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Gay veterans tackle "don't ask, don't tell"
Political WriterAt age 20, Mark LaFontaine found himself in the western Pacific as a seaman apprentice aboard the Coast Guard cutter Basswood. And then his shipmates figured out he was gay. LaFontaine said he was discharged after a months-long journey through the...Tags: Minority Groups, Education, Washington (U.S. state), World War II (1939-1945), Defense
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Fly or drive – what's the better deal?
Who would take a road trip when gasoline is hovering near $4 a gallon? Well, you might, especially if you're taking the family.
Sometimes it's cheaper to drive. "Driving makes sense if you have three people traveling, heavy baggage or fragile sporting...Tags: Road Transportation, Manufacturing and Engineering, Vehicles, U.S. Airways, Automotive Equipment
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Royal Visit: William and Catherine Visit Skid Row on Final Day in L.A.
KTLA NewsLOS ANGELES (KTLA) -- Prince William and his wife, Catherine, visited polo grounds in Santa Barbara Saturday afternoon and a swanky Hollywood reception that night, but on Sunday, the couple bid farewell to Southern California. The duo departed from LAX...Tags: Los Angeles, United Kingdom, Jerry Brown, Travel, Los Angeles International Airport
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The Coastal Gardener: Chasing plants around California
I am leaving. My belongings are in the car, the route is mapped and the tank is full. As soon as the nursery closes Saturday I'll be gone, the pedal to the metal as we make our way north. We'll drive through the night and get to San Francisco by...Tags: Water Pollution, Forests, Corona, California, Gardens and Parks
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America's Most Reclusive Heiress Dies in NYC, In Solitude To The Very End
pix11.comNEW YORK (PIX11) -- She tried to live her life in utter secrecy and solitude. But the death in New York this week of one of America’s wealthiest heiresses, at the age of 104, has brought waves of attention to the strange, strange tale of Huguette...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, California, New York, Property, Connecticut
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'Geezer Bandit' may be linked to bank robbery in Morro Bay
![SAN DIEGO -- Police are investigating a bank robbery in Morro Bay, and the FBI says it looks like the work of the elusive "Geezer Bandit."](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-05/61957204-28152944-187105.jpg "SAN DIEGO -- Police are investigating a bank robbery in Morro Bay, and the FBI says it looks like the work of the elusive "Geezer Bandit.\"")
FOX 5 San Diego ReporterSAN DIEGO -- Police are investigating a bank robbery in Morro Bay, and the FBI says it looks like the work of the elusive "Geezer Bandit." Morro Bay Police Department said a white man wearing a mask that made him look older pointed a revolver and...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Crimes, Facebook, FBI, San Diego (San Diego, California)
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Matches feature 11 locals
The 34th annual Dave Mohs Memorial Orange County High School Volleyball All-Star matches feature 11 local players and Corona del Mar High Coach Steve Conti. The matches will be Friday at Newport Harbor High, with the girls' match starting at 6 p.m. and...Tags: Corona, University of California, Colleges and Universities, Education, San Diego (San Diego, California)
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School Board Meeting Wrap-Up
The following is from the Laguna Beach School District Board of Education meeting of June 14. * Student reps recognized Axl Dominguez and Lauren Slater, Laguna Beach High School students, won board recognition for their work as student...Tags: Healthy Diet, Apple iPod, PTA, Colleges and Universities, University of California
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Home of the Week: South Pasadena's Paxton House
A stately manse that originally stood on Pasadena's storied Orange Grove Boulevard — and later survived a date with the wrecking ball — has found new life on a leafy South Pasadena street.
Named for the rancher who commissioned it, the...Tags: California, Pasadena (Los Angeles, California), Los Angeles, Building Material, Orange (Orange, California)
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Foster the People: Pumped up, indeed
![The time slot was an unforgiving one and the venue even worse. When Foster the People ambled onstage at noon on the final full day of the nearly weeklong South by Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas, in March, it was exhaustion rather than excitement that filled the convention center hall. The scant and weary crowd was hardly befitting for a band that would soon have a top 10 album in "Torches" and become the hottest thing going in Los Angeles.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-06/62706555-23145604.jpg "The time slot was an unforgiving one and the venue even worse. When Foster the People ambled onstage at noon on the final full day of the nearly weeklong South by Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas, in March, it was exhaustion rather than excitement that filled the convention center hall. The scant and weary crowd was hardly befitting for a band that would soon have a top 10 album in "Torches\" and become the hottest thing going in Los Angeles.")
The time slot was an unforgiving one and the venue even worse. When Foster the People ambled onstage at noon on the final full day of the nearly weeklong South by Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas, in March, it was exhaustion rather than...Tags: Passion Pit (music group), Rock and Roll (genre), Los Angeles, Contracts, Lawyers
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Virginia Fields dies at 58; scholar of early Mesoamerican art, archaeology at LACMA
![Virginia M. Fields, a leading scholar of early Mesoamerican art and archaeology who joined the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's curatorial staff in 1989 and devoted 22 years to making the museum a vital center of Latin American culture — partly by organizing major exhibitions such as last year's <a href="http://www.lacma.org/art/exhibition/olmec-colossal-masterworks-ancient-mexico">"Olmec: Colossal Masterworks of Ancient Mexico"</a> — has died. She was 58.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-06/62579979-18110808-187105.jpg "Virginia M. Fields, a leading scholar of early Mesoamerican art and archaeology who joined the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's curatorial staff in 1989 and devoted 22 years to making the museum a vital center of Latin American culture — partly by organizing major exhibitions such as last year's <a href="http://www.lacma.org/art/exhibition/olmec-colossal-masterworks-ancient-mexico\">\"Olmec: Colossal Masterworks of Ancient Mexico\"</a> — has died. She was 58.")
Virginia M. Fields, a leading scholar of early Mesoamerican art and archaeology who joined the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's curatorial staff in 1989 and devoted 22 years to making the museum a vital center of Latin American culture — partly by...Tags: Minority Groups, Archaeology, Los Angeles, Harvard University, San Francisco
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Searchers Begin Digging Near Freeway For Remains of Missing 7-year-old
KTLA NewsSANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KTLA) -- Police have begun excavating an area near a freeway bridge, linked to the disappearance of a 7-year-old girl who vanished 50 years ago. Last week, three specially trained cadaver dogs alerted on an area near the base of an...Tags: Downey, Road Transportation, California, Manufacturing and Engineering, Dog (animal)
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