed Gonzaga fell to Wichita State, Harvard ...

CBS Renews 18 Primetime Series for Next Season

Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 08:14 PM EDT

Fresh off a year of primetime ratings dominance, CBS confirmed Wednesday that the network has renewed 18 of its prime-time series for next season. In addition to top-rated favorites The Big Bang Theory and NCIS, the renewed programs include comedies Mike & Molly and 2 Broke Girls, flagship reality shows Survivor and The Amazing Race, and the dramas CSI, NCIS: Los Angeles, Elementary, Blue Bloods ...

SEALs, Media Feud Over Details of Bin Laden Raid

Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 07:14 PM EDT

A new version of the events surrounding the killing of Osama bin Laden was unveiled Wednesday sharply contradicting earlier claims by a Navy SEAL who said he pulled the trigger. Esquire magazine published a long interview in February with a man identified only as "the shooter" who said he had shot the Al-Qaeda leader twice in the head on the night of the May 1, 2011 raid on his Pakistan hideout.

Aurora Theater Gunman James Holmes May Plead Guilty to Avoid Death Penalty

Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 05:59 PM EDT

James Holmes, the suspected gunman in America's Aurora theater massacre, could plead guilty in exchange for avoiding the death penalty, lawyers cited by local media said Wednesday. The 25-year-old is due in court Monday for a hearing at which prosecutors are expected to say whether they will seek the death penalty for the mass shooting, which left 12 people dead in July.


CBS 2 Los Angeles

City Council Committee Discusses Convention Center Options In Case Farmers Field Falls Through

Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 10:08 PM EDT

Members of a City Council committee met Wednesday to discuss options for renovating the Los Angeles Convention Center in case AEG’s proposed Farmers Field stadium falls through the cracks.

Missing Northridge Girl, 10, Found In Woodland Hills

Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 07:54 PM EDT

Police say they have found a 10-year-old girl six miles from her Northridge home Wednesday after she disappeared from her bedroom overnight.

Teen Allegedly Linked To Attempted Rape Through Acquaintance’s DNA

Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 07:18 PM EDT

Police in Santa Ana say a 17-year-old teen has been linked to the attempted rape of a woman in the driveway of her Santa Ana home.

LA County Officials Advise Against Purchasing Rabbits As Easter Gifts

Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 06:00 PM EDT

The Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control is reminding families that while real rabbits may look adorable in Easter baskets, adopting or purchasing a pet is a serious responsibility.

School Bus Catches On Fire In Orange County

Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 05:22 PM EDT

A school bus carrying school age children caught on fire Wednesday on State Route 57 in Orange County.


Orange County Register

UCI Medical Center settles federal fraud case for $1.2 million

Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 09:22 PM EDT

UC Irvine has agreed to pay $1.2 million to settle claims that its hospital violated federal laws by routinely allowing residents to administer anesthesia with no supervision by physicians and then billing Medicare as if the doctors were present. The settlement comes after a multi-year federal...

Mechanically inclined

Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 09:05 PM EDT

Riding her skateboard in skinny jeans anchored with Chuck Taylors, Aileen Melendez doesn't look like the sort of teenager who spends her free time prodding the insides of engines. But the 18-year-old senior at Anaheim's Loara High could very well become the first female to win the...

New shoes for Santa Ana students are 'just like Christmas'

Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 08:03 PM EDT

SANTA ANA - The way school principal Kim Ahvari sees it, DaVita Inc. is more than a kidney-care company. "They're like the shoe fairies, the shoe angels," she said. In their second visit to Santa Ana, employees from the company's Irvine offices - dubbed "The Grove" -...

How sequester will affect O.C. schools, college aid

Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 07:38 PM EDT

School officials in Orange County are bracing themselves for sequester cuts expected to go into effect in June that could reduce funding to the Head Start preschool program, special education and Title 1 programs, which provide help to students at risk of failing and to students from impoverished...

$60M Newport Back Bay project includes housing, retail, boat storage

Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 07:34 PM EDT

A new waterfront development is in the works at Newport Harbor's Back Bay that would replace an existing RV and boat storage lot with a mixed-use residential and retail center, along with a 140-space dry stack boat storage facility.The plan, developed by Bayside Village Marina LLC, would place...


The Press-Enterprise

GAY MARRIAGE: Inland couples denied federal benefits

Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 04:06 PM EDT

Jill and Linda Johnson-Young wed in September 2008, when same-sex marriage was legal in California. now the couple is one of tens of thousands of California pairs who are legally married in the eyes of the state, but routinely denied benefits granted to opposite-sex married couples in more than 1,100 federal laws and programs.

