Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) back issues from August 2008:
IT'S SUMMERTIME AND POLITICIANS HAVE GONE CRAZY BIZARRE: IT'S SILLY SEASON AT CITY HALL AS COUNCIL, POLICE CHIEF PUT ON A SHOW.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Kerry Cavanaugh and Rick Orlov Staff Writers There was the West Hollywood councilman chastising the Los Angeles police chief for "outing" celebrity Lindsay Lohan. There was the city councilwoman with a giant foam finger hailing a cab outside ...
ANTONIO ROLLING IN CASH RE-ELECT: MAYOR BOASTS $1.6 MILLION CAMPAIGN WAR CHEST DESPITE A FIELD OF RELATIVE UNKNOWNS IN RACE.(News)(ST)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Rick Orlov Staff Writer Gearing up for his re-election campaign, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has raised more than $1.6 million against a field of relatively unknown candidates in a race in which his toughest opponent might be the expectations he has built for ...
LAUSD TO ASK VOTERS TO OK $7 BILLION BOND MEASURE: VICTORY WOULD BRING FUNDING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS.(News)(ST)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: George B. Sanchez Staff Writer After long negotiations, last-minute changes and criticism from members of its own bond oversight committee, the Los Angeles Unified School District board unanimously decided Thursday to put a $7 billion bond measure on the ...
OUTPOURING OF AFFECTION FOR KAISER, HIS OWNER.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: DENNIS McCARTHY It's a beautiful ending to a touching rags-to-riches story. Kaiser -- the homeless dog living with a homeless Vietnam veteran for 16 years on the streets of the San Fernando Valley -- walked back into the Granada Hills pet clinic, where he was ...
PRIVACY: CELEBRITIES MAKE THEIR CASE FOR CRACKING DOWN ON AGGRESSIVE PAPARAZZI.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Rick Orlov and Kerry Cavanaugh Staff Writers Celebrities are people, too. That was the message from entertainers, their representatives and officials from around Los Angeles County on Thursday as city officials seek to craft a law to control the ...
ROBOTICS THE WAY TO PASSING ALGEBRA I MATH: STUDENTS LEARN PRINCIPLES, APPLY THEM IN BUILDING MACHINE, COMPETING.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Adolfo Flores Staff Writer SAN FERNANDO -- Kayne Saldana, 13, was never very good at math, but that didn't stop him from programming his own robot using algebraic equations. At times, it didn't even feel like work. "I sucked at math and ...
STUDENTS BILKED FOR $80,000, COPS SAY CASHED: FOUR ARRESTED AFTER FORGED CHECKS ACCEPTED.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Jason Kandel Staff Writer Police said they shut down a scam this week that netted at least $80,000 by fooling San Fernando Valley college students into cashing forged checks. Officers arrested four people in connection with the case, according to ...
TEENS GET TO WORK WITH LAB SCIENTISTS UCLA: DENTAL SCHOOL OPENS LAB TO HIGH SCHOOLERS WITH SCIENCE APTITUDE.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Adolfo Flores Staff Writer At San Fernando High School, science seemed fairly easy to Karolyn Blancas, but it never really piqued her interest because everything she learned came out of a book. But because of her aptitude for science, she was among ...
MAYOR: LIMIT PORT P.R. PACT TO 1 COMPANY.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Rick Orlov Staff Writer Slowing an effort to bring back private public relations firms to City Hall, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has told the city Harbor Commission he wants it to hire only one private company -- instead of two -- and limit the contract until ...
EDITORIAL TEMPORARY SAVE SUCCESSFUL ANTI-GANG PROGRAM GETS A SECOND CHANCE -- FOR NOW.(Editorial)(Editorial)
Aug 01, 2008 ... WEST Valley Leadership Academy, the alternative anti-gang school in Canoga Park that gives troubled kids a second chance, has gotten a second chance itself. In June, the Los Angeles County Office of Education said it was closing the academy due to declining enrollment. The ...
EDITORIAL FRACTION OF FAIRNESS TIERED SYSTEM MAKES RATE HIKES MORE TOLERABLE.(Editorial)(Editorial)
Aug 01, 2008 ... AS a matter of record, we're still not convinced that Los Angeles city or DWP officials are justified in raising power or electricity rates. The city has been siphoning off hundreds of millions of dollars in water and power revenues for years to the general fund and to pay for ...
