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Friday, Mar 29, 2013 08:31 PM EDT

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Los Angeles Times

Kidnapped Northridge girl was sexually assaulted, police say

Friday, Mar 29, 2013 08:30 PM EDT

Detectives are trying to determine who the 10-year-old girl's attackers were and why they chose her. A 10-year-old girl kidnapped from her Northridge home in the middle of the night was sexually assaulted, and detectives are still struggling to determine why she was targeted, according to law enforcement sources.

Claim by group backing Trutanich draws fire

Friday, Mar 29, 2013 08:29 PM EDT

An independent group makes calls to Westside voters saying Mike Feuer planned to hire former Councilman Jack Weiss as chief of staff. Both deny the claim. Longtime Westside leader Barbara Broide said she quickly grew suspicious of a telephone call she received a few days ago. After giving his first name and that of an independent group supporting Los Angeles City Atty. Carmen Trutanich's ...

Jury awards $1.1 million to Palmdale teen shot by deputy

Friday, Mar 29, 2013 08:29 PM EDT

William Fetters, 15 at the time, was shot while holding a toy gun. The jury decided the L.A. County sheriff's deputy used excessive force in the 2009 incident. A jury has awarded $1.1 million to a Palmdale teenager who, while holding a toy gun, was shot in the back by a Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy.

L.A. planning panel OKs project to build Hollywood skyscrapers

Friday, Mar 29, 2013 08:29 PM EDT

Councilman Eric Garcetti's intervention fails to stop the approval of the Millennium Partners' project, which would involve 1 million square feet of apartment, office and retail space. Despite a last-minute intervention by Los Angeles City Councilman Eric Garcetti, the city's Planning Commission moved forward Thursday with a bold development project that could add two towering skyscrapers to the ...

Pope inspires Easter rite at Sylmar juvenile hall

Friday, Mar 29, 2013 08:29 PM EDT

Jesuits repeat one of Christ's acts by washing the feet of inmates, as Pope Francis did for young Italian prisoners rather than for clerics as is the custom. The young inmates in a Los Angeles County juvenile detention facility are an ocean apart from the most powerful man in the world's largest church. But this week, they were linked in an Easter Week rite of healing and humility 2 millennia old.


Los Angeles Daily News

California high-speed rail gets thumbs up from U.S. watchdog

Friday, Mar 29, 2013 08:19 PM EDT

Poised to break ground on the nation's first bullet train this summer, the California High-Speed Rail Authority is riding high on a report from a congressional watchdog that found its ridership and revenue forecasts "reasonable" even while pointing out its cost estimates could be improved and its

'Supergraphics' lawsuit settled between city of L.A. and Sky Tag sign company

Friday, Mar 29, 2013 08:04 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES -- A sign company will pay $1.2 million in civil penalties to settle a long-standing supergraphic dispute, the City Attorney's Office announced today.

Stock market surges: Join our live chat

Friday, Mar 29, 2013 08:04 PM EDT

Things have been looking up - way up - for Wall Street with record-setting gains in recent weeks. But what does that mean to average Americans in a modern economy?

LAPD: No arrests in Northridge abduction of 10-year-old girl

Friday, Mar 29, 2013 07:34 PM EDT

Police spent Friday continuing to investigate the kidnapping of a 10-year-old Northridge girl, but the identity of the two men she described as her abductors remained a mystery.

Dr. V of "L.A. Shrinks" makes her Bel Air home office work for her practice -- and for TV

Friday, Mar 29, 2013 07:19 PM EDT

For Venus Nicolino, the day begins the moment she slips into glamorous duds and high-heels it to the office.


CBS 2 Los Angeles

Authorities Tally 9 Arrests In Nitrous Crackdown

Friday, Mar 29, 2013 08:25 PM EDT

Authorities say they've arrested nine people so far in a crackdown on nitrous oxide for its illegal use as a recreational drug.

