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7 Pedestrians Hit at Metro Station in South L.A: Major Injuries Reported

By admin on Thursday, February 23rd, 2012 | No Comments

Metro Library A train at the nearby Rosa Parks Station. Updated at the bottom with 7 people hit. Headline changed to reflect that number. A vehicle has hit pedestrians at a Metro rail or bus stop near the 110 and 105 freeways this afternoon, authorities said. The Los Angeles Fire Department said that 50 first-responders [...]

L.A. Mayor Villaraigosa Hires Two Former Journos Onto His Huge PR Team

By admin on Thursday, February 23rd, 2012 | No Comments

YouTube As if Mayor V needed more flack. We just lost two soldiers to L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s bulging press office. Whoever predicted that L.A.’s best journalists might all soon be working for the enemy, tempted by a secure job and cush benefits amid this Great Recession and death o’ journalism: You were right. “Two [...]

Hypocrisy in Hollywood: The Rich, White Males in the Film Industry Are the Real Pirates

By admin on Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012 | No Comments

“Pirates of the Caribbean,” one of the most pirated movies ever, still raked in billions. It’s no secret — rich white guys in Hollywood were the No. 1 reason why scary copyright bills SOPA and PIPA almost made it through Washington this year. Yet the film industry is sort of the original pirate, leeching off [...]

Howard Berman And Brad Sherman Meet For Second Debate: The Tussle in the Temple

By admin on Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012 | No Comments

Center for American Progress Howard Berman Reps. Howard Berman and Brad Sherman kept up their bitter fight for the hearts and minds of the San Fernando Valley on Tuesday night, debating at Temple Judea in Tarzana. The forum centered on foreign policy, playing to Berman’s advantage as the ranking Democrat on the Foreign Affairs Committee. [...]

George Hernandez’s Sex Abuse Allegations Didn’t Stop Him From Teaching: L.A. Unified Should Have Reported Him, Experts Say

By admin on Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012 | No Comments

A scene from L.A. Unified. In the wake of the Miramonte Elementary School sex abuse scandal the Los Angeles Times has unearthed yet another case of an L.A. school district staffer accused of lewd acts who continued to work around children nonetheless. The crux of the story: George Hernandez, a career substitute teacher, was accused [...]

Jeffrey Minifie Charged With Murder: He Allegedly Kidnapped Girlfriend, Killed Her in High-Speed LAPD Pursuit

By admin on Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012 | No Comments

ABC7 Minifie’s deadly weapon. An insane car crash in Westlake last Thursday was overshadowed by two other big L.A. crime stories that day: the guy who shot up a Hollywood apartment before setting it on fire, and the ICE-officer shooting in Long Beach. But the crimes of alleged kidnapper Jeffrey Minifie, 39, whose passenger died [...]

Car Crashes Into Pizza Buona on Sunset Boulevard, Sends One to Hospital

By admin on Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012 | No Comments

Chispas M. via Foursquare “A car just thought they had drive through (@ Pizza Buona)” A maroon Acura just plowed through the two front doors of Pizza Buona in Echo Park, a well-loved pizzeria located on Sunset Boulevard at a busy intersection with Alvarado. The car barreled into the restaurant around 5 p.m., right before [...]