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Yahoo! Alerts Saturday, May 16, 2009 7:30 PM EDT Sponsored Link Special Offer - Free Trial of Blockbuster.com Rent Movies from Blockbuster.com. Delivered Direct To Your Mailbox. Click here to start today. www.Blockbuster.com Today's Local News for Los Angeles CA : As of 7:30 PM EDT Fighting cancer, fighting the system Los Angeles Times - May 16 1:53 AM EDT Schwarzenegger tries to please the people, but they are anything but Los Angeles Times - May 16 1:24 AM EDT Fire in Porter Ranch damages home Los Angeles Daily News - May 16 1:26 PM EDT Police seek missing Sylmar woman with schizophrenia Los Angeles Daily News - May 16 3:11 AM EDT Firefighters Extinguish 3-Acre Blaze Near Acton CBS 2 Los Angeles - May 16 7:01 PM EDT What Are The Lakers Doing In A Game 7?! CBS 2 Los Angeles - May 16 6:59 PM EDT Los Angeles Times Fighting cancer, fighting the system May 16 1:53 AM EDT It shouldn't be this hard to get the healthcare you seek. A sister's cancer and son's mugging illustrate what it takes. My sister Debbie was in pretty good spirits, considering that we were headed to the hospital for her third brain surgery in a year. Schwarzenegger tries to please the people, but they are anything but May 16 1:24 AM EDT Since his election, 'the People's Governor' has shifted strategies and alienated the GOP in seeking to follow the public will. Trying to sell his budget items, he confronts a skeptical constituency. In everything Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has done, from his dazzling ascent into office to his most dismal defeats, he has relied on a simple credo: Follow the will of the people, and restore their ... Is all this really for the children? May 16 1:23 AM EDT It's hard to believe that packing classes or protecting teachers' jobs is best for students. One thing I've learned in 30 years of covering education is that every dispute, demand or decree rests on one claim: We must do this for the children . Jesse James Hollywood's murder trial opens May 16 12:53 AM EDT Former fugitive could face the death penalty. The kidnapping and slaying of a West Hills boy inspired the movie 'Alpha Dog.' Nine years after the slaying of a 15-year-old West Hills boy, Jesse James Hollywood faced a jury on Friday that will determine whether he's guilty in the crime that inspired the 2007 film "Alpha Dog." A rehab center is praised -- and vilified May 16 12:39 AM EDT Sunny Acres, operated by Dan de Vaul on his ranch west of the famed Madonna Inn, is seen by some as a needed haven for homeless addicts and by others as an eyesore and threat to health and safety. Dan de Vaul bumps along a dirt road in a beat-up Jeep on his 72-acre ranch just west of the city limits and pulls to a halt in front of two newly built garden sheds. Los Angeles Daily News Fire in Porter Ranch damages home May 16 1:26 PM EDT PORTER RANCH -- Fire damaged a two-story home in a new Porter Ranch development early today, and a firefighter suffered minor burns, authorities said. Police seek missing Sylmar woman with schizophrenia May 16 3:11 AM EDT SYLMAR - A 79-year-old Sylmar woman with schizophrenia and heart problems was missing today and may be lost, police said. Beverly Hills hedge fund manager arrested in $44 million bilking case May 15 1:11 PM EDT The founder and manager of two Beverly Hills hedge funds was taken into custody this morning when he surrendered to federal agents after being charged in federal court with bilking investors out of approximately $44 million. Options mulled for Santa Monica Airport jet ban May 15 11:56 AM EDT SANTA MONICA - City officials are mulling over their diminishing options this morning after losing a crucial round in their bid to ban fast- landing private jets from Santa Monica Airport. L.A. firefighter suffers minor head injuries after falling from engine in Chatsworth May 15 9:56 AM EDT CHATSWORTH - A Los Angeles firefighter suffered minor head injuries tonight when he fell from the top of a fire engine in Chatsworth, where a car struck a restaurant and caught on fire, authorities said. CBS 2 Los Angeles Firefighters Extinguish 3-Acre Blaze Near Acton May 16 7:01 PM EDT A brush fire threatened houses Saturday in a rural area of upper Soledad Canyon, near Acton, but no injuries or serious damage were reported, a fire official said. The fire, which broke out at 30282 Arrastre Canyon Road, had reportedly threatened homes in a rural area of upper Soledad Canyon, about two miles south of Acton. What Are The Lakers Doing In A Game 7?! May 16 6:59 PM EDT Is it possible to win a series, and still be a disappointment? A HUGE disappointment?? I've given up on trying to figure these Lakers out, but to their credit, the Rockets are still hard at it, and don't rule out one last hurrah for Houston on Sunday. Plea Deal Denied In Texting Crash That Killed Teen May 16 6:40 PM EDT An Orange County judge refused to offer a plea deal to a man accused of text messaging and being under the influence of Vicodin and Xanax when his truck struck a 14-year-old boy, killing the teen. A grand jury indicted Jeffrey Woods in 2007 after he hit Danny Oates, who was riding his bicycle to school. 2 Men Shot, Killed In South L.A.'s Hyde Park May 16 6:15 PM EDT Two men were shot in Hyde Park Saturday. The slayings, which happened at 2909 Hyde Park Blvd., were reported about 4:30 a.m., a Los Angles police officer at the 77th Street Station said. First Lady Urges UC Merced Graduates To Give Back May 16 6:05 PM EDT First lady Michelle Obama urged jubilant graduates at a rural California university to give back to their communities. Obama made her debut as a commencement speaker to the first full senior class at the University of California, Merced. It is the newest and smallest school in the state's public system of universities. NBC Los Angeles LAX Sucks, Magazine Says May 16 2:17 PM EDT LAX took it in the chin this month from an architecture magazine that ranked the airport the worst in the country. Biden visits a neighborhood in transition May 15 10:02 PM EDT The trip was to tout the administration's efforts at getting rid of toxic paint in low income housing projects. But then there is the issue of those rich SC students who are bringing in a "criminal element"... Sit Ins, Protests, and Arrests: LAUSD Teachers May 15 9:32 PM EDT Watch as teachers get arrested protesting infront of LAUSd headquarters in downtown Los Angeles. Prosecutors Call Jesse James Hollywood "A Ruthless Coward" May 15 8:33 PM EDT Prosecutors call defendant Jesse James Hollywood ������a ruthless coward������ as the high-profile kidnap-murder trial begins. Hollywood is accused of orchestrating the murder of an innocent teenage boy hose half-brother... Ripoff: Social Security and California Teachers May 15 7:02 PM EDT Over a million public employees in California who qualify for Social Security ������directly or indirectly through their spouses ������ won������t get the benefits when they retire. They include firefighters,...

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