Tuesday, May 19, 2009

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Today's Local News for Los Angeles CA :

As of 7:30 PM EDT

Los Angeles Times

California polling stations see light turnout

May 19 3:03 PM EDT

By noon, voter turnout in Los Angeles County is a mere 6.32%. Turnout in Orange County is similarly scant. Those who vote seem unhappy with the budget-related propositions. California Secretary of State Debra Bowen said today that she was not surprised by the light turnout for the state's special election, considering the confusing ballot measures and the numerous times in recent years voters ...

California mom released from Michigan prison

May 19 9:30 AM EDT

Susan LeFevre was captured last year after escaping from a Michigan prison in 1976. A California mother of three who was captured last year after escaping from a Michigan prison in 1976 has been freed.

Airplane debris is recovered after reported midair collision south of Long Beach

May 19 3:09 AM EDT

Searchers find landing gear and other debris offshore near the site of a reported collision of two small planes, authorities say. The pilot of a third plane witnessed the accident, the FAA says. LONG BEACH

L.A. City Council OKs job cuts and unpaid leave

May 19 1:45 AM EDT

Spending plan imposes layoffs and furloughs to make up for the city's expected $530-million shortfall in 2009-10. But new revenue will help prevent police hiring freeze. Saying Los Angeles' financial troubles are grave and expected to grow far worse in the years ahead, the City Council on Monday approved widespread layoffs and furloughs for city workers but set aside enough money to back away ...

Lawsuit alleges L.A. County improperly withheld pay to reservists

May 19 12:08 AM EDT

Deputy district attorney says the county counted weekends and holidays -- when he wouldn't normally be working -- against his 30-day allowance of paid military leave. When Anthony Colannino, a Los Angeles County deputy district attorney, looked at his pay stub for the last two weeks of June, he assumed there must have been a mistake: He had received only $271.98, more than $3,000 less than the ...


Los Angeles Daily News

Median home price in L.A. County - $300,000

May 19 5:27 PM EDT

The median price of a home in Los Angeles County was flat at $300,000 last month, but is down 31 percent from $435,000 during the same month a year ago, figures released today show.

Rewards offered to help solve L.A. County crimes

May 19 5:27 PM EDT

County supervisors today set up or extended five separate rewards -- ranging from $10,000 to $25,000 -- for information in the robbery and rape of an elderly, partially blind woman, a racially-charged burglary and three murder cases.

Maria Hummer-Tuttle joins Getty Trust board

May 19 4:56 PM EDT

The J. Paul Getty Trust announced today that Maria Hummer-Tuttle has joined its Board of Trustees. "We are delighted to welcome Maria Hummer-Tuttle to the Getty," said Louise Bryson, board chair.

Cusumano real estate founders give grant to Burbank Boys & Girls Club

May 19 3:56 PM EDT

BURBANK - A newly established family foundation, set up to promote community involvement and assist local youth programs, awarded its first grant to the Burbank Boys & Girls Club, it was announced today.

L.A. to reopen $7B budget to deal with shortfalls

May 19 2:56 PM EDT

As voters headed to the polls to decide the fate of six state budget-reform measures, Los Angeles officials said today they will have to reopen the city's newly adopted $7 billion budget to deal with expected shortfalls.


CBS 2 Los Angeles

YouReport: The 4.1 Quake, Aftershock Or...?

May 19 7:14 PM EDT

At least the shaking Tuesday during the 4.1 quake (was it an aftershock?) wasn't as bad as what you reported you felt on Sunday evening. Here, a brief look at your hundreds of replies...

Moderate Quake Rattles Southland, Second In 2 Days

May 19 7:04 PM EDT

A magnitude-4.1earthquake has rattled Southern California, just two days after a 4.7 struck in the same area.

McMahon Wants Steel-Cage Match With Nuggets Owner

May 19 7:04 PM EDT

World Wrestling Entertainment thrives on outlandish story lines and characters, but the company finds itselfembroiled in a real-life controversy with the Denver Nuggets.

The 58th Annual California State Science Fair

May 19 6:09 PM EDT

Each year the California Science Center hosts an annual California State Science Fair where over 900 middle and high school students compete in a two-day event that recognizes the state's best student research projects.

Fish Importer Gets 5 Years For Mislabeling Catfish

May 19 5:54 PM EDT

A Virginia man has been sentenced to more than five years in prison for importing and mislabeling frozen Vietnamese catfish as flounder and other fish to avoid U.S. import tariffs. District Judge Philip Gutierrez also on Monday ordered Peter Xuong Lam of Fairfax, Va., to pay $12 million to the government as reimbursement of the tariffs.


NBC Los Angeles

Another Quake Strikes Near Hawthorne, Lennox

May 19 7:04 PM EDT

A magnitude-4.1 earthquake struck near Hawthorne on Tuesday afternoon.

May 19: EXTRA! What's Jen Clicking on Between Newscasts

May 19 2:34 PM EDT

Conan Nolan on today's Special Election

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Mid-Air Crash Scene One Large Debris Field

May 19 12:32 PM EDT

At least three people are lost at sea, all of them pilots from two Cessna-type airplanes that crashed in mid-air Monday.

Two Planes Collide Off Long Beach

May 18 9:33 PM EDT

Searchers are looking for three people believed to have been aboard two small planes that collided over the water Monday night in Long Beach.


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