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Yahoo! Alerts Saturday, May 30, 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 A title bout between two Eastsides Los Angeles Times - May 30 6:27 PM EDT American art gets a higher profile in U.S. museums Los Angeles Times - May 30 2:42 AM EDT GM bankruptcy decision likely today Los Angeles Daily News - May 30 2:21 PM EDT Hundreds march for gay marriage in central Calif. Los Angeles Daily News - May 30 2:06 PM EDT Suspect Shot, Woman Hit By Car In Store Robbery CBS 2 Los Angeles - May 30 5:02 PM EDT Burned Body Found In Car Near Castaic CBS 2 Los Angeles - May 30 4:46 PM EDT Los Angeles Times A title bout between two Eastsides May 30 6:27 PM EDT East of the river is the traditional Chicano heart of L.A. West of the river is a gentrifying region of boutiques and galleries. Both want the name. It was a cool night east of the Los Angeles River as the poet mounted the stage and grabbed the microphone. He cleared his throat and with these words, he drew the line: American art gets a higher profile in U.S. museums May 30 2:42 AM EDT The Huntington, the Met and museums in Boston, Kansas City and Detroit are showcasing stateside talent with revamped exhibit spaces. Long the stepchild of a Eurocentric art world, American art is finding new favor at home as a growing number of institutions showcase work from Colonial times to World War II. Spitting in the eye of mainstream education May 30 2:42 AM EDT Three no-frills charter schools in Oakland mock liberal orthodoxy, teach strictly to the test -- and produce some of the state's top scores. Not many schools in California recruit teachers with language like this: "We are looking for hard working people who believe in free market capitalism. . . . Multi-cultural specialists, ultra liberal zealots, and college-tainted oppression liberators need ... When a giver was about to give up May 30 2:42 AM EDT As she neared the end of her rope, Sylvia Franklin found some good Samaritans. "I have a serious, painful and hopeless problem," the letter from Sylvia Franklin began. "I'm in extreme need of a dentist." Gay marriage a minefield for candidates for California governor May 30 1:43 AM EDT For Democrats and Republicans, too strong a stand in the primary could alienate voters in the general election, especially if a bid to repeal Prop. 8 is on the fall 2010 ballot. From the start of his run for governor, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has tried to show there is more to his career than the gesture that won him worldwide fame: his 2004 decree legalizing same-sex marriage. Los Angeles Daily News GM bankruptcy decision likely today May 30 2:21 PM EDT DETROIT - Even though General Motors Corp. has pulled together many of the pieces it needs to complete a government-ordered restructuring plan, its board is still likely to decide today to head into bankruptcy protection because there's too much left to do. Hundreds march for gay marriage in central Calif. May 30 2:06 PM EDT FRESNO -- Hundreds of same-sex couples are marching through dusty California farm towns in the state's conservative center to kick off the latest front in the battle over gay marriage. California names 220 parks in danger of closing May 29 5:06 PM EDT SACRAMENTO - Many of the Redwoods along the foggy north coast, the Governor's Mansion in Sacramento, Emerald Bay on the shore of Lake Tahoe and Will Rogers' Southern California ranch are among 220 parks Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is proposing to shutter at the end of the summer, state parks officials said Thursday. Database: State parks closures list May 29 4:51 PM EDT Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's budget calls for cutting $70 million in parks spending through June 2010. Search our database of the parks on the list. Griffith Park Observatory's ceiling gets high marks May 29 2:36 PM EDT The ceiling of Griffith Observatory's W.M. Keck Foundation Central Rotunda has been selected one of the "World's Top 10 Greatest Ceilings" by the travel Web site virtualtourist.com . CBS 2 Los Angeles Suspect Shot, Woman Hit By Car In Store Robbery May 30 5:02 PM EDT Two teens were allegedly robbing a Huntington Park store when one of them was shot. The pair fled, striking an elderly woman with their getaway car, and were later arrested, police said Saturday. Burned Body Found In Car Near Castaic May 30 4:46 PM EDT Los Angeles County Sheriff's homicide detectives are investigating the death of a man whose body was found in a burned car on a remote stretch of road near Angeles National Forest. Long Beach Airport Improvements Cleared To Begin May 30 4:11 PM EDT An appeals court has ruled that an environmental report on planned improvements at Long Beach Airport was adequate, clearing the way for terminal improvements to finally begin. Hundreds March For Gay Marriage In Central Calif. May 30 3:06 PM EDT Hundreds of same-sex couples are marching through dusty California farm towns in the state's conservative center to kick off the latest front in the battle over gay marriage. Just days after California's highest court upheld a ban on gay marriage, advocates say they won't be dissuaded. They are vowing to win the hearts and minds of those who reject their unions. O.C. Man Sentenced For DUI Cemetery Death May 30 2:24 PM EDT An Orange County man who got drunk while visiting a grave then caused the death of a motorcyclist has been sentenced to seven years in prison. Thirty-year-old Hugo Israel Lopez was convicted of vehicular manslaughter and hit-and-run last month for causing the crash that led to the Nov. 17, 2007 death of Graham Green of Yorba Linda. NBC Los Angeles Bowling Alley Goes From "Flintstones to Jetsons" May 30 1:21 PM EDT The Little Old Lady from Pasadena would have a coronary if she stepped inside her old bowling alley, which has been converted into a hip party spot by its owners. Gov Uses Weekly Radio Address to Answer Twitter Questions May 30 12:37 PM EDT Governor Schwarzenegger uses this weekend's weekly radio address to answer questions people submitted on Twitter Congress Goes After College Credit May 30 12:37 PM EDT Learning to deal with credit cards should be the first class a college freshman ought to take. Real-Life Gym Rat May 30 1:37 AM EDT Cops want to talk to a buff-looking guy who is accused of stealing credit cards from gym lockers Restaurant Shooting Leaves One Dead May 30 12:22 AM EDT A man attending a private party was shot and killed inside a Pasadena nightclub Monday afternoon.

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