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LA budget crisis threatens jobs, credit rating

Steve Gorman Reuters 02/15/2010
Los Angeles chasing unlicensed dogs to increase revenue

The Los Angeles City Council assigned eight employees in two departments to trace unlicensed pets.

LA budget crisis threatens jobs, credit rating

Los Angeles, the second-largest city in the United States, is confronting a mounting budget deficit that threatens to force thousands of job cuts, deplete it...

L.A. Unified may cut school year by 6 days

Jason Song and Howard Blume Los Angeles Times 02/13/2010

Los Angeles City Hall budget fight escalates

David Zahniser and Phil Willon Los Angeles Times 02/13/2010
L.A. Unified may cut school year by 6 days

Los Angeles schools Supt. Ramon C. Cortines proposed Friday cutting six days from the school year to help reduce an estimated $640-million deficit and avoid ...

Los Angeles City Hall budget fight escalates

The push by Los Angeles' elected officials to address a growing financial crisis hit a new stage on Friday: open battle. Just as credit rating agencies want ...

Welcome to Sallywood? Iconic LA landmark gets facelift

LOS ANGELES — One of the world's most recognizable landmarks -- the giant Hollywood sign in Los Angeles -- was undergoing a facelift Thursday as activists ra...

Mayor: More job cuts needed to balance LA's budget

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa says he's planning a second round of cuts that will eliminate 1,200 to 2,000 city jobs to balance the city's budget.

Birotte Confirmed as U.S. Attorney in Los Angeles

Edvard Pettersson BusinessWeek 02/12/2010
Deal reached to save Los Angeles' mid-century Century Plaza Hotel from wrecking ball

The Los Angeles hotel that hosted a welcome-home party for the Apollo 11 astronauts and other historic events will remain standing under a deal reached betwe...

Birotte Confirmed as U.S. Attorney in Los Angeles

The U.S. Senate confirmed the appointment of Andre Birotte Jr. as the U.S. attorney for the Central District of California, Senator Dianne Feinstein said.

Search for successor to LA's Cardinal Mahony has begun

GILLIAN FLACCUS Los Angeles Times 02/12/2010
Los Angeles Rep. Diane Watson declines to endorse successor

By the time Democratic Rep. Diane Watson announced Thursday that she would end her political career after more than three decades, word of her impending reti...

Cardinal Roger Mahony has served as archbishop for more than two decades and will soon turn 74. The usual retirement age for his post is 75.

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles said Thursday a search is under way for a successor to Cardinal Roger Mahony, who has spent 25 years as the spi...

LA Mayor Tells Council to Cut Budget to Protect Credit Rating

Christopher Palmeri BusinessWeek 02/10/2010
LA Mayor Tells Council to Cut Budget to Protect Credit Rating

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa told the City Council yesterday to bridge a $212 million budget deficit or risk a downgrade to the credit rating of th...

Mud flowed near an area in La Canada Flintridge that was hit by a mudslide after heavy rains.

LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE, Calif. - Residents of foothill communities deluged by mudslides north of Los Angeles have been allowed to return home.

Los Angeles mayor orders 1,000 city jobs eliminated

Maeve Reston and Phil Willon Los Angeles Times 02/05/2010

Los Angeles City Council delays decision on cutting 1000 jobs

David Zahniser, Phil Willon Los Angeles Times 02/04/2010
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa ordered officials Thursday to eliminate 1,000 city jobs and begin planning employee layoffs, one day after the City Co...

Art teacher Lilia Ramirez of Boyle Heights asks the L.A. City Council to not cut funding for arts programs. The council agreed to keep the funding. The council also delayed laying off city workers.

After struggling for eight hours to counter a rapidly growing budget shortfall, the Los Angeles City Council put off a decision to cut 1,000 jobs Wednesday a...

Los Angeles County declines to force condom use in porn films

Rong-Gong Lin II Los Angeles Times 02/04/2010
Los Angeles County declines to force condom use in porn films

Los Angeles County officials Tuesday rebuffed demands from an AIDS activist group that the county immediately require performers in porn films to use condoms.

Dozens of Pot Shops to Close Under New Medical Marijuana Ordinance

LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles City Council has given final approval to an ordinance that caps the number of medical marijuana dispensaries in the city and s...

LA Search-and-Rescue Team Heads to Haiti

OLSEN EBRIGHT and JONATHAN LLOYD NBC Los Angeles 01/14/2010
LA Search-and-Rescue Team Heads to Haiti

A Los Angeles County Fire Department urban search-and-rescue team deployed Wednesday to Haiti in the aftermath of the magnitude-7 earthquake that rocked the ...

Chris Norby wins Orange County 72nd Assembly District seat

ORANGE, Calif. - Orange County Supervisor Chris Norby will be the new assemblyman for Orange County's 72nd District. Republican Norby easily beat two rivals...

LA mayor names new economic czar

Frank Stoltze KPCC 01/12/2010

Justice Department seeks police reform in Inglewood

Victoria Kim and Jack Leonard Los Angeles Times 01/12/2010
Sony CEO Michael Lynton, Chairman of CalArts Board of Trustees Austin Beutner, and actress Natalie Portman attend the REDCAT 5-Year Anniversary Gala on March 14, 2009 in Los Angeles, California.

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Monday appointed the prominent global financial advisor Austin Beutner as his deputy mayor for economic development. H...

Justice Department seeks police reform in Inglewood

The U.S. Department of Justice has found significant flaws in the way Inglewood police oversee use-of-force incidents and investigate complaints against offi...


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