PUBLIC FORUM.(Editorial)(Editorial)(Letter to the editor)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Got him for life Re "Six-month rape sentence shocks many" (July 31): Boy, things sure have changed since I was 15. Six months for kidnap, rape, penetration with a foreign object, fondling, and assisting another punk to rape her again? I think I got grounded longer for ...
BUSH, BIG-CITY MAYORS TEAM ON IMMIGRATION.(Editorial)(Editorial)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Mark Cromer IF Americans needed another horrifically bloody testament to the absolute chaos the federal government has allowed our immigration system to collapse into, the "sanctuary city" of San Francisco has delivered it again in spades. The outrage over ...
OUT OF LEFT FIELD MLB: DODGERS ARE SURPRISE WINNERS IN SWEEPSTAKES FOR TEMPERAMENTAL SLUGGER RAMIREZ.(Sports)(ST)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Tony Jackson Staff Writer The so-called "Manny being Manny" phenomenon finally got Manny Ramirez traded out of Boston on Thursday. But whether the Red Sox's loss becomes the Dodgers' ticket to the postseason isn't immediately clear. ...
NOTHING BAD ABOUT THIS TRADE.(Sports)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: STEVE DILBECK That's it, there is a BigDodger in the sky. There are gifts from the heavens. Things that only seem too good to be true. Like picking up one of baseball's greatest hitters for nothing. No, it's better than that. Picking him up while ...
WAY IT IS IN SKATEBOARD BIG AIR X GAMES: TAKES SPILL REMINISCENT OF BROWN'S FALL LAST YEAR IN EVENT BURNQUIST WINS TITLE.(Sports)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Keith Lair Staff Writer Again, a Bob Burnquist victory gets overshadowed. In last year's X Games, Burnquist watched Jake Brown take a monster crash while leading in the Big Air competition. On the opening night of X Games 14 Thursday, it ...
L.A. CONFIDENTIAL.(Sports)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: -- Tim Haddock Robert Hight, fresh off his NHRA Funny Car win at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, was at Dodger Stadium on Wednesday night to throw out the first pitch. He grew up in Northern California, in the heart of San Francisco Giants territory, but says he's a Dodgers ...
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK: CRESPI EXPECTED TO BE AMONG ELITE.(Sports)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Gerry Gittelson Staff Writer With a dynamic group of returning starters led by quarterback Bryan Bennett, plus a couple of impact transfers, Crespi High of Encino likely will be one of the top teams in the area. The defending Pac-5 Division ...
CHATSWORTH CLAIMS TITLE PREP BASEBALL: CHANCELLORS BEAT CLEVELAND IN VALLEY INVITATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.(Sports)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Jacob H. Pollon Special to the Daily News The Cleveland of Reseda baseball team hasn't beaten West Valley League rival Chatsworth in the regular season since 2002. So when the Cavaliers finally pulled off a victory against the Chancellors on June ...
CHATTER SO CAL GIRLS' TENNIS TEAM FALLS IN SEMIFINALS.(Sports)
Aug 01, 2008 ... After seven finals appearances and four championships from 1995-2004, the title drought continued Thursday for the Southern California all-star girls' tennis team at the USTA 18-under National Team Championships. Two days removed from their male counterparts winning their fifth ...
LOWE, DODGERS GET SNAKEBIT MLB: SEVENTH INNING IS DOWNFALL FOR L.A., WHICH CAN'T GET TO ARIZONA'S WEBB. ARIZONA 2, DODGERS 1.(Sports)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Tony Jackson Staff Writer Capping off a day in which one member of the 2004 World Series champion Boston Red Sox was acquired by the Dodgers in hopes that he can lift them to some postseason glory of their own, another member of that historic Boston club took ...
WBC HAS FORMAT CHANGE BASEBALL: TOURNEY SEMIFINALS, FINAL TO BE HELD AT DODGER STADIUM.(Sports)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Tony Jackson Staff Writer The second edition of the World Baseball Classic, which will conclude on March 23 of next year at Dodger Stadium, will include a slightly different format from the first one, which was held in the spring of 2006. This WBC ...