Boxing Coach, 45, Pleads Guilty To Molesting 2 Boys, Both 14

Friday, Mar 29, 2013 08:22 PM EDT

A 45-year-old boxing coach admitted Friday to molesting two 14-year-old boys.

Officials Identify Man Killed When Car Slams Into Glendale Bakery

Friday, Mar 29, 2013 07:08 PM EDT

Authorities Friday identified a man who was killed when a vehicle plowed into a bakery at a Glendale strip mall.

OC Health Officials Issue Warning On Potential Disease Outbreak

Friday, Mar 29, 2013 07:00 PM EDT

Public health officials are warning of a potential outbreak of meningococcal disease after an 18-year-old Huntington Beach girl was diagnosed with the infection.

1 Dies After Car Slams Into Pole, Bursts Into Flames In Chatsworth

Friday, Mar 29, 2013 07:00 PM EDT

Authorities Friday said one person was killed when a car burst into flames after crashing into a pole in Chatsworth.


NBC Los Angeles

Soldier Surprises Nieces, Nephews at School

Friday, Mar 29, 2013 06:27 PM EDT

After finishing his second tour of duty in Afghanistan, a U.S. Army infantry sergeant surprised his nieces and nephews by showing up at their Riverside school.

OC Schools Warned About Bacterial Infection

Friday, Mar 29, 2013 04:12 PM EDT

Orange County public health officials are warning parents of students traveling to Tijuana about an outbreak of a deadly bacterial infection in the Mexican city. Photo Credit: Dobrow family

IE Home Explosions Part of Film Shoot, Warns Sheriff

Friday, Mar 29, 2013 03:42 PM EDT

The Riverside County Sheriff's Department has a message for residents of San Jacinto and beyond: do not be alarmed by the sound of explosions.

Mistrial in 5-Year-Old Boy's Halloween Slaying

Friday, Mar 29, 2013 02:27 PM EDT

Jurors failed to reach a verdict Friday in the case of a man accused in the Halloween shooting death of a 5-year-old boy in South Los Angeles. Updates: NBCLA.com, NBC4. Photo Credit: AP

Banned Youth Football Team Defends Use of Park

Friday, Mar 29, 2013 12:12 PM EDT

A youth football program that has called an East LA park home for nearly half a century is under fire after a fatal stabbing off-site prompted LA County officials to bar the team from using the park unless... Photo Credit: Denise Quintana/NBCLatino.com


KABC-TV Los Angeles

1 killed, 3 injured in fiery Chatsworth car crash

Friday, Mar 29, 2013 08:04 PM EDT

One person was killed and three were badly injured in a crash in Chatsworth Friday.

Orange County warns of meningococcal disease

Friday, Mar 29, 2013 06:04 PM EDT

Orange County health officials are warning about a potentially deadly outbreak of meningococcal disease.

California unemployment rate drops to 9.6 percent

Friday, Mar 29, 2013 05:34 PM EDT

The state unemployment rate fell to 9.6 percent in February, the state's lowest since December 2008.

Former Nevada Assemblyman Steven Brooks expelled, arrested Inland Empire

Friday, Mar 29, 2013 04:34 PM EDT

Hours after former Nevada Assemblyman Steven Brooks was expelled from the Legislature, he was arrested in California.

Former Pennsylvania state trooper kills wife, self in market

Friday, Mar 29, 2013 04:34 PM EDT

A former state trooper shot and killed his estranged wife in a Pennsylvania supermarket and then killed himself.


FOX 11 News Los Angeles

Alaska lawmaker apologizes for racial slur

Friday, Mar 29, 2013 07:40 PM EDT

Rep. Don Young, the gruff Republican veteran who represents the entire state of Alaska, apologized Friday for using a derogatory term when referring to Hispanic migrant workers.

Why Easter Sunday Is Not On ANY Sunday!

Friday, Mar 29, 2013 02:25 PM EDT

The date that Easter is observed can vary greatly from year to year. The way Earth, the moon and sun are aligned play a big role. Meteorologist Rick Dickert explains. Yes, there is a scientific connection!

