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Today's Local News for Beverly Hills CA : 'Super PACs' negate spending limits in L.A. mayor's race Los Angeles Times - Friday, Apr 26, 2013 08:18 PM EDT Mayor leaves L.A. in better shape than he found it Los Angeles Times - Friday, Apr 26, 2013 08:03 PM EDT Canyon News - 405 Project Delayed One More Year Canyon News - Friday, Apr 26, 2013 02:56 PM EDT Canyon News - Amnon Kabatchnik Finalist For Book Of The Year Canyon News - Thursday, Apr 25, 2013 11:41 PM EDT Happenings—Brahms And Mahler At Le Salon De Musiques, And Much More… Beverly Hills Courier - Friday, Apr 26, 2013 10:59 PM EDT Country Legend George Jones Dead At 81 Beverly Hills Courier - Friday, Apr 26, 2013 09:29 PM EDT Los Angeles Times 'Super PACs' negate spending limits in L.A. mayor's race Friday, Apr 26, 2013 08:18 PM EDT As groups raising funds for Greuel and Garcetti pour money into race — a record $6.1 million so far — voter-approved contribution restrictions become meaningless. Strict limits on campaign contributions imposed by voters nearly three decades ago are crumbling in the Los Angeles mayor's race, with big donors using loosely regulated "super PACs" to help candidates like never before in a citywide ... Mayor leaves L.A. in better shape than he found it Friday, Apr 26, 2013 08:03 PM EDT Charisma counts, and even though many promises went unfulfilled, the mayor's outsize confidence in his own vision paid off in tangible ways. I couldn't have imagined saying this a few years ago, but I wish Antonio Villaraigosa could run again for mayor of Los Angeles.         Letting non-citizens serve on juries: How can you oppose it? Friday, Apr 26, 2013 06:19 PM EDT Having served on my share of juries, including a six-week legal malpractice trial over a Malibu real estate deal gone south that gives me a headache just to think about, I think the push to allow non-citizens to serve on California juries is kind of a genius move.         Sal Castro recalled as inspiring teacher Friday, Apr 26, 2013 06:18 PM EDT More than 1,000 people attend the funeral for the activist, who urged a 1968 student walkout demanding better education for Latinos. Sal Castro was praised as a tireless, inspiring leader and activist by university professors, doctors and a former California Supreme Court justice at his funeral Thursday at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.         Garcetti aide accuses Greuel of violating ad disclosure laws Friday, Apr 26, 2013 06:18 PM EDT Greuel saved her campaign as much as $300,000 by leading eight TV stations to believe that her attack ad qualified for lower rates, the advisor says. A top advisor to Los Angeles mayoral hopeful Eric Garcetti accused the city councilman's rival Wendy Greuel on Thursday of concealing her role behind a TV attack ad in violation of federal disclosure laws.         Canyon News Canyon News - 405 Project Delayed One More Year Friday, Apr 26, 2013 02:56 PM EDT LOS ANGELES — I-405 widening construction was originally planned to be completed next mouth, but citizens will have to wait another year. Canyon News - Amnon Kabatchnik Finalist For Book Of The Year Thursday, Apr 25, 2013 11:41 PM EDT SANTA MONICA — Resident Ammon Kabatchnik's book “Blood on the Stage 1975-2000” has been named a finalist in 2013 ForeWord Book of the Year Award. ForeWord Book of the Year Award is an annual national book competition to reward distinguished books from independent publishers. Canyon News - Postal Workers Collecting Food For Charity Thursday, Apr 25, 2013 11:41 PM EDT WESTWOOD—Postal workers from Westwood and Century City will be collecting food for charity during their deliveries early next month. The collection will take place on Saturday, May 11, during normal mail deliveries. Canyon News - Steve Blake Out Indefinitely Thursday, Apr 25, 2013 11:41 PM EDT LOS ANGLELS—After suffering from their second loss to the San Antonio Spurs, the Los Angeles Lakers received more bad news on Thursday, April 25. The Lakers announced on their Facebook page that an ultrasound confirmed that guard, Steve Blake, is suffering from a moderate strain of his right hamstring and that he will be out indefinably for the rest of the season. Canyon News - Al Michaels Arrested For DUI Thursday, Apr 25, 2013 11:26 PM EDT SANTA MONICA— NBC sports announcer, Al Michaels, 68, was arrested for suspicion of DUI in Santa Monica on Friday, April 19 at approximately 9:30 p.m. Santa Monica police pulled Michaels over after he made an illegal U-turn, and was taken into custody after a breathalyzer indicated that his blood alcohol level met the .08 legal limit. Beverly Hills Courier Happenings—Brahms And Mahler At Le Salon De Musiques, And Much More… Friday, Apr 26, 2013 10:59 