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Centerpiece of remodeled LAX terminal named for Villaraigosa
The centerpiece of the modernized Tom Bradley International Terminal at Los Angeles Airport will be named in honor of Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa because of his contributions to airport development. The city's Board of Airport Commissioners...
Tags: Los Angeles International Airport, Rentals
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Ask the L.A. mayor candidates: Would you try to take control of L.A. schools?
During separate video interviews with the Los Angeles Times last month, candidates for L.A. mayor Eric Garcetti and Wendy Greuel responded to questions from individual voters. Among them is Kim Jones of Silver Lake, who asked: What would you do...Tags: Politics, Elections, Local Government, Students, Teaching and Learning
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A long, expensive (and distinctive) race nears the finish line
A two-year campaign that has drawn record spending will see either the first woman or the first Jew elected as Los Angeles mayor. But despite those milestones, candidates Wendy Greuel and Eric Garcetti sped around the city Sunday trying to avoid another...
Tags: Primaries, Mark Ridley-Thomas, Judaism, Religion and Belief, Polls
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Garcetti, Greuel fight for African American votes in final hours
A two-year-long campaign that has drawn record spending will put either the first woman or the first elected Jewish leader in the Los Angeles mayor’s office. But despite those milestones, candidates Wendy Greuel and Eric Garcetti sped around the...
Tags: Mark Ridley-Thomas, Judaism, Religion and Belief, Polls, Voting
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Newton: Decision time for L.A.
As the campaign for mayor of Los Angeles has played out over the last two years, the complaints I've heard most often are that none of the candidates has reached for big ideas, that the field has lacked big personalities and that the two finalists are...
Tags: Government, National Government, Eric Garcetti, Human Interest, Wendy Greuel
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Mayor candidates on transportation: innovation vs. tried and true
During eight years in office, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa staked much of his legacy on transportation. He lobbied Washington for millions of dollars in federal funding. He oversaw the addition of 150 miles of bike lanes. And, five years ago, he...
Tags: Subway Transportation Industry, Travel, Subway Transportation, Highway Transportation, Polls
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Garcetti's lead over Greuel at 7 percentage points in mayoral race
Eric Garcetti's lead in the Los Angeles mayor's race has narrowed to seven percentage points, but his strength among conservatives has blocked rival Wendy Greuel from securing a San Fernando Valley base that is vital to her chances, according to a new USC...
Tags: Dennis P. Zine, Polls, Advertising, Parties and Movements, Mike Feuer
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Labor group won't back away from campaign mailer
The most powerful labor organization in Los Angeles refused Friday to back away from a campaign mailer in which it urges voters to support Wendy Greuel for mayor because she "will raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour." Even though Greuel has said she...
Tags: Immigration, Crime, Law and Justice, Herb Wesson, Eric Garcetti, Wendy Greuel
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LAPD reformed as federal oversight lifted, city leaders say
Los Angeles leaders say the Los Angeles Police Department has undergone a dramatic transformation since federal oversight of the agency was ordered 12 years ago. The dismissal Wednesday of the so-called consent decree, which arose largely out of the...
Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, AEG, Los Angeles Police Department
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Federal judge lifts LAPD consent decree
The federal judge who oversaw a dramatic, forced transformation of the Los Angeles Police Department has freed the department from the final vestiges of federal oversight. In a brief, three-line order Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Gary Feess formally...
Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Crime, Law and Justice, American Civil Liberties Union, Justice System, Trials
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Villaraigosa denounces mayoral ads aimed at Latinos
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Thursday waded into the heated contest to choose his successor, calling for two ads aimed at Latino voters that attack candidates Eric Garcetti and Wendy Greuel to be taken off the airwaves. Both were financed...
Tags: Immigration, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Migration, Social Issues, Eric Garcetti
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In L.A. council race, rivals still battling over failed sales tax hike
Los Angeles voters rejected a plan to hike the city's sales tax two months ago, but the battle over that measure lives on in a hotly contested City Council race. In multiple mailers sent to voters in the 13th council district, candidate John Choi and...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Voting, Eric Garcetti, Politics, Elections
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