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Have a ticket to ride? Metro starts locking subway turnstiles
Sorry subway riders, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority is no longer operating on the honor system. The turnstile gates for the Purple and Red lines at Union Station will be latched today and riders will need a TAP card...
Tags: Maryland Transit Administration, Travel, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Subway Transportation, Transportation
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Officials demand FAA regulate helicopter noise in L.A. County
Asserting that voluntary guidelines won't work, elected officials on Monday night urged the Federal Aviation Administration to adopt regulations to reduce the noise and safety risks of helicopter flights over neighborhoods across Los Angeles County....
Tags: Tony Cardenas, Public Officials, Air Transportation Industry, Henry A Waxman, Politics
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Natural History Museum's Otis Booth Pavilion finally revealed
The 100-year-old Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County knows how to make an entrance. On Saturday night, following a black-tie dinner to celebrate its centennial, the museum lifted the curtain on its brand-new entrance, the Otis Booth Pavilion....
Tags: Fabian, Entertainment, Science and Technology, History (tv network), Museums
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Coliseum negotiations kept confidential, stadium official says
Government overseers of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum entered into a sweeping secrecy agreement requested by USC to keep under wraps their negotiations to surrender control of the taxpayer-owned venue to the private university, a top stadium...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Finance, Colleges and Universities, Justice System, California Public Records Act
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Coliseum deal: USC to cash in on turnover
About five years ago, County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky denounced USC's proposal to take control of the taxpayer-owned Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and its revenue. "Some people on the board of trustees of the University of Southern California...
Tags: Soccer, Mark Ridley-Thomas, Don Knabe, Summer Olympics, Oakland Raiders
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Signs of boy's abuse missed by L.A. County social workers
When paramedics arrived at his Palmdale home last week, 8-year-old Gabriel Fernandez's skull was cracked, three ribs were broken and his skin was bruised and burned. He had BB pellets embedded in his lung and groin. Two teeth were knocked out of his...
Tags: Social Services, Child Abuse, Suicide, Teachers, Teaching and Learning
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L.A. County to try again to cut troubled foster care contractor
Los Angeles County Supervisors Gloria Molina and Michael D. Antonovich will make another attempt to cut a troubled foster care contractor with a history of misused money and child abuse. Under the supervisors' proposal, the county board has once again...
Tags: Mark Ridley-Thomas, Google+, Theft, Juvenile Delinquency, Gloria Molina
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Boy's death prompts outrage, red flags of child abuse 'ignored'
The death of an 8-year-old Palmdale boy has sparked outrage from his family and prompted questions from county officials, as documents showed the boy's mother -- charged with murder in his death -- was previously investigated six times for abuse...
Tags: Child Abuse, Michael Jackson, Career and Workplace, Abusive Behavior, Prosecution
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Mandy Patinkin tells a story with music
These days Broadway, film and TV star Mandy Patinkin may be best known for his role as CIA Division chief Saul Berenson in the hit show "Homeland," but his first love is singing on stage. "There is nothing better or more fun. It's the love of my life,"...
Tags: Claire Danes, Entertainment, Theater, Entertainment Events, Culture
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Schiff, other leaders, to host hearing on helicopter noise
A hearing will be held on June 10 to discuss a recent report from the Federal Aviation Administration looking at helicopter noise in Los Angeles County, particularly the San Fernando Valley. The report leaves open a range of options for how to tackle...Tags: Tony Cardenas, Air Transportation Industry, Federal Aviation Administration, Adam B. Schiff
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A welcome revenue boost for L.A. County
Local government coffers are beginning to feel the effect of the region's slowly improving economy, led by the significant increase in property tax valuation in Los Angeles County. The total value of taxable parcels in the county is expected to rise...
Tags: Lee Baca, Michael Antonovich , Layoffs and Downsizing, Values, Religion and Belief
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Starving artists? Not among the leaders of L.A. arts institutions
L.A. added two new million-dollar-a-year executives to the ranks of its top-paid arts leaders during 2011, although two existing members of the seven-person club had to get by with less than they'd made in 2010. Increases for Music Center President...
Tags: Arts, Concerts, Entertainment, California Science Center, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
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