LOZA SENDS OPPONENTS TO DOOM X GAMES: HIS NEW STUNT EARNS HIM TITLE IN MOTO X BEST TRICK.(Sports)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Tony Ciniglio Staff Writer After winning the Moto X Best Trick at last year's X Games, Kyle Loza wasn't content to come back with the same old thing. Not at the X Games, where innovation and creativity are encouraged in a can-you-top-this mentality ...
NOTEBOOK: NO STRESS FOR REYNOLDS IN STREET DEBUT.(Sports)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Tony Ciniglio and Keith Lair Staff Writers Garrett Reynolds might have been competing in his first X Games, but he shrugged off any notion of pressure. "There's no stress, man -- I live with my mom," Reynolds said. Reynolds used his ...
BREEDERS' CUP CLASSIC IN BIG BROWN'S FUTURE?(Sports)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: ART WILSON HORSE RACING Big Brown returns to the races Sunday in the $1 million Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, N.J., twomonths after the colt's Belmont Stakes flop while trying to become the first Triple Crown winner in 30 years. ...
NBA NOTEBOOK: SKINNER RETURNS TO CLIPPERS.(Sports)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Staff and Wire Services Free-agent forward Brian Skinner, a first-round pick of the Clippers 10 years ago, signed with the team Thursday. The Clippers reached a deal with the 6-foot-9, 255-pounder, who averaged 3.3 points and 3.6 rebounds in 66 games for the ...
GOLF: INKSTER LEADS BRITISH OPEN.(Sports)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Staff and Wire Services Juli Inkster had the sort of opening round Annika Sorenstam was hoping for at the Women's British Open, a bogey-free 7-under 65 that left the 48-year-old American one shot ahead of the field in Sunningdale, England. While Sorenstam ...
DRIVE TIME ESCAPE SLOWLY CROSSOVER DOESN'T QUITE POWER OUT OF THE GATE.(DRIVE)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: GREGORY J. WILCOX Ford Motor Co. touts a more powerful, fuel-efficient engine when promoting its 2009 Escape Crossover. Those attributes didn't impress me, although what's inside the cabin did. Connectivity. The XLT model I drove ...
FAST LANE.(DRIVE)
Aug 01, 2008 ... FORD DOWNGRADES FUEL STANDARD Ford Motor Co. thinks running on regular is a good deal, especially with premium gas prices running well above $4 a gallon. That's got drivers pinching pennies and Ford leveraging technologies to reduce pump shock. Now Ford, ...
GREAT PIZZA, AND MUCH MORE, AT CAIOTI.(LA.COM)(Restaurant review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Natalie Haughton Food Editor Pizza guru Ed LaDou is gone but Caioti Pizza Cafe in Studio City lives on. LaDou, who passed away in December, created and cooked designer pizzas at Spago when it opened in the '80s and later developed innovative pizzas for the ...
ENGAGING GARAGE-BAND MUSICAL HAS A THING FOR THE '80S.(LA.COM)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Melissa Heckscher Staff Writer The '80s are a tough decade to emulate. Go too far and you're making fun; don't go far enough and, well, what's the point? And so it is a pleasant surprise to see that Jeff Favre's 1980s garage-band musical, "The ...
'RESPECT' NEEDS MORE THAN A LITTLE GIRL POWER.(LA.COM)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Joyce Chen Staff Writer The formula is a familiar one. Four women come together to wail and wallow about the one universal grievance that has stood the test of time: men. Each has a different story to tell, but ultimately, the four discover that ...
FUN 'SWING VOTE' CROSSES PARTY LINES.(LA.COM)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Glenn Whipp Film Critic For all its faults -- and they are numerous -- "Swing Vote" is a hard movie to dislike by the end simply because it nails the uplifting moment that it has spent two hours chasing. The movie, starring Kevin Costner as a rube ...
CZECH FILM 'BEAUTY' BLENDS PLEASURE, PAIN.(LA.COM)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Bob Strauss Film Critic "Beauty in Trouble" recalls classic European art cinema, when class differences, rich characters, naughty sex and realistic yet artful frame compositions all blended seamlessly. On a contemporary note, there are songs from the folks ...