Dodger Stadium Renovations Debut Tonight

Friday, Mar 29, 2013 02:10 PM EDT

Los Angeles Dodger fans will get their first chance to see the off-season improvements to Dodger Stadium tonight when the team faces the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in an exhibition game.

OC Judge Under Investigation For Trading Job For Sex

Friday, Mar 29, 2013 10:55 AM EDT

A judge in Orange County is under investigation over accusations he gave a woman a job in exchange for sex.

1 Dead, 5 Injured After Car Slams Into Glendale Bakery

Friday, Mar 29, 2013 10:55 AM EDT

One man was killed and five others hurt when a run-away car slammed into a Glendale bakery.


Los Angeles Business Journal

StartEngine Revs Up With Accenture

Friday, Mar 29, 2013 05:22 PM EDT

Westwood accelerator StartEngine has enlisted the help of global consulting firm Accenture to pair startups and established companies looking for new technologies.

The Week’s Biggest Movers

Friday, Mar 29, 2013 05:21 PM EDT

The Los Angeles Business Journal’s index of largest local public companies rose for the week, as the broader markets posted gains as well.

Avery Dennison, 3M Settle Antitrust Litigation

Friday, Mar 29, 2013 03:36 PM EDT

Avery Dennison Corp. on Friday announced settlement of patent and antitrust litigation with onetime suitor 3M Co., enabling Avery Dennison to continue selling its specialty reflective sheeting product used on traffic signs.

Sky Tag Settles in Supergraphics Lawsuit

Friday, Mar 29, 2013 03:21 PM EDT

Los Angeles City Attorney Carmen Trutanich announced Friday that Michael McNeilly’s Sky Tag Inc. has agree to pay $1.2 million in civil penalties to settle a long-standing supergraphic billboard dispute with the city.

L.A. Economy Improves

Friday, Mar 29, 2013 02:21 PM EDT

L.A. County’s economy improved in February as the unemployment rate dipped to 10.3 percent and the county added 39,000 jobs, according to state figures released Friday.


KTLA-TV Los Angeles

Thousands Treated to Food, Gifts at L.A. Mission on Good Friday – Christina Pascucci Reports

Friday, Mar 29, 2013 06:21 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES (KTLA) — Thousands of meals, Easter baskets and shoes were handed out at the Los Angeles Mission on Skid Row on Good Friday. A special Easter Dinner was served beginning at 11 a.m. at the L.A. Mission, located …

Easter Hats – Non Traditional Hats and Accessories

Friday, Mar 29, 2013 06:21 PM EDT

To prepare for Easter Sunday, Gayle Anderson was live in Los Angeles at One-Of-A-Kind Hats, a full service boutique that offers ready to wear and custom designed hats. The boutique has a large collection of Easter Sunday attire. …

KTLA Consumer Confidential: BofA Complaints; Google Groceries; Quesadilla Recall

Friday, Mar 29, 2013 05:51 PM EDT

When not reporting for KTLA’s “Consumer Confidential” segments, David Lazarus is an award-winning business columnist for the Los Angeles Times. …

1 Dead, 1 Critical after Speeding Car Crashes into Pole

Friday, Mar 29, 2013 05:51 PM EDT

CHATSWORTH, Calif. (KTLA) — One person was killed and another injured in a fiery car crash in which authorities say speed was a factor. The incident happened on Rinaldi Street in Chatsworth Friday morning. Police say the car, occupied by …

2 Killed in Fiery Crash in Chatsworth – Chris Wolfe Reports

Friday, Mar 29, 2013 05:21 PM EDT

CHATSWORTH, Calif. (KTLA) — Two people were killed in a fiery crash in Chatsworth Friday in which the driver is suspected to be speeding. The incident happened on Rinaldi Street in Chatsworth Friday morning. Police say the car, occupied by …


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