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Things aren't getting any brighter quickly on the state's economic outlook front, as we are now looking at a staggering 11.6 percent unemployment rate, and a credit rating downturn that could mark the state as a junk investment.
This week looks like it will finally be the moment that Los Angeles's City Council issues a new set of regulations for medical pot dispensaries. A big question they are facing is, how many will they allow?
For different reasons, both enemies...
The Board of Regents have officially approved a 32 percent rate hike in undergraduate tuition, and generated protests at UCLA campus that resulted in 12 student arrests.
The L.A. Times profiled some of the protesters of the hike, which will...
The Department of Water and Power issues a report on why L.A. saw so many water main breaks in the past few months. It's inconclusive, but a combination of corroded old iron and unusually high reservoir levels and pressure are likely to blame.
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The City Council gets closer to a new medical marijuana ordinance, rejecting key elements of the suggestions from the City Attorney's office. D.A. Cooley says that he doesn't care if the City Council wants to make over the counter sales legal for...
L.A. police chiefs don't need to win over the public before they get the job, but new LAPD head Charlie Beck is trying to do so in the face of accusations his appointment was too much of a mayoral power play, under departing Chief Bratton's...