THIS 'MUMMY' UNWRAPS NOTHING NEW.(LA.COM)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Bob Strauss Film Critic The modern Mummy movies seem like cheap plastic knockoffs of "Raiders of the Lost Ark." But with the most recent Indiana Jones entry appearing like an extra-expensive video game itself, there are times when the new "The Mummy: Tomb of ...
'FROZEN RIVER' A GRIM, CHILLING, WELL-ACTED TALE.(LA.COM)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Bob Strauss Film Critic "Frozen River," this year's Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize winner, has a reputation as an unremitting downer. As it turns out, it is pretty grim. But Courtney Hunt's immigrant smuggling story is also grippingly suspenseful, ...
PLAYING POLITICS ALL-AMERICAN GUY KEVIN COSTNER CASTS THE 'SWING VOTE'.(LA.COM)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Glenn Whipp Film Writer Asking Kevin Costner if he's comfortable acting in the Capra-esque election-year comedy "Swing Vote" might feel kind of obvious. Here's a movie star who, according to "Swing Vote" writer-director Joshua Michael Stern, still drinks a ...
SCANNING THE REGION.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... ANTELOPE VALLEY City offers green garden workshop LANCASTER -- The city will offer a two-day Green Gardening and Landscape workshop from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday and Aug. 9 at Lancaster City Park. The workshops will be led by Dat Tien, who has 10 years of ...
CHIVAS USA NOTEBOOK: WHISTLES, CARDS WON'T SLOW GOATS.(Sports)
Aug 02, 2008 ... Byline: Phil Collin Staff Writer CARSON -- Chivas USA will open the unofficial second half of the MLS season with coach Preki serving the first of a two-game suspension, the result of being sent off during a SuperLiga contest. While assistant coach Mike ...
MLL: RIPTIDE AT SAN FRANCISCO.(Sports)
Aug 02, 2008 ... When: 7 p.m., Spartan Stadium in San Jose. TV/Radio: None. Update: The Riptide (6-4), which beat the Dragons 17-13 on May 31, looks for the season sweep tonight. L.A. is coming off an impressive 13-9 home victory against defending MLL champion Philadelphia. In the ...
VILLA TURNS NEGATIVE INTO POSITIVE X GAMES: AFTER CLOCK, SCORING ERROR ERASES RUN, MOTO X FREESTYLE RACER COMES THROUGH WITH LEADING QUALIFYING MARK.(Sports)
Aug 02, 2008 ... Byline: Tony Ciniglio Staff Writer Andre Villa's first reaction was dismay. Then came the defiance. He had just put together a solid run in the Moto X Freestyle Elimination round Friday afternoon at Home Depot Center, all but assuring a quarterfinal berth ...
KAGY NEEDS NO WARMUP IN BMX BIG AIR.(Sports)
Aug 02, 2008 ... Byline: Keith Lair and Tony Ciniglio Staff Writers The lack of practice made perfect. Chad Kagy did not practice for the BMX Big Air competition at XGames 14 at Staples Center, but came away with the win Friday. Kagy was unable to roll into the pit at his ...
DODGERS NOTEBOOK: WITH MANNY IN, ETHIER OUT.(Sports)
Aug 02, 2008 ... Byline: Tony Jackson Staff Writer The heralded arrival of Manny Ramirez from Boston was met with giddy enthusiasm in the Dodgers' clubhouse Friday -- even by a player who figures to be displaced by it. "We have worked hard these first few months to get ...
USC FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK: TROJANS ARE SECOND TO ONE IN POLL.(Sports)
Aug 02, 2008 ... Byline: Scott Wolf Staff Writer Not even a new quarterback or a new offensive line is enough to dissuade the nation's coaches from voting USC No. 2 in the nation in Friday's Top 25 coaches' poll. The Trojans received 14first-place votes and finished just ...
CHATTER.(Sports)
Aug 02, 2008 ... Locals shine at Junior Olympics Daniel Colvin's most important race at the Southern California Swimming Junior Olympics is today's 50-meter freestyle, when he'll attempt to qualify for the Speedo Junior National Championships next week in Minnesota. But the Quartz ...
