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British TV chef in food fight with Los Angeles schools
LOS ANGELES (AP) — British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has perfected his anti-obesity recipe over the years: blend a passion for nutrition with reality TV, garnish with a catchy moniker, et voila! — "Food Revolution." But Oliver's recipe has...Tags: Celebrities and Health Issues, Entertainment, Jamie Oliver, Health, Physical Conditions
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LA84 Foundation awards $1.5 million to youth sports programs
Varsity Times InsiderThe LA84 Foundation has announced its latest sports grants to youth organizations promoting sports in Southern California, and there were 38 recipients for $1.5 million given out. That brings the total funds awarded since its inception to more than $214..... -
Neighbors tried to intervene as teacher allegedly killed ex-wife
Los Angeles police continued to search Sunday for a 46-year-old elementary school teacher who they said stabbed his estranged wife and left her to die on a quiet residential street in West Hills as neighbors rushed to her side. Michael Rodney Kane...
Tags: Bankruptcy, Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Credit and Debt, Los Angeles Police Department
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Eating disorders plague teenage boys, too
Bryan Piperno was just 9 years old when he began keeping his secret. The Simi Valley youngster tossed out lunches or claimed he ate elsewhere. As he grew older, he started purging after eating. Even after his vomiting landed him in the emergency room...
Tags: Harvard Medical School, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Anorexia, Vomiting, University of California, Berkeley
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Gov. Brown leaves his mark
Many factors are relevant in determining how much the state should spend to provide a child with an "adequate" public education, but this is not one of them: whether the child lives in an area that was largely agricultural during the early 1970s. Yet...
Tags: Students, Politics, Jerry Brown, Regional Authority, Government
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DWP computers log more than 1,300 hours searching salaries database
Since the Los Angeles Times posted a searchable database of Department of Water and Power employees' pay online late Tuesday night, visitors from the department's computer network have spent approximately 1,300 hours on the site. That's the equivalent...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Google Inc., Networking, Career and Workplace
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Newton: In a hurry to pull the 'parent trigger'
What's happening at Weigand Avenue Elementary School in Watts is undeniably divisive and stressful. A slim majority of parents there, fed up with the lack of progress toward a satisfactory education for their children, signed petitions and exercised their...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Students, Teachers, Teaching and Learning
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LAUSD insurer sues to avoid paying $30 million Miramonte settlement
An insurance company has sued the Los Angeles Unified School District seeking to avoid paying settlement costs related to alleged child abuse at Miramonte Elementary School. The action, if successful, could leave the nation's second-largest school...
Tags: Breach of Contract, Michael Jackson, Abusive Behavior, Insurance, AEG
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Insurance firm sues to avoid Miramonte abuse-case settlement
An insurance company has sued the Los Angeles Unified School District seeking to avoid paying settlement costs related to alleged child abuse at Miramonte Elementary School. The action, if successful, could leave the nation's second-largest school...
Tags: Teachers, Insurance, Litigation, Teaching and Learning, Robert Pimentel
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For the record
Sex abuse lawsuit: In the May 23 LATExtra section, an article about a jury's award of $1.4 million to a girl who was sexually abused by a classmate said that jurors had apportioned part of the money to the Los Angeles Unified School District and part to...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Medical Specialization, Insulin Injections, Diabetes
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California Assembly approves hike in state's minimum wage
SACRAMENTO — The Assembly passed a proposal Thursday to hike California's minimum wage from $8 to $9.25 an hour over the next three years and require future increases to keep pace with inflation. Higher wages would "allow our families to provide...Tags: Labor Legislation, Donald P. Wagner, Kristin Olsen, Luis A. Alejo, Material Science
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Letters: No quick fixes in education
Re "The quick 'trigger,'" Opinion, June 3 Jim Newton is right to point out that parents and their children need help now in securing the best possible education, especially in historically underserved communities. But does that mean that the "parent...
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