October 7, 2011, 12:05 AM
The way Downey resident Lauren Baumann tells it, she was putting on Christian rock concerts at a mini-golf fun park and renting a $10,000-a-month historic mansion in order to serve God. And also to pay off a $2.9 million judgment from a 1990s fraud conviction in Texas. To federal prosecutors,...
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September 13, 2011, 12:05 AM
School board officials in Los Angeles will determine today whether a deeper look into cheating is needed at one of their top-ranked charter schools, a district official said. Fred Navarro, superintendent of the Lennox School District, said officials will discuss cheating allegations at...
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July 7, 2011, 12:05 AM
Two congressional candidates are throwing down big money in western Los Angeles as they vie to succeed retired Rep. Jane Harman, one of Congress’ wealthiest Democrats, who stepped down in February to head a Washington think tank. Democrat Janice Hahn, a Los Angeles city councilwoman, and...
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February 7, 2011, 12:05 AM
The Los Angeles City Council spends the most money – about $1.7 million per seat – and pays the highest salaries – an average $178,789 – of 15 cities examined in a recent study by the Pew Charitable Trust's Philadelphia Research Initiative. Two other California city...
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June 24, 2010, 12:05 AM
A top official involved in pushing for new teacher evaluation procedures and other reforms at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was appointed Tuesday as second in command at the Los Angeles Unified School District. After discussing the appointment in closed session, the LA Board of...
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June 5, 2010, 7:58 PM
Hundreds of marijuana delivery services are circumventing bans on storefront dispensaries, bringing marijuana directly to people’s homes, offices and more unconventional locations across the state.
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May 31, 2010, 12:05 AM
The City of Los Angeles protects foothill communities from potentially devastating mudslides through a "debris basin system," according to a video recently posted by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The video shows the tremendous power of the mudslides racing down the...
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May 27, 2010, 12:04 AM
California schools in high-poverty areas systemically receive less money from their school districts than campuses in better off areas, according to study by the Center for American Progress. Aided by data made available due to the 2009 federal stimulus, researchers found a 10-percent increase...
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May 25, 2010, 12:10 AM
The California Charter Schools Association is accusing the Los Angeles Unified School District of failing to provide adequate facilities to house dozens of charter schools, as required under state law. According to a lawsuit filed Monday, only 45 out of 81 charter schools have been approved...
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May 24, 2010, 12:08 AM
In its 11th annual report on the nation's air quality, the American Lung Association found that "despite progress in many places ... some cities, mostly in California, had air that was more polluted than in the previous report." The analysis focused on Environmental Protection...
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March 10, 2010, 12:08 AM
The question has loomed large for years: Is the Los Angeles Unified School District neglecting its non-English-speaking students? A study last year by the Tomás Rivera Policy Institute at USC seemed to think it was possible. After tracking an entire group of students who started out as sixth...
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February 12, 2010, 12:07 AM
The Los Angeles Unified School District is planning a major crackdown on under-performing teachers, weeks after news surfaced about the district's shoddy teacher evaluation practices. According to the LA Times, school officials are seeking to fire more than 110 teachers with two years...
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