GIRLS' BASKETBALL: BELL-JEFF WANTS FINAL WORD.(Sports)
Aug 02, 2008 ... Byline: Jack Pollon Special to the Daily News The annual Bell-Jeff of Burbank summer girls basketball tournament usually concludes a busy two months of nonstop action and provides great water-cooler dialogue about which players surprised and disappointed, which ...
OSCAR: MANNY YES, MARGARITO NO.(Sports)
Aug 02, 2008 ... Byline: ROBERT MORALES BOXING Oscar De La Hoya's last fight is scheduled for Dec.6. An early Christmas present for boxing would be his swan song coming against three-time welterweight world champion Antonio Margarito of Tijuana. Forget it, said Richard ...
L.A. RAM HYPE FOR DODGERS GIVES WAY TO REALITY MLB: L.A., WITH HOOPLA SURROUNDING RAMIREZ, AGAIN FALLS TO ARIZONA. DODGERS, ARIZONA LATE GAME.(Sports)
Aug 02, 2008 ... Byline: Tony Jackson Staff Writer There was enough hype at Dodger Stadium on Friday to create a sudden rush on season tickets, even though two-thirds of the season is gone. There was enough hype to practically crush Hall of Fame manager Tommy Lasorda, who ...
L.A. RAM HYPE FOR DODGERS GIVES WAY TO REALITY MLB: L.A., WITH HOOPLA SURROUNDING RAMIREZ, AGAIN FALLS TO ARIZONA. ARIZONA 2, DODGERS 1.(Sports)
Aug 02, 2008 ... Byline: Tony Jackson Staff Writer All the hype, all the cameras, all the microphones, all the last-minute walk-up sales and all the dreadlocks in the world weren't enough to save the Dodgers on Friday night. The question now that they have fallen a daunting three ...
VALENCIA NATIVE CANTRELL LICENSED TO WIN AT IRWINDALE TRACK MOTORSPORTS: AT 17, HE IS AMONG SUPER TRUCKS LEADERS AT TOYOTA SPEEDWAY.(Sports)
Aug 02, 2008 ... Byline: TIM HADDOCK, STAFF WRITER IRWINDALE - Before Connor Cantrell had his driver's license, he was winning races at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale. Cantrell, a 17-year-old from Valencia racing in the NASCAR Super Trucks Division at the track, won his first race in ...
SHECKLER AGAIN IS THE GOLD STANDARD X GAMES: FIVE YEARS AFTER WINNING GOLD MEDAL AT 13, HE TAKES FIRST PLACE IN SKATEBOARD STREET.(Sports)
Aug 02, 2008 ... Byline: Keith Lair Staff Writer Finally for Ryan Sheckler, redemption. It's been a long five years. The San Clemente resident set aside the MTV circus, the doubters and finally won X Games gold in the men's Skateboard Street event Friday, five years after ...
RAMIREZ'S DEBUT WITH DODGERS IS EVERYTHING IT'S CRACKED UP TO BE - EVEN BEFORE HE TAKES HIS FIRST CUTS.(Sports)
Aug 02, 2008 ... Byline: JILL PAINTER Manny is already being Manny. He changed teams, not personalities. Ramirez hadn't even trotted out to left field in Dodger Stadium with those infamous locks flowing back and forth against his baggy jersey when his quirky nature ...
RAMIREZ'S DEBUT WITH DODGERS IS EVERYTHING IT'S CRACKED UP TO BE - EVEN BEFORE HE TAKES HIS FIRST CUTS.(Sports)
Aug 02, 2008 ... Byline: JILL PAINTER Manny is already being Manny. He changed teams, not personalities. Ramirez hadn't even trotted out to left field in Dodger Stadium with those infamous locks flowing back and forth against his baggy jersey when his quirky nature ...
FIG SEEDLINGS NOT STRONG BRANCHES OF FAMILY TREE.(LA.COM)
Aug 02, 2008 ... Byline: > JOSH SISKIN "I have a fig tree volunteer that came up about 20 feet away from a mature fig tree. The volunteer has several stems growing up from the roots, one tall and the rest not very big. I wonder if these small stems are suckers and, if so, should I cut them off?" ...
