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Streets reopened after Occupy LA protest
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police have reopened a downtown street where hundreds of Wall Street protesters held an early morning protest. Capt. Andy Smith says the protest was mainly peaceful but four people were arrested for failure to...Tags: Protest
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Chinese tourists' spending in the U.S. takes off
Minutes after arriving by bus at an outlet mall in Cabazon, a dozen or so Chinese tourists hustled out to buy luggage that they planned to stuff with high-end clothes, shoes and bags. But not Guoshing Cui, a Samsung supervisor from Guangzhou. He made...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Australia, Tourism and Leisure, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Guangzhou (China)
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Leimert Park Village hails victory on Crenshaw Line station
South Los Angeles residents gathered Friday to celebrate a future that many thought would never happen. At a park in tree-lined Leimert Park Village, dozens of community members cheered their victory: approval for a light-rail station on the Crenshaw...Tags: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Mark Ridley-Thomas, Herb Wesson
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L.A. City Council OKs Villaraigosa's final, $7.7-billion budget
The Los Angeles City Council on Thursday signed off on Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's final $7.7-billion budget, setting the stage, as several members acknowledged, for many city workers to get a 5.5% raise in eight months. Council members did not vote to...
Tags: Los Angeles Police Department, Wendy Greuel, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Bankruptcy
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Funding OKd for light-rail station in Leimert Park
After years spent fighting for a light-rail station in Leimert Park, South Los Angeles community members got their wish Thursday with the approval of full funding for a stop in the heart of L.A.'s African American community. To cheering and applause...
Tags: Arts, Arts and Culture, Mark Ridley-Thomas, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Los Angeles International Airport
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Metro board approves Crenshaw Line's Leimert Park Village station
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Thursday approved $80 million for an underground train station in Leimert Park Village along the Crenshaw Line, ending two years of uncertainty over the station's future. The motion, sponsored by L.A....
Tags: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Mark Ridley-Thomas, Eric Garcetti, Los Angeles International Airport
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City Council approves final Villaraigosa budget of $7.7 billion
The Los Angeles City Council on Thursday unanimously approved Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s final budget, expanding key services as several members acknowledged that many city workers will likely get a 5.5% raise in eight months. Councilman Eric...
Tags: Bankruptcy, Politics, Career and Workplace, Healthcare Contract Issues, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Villaraigosa, Garcetti pledge smooth transition in mayor's office
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa began the formal transition of power to his successor on Thursday, hosting Mayor-elect Eric Garcetti for breakfast at Getty House where he told reporters that the city councilman had his "full support." Garcetti,...
Tags: Local Government, Finance, Wendy Greuel, Economy, Business and Finance, Local Elections
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L.A. mayor: Villaraigosa, Garcetti promise 'seamless transition'
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa began the formal transition of power to his successor Thursday, hosting Mayor-elect Eric Garcetti for breakfast at Getty House, where he told reporters that the city councilman had his “full support.”...
Tags: Local Government, Wendy Greuel, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Eric Garcetti
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RPT-Los Angeles' new mayor: hipster, Rhodes Scholar, budget fixer?
Reuters(Repeats with no changes to story) By Sharon Bernstein and Tim Reid LOS ANGELES, May 22 (Reuters) - A Rhodes Scholar and urban planning wonk in a city that generally prefers its politicians to be less eclectic, Los Angeles mayor-elect Eric Garcetti will...Tags: Finance, Health and Safety at Work, Economy, Business and Finance, Entertainment, Local Elections
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Carmen Trutanich's defeat sown in a broken pledge
The seeds of one-term Los Angeles City Atty. Carmen Trutanich's resounding election defeat Tuesday were planted in his ill-fated run for district attorney last year. The candidate himself acknowledged that with less than a quarter of the ballots counted....
Tags: Wendy Greuel, Crime, Law and Justice, Lobbying, Dennis P. Zine, Carmen Trutanich
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Eric Garcetti faces tough tests when he takes office as mayor
In the campaign for mayor, Eric Garcetti spoke grandly about a city with plentiful summer jobs for low-income teens, a tunnel under the traffic-clogged Sepulveda Pass and even an end to homelessness. But a day after winning office, the mayor-elect faced...
Tags: Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Layoffs and Downsizing, Local Elections, Politics
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