Los Angeles goes car free for a day for CicLAvia
LOS ANGELES >> It's a car free day in parts of LA.Some six miles of streets in and around downtown Los Angeles are closed to motor vehicles Sunday as the city's fifth anniversary celebration of...
View ArticleIn LA, community health workers are part of the medical team
Month after month, Natalia Pedroza showed up at the doctor's office with uncontrolled diabetes and high blood pressure. Her medications never seemed to work, and she kept returning to the emergency...
View ArticleMost City of Industry council members work for the city's highest paid...
When former Industry Councilman Jeff Parriott lost his $88,000 job with the city's redevelopment agency, he switched from coordinating Industry's development projects to archiving historical...
View ArticleCar struck by train in Pasadena; 2 hurt
PASADENA >> Drunken driving is suspected after a collision between a commuter train and a compact car in Pasadena left two people injured and shut down a portion of the Metro Gold Line route in...
View ArticleMore mud-closed roads set to reopen
PALMDALE >> The Los Angeles County Department of Public Works is set to lift several road closures by 5 p.m. Sunday in the mountain areas north of Castaic that were closed for mud and debris...
View ArticlePasadena social calendar: October 19
WEDNESDAY A Fall Holiday Boutique Luncheon presented by the Pasadena Women's Connection. Guest speaker: Daisy Catchings-Shader. The Women's City Club, 160 N. Oakland Ave., Pasadena. 11:30 a.m., $23....
View ArticleHere are the A-listers who attended the L.A. Philharmonic's 97th season launch
The halls of the Music Center were truly alive with the sound of music, with back-to-back mega events last month. On Sept. 29, the Los Angeles Philharmonic launched its 97th season at Walt Disney...
View ArticleLos Angeles workshop to help veterans resolve traffic tickets, clean criminal...
A free legal clinic for veterans who need help with resolving outstanding traffic tickets and cleaning criminal records will be held Wednesday evening in downtown Los Angeles.Presented by the Los...
View ArticleTransgender students at Cal State Long Beach to choose names for IDs, class...
In a move some say will help the transgender population feel more welcome on campus, Cal State Long Beach is set to let students use the names they identify with, instead of their legal names, on...
View ArticleQueen selected to reign over 2015 Pasadena Doo Dah Parade
PASADENA >> Pasadena's quirky and eccentric but mostly harmless weirdos flaunted their unconventional talents Sunday as they vied for a chance to rule supreme over the Rose Parade's "twisted...
View ArticleALDI holds hiring event to fill manager slots at 11 grocery stores
By Kevin SmithGerman discount grocer ALDI held a hiring event on Friday at Los Angeles Convention Center to fill 50 shift manager positions for stores that will be opening in Los Angeles and Orange...
View ArticleLANG's Michael Anastasi elected to Associated Press Media Editors board
PALO ALTO -- The Associated Press Media Editors organization elected eight members to its board of directors and installed new leadership during its joint conference with the American Society of News...
View ArticleHarvard grad squeezed out of teaching job by immigration bureaucracy
Harvard University graduate Francisco Hernandez sat at home in San Diego last week, unemployed and watching television at 2 in the afternoon.It wasn't his choice. The undocumented 2009 valedictorian of...
View ArticleDriver in Pasadena train crash arrested for DUI
PASADENA - The driver of the car that got struck by a train Sunday allegedly drove under the railroad crossing arms and later tried to hide beer bottles in bushes, police said Monday.Lt. Mark Goodman...
View ArticleHow the drought lowered Central Basin Municipal Water District's bond rating
COMMERCE - Citing concerns the drought might reduce revenue for Central Basin Municipal Water District, Moody's Investor Service has downgraded by one notch its rating for the district from Aa3 to...
View ArticleHome sales and prices rise in LA and San Bernardino counties in September
Southern California's housing market maintained its brisk pace in September with both sales and prices rising from levels a year ago, a market tracker said Monday.Last month sales of new and previously...
View ArticleArcadia hires Monrovia's street fair operator in hopes of attracting more...
ARCADIA >>In a few short months, one local company has assumed operations of the downtown street fairs in both Monrovia and Arcadia. Green Leaf Events, launched in April by San Gabriel Valley...
View ArticleFaculty at California State University launch vote to strike
Faculty at Cal State Long Beach bestowed a nickname on Chancellor Timothy P. White as they rallied Monday in front of the McIntosh Building and voted on whether to authorize a strike, amid protracted...
View ArticleJury weighs fate of Rowland Heights doctor accused of 3 drug deaths
LOS ANGELES - Jury deliberations began Monday in the trial of a Rowland Heights doctor accused of killing three men who overdosed on drugs she prescribed.Hsiu-Ying "Lisa" Tseng of Walnut was charged...
View ArticleGame Show Network launches 'Hellevator' in time for Halloween
Do you love horror movies? Do you love game shows? If so, grab a favorite snack and get ready to spend some couch time on Wednesdays watching three besties fighting their fears to win up to $50,000 in...
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