FESTIVAL CELEBRATES FILIPINO HERITAGE.(LA.COM)
Aug 02, 2008 ... Byline: Miriam Finder Staff Writer Historic Filipinotown will come to life with music and dance today as Los Angeles Filipinos celebrate their heritage. The sixth annual Historic Filipinotown Festival will be held about one mile west of downtown Los ...
TAKE IN THE BACK-TO-SCHOOL SCENE FOR TEENS.(LA.COM)
Aug 02, 2008 ... Byline: Joyce Chen Staff Writer Hanging out at the mall just isn't what it used to be. At today's "The Scene" event at Northridge Fashion Center, teens will have a whole lot more to do than sit and sip Slurpees. The ninth annual back-to-school event will ...
WHATCHA DUNE? GOT A PAIL, A SHOVEL AND A CREATIVE URGE? THEN HEAD FOR THE SAND.(LA.COM)
Aug 02, 2008 ... Byline: Melissa Heckscher, Staff Writer In 2005, Laguna Niguel resident Ray Karch built a replica of Harry Potter's Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry -- entirely of sand. The place stood several feet higher than Harry himself, with coned towers that needled ...
STAYING IN > GARDENING.(LA.COM)
Aug 02, 2008 ... Here are five things to do in your garden this weekend. 1 Prune: Since rose blossoms don't like long hot days, take this opportunity to tidy up the plants. Prune out sprawling stems, and cut back growth that has become too tall -- sort of like giving them a haircut. You may ...
LA.COMFIDENTIAL > CELEBS.(LA.COM)
Aug 02, 2008 ... Reefer madness "I don't smoke weed on set all day. I just want to say that, you know, not all day. After lunch you get tired!" joked Seth Rogen, the star and screenwriter of "Pineapple Express," his funny new comedy, opening Wednesday, that's all about two stoner dudes and ...
TECH TALK YOU CAN MAKE THE OLD NEW FOR SCHOOL.(Business)
Aug 02, 2008 ... Byline: STEVEN ROSENBERG Needing the latest technology for high school and college didn't start yesterday. It's just way more complicated today. And parents, while your kids will probably go back to school this year with a spanking-new haircut, wardrobe and backpack, ...
ASK THE CLERGY DO YOU HAVE ANY DAILY RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS, THINGS YOU DO EACH DAY TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH YOUR FAITH? WHAT ARE THEY?(FAITH)
Aug 02, 2008 ... Rabbi Gary M. Spero Congregation Beth Torah, Torrance Judaism is full of traditions and rituals aimed at making us constantly aware of God's presence in our lives. From prayers upon awakening to blessings over food, morning, afternoon and evening prayer ...
AROUND L.A.(News)
Aug 02, 2008 ... Disneyland raises park ticket prices The Walt Disney Co. said Friday that it is raising one-day ticket prices at its domestic parks starting Sunday. At Disneyland in Anaheim, one-day prices will rise from $66 to $69 for those age 10 and older, and from $56 to $59 for ...
AROUND THE VALLEY.(News)
Aug 02, 2008 ... WOODLAND HILLS Short circuit starts fire, closes street An underground short circuit that shut down a stretch of Ventura Boulevard for three hours has been fixed and the street is reopened officials said. The short circuit, that was reported at 7 a.m. at ...
AROUND THE REGION.(News)
Aug 02, 2008 ... ANTELOPE VALLEY Graffiti workshop set for Tuesday PALMDALE -- The city will host a graffiti abatement workshop at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the City Council Chambers, 38300 Sierra Highway, Suite B. Speakers will include sheriff's graffiti investigator Detective ...
'HOUSE OF LIGHT' TO DARKEN FOR HOLIDAY BETH MEIER: CONGREGATION TO REVISIT JEWISH GRIEF.(News)
Aug 02, 2008 ... Byline: Holly J. Andres Staff Writer STUDIO CITY -- The "house of light" -- Congregation Beth Meier in Studio City -- will consider the dark when it observes the Jewish holiday of Tisha b'Av next week. Tisha b'Av in Hebrew means the fast of the ninth day ...