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Worst Traffic Congestion Not in Los Angeles, But We Have the Worst Freeway in America

Terry We know that you’ve done your own research and that you’re adamant Los Angeles has the worst traffic than pretty much anyplace other than hell. But you’re wrong. According to the new annual “Traffic Scorecard” released today by traffic data company Inrix … … Honolulu has surpassed L.A. in traffic congestion. Inrix The firm [...]

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Los Angeles: Medicare Fraud Summit Law Enforcement Panel

Regional Medicare Fraud Prevention Summit – Los Angeles, CA. -August 26, 2010 -Greg Andres, Moderator, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Criminal Division, US DOJ – Il Jeon, Assistant Special Agent in Charge, HHS OIG -Tandra D. Waldrop, Supervisory Special Agent, FBI – Wendy Weiss, Civil Health Care Fraud Coordinator, US Attorney’s Office for the Central District [...]

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Could Fracking in Los Angeles Cause an Earthquake?

Tessa Stuart Tuesday’s event at Kenneth Hahn Soccer Fields, adjacent to the Inglewood Oilfield. Conversations about fracking, the controversial technique for natural gas extraction (alternately known as “that thing that turns your tap water flammable”) are typically confined to Pennsylvania, where the critically acclaimed documentary Gasland was set, or the state of New York, currently [...]

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Speed Limit For Skateboarders? Los Angeles City Council Votes To Create New Laws

Skateboarders looking to speed down residential roads may soon be hit with a speeding ticket as the Los Angeles City Council voted on Wednesday to seek new rules governing how skateboarders conduct themselves in public. Under the proposal skakeboarders will be forced to keep their speeds under 25 mph or face a speeding ticket. Council [...]

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Are Los Angeles Police Officers Disrespectful To Senior Citizens? Betty Pleasant Thinks So

Betty Pleasant Do Los Angeles police officers need sensitivity training for talking with elderly citizens? According to longtime Los Angeles Wave columnist Betty Pleasant, the answer is a resounding “yes!” Pleasant, whom we love for her pull-no-punches journalism, complains in a May 2 column that while the LAPD has been “working wonders in their relations [...]

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Skateboard Bombing Down Hills Banned in Los Angeles

wilslost Thanks to a few kids who like to fly down hills on their skateboards, as they’ve done since the dawn of the sport, the L.A. City Council today voted to ban such “bombing.” Not only that but, essentially, in the city of L.A., skateboarders will soon have to obey traffic rules just as a [...]

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Los Angeles Earthquake: Buildings Sway In 3.8 Magnitude Quake

Los Angeles was hit by a magnitude 3.8 earthquake which struck at 8:08 a.m. PDT on Saturday.  The small quake caused buildings in downtown L.A. to sway. The U.S. Geological Survey has indicated that the epicenter was roughly two miles northwest of Devore, in San Bernardino County. After an initial report of the quake having [...]

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Earthquake Warning System Is Running in Los Angeles, But Only A Few Are Hooked Up

Eric Gelinas Northridge, 1994. What if we were to tell you that L.A. has an earthquake warning system that pretty much works, but that only a few folks will get the precious alerts? It’s true. The U.S. Geological Survey’s prototype “Shake Alert” system has been running since January. It can theoretically warn you as much [...]

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The ‘Teardrop Rapist’ of South Los Angeles May Have Raped 28 Girls Since 1999

LAPD The Teardrop Rapist, circa 2003. This guy is almost like L.A.’s notorious Grim Sleeper, without the murder streak: A 40-something Latino man with a teardrop tattoo beneath his left eye has been snatching girls from dark alleyways throughout South Los Angeles for at least 13 years, says the LAPD. Although he’s been on the [...]

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Los Angeles Mayoral Poll 2013 Shows that Voters who Grade Villaraigosa an “F” or “D” Want Zev Yaroslavsky or Wendy Greuel

Bob Hertzberg couldn’t be mayor of L.A. because he wasn’t that handsome. A poll says 68 percent of Angelenos have no idea who they want for Los Angeles mayor in 2013. Of those who know, pixie Controller Wendy Greuel is doing better than indecisive, undeclared Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, who’s doing better than “I’m Latino — [...]

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Has anyone in the Los Angeles area had Dr. Abergel’s mini laser lift?

I have a deposet down to have this done. I keep changing my mind because I’m not really sure that it will last. I’m trying to avoid a regular face lift. The way it is done is…..a cut with a laser is made “IN FRONT” of each ear. Only the skin is pulled up and [...]

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Trayvon Martin Town Hall in Los Angeles

​As L.A.’s own Trayvon Martin case appears to be erupting in Pasadena, the radio station KJLH (102.3 FM) is hosting a town hall discussion about the Florida shooting tomorrow. Some of the African American community’s biggest luminaries will be there, and it’s free and open to the public. Here’s the 411: View Larger Map The [...]

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