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Our Readers Write: Bad manners in the neighborhood
In my wildest dreams, I would never have imagined that I would get "the finger" in La Caņada from what some would consider an attractive 40-something woman in a new-model SUV (or from anyone, for that matter). My family has lived in the area for 40...Tags: Washington (U.S. state), Elections, Sacramento
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Local Democrats take aim at Dreier
Members of the Caņada Crescenta Democratic Club made the unusual move this week of endorsing a congressional candidate for a district that has yet to exist. Local Democrats want state Assemblyman Anthony Portantino, who terms out of the Assembly in 2012,...Tags: Local Elections, Los Angeles, Dining and Drinking, Bars and Clubs, Republican Party
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Political Landscape: Decision keeps energy bills from increasing
Glendale and Burbank taxpayers quietly dodged what might have been millions of dollars in increased energy bills as a decision on clean energy policy by the California Air Resources Board favored their local utilities. On Dec. 16, the board issued...Tags: Lawyers, Glendale (Los Angeles, California), Santa Clarita (Los Angeles, California), Arnold Schwarzenegger, U.S. Senate
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Schools' financial struggles continue
GLENDALE — Nineteen months since congressional Democrats passed the $787-billion stimulus and recovery bill, local school districts continue to fend off budget cuts and protect employee jobs.
In other words, they're not out of the woods.
In...Tags: Glendale (Los Angeles, California), Arnold Schwarzenegger, Washington, DC, Public Finance, Politics
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Independent agency to investigate Station fire response
The independent Government Accountability Office has agreed to investigate the full Station fire response amid concerns that critical radio communications were withheld during previous inquiries, according to announcement today from Rep. Adam Schiff's...Tags: Brad Sherman, Burbank (Los Angeles, California), Forestry and Timber, Adam Schiff, Natural Resources
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Anger, frustration still flaring over Station fire
Ann Benriter stepped gingerly around bits of charred debris and twisted metal that littered the site where her house once stood in the Vogel Flats community in Big Tujunga Canyon. Off to one side were the remnants of two motorcycles, the tires and seats...Tags: Burbank (Los Angeles, California), Bell (Los Angeles, California), Disasters and Accidents, Fires, Adam Schiff
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Solemn celebration
The city of La Caņada was awash in red, white and blue last weekend as thousands of foothill residents turned out to participate in the 37th annual Memorial Weekend Fiesta Days celebration.
"We don't have attendance figures yet," said Fiesta Days...Tags: Korean War (1950-1953), Veterans Affairs, Dining and Drinking, Los Angeles, Clubs and Associations
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Keeping an eye on the primaries
As voters prepare to head to the polls for Tuesday's primary election, Crescenta-Caņada political watchdogs are predicting few surprises in local races. La Caņada resident and state Assemblyman Anthony Portantino is running unopposed for the Democratic...Tags: U.S. Senate, Dining and Drinking, Bars and Clubs, Jerry Brown, Politics
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Favorites reign in local primaries
Local primary races for state and federal legislators resulted in few surprises Tuesday, as incumbents from both sides of the aisle received their parties' nods for the November general election. Rep. David Dreier (R-San Dimas) defeated Mark Butler in...Tags: Migration, University of California, Al Groh, Dave Wilcox, Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, California)
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Mayor's effort to fast-track Westside subway faces challenge
L.A. NOWMayor Antonio Villaraigosa???s efforts to fast-track the long-stalled Westside subway faced a challenge Tuesday when a bipartisan group of congressional representatives said the current plan is unlikely to get immediate federal funding. Villaraigosa has... -
Religious group pushes to protect San Gabriel Mountains
GreenspaceAn activist religious group has joined the effort to designate the San Gabriel Mountains as a national recreational area eligible for additional federal resources including law enforcement personnel, interpretive signs and hiking trails. The group,... -
Health-care TV ad wars underway
The Swampby Mark Silva In the roiling mix of political crosswinds that may come to characterize the 2009-2010 elections -- in which a Republican quit one congressional race to campaign for the winning Democrat, and in which the president's party was......Tags: Insurance, Charlie Dent, San Antonio, Mark Kirk, Jim Gerlach
Nov 11, 2010
|Story| LA Canada
Nov 24, 2010
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Dec 29, 2010
|Story| Glendale News Press
Oct 2, 2010
|Story| Burbank Leader
Sep 8, 2010
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Aug 25, 2010
|Story| LA Canada
Jun 3, 2010
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Jun 3, 2010
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Jun 10, 2010
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Oct 20, 2009
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Oct 30, 2009
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Nov 10, 2009
|Blog| Chicago Tribune
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