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Sheriff Lee Baca: Right your ship
Thousands of felons who would be sentenced to state prison are about to be funneled into county jails — a money-saving measure for cash-starved California, and a headache for local law enforcement agencies. But not here in Los Angeles County, where...Tags: Prisons, Crimes, U.S. Department of Justice, Law Enforcement, Headaches
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West Hollywood Library's new edition
As budget woes have forced other Los Angeles-area public libraries to cut staff and operating hours, West Hollywood has been preparing for the opening of a new $64-million library complex.
The roughly 32,000-square-foot library — six times larger...Tags: Oracle Corp., Gays and Lesbians, Libraries, Finance, Minority Groups
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Picture this: Making the world better, one photo at a time
Los Angeles Times Travel editorPeter Leung is working to make the world a better place, and thanks in part to Los Angeles Times readers, his resources for doing good works will go a little further. Leung, of Monterey Park, is the photographer who shot the above photo that ran on the...Tags: China, Travel, Trips and Vacations
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Campaigns lowering expectations as key fundraising period ends
Presidential candidates will tally three months' worth of fund-raising hauls Friday as the third financial quarter of the year comes to an end.
Reports detailing when, where and from whom the candidates scored their campaign cash won't be released...Tags: Politics, Primaries, Michele M. Bachmann, United Nations, Hillary Clinton
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What the 'American Teacher' has to teach us
It's titled "American Teacher," but this unsettling look at what's wrong with our culture's attitudes toward that beleaguered profession could just as well have been called "The Vanishing Americans."
That's because our education system is shedding...Tags: Matt Damon, Documentary (genre), Entertainment, School Examinations, Television
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Campaign too 'shackling'? Sarah Palin raises doubts about run
It required some reading between the lines, but Sarah Palin's Tuesday night appearance on Fox News, where she is a highly paid contributor, may not have come as good news to her supporters, who have been hoping for months that she will end their...Tags: Politics, Television Industry, CNN (tv network), Rick Perry, Social Media
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Latin Grammy Awards will honor Shakira for humanitarian works
Pop & HissShakira, the Colombian pop superstar, will receive the Latin Recording Academy's Person of the Year award for her philanthropic activities.... -
Study finds low graduation rates among part-time college students
Growing numbers of college students are in school part time, and they face increasingly long odds of ever graduating, according to a report released Tuesday.
The report, Time is the Enemy, by the nonprofit group Complete College America, includes data on...Tags: Graduation, Education, Teaching and Learning, University of California, Students
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100 years later, Channel Island wetlands to be restored
L.A. NOWA major restoration project could bring back a long-degraded wetland to one of the remote islands off the Southern California coast. Workers have broken ground on a $1-million project that will cut down 1,800 nonnative eucalyptus trees and scoop out...... -
Former Somalia refugee makes it his mission to help others
The barefoot Somali boy sat by an irrigation canal just beyond the camp that was his world, staring into the dirty, stagnant water.
Why was his life so wretched?
That day, Maulid Warfa had seen a school in a nearby town with real desks and chairs. The...Tags: Somalia, Politics, Employees, UNICEF, Refugee
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Santa Cruz Island wetland restoration underway
A major restoration project could bring back a long-degraded wetland to one of the remote islands off the Southern California coast.
Workers have broken ground on a $1-million project that will cut down 1,800 nonnative eucalyptus trees and scoop out tons...Tags: Prisons, Gardens and Parks, Natural Resources, Nature, Wetlands
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Demand nearly doubles at senior citizens food bank in Pasadena
The director of a senior citizens food bank in Pasadena said demand for groceries has almost doubled over the last three years.
On the first Friday of each month, more than 570 residents 65 or older wait in line for free groceries at the Pasadena...
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