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Due to an estimated 0.237 percent drop in the national inflation rate, California Board of Equalization officials said 2010 will be the first time such a broad scale reduction in property tax base year values has occurred. "Since Prop. BOE spokeswoman...
Tags: property tax, tax bills, assessed value, Los Angeles County, Torrance, Deflation, Business Finance, California Proposition 13, Inflation
The number of army recruits has reached a record high in California and in the nation despite strong anti-war sentiments, officials said Thursday. Analysts attributed the trend to the high U.S. unemployment rate as well as good benefits in the military....
Tags: U.S. Defense Department, U.S. Air Force, Los Angeles Recruiting Battalion, Los Angeles County, army recruited, University of Southern California, Iraq, Los Angeles, Military recruitment, Business Finance, Recruitment, United States Army Recruiting Command, Employment, Iraq War, Military personnel, War Conflict
The Beverly Hills City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to approve the creation of a "parking ticket forgiveness program" for homeless or formerly homeless individuals or people who are at risk of becoming homeless. "If you have a backlog of parking...
Tags: Beverly Hills City Council, Los Angeles County, parking ticket, forgiveness program, David Daniels, Los Angeles, Beverly Hills California, Beverly Hills, Homelessness, Platinum Triangle
Steve Szulc, a Financial Analyst who works for an insurance company in Woodland Hills, rides his bicycle from Glendale, a 30 mile commute which takes him 2 ½ hours. Szulc leaves his house at 5:30 a.m. and usually rides on Tuesday,...
Tags: Travel, riding bicycles to work, commuting, transportation, los angeles county
Art history can be broken into distinctions of time, but also of place. One can discern differences of style and influence, for instance, between 17th Century French painting and that of Italy. So too have distinctions in American art become apparent...
Tags: Los Angeles County, LACMA, Southern California, Europe, art museums, contemporary art, Robert Irwin, American, Latin America, palm trees, Los Angeles
Los Angeles County’s Hall of Justice, vacant since it was damaged in the 1994 Northridge earthquake, might be reopened. The Board of Supervisors today ordered staff to prepare a report within 45 days on the feasibility of again using the facility. They...
Tags: Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Lee Baca, Los Angeles County California, Northridge, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Sherman Block, San Francisco Police Department, Hall of Justice
The Willowbrook hospital closed to inpatient care in August 2007 due to repeated lapses in medical care, including the death of a woman on the floor of the emergency waiting room. The hospital has been a source of embarrassment for county officials, who...
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The CHP issued a report covering the 102-hour holiday period that began at 6 p.m...Thirty-seven people died in traffic crashes statewide this year, compared with 33 deaths last year during the same period. In Los Angeles County, seven were killed, compared...
187 South Bay crime stats Two suspects were in custody today following a non-injury shootout with two deputies in the unincorporated Westmont area near South Los Angeles. The deputies were investigating suspected plans for a gang-related shooting when...
Tags: South Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Torrance, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Law Crime, Law enforcement, Shootout, Murder
Prospects who can stay on a case that long will be asked to return to court on Jan. 4 for regular jury selection. Prosecutors could begin presenting evidence later during the first week in January. Alcala, now 66, is charged in five slayings in the late...
Tags: Orange County, Los Angeles County, Robin Samsoe, Alcala, Los Angeles