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L.A. Philharmonic concerned about potential subway noise
Nothing in the Los Angeles Philharmonic's repertoire calls for 135-ton trains. The orchestra aims to keep it that way when Metro light rail cars start rumbling through a subway tunnel near Walt Disney Concert Hall. Experts who know the hall's...
Tags: New York City, Culture, Music, Science and Technology, Entertainment
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Judge says L.A. should end contract with private foster agency
The presiding judge of L.A. County's Juvenile Court and the head of a court-appointed law firm representing foster children have called on Los Angeles county supervisors to sever the county’s contract with Teens Happy Homes. Starr Heimov, who...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Theft, Mark Ridley-Thomas, Juvenile Delinquency
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L.A. County officials to stop sending children to foster agency
Responding to new allegations of financial malfeasance and abuse, Los Angeles County officials have decided to stop sending children to a private foster care agency that has been responsible for more than 1,100 youths in recent years. The action was...
Tags: Accounting and Auditing, Mark Ridley-Thomas, Satellite Technology, Local Government, Theft
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L.A. worries about immigration reform's cost to taxpayers
As Congress takes up immigration reform, Los Angeles County officials are voicing concerns that local taxpayers will be "left holding the bag" to pay for the brunt of healthcare and other services for the multitudes of immigrants who apply for...
Tags: Local Government, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Dianne Feinstein, Migration, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013)
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L.A. County officials worried about costs of immigration overhaul
WASHINGTON — Few regions will absorb the impact of future immigration reforms more than Los Angeles County, home to an estimated 1.1 million people in the country illegally, one-tenth of the nation's total. As the Senate Judiciary Committee...
Tags: Barack Obama, Government, Migration, National Government, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013)
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L.A. County supervisors weigh dropping foster-care contractor
Los Angeles County supervisors reported no action after a closed-door meeting to consider terminating the county's decades-long relationship with Teens Happy Homes, a private foster care provider that officials say repeatedly misused funds and placed...
Tags: Mark Ridley-Thomas, Starbucks Corp., Abusive Behavior, Gloria Molina
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L.A. County supervisors discuss troubled foster care contractor
Los Angeles County supervisors met behind closed doors Tuesday to consider terminating their decades-long relationship with Teens Happy Homes, a private foster care provider found by officials to have repeatedly misused funds and placed children in...
Tags: Accounting and Auditing, Mark Ridley-Thomas, Juvenile Delinquency, Abusive Behavior, Gloria Molina
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L.A. County supervisors to consider cutting Grand Park filming fees
Los Angeles County supervisors are scheduled to vote Tuesday on whether to eliminate or reduce filming fees at their newly opened downtown Grand Park to entice Hollywood to use the site more. Movie productions currently have to spend $20,000 per block...
Tags: Mark Ridley-Thomas, Michael Antonovich , Don Knabe
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LAPD's 'magic number' of 10,000 officers losing some luster
In 1989, then-Los Angeles Councilman Zev Yaroslavsky unveiled an audacious plan to boost the city police force by more than 25% to 10,000 officers. He couldn't have imagined that city leaders would chase that goal for nearly a quarter of a century...
Tags: Los Angeles International Airport, Conservation, Murder, Antonio Villaraigosa, Lawyers
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Problems keep proliferating at discredited private foster care agency
A decade ago, a team of Los Angeles County auditors delivered a damning assessment of Teens Happy Homes, a private foster care agency responsible for hundreds of children. Agency workers bought beer and cigarettes with public funds intended for...Tags: Accounting and Auditing, Veal, Corporate Crime, Breach of Contract, Crime, Law and Justice
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Ford Theatres to feature new series named after Zev Yaroslavsky
The Ford Theatres in Hollywood is featuring a new performance series named after county Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky as part of its new 2013 summer season. The season, which was announced this week, includes Mandy Patinkin with the Pasadena Pops, ...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Patti LuPone, Dance, Entertainment, Mexico
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Elon Musk hates 405 Freeway traffic, offers money to speed widening
Entrepreneur Elon Musk has already spent $50,000 trying to make the 405 Freeway better – and he’s willing to pay even more. Musk said he is open to pay the cost of adding workers to the widening project "as a contribution to the city and...
Tags: PayPal, Inc., The Getty, Tesla Motors, Inc., Satellite Technology, Traffic
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