RIVERSIDE: 11 injured in bus crash near Interstate 215

Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 11:15 AM EDT

Firefighters are responding to an RTA bus crash off Interstate 215 in Riverside


Los Angeles Daily News

Proposed I-5 carpool lane in Santa Clarita

Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 10:35 PM EDT

State transportation officials will hold a public hearing Thursday on a proposal to accelerate the completion of carpool lanes on the I-5 freeway through Santa Clarita by charging certain users a toll.

Brighter 3-D movies in Burbank

Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 10:35 PM EDT

When you go to a big 3-D movie, you want to get totally sucked into the imaginary world coming off the screen, right?

Santa Clara becomes a free Wi-Fi city through power utility

Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 10:23 PM EDT

Santa Clara's municipal electricity utility is providing free Wi-Fi connection all over town as part of its switch to advanced power meters.

States answer help wanted ad to be drone test site

Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 10:22 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) It's the land where Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier, where the space shuttle fleet rolled off the assembly line and where the first private manned rocketship climbed to space.

Editorial: Many can work together to prevent ship-whale collisions

Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 09:34 PM EDT

Whales may be the world's largest creatures, but they're no match for container ships. In February, the carcass of a 50- to 60-foot-long fin whale was found stuck on the bow of a more than 900-foot ship entering the Port of Los Angeles.


NBC Los Angeles

New Breast Cancer Drug Gets Woman Off Death Bed

Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 09:57 PM EDT

Just four weeks ago, Celeste Mills was discussing arraignments for hospice with her doctor after treatment to control her metastatic breast cancer stopped working. But then a newly approved FDA drug was rushed t...

Lifeguards Step in to Help Overwhelmed Marine Mammal Rescuers

Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 09:12 PM EDT

The record number of sea mammals washing ashore on the Southern California coast has marine biologists baffled, and rescue centers beyond capacity. Photo Credit: AP Photo/The Orange County Register, Eugene Garcia

Fatal Crash Follows Hit-and-Run in Valley Village

Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 09:12 PM EDT

While fleeing the scene of a collision, a town car driver crashed into two vehicles in a Valley Village intersection, killing one of the drivers, authorities said. Photo Credit: Kim Baldonado

Phil Jackson's Mysterious First Tweet Has Followers Split

Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 08:42 PM EDT

The NBA coach's first tweet — "11 champ;ipnsikp[ ringhs" — baffled some fans but amused others with what they saw as a self-referential joke. Photo Credit: Getty Images

SF Zoo Releases First Video of New Tiger Cub

Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 05:57 PM EDT

A Sumatran tiger cub born last month at the San Francisco Zoo has had its first medical exam and officials now know she is a girl, zoo officials announced Friday. Photo Credit: San Francisco Zoo


KABC-TV Los Angeles

UC Riverside student's bone marrow donation saves Iowa man's life

Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 10:34 PM EDT

A UC Riverside student's bone marrow donation saved an Iowa man's life. On Wednesday, they met for the first time.

Bill Gates offers $100K grant for 'next generation condom'

Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 09:04 PM EDT

Bill Gates announced through his foundation a $100,000 grant to whoever can invent the 'next generation condom.'

Dog electrocuted by exposed wires inside park utility box

Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 08:56 PM EDT

A dog named 'Brownie' may have become a hero by accident after saving park visitors from a hidden electrical hazard.

Free Wi-Fi through high-tech electric meters on Santa Clara residences

Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 07:19 PM EDT

Santa Clara is now offering free outdoor Wi-Fi access through a new method of distributing the wireless signal.

Colo. shooting suspect may plead guilty to avoid death penalty: attorneys

Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 05:34 PM EDT

James Holmes, suspected of shooting 82 people in a Colorado movie theater, may plead guilty to avoid a death sentence.


Daily Breeze

Phillips 66 refinery in Wilmington working to lower cancer-risk levels

Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 09:19 PM EDT

A rise in cancer-risk numbers logged in 2006-07 is prompting a Wilmington refinery to focus its attention on ways to bring the figures down.

County land use panel allows LAX modernization to proceed

Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 09:19 PM EDT

A county land use commission has given preliminary approval to modernization plans for Los Angeles International Airport, the most contentious of which would move a runway 260 feet closer to Westchester homes and businesses.

Regional air quality regulators to weigh ban on bonfires at Dockweiler, Cabrillo beaches

Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 08:34 PM EDT

Lighting bonfires at Dockweiler State Beach and outer Cabrillo Beach in San Pedro could become a thing of the past if regional air quality regulators approve a burning ban along the Los Angeles and Orange County coastlines.

Hawthorne postpones vote on $2.4 million HUD reimbursement

Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 08:19 PM EDT

The Hawthorne City Council this week postponed scheduling a payment to the federal government to reimburse it for mishandled Department of Housing and Urban Development funds.

Easter services and events in the South Bay area

Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 07:19 PM EDT

A list of various services and celebrations in the South Bay area of Los Angeles County.


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