5 September 2010, 12:00 am
Eric Perrodin, who also works full-time as a deputy D.A., attended only 59 of 162 scheduled sessions of boards and commissions in the last year, records show.Despite being paid one of the highest salaries in Los Angeles County for a part-time mayor, Eric Perrodin of Compton is often missing in actio... Read More »
5 September 2010, 12:00 am
A firm that stands to lose its food and retail contracts at LAX is one of several bidders with ties to council membersIt seemed an obvious idea: Bring in new concessionaires to improve the food and shopping at Los Angeles International Airport, giving a distinctive L.A. flair to a drab facility that... Read More »
5 September 2010, 12:00 am
It's up to voters to save the state from big oil interests. I don't mean to disturb your holiday weekend just when you're trying to scrub that grease off the barbecue grill. But I thought now was a good time to remind you that in two months, you'll have an important choice to make about the air you ... Read More »
5 September 2010, 12:00 am
The Natural History Museum of L.A. County needed full-suit puppeteers to bring the big cat to life. Despite a daunting job description, more than 100 people applied for the part.In the annals of odd jobs, this recent listing ranks high. ... Read More »
5 September 2010, 12:00 am
Those whose bodies were excavated during construction of the Metro Gold Line's Eastside extension and then reinterred at a nearby cemetery in Boyle Heights are honored with a memorial wall and garden.An unsavory chapter of local history was closed Saturday with the dedication of a memorial wall and ... Read More »
5 September 2010, 12:00 am
As election day approaches, more would opt for smaller, cheaper government. That could give the GOP an edge.Even in a state that embraced Barack Obama's presidential candidacy with record-breaking passion just two years ago, the lingering economic doldrums have altered the views of voters as the ne... Read More »
5 September 2010, 12:00 am
The gubernatorial candidates kick off Labor Day weekend with campaign speeches in Santa Ana and Columbia, Calif.Gubernatorial candidates Meg Whitman and Jerry Brown marked the start of Labor Day weekend — the traditional beginning of the general-election sprint — by arguing before friend... Read More »
5 September 2010, 12:00 am
UC President Mark Yudof and the chancellor of the state community college system quit their positions on the board of directors, saying they will not participate in a partisan operation.The president of the University of California and the chancellor of the California community college system have q... Read More »
5 September 2010, 12:00 am
A 1920s gang of safecrackers, led by a former minister, finally met their match in Los Angeles. For a city as conscious of its criminal past as Los Angeles, our collective memory of local heists and homicides rarely extends back further than the 1950s. ... Read More »
4 September 2010, 9:32 pm
Vandalism at a mosque in Madera, Calif., is met with anger from the community.This is a small mosque in a small town about as far as you can get — in more ways than one — from New York City. ... Read More »
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