PM EDT Our picks in the worlds of film, music, including Pacific Serenades' latest commission "String Theory;" and theatre, including Theatricum Botanicum's 40th anniversary open house. Country Legend George Jones Dead At 81 Friday, Apr 26, 2013 09:29 PM EDT Country music legend George Jones, singer of such enduring hits as "She Thinks I Still Care" during a career that spanned more than half a century, died Friday, his publicist said. He was 81. BHHS Jazz Band To Open Free Playboy Jazz Fest Community Concert Friday, Apr 26, 2013 08:29 PM EDT Group will kick off free Civic Center event for The New Jump Blues, bringing jive and swing and fronted by Antonio “Huggy Bear” Fargas. StandWithUs Sets LaughWithUs To Benefit Israeli Terrorism Victims Friday, Apr 26, 2013 06:59 PM EDT Evening of comedy to benefit the Koby Mandell Foundation. Connie Martinson Talks Books—’Making A Pound Puppy Happy in Beverly Hills’ Friday, Apr 26, 2013 05:44 PM EDT Life with Tibetan terrier Chips includes dog whisperers, a stalled commercial career, cancer and ultimately saying goodbye. CBS 2 Los Angeles Wendy Greuel Accused Of Abusing City Email Account For Mayoral Campaign Friday, Apr 26, 2013 10:40 PM EDT LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — City Controller Wendy Greuel is under fire amid allegations she used taxpayer dollars to fund her mayoral campaign as the days wind down to the May 21 runoff election with City [...] Man, 23, Sentenced To Five Years In Prison For Groping 2 Girls Under 14 Friday, Apr 26, 2013 09:24 PM EDT RIVERSIDE (CBSLA.com) — A 23-year-old man was sentenced Friday to five years in prison for groping two girls, both under 14, at a Jurupa Valley store. Brandon Alan Dimmitt pleaded guilty on April 12 to [...] Man Sentenced 61 Years For Impregnating Female Relative, 11 Friday, Apr 26, 2013 08:35 PM EDT Orange County prosecutors say a man has been sentenced to 61 years in prison for sexually assaulting a female relative for eight years, resulting in her pregnancy at age 11. Compton Teacher Charged With Sexually Abusing 3 Teenage Students Friday, Apr 26, 2013 08:33 PM EDT COMPTON (CBSLA.com) — A teacher at a Compton charter school could face up to six years in state prison after he was charged with sexually abusing three female students. The District Attorney’s Office announced today [...] Chargers Take Manti Te’o In 2nd Round Of NFL Draft Friday, Apr 26, 2013 07:41 PM EDT The San Diego Chargers have drafted Manti Te'o, the Notre Dame linebacker who was tricked into an online relationship with a girl that didn't exist. Orange County Register Fullerton Hot Shots Friday, Apr 26, 2013 08:38 PM EDT With the month of April now in the books, all eyes shift on what the next several weeks of May holds. Water district's solar project delayed Friday, Apr 26, 2013 08:36 PM EDT RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA - Santa Margarita Water District expected it would get roughly a third of its power from the sun by now through a solar project approved last summer. Sun shines, winds divine (so far) for Newport to Ensenada Race Friday, Apr 26, 2013 08:29 PM EDT NEWPORT BEACH - With the winds blowing at a steady 8-10 knots, skippers and crew from all over Southern California eagerly awaited the announcement of their boat class to the start line Friday off Newport Beach's Balboa Pier. Dogs in trail attack still in custody Friday, Apr 26, 2013 08:15 PM EDT Two dogs that authorities say got loose from a San Clemente home April 11 and attacked a golden retriever being walked on a leash on the city's beach trail remain in custody of the Coastal Animal Services Authority, authorities said Friday. Police: Man killed by train in Fullerton Friday, Apr 26, 2013 08:12 PM EDT FULLERTON - A man was struck and killed by a train Friday afternoon, police said. The Press-Enterprise RIALTO: Plane flips on runway during landing Friday, Apr 26, 2013 04:17 PM EDT Two aboard the 1937 biplane escape with minor injuries; cause of crash under investigation ANGELUS OAKS: Diesel tanker spill closes Highway 38 Friday, Apr 26, 2013 01:06 PM EDT A tanker spilled more than 5,000 gallons of fuel that has the potential to flow into the Santa Ana River Los Angeles Daily News El Camino Real edges out Granada Hills in Academic Decathlon's Super Quiz Friday, Apr 26, 2013 10:30 PM EDT El Camino Real Charter High won the Super Quiz portion of the national Academic Decathlon on Friday, edging out defending U.S. champ - and local rival - Granada Hills Charter. Ban on high-capacity gun clips in L.A. advances Friday, Apr 26, 2013 10:30 PM EDT A Los Angeles City Council committee Friday recommended a proposal to ban ownership of gun magazine clips that take more than 10 bullets. Lomita man decides to part with dress