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2 arrested in $2 million movie ad scheme More...

High gas prices pinch college students’ budgets

LOS ANGELES—When Irma Gorrocino enrolled in college, gas was selling for about $2.50 a gallon and commuting to a campus 30 miles from her Southern California home didn’t seem like such a big deal. More...

LA council urges curbs on derogatory radio speech

LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles City Council called on TV and radio broadcasters Wednesday to keep their hosts from spouting crude slurs, citing Rush Limbaugh’s reference to a woman as a “slut” and KFI’s John and Ken calling More...

El Camino College to sponsor Historically Black College Fair

TORRANCE—El Camino College will sponsor a Historically Black College/University (HBCU) Fair designed to help students choose and transfer to a four-year college or university . More...

Man wrongly accused in Giants fan beating speaks

LOS ANGELES—A man who was wrongly arrested in the near-death beating of a Giants fan outside of Dodger Stadium said on March 22 that he deserves an apology from Los Angeles police. More...

Calif. settlement will fund car charging network

LOS ANGELES—An energy company accused of artificially inflating the cost of electricity, leading to California's power crisis a decade ago, agreed to pay a $120 million settlement that will fund 10,000 electric car charging stations across the More...

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{Council Highlights and Other Stuff}

SJoyce Kelly called the new transit center peculiar looking, and said the restrooms are locked. S Lynne Boone thanked Bryan Batiste for sending code enforcement to her neighborhood, calling the action great. More...

MRFY wows the students at Roosevelt Elementary School

COMPTON—The Compton Unified School District kicked its recycling efforts into high gear on Wednesday, March 21, as Roosevelt Elementary School students took part in an interactive learning adventure from Consolidated Disposal Services. More...

El Camino Trustee Brown appointed to technology task force

TORRANCE—El Camino Community College District Trustee Ken Brown was recently appointed to a new education technology task force by State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson. More...

Indictment unsealed in LA Coliseum contract probe

LOS ANGELES—A felony indictment unsealed Friday accused former executives and concert promoters of a scheme to embezzle millions of dollars from the historic Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum as the once-venerable site of Olympics, Super Bowls and More...

Calif. exec pleads guilty to tomato price-fixing

SACRAMENTO—A former California food company owner has pleaded guilty to racketeering in a national tomato price-fixing plot. Frederick Scott Salyer entered the plea on March 23 in federal court in Sacramento. More...

Veterans Patsy E. Brown Childers and Felica Marie Haynes join the Comissioner for women

Veterans Patsy E. Bowie Childers and Felicia Marie Haynes join the Commission for Women, Mayor Eric J. More...

Council members present B.J. Douglas with a community award

Council members present B.J. Douglas with a community service award at its meeting on March 20. More...

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