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Mar 03 2020
News
Long lines and lots of questions as L.A. County voters cast ballots on brand-new system
Los Angeles voters who showed up to cast ballots in person on Tuesday reported long wait times and operational errors at a number of the county’s newly designed vote centers, experiences adding up to an inauspicious beginning for L.A.'s first fully redesigned election system in more than half a century.
While some Angelenos had a different experience — giving the new voting machines
Los Angeles TimesJan 22 2023
Headline Roundup
Shooting Near East LA Lunar New Year Celebration Leaves 11 Dead
On Saturday night, a shooter killed 11 and wounded 10 more at a ballroom dance club in Monterey Park, California.
The Details: The gunman was described by witnesses as firing indiscriminately on attendees of the Star Ballroom Dance Studio. Of the deceased victims, five were female and five were male. The conditions of the wounded range from stable to critical. The 72-year-old suspect
Associated Press Newsweek Washington ExaminerFeb 21 2021
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Teachers union head 'debunks' rumor that it doesn't want reopening, dodges on whether kids back this year
Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, said on Sunday that she needed to "debunk" the myth that teachers unions don’t want to reopen schools and took a swipe at California Gov. Gavin Newsom for failing to prioritize vaccines in Los Angeles -- but dodged on to whether students would be able to fully resume in-person instruction this school year.
"I do want
Fox News DigitalMay 14 2020
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Richard Burr Steps Down From Chairmanship of Senate Intelligence Committee
Sen. Richard Burr will be stepping aside as chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee during the investigation into his stock trades, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Thursday.
“Senator Burr contacted me this morning to inform me of his decision,” McConnell wrote in a statement. “We agreed that this decision would be in the best interests of the committee and will be
ProPublicaSep 21 2020
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L.A. Times shaken by a summer of turmoil and scandals
On a Friday night last month, Los Angeles Times Executive Editor Norman Pearlstine sent a short email to the newsroom, announcing sports columnist Arash Markazi had resigned.
The columnist had copied information contained in seven stories from other sources, an internal investigation found. Pearlstine said “for the record” clarifications were added to each of the articles.
But
Los Angeles TimesDec 30 2021
News
Beverly Hills Gun Store Owner Says Rich And Famous Are Coming In Droves, Arming Themselves For The First Time
A Beverly Hills gun store owner says he’s seeing a massive business boom from affluent clients as a crime surge in Los Angeles scares residents.
The city’s only gun store, Beverly Hills Guns, opened in July 2020 and has serviced wealthy clients from Santa Monica to Hollywood Hills following the rise in smash-and-grab robberies and home invasions, LA Mag reported. Heightened fears over
The Daily CallerFeb 22 2020
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Twitter suspends 70 Bloomberg-boosting accounts for violating company policy
Twitter is reportedly suspending 70 accounts, some of which are backed by Michael Bloomberg’s campaign, that have posted identical messages in support of the Democrat’s presidential bid, calling the content “platform manipulation.”
The Los Angeles Times examined the accounts and alerted Twitter, who on Friday determined the posts violated company policy and said they would begin
New York Post (News)Dec 29 2021
Analysis
LAPD Video of Fatal Shooting of 14-Year-Old Raises Fresh Questions on Police Tactics
A man was threatening people inside a Burlington clothing store in North Hollywood last week. He even beat up several women, including at least one pretty severely, with a bicycle lock. When officers arrived with their weapons drawn, it only took a few moments before at least one officer opened fire and 24-year-old Daniel Elena-Lopez was killed. He wasn’t the only one who was killed in the
SlateJul 30 2019
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Sen. Cruz Met With Protests at LAX
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, stepped off a plane and into a crowd of protesters Sunday at Los Angeles International Airport who chanted "free the children" as he waited for his luggage.
The chant was a reference to detention centers at the southern border.
Cruz can be seen in video posted to Twitter smiling, shaking a few hands and even taking pictures with some fellow travelers as
Newsmax (News)Sep 14 2020
News
West coast cities face the world's worst air quality as wildfires rage
Four west coast cities in the US currently rank in the top 10 for worst air quality in the world, as wildfires rage up and down the western seaboard, cloaking the entire region in smoke.
Portland, Oregon, and Seattle, Washington, hold the No 1 and No 2 spots, while San Francisco and Los Angeles sit at four and six. Collectively, with the smoke from the wildfires, these four cities have
The Guardian