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Los Angeles Times

Tracing the historic margins of Los Angeles

Thursday, Aug 29, 2013 01:34 AM EDT

A 'street historian' takes the curious on tours that wind through the immigration patterns of Boyle Heights and Monterey Park. Mickey Cohen on one block, ginseng tea on another. A tour bus pulled up outside of a sun-baked strip mall in Monterey Park and 30 sightseers stepped out.        

Rim fire containment expected by Sept. 10

Thursday, Aug 29, 2013 01:34 AM EDT

Cooler temperatures, higher humidity and lighter winds are helping crews get a handle on the blaze that moved into Yosemite. GROVELAND, Calif. — The Rim fire should be fully contained by Sept. 10, a fire official said Wednesday, as lower temperatures, higher humidity and lighter winds allow crews to make headway against the sprawling blaze that has swept into Yosemite National Park.        

Pass rates up for online classes at San Jose State

Thursday, Aug 29, 2013 01:04 AM EDT

The Cal State campus' project with Udacity sees better results in a summer session, boosting the touted program that saw problems with its initial spring courses. Students who took online classes in a summer program at San Jose State University performed better than those who took the same online classes in the spring, a result that is likely to provide a boost to a highly touted but problem ...

Porn coalition lifts industry-wide moratorium on filming

Thursday, Aug 29, 2013 12:19 AM EDT

The Free Speech Coalition says that all on-screen partners of an actress who had a positive HIV test have been tested and cleared. An adult-film trade group has lifted an industry-wide production moratorium that was prompted by an actress' positive HIV test.        

Two more UC campuses exonerated of fostering anti-Semitic climates

Thursday, Aug 29, 2013 12:18 AM EDT

U.S. clears UC Irvine and UC Santa Cruz. Both had been accused of allowing protests against Israel's treatment of Palestinians that made Jewish students fearful. The U.S. Department of Education has exonerated two more UC campuses — Irvine and Santa Cruz — of allegations that they fostered anti-Semitic climates by allowing protests against Israeli policies and other incidents that Jewish ...


CBS 2 Los Angeles

Armed Robbery Suspect In Custody After San Fernando Valley Pursuit

Thursday, Aug 29, 2013 06:20 PM EDT

Police are pursuing armed robbery suspects driving in Northridge.

Rare Sight: Mountain Lion Sits On Deer Along Mulholland Highway

Thursday, Aug 29, 2013 05:53 PM EDT

A mountion lion was caught on camera Thursday sitting atop a deer alongside a road in the Santa Monica Mountains.

Ex-Marine Pleads Not Guilty In Airport Weapons Bust

Thursday, Aug 29, 2013 05:35 PM EDT

A former Marine has been charged with illegally carrying a non-lethal grenade and other military materials in his checked bag at an Orange County airport.

Deputies Investigating Death Of Woman Found In Hacienda Heights Garage

Thursday, Aug 29, 2013 05:04 PM EDT

Sheriff’s officials Thursday were investigating the death of a woman at a Hacienda Heights home.

Scuba Diver Suffers Medical Emergency At San Pedro Beach

Thursday, Aug 29, 2013 03:26 PM EDT

Los Angeles Fire Department officials Thursday responded to a San Pedro beach after a man who was preparing to scuba dive suffered a medical emergency.


KABC-TV Los Angeles

Blue Shield won't pay for proton prostate cancer treatment

Thursday, Aug 29, 2013 06:07 PM EDT

Blue Shield won't pay for an expensive prostate cancer treatment because there's no science to justify the price.

Rim Fire grows to 6th largest in California history

Thursday, Aug 29, 2013 06:06 PM EDT

The Rim Fire burning around Yosemite National Park is now the sixth-largest wildfire in California history.

Bankruptcy protection granted for city of San Bernardino; CalPERS opposed

Thursday, Aug 29, 2013 05:22 PM EDT

Bankruptcy protection was granted for the city of San Bernardino Wednesday by a federal bankruptcy judge.

Feds won't sue to stop marijuana use in 2 states

Thursday, Aug 29, 2013 05:06 PM EDT

The Justice Department says it will not sue to stop Colorado and Washington from allowing recreational marijuana use.

Court upholds 1st ban on gay-to-straight therapy

Thursday, Aug 29, 2013 03:37 PM EDT

A federal appeals court has upheld the nation's first-of-its-kind law in California prohibiting gay-to-straight therapy.


FOX 11 News Los Angeles

Operation Thumbs Down: Street Gang Bust

Thursday, Aug 29, 2013 03:41 PM EDT

Dozens of suspected members and associates of a South Los Angeles gang were behind bars today and facing drug and conspiracy charges following a series of early morning raids by police and federal agents.

ARTIC - Anaheim's Future Grand Central Station

Thursday, Aug 29, 2013 03:11 PM EDT

Clark is the contractor building ARTIC, the Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center. That's Anaheim's answer to LA's Union Station and New York's Grand Central Station.