collection - all 55,000 of them Friday, Apr 26, 2013 10:30 PM EDT Growing up poor in the crowded, war-torn streets of Bremen, Germany, nothing seemed more elegant to Paul Brockmann than watching girls dance in flowing new dresses. California sets regulatory sights on trampoline parks Friday, Apr 26, 2013 10:03 PM EDT State Sen. Ted Lieu knew little about indoor trampoline parks until he took his son to a child's birthday party at one featuring wall-to-wall trampolines in a warehouse setting near Torrance. Video of Sky Zone in Harbor Gateway. LAUSD may end popular classroom breakfasts Friday, Apr 26, 2013 09:46 PM EDT Los Angeles Unified Superintendent John Deasy has proposed eliminating a classroom breakfast program that feeds nearly 200,000 low-income students daily, citing criticism by the teachers union that it is messy, draws pests and cuts into instructional time. NBC Los Angeles Fuel Spill Could Keep Hwy 38 Closed for Weeks Friday, Apr 26, 2013 07:12 PM EDT A Southern California mountain highway was closed Friday – and could remain closed for several weeks – after truck carrying fuel overturned, spilling some 10,000 gallons of fuel in the Angelus Oaks area, near Bi... Disneyland Scam: Suspect Turns Himself In Friday, Apr 26, 2013 05:12 PM EDT A Wilmington woman eager for a day of Disney-filled fun arrived to the Disneyland ticket gate only to find that her "park hopper" tickets she bought from a stranger who called himself "Chris Ruiz" on Craigslist... Photo Credit: LAPD Harbor Division 2nd Blackface Video Linked to UC Irvine Fraternity Friday, Apr 26, 2013 03:42 PM EDT A second video showing at least one member of a UC Irvine fraternity wearing blackface surfaced online Friday following allegations from other students that the chapter has a history of racial insensitivity. Alleged Burglar Climbs Roof Friday, Apr 26, 2013 11:42 AM EDT A Venice neighborhood was locked down for several hours Friday as police surrounded a three-story apartment building after a suspected burglar climbed onto a roof to elude capture, officials said. Friends Vow Support For Student Accused in Rape Friday, Apr 26, 2013 11:12 AM EDT Friends of a UCLA water polo player accused in a sexual assault of a female student posted a video on YouTube expressing their support for the student athlete. KABC-TV Los Angeles LA mayoral candidates push for big voter turnout Friday, Apr 26, 2013 09:40 PM EDT Low voter turnout is expected and getting out the vote could be crucial for the candidates. Inland Empire dad surprises kids after Navy deployment Friday, Apr 26, 2013 09:04 PM EDT A dad who returned from a year of deployment surprised his kids at a Winchester school in a heart-warming reunion. Highway 38 fuel spill shuts roads, threatens Santa Ana River Basin Friday, Apr 26, 2013 08:33 PM EDT A fuel tanker carrying thousands of gallons of gasoline and diesel overturned on Highway 38 Friday morning. 2 drivers killed in Palmdale head-on collision Friday, Apr 26, 2013 08:18 PM EDT Two drivers were killed in a head-on collision in Palmdale Thursday night. NFL Draft: Manti Te'o selected by San Diego charges in 2nd round Friday, Apr 26, 2013 07:48 PM EDT Linebacker Manti Te'o was chosen sixth in the second round of the NFL draft by the San Diego Chargers, drawing a loud roar from the fans. Daily Breeze Torrance will drill new water wells in money-saving effort Friday, Apr 26, 2013 10:48 PM EDT Torrance will drill two pilot wells at a cost of $800,000 in an effort to save up to $2 million annually on the cost of imported water. Man dies after crashing into traffic signal pole in Torrance Friday, Apr 26, 2013 10:48 PM EDT The man was found dead when officers responded at 2:15 a.m. at Carson Street and Plaza del Amo. No other vehicles were involved. Dodgers to honor Torrance Navy Petty Officer Frank Blackman at game Friday, Apr 26, 2013 10:48 PM EDT The Los Angeles Dodgers will honor Navy Petty Officer Frank Blackman of Torrance as the Veteran of the Game when the team faces the Milwaukee Brewers Saturday night at Dodger Stadium. LAUSD may end popular classroom breakfasts Friday, Apr 26, 2013 10:48 PM EDT Los Angeles Unified Superintendent John Deasy has proposed eliminating a classroom breakfast program that feeds nearly 200,000 low-income students daily, citing criticism by the teachers union that it is messy, draws pests and cuts into instructional time. TSA to answer questions about Pre Check service Friday, Apr 26, 2013 10:18 PM EDT Tired of waiting at airport security checkpoints? Transportation Security Administration officials will field questions Monday morning about the TSA Pre Check service at an information booth in Terminal 7 of Los Angeles International Airport.

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