Freeway Death Investigation Shuts Down Morning Commute

Thursday, Aug 29, 2013 11:11 AM EDT

A woman fell, jumped or was pushed from a car before being struck by other vehicles and killed this morning on the eastbound Foothill (210) Freeway in Sylmar, and police were treating the death as a homicide.

Fast Food Workers Striking In Cities Nationwide Over Pay

Thursday, Aug 29, 2013 10:56 AM EDT

Fast-food customers in search of burgers and fries on Thursday might run into striking workers instead. Organizers say thousands of fast-food workers are set to stage walkouts in dozens of cities.

LA City Council Tentatively Approves to Lift Ban on Murals Adorning Privately-Owned Buildings

Wednesday, Aug 28, 2013 11:56 PM EDT

The LA City Council comes one step closer to lifting a 10 year ban on murals painted on privately owned businesses.


Los Angeles Business Journal

Cheesecake Factory expands to Puerto Rico

Thursday, Aug 29, 2013 06:35 PM EDT

Cheesecake Factory Inc. opened the doors Thursday on its first Puerto Rican outlet, a nearly 10,000-square-foot store in the territory’s capital.

Markets Up

Thursday, Aug 29, 2013 06:35 PM EDT

In Thursday trading, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 16 points, or 0.1 percent, to 14,841. The Nasdaq climbed 27 points, or 0.8 percent, to 3,620. The S&P 500 rose 3 points, or 0.2 percent, to 1,638. The LABJ Stock Index was unchanged at 163.

Settlement Reached Halting Alleged Fake Reviews on Edmunds.com

Thursday, Aug 29, 2013 05:18 PM EDT

The Santa Monica company announced Thursday that Humankind Design Ltd. has agreed to stop registering accounts and posting reviews on the Edmunds website.

Live Nation Trims Staff as Gibson Amphitheatre Closes

Thursday, Aug 29, 2013 05:03 PM EDT

Live Nation Entertainment Inc. is laying off 500 people as it prepares to close the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City next month.

HuffPost Live Studio Closing

Thursday, Aug 29, 2013 02:48 PM EDT

AOL’s HuffPost Live is shuttering the Beverly Hills studio where it produced talking heads programming daily as part of a Web video initiative of the Huffington Post.


KTLA-TV Los Angeles

Two in Custody After LAPD Pursuit of Armed Robbery Suspect in Valley

Thursday, Aug 29, 2013 06:12 PM EDT

An armed robbery suspect led police on a chase in the San Fernando Valley Thursday afternoon, authorities said. The pursuit, involving a white pickup truck began in Winnetka and had proceeded to Reseda by 3 p.m., an officer with the …

Woman’s Body Found in Hacienda Heights Garage

Thursday, Aug 29, 2013 06:12 PM EDT

HACIENDA HEIGHTS, Calif. (KTLA) — A woman’s body was found in the garage of a home in Hacienda Heights Thursday. Sheriff’s deputies discovered the body after responding to a possible kidnapping in progress in the 15000 block of Las Tunas …

Dozens of Alleged Gang Members Arrested in South LA Raids

Thursday, Aug 29, 2013 05:12 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES (KTLA) — Some 800 federal agents and local police cracked down on a notorious South Los Angeles gang Thursday, arresting dozens of suspects on drug and weapons charges. The FBI, which announced the arrests as part of an …

Search for Missing Woman to Expand to Angeles National Forest

Thursday, Aug 29, 2013 04:12 PM EDT

PLACENTIA, Calif. (KTLA) — Authorities were expected to send search crews into the Angeles National Forest on Thursday to look for an Orange County woman who disappeared after leaving her home in Placentia more than a week ago. Shameca Lewis …

Hot and Humid, Flash Flood Watches – Mark Kriski’s Thursday Forecast

Thursday, Aug 29, 2013 02:57 PM EDT

Mark Kriski’s weather forecast for Aug. 29, 2013. …


The Palisadian-Post

Hartzell ‘Peacenik’ Removes Display

Thursday, Aug 29, 2013 02:43 PM EDT

Seyed Maghloubi, 54, who is renting the home and admittedly used the display to gain media attention for his cause’an unconfirmed bid for Iran’s presidency’said that he took the sign and numerous smaller U.S. and Iranian flags down so that he could replace them with something new.

Palisades Now: Lifeguards Help Injured Cyclist at Will Rogers State Beach

Thursday, Aug 29, 2013 02:43 PM EDT

Los Angeles County Lifeguards responded to a bike accident behind Tower 15 at Will Rogers State Beach just after 5 p.m. on Monday.

LAPD Arrests Three Burglars

Thursday, Aug 29, 2013 02:42 PM EDT

Two home burglary attempts were thwarted and three men arrested by the Los Angeles Police Department in Pacific Palisades within a five-day period. The first crime occurred on August 11, in the 600 block of Alma Real Drive, according to LAPD spokesmen.


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