Monday, May 30, 2011

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Monday, May 30, 2011 7:30 PM EDT

Today's Local News for Los Angeles CA :

As of 7:30 PM EDT

Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles school district's health benefits help push cafeteria fund into the red

May 30 12:55 AM EDT

Healthcare assistance for part-time cafeteria workers, approved in 2007, has absorbed a reserve fund and contributes to increased costs, district officials say. The cafeteria fund for the Los Angeles Unified School District has run a multimillion-dollar deficit since 2007, when board members approved a plan to provide health benefits for part-time cafeteria workers, district officials said last ...

Creator of 'Phonehenge West' to testify in code enforcement case

May 30 12:55 AM EDT

Acton man faces possible time behind bars if convicted in the trial over his home, built partly of utility poles. Lawyers for an Acton property owner accused of building code violations will seek to defend his elaborate home expansion project as a work of art in a trial in Lancaster slated to wrap up this week.

U.S. weighs tighter restrictions on fire retardant drops

May 30 12:40 AM EDT

The proposed limits are intended to reduce drops on and near waterways, where they can kill fish, and to slightly expand the acreage that is off limits to retardant releases for ecological reasons. The U.S. Forest Service is weighing tighter restrictions on aerial fire retardant drops as part of a long-running legal battle over the environmental effects of pouring millions of gallons of the ...

Charter school leader Vielka McFarlane brings personal history, passion to education

May 30 12:40 AM EDT

Vielka McFarlane, after winning a fight with Los Angeles County schools officials over California's 'parent trigger' law, plans to open a new charter school in Compton. Three decades after leaving her native Panama, Vielka McFarlane hasn't forgotten how a first-class education can transform a poor kid with a hard-knocks life.

California authorities deny state's first medical parole case

May 29 11:11 PM EDT

A quadriplegic inmate serving a 150-year term for kidnapping, beating and raping a San Diego woman in 1998 will not be released to the care of family members under a new law, parole board rules. The reasoning seemed disarmingly simple: In a time of fiscal crisis and over-crowded prisons, why should California spend hundreds of millions of dollars retaining prisoners so sick, aged, paralyzed or ...


Los Angeles Daily News

Roller derby a smash hit with teen girls

May 30 6:56 PM EDT

When she looks out across a banked wooden track where a couple dozen girls in crash helmets and roller skates are pushing, shoving, slipping and falling, Rebecca Ninburg sees a lot more than just kids having a raucous good time.

William and Kate on multi-city Canada, US tour

May 30 6:41 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) - Prince William and his bride will travel thousands of miles (kilometers) from Canada's north to Southern California on their first official overseas trip, royal officials said Monday.

'Farrah's Story' was one of strife behind the camera

May 30 6:41 PM EDT

The actress Farrah Fawcett was under full- time nurse supervision at her high-rise condominium on Wilshire Boulevard's Golden Mile, floating in and out of consciousness, when NBC made its demand.

Trinity Lutheran of Reseda making way for affordable housing

May 30 6:26 PM EDT

Plans to raze Trinity Lutheran Church of Reseda to make way for an affordable-housing development have been approved by a city commission.

Family Promise program takes selective approach to helping the homeless

May 30 6:26 PM EDT

If it wasn't such a serious topic, you could almost say the Family Promise program of the east San Fernando Valley was taking a boutique approach to the homeless.


CBS 2 Los Angeles

Memorial Day Marked By Parades, Flyovers, Flags

May 30 7:22 PM EDT

  LOS ANGELES (CBS/AP) â€" Americans from Washington to California were marking Memorial Day with parades, barbecues and somber moments of reflection in an annual holiday infused with fresh meaning by the approaching 10-year anniversary [...]

Pedestrian Fatally Struck By SUV In Fountain Valley

May 30 7:01 PM EDT

A 25-year-old man was struck and killed by a sport utility vehicle as he ran across the street in Fountain Valley Monday, police said.

Woman, 51, Arrested In Trash Can Murder Case

May 30 5:01 PM EDT

Police have arrested a 51-year-old woman for investigation of murder after she was seen in an Ontario neighborhood pushing a trash can with body parts inside.

Man Arrested In Oxnard Street Racing Crash

May 30 4:37 PM EDT

A man has been arrested in connection with a suspected street racing crash in Oxnard that hospitalized seven people.

Funeral Set For Motorcycle Officer Killed During Funeral Procession

May 30 3:26 PM EDT

Services are set this week for a Southern California motorcycle officer who was recently killed when he collided with another officer during a police funeral.


NBC Los Angeles

George Takei to Head to Broadway

May 30 7:20 PM EDT

Ted Chen interviewed the Asian American Icon about his new show on the Japanese Internment.

Key Details Missing from Stow Suspect's Record: Report

May 30 6:20 PM EDT

His face and neck tattoos were used to apprehend him. But Giovanni Ramirez's striking physical appearance was reportedly not included in a vital law enforcement records database.

Public Funeral Planned for Hawthorne Officer

May 30 3:20 PM EDT

Public funeral arraignments are announced for Andrew Garton, who was killed last week while riding in a funeral procession.

Suspect ID'd in Ontario Body Parts Case

May 30 11:20 AM EDT

Police are at a home in Ontario where human body parts were discovered.

Woman Arrested After Found Pushing a Trash Can With a Body Inside

May 30 10:20 AM EDT

Authorites also found body parts in the trash can, and more human remains in woman's house Sunday night.


KABC-TV Los Angeles

Santa Monica bar assault leaves man in critical condition

May 30 5:51 PM EDT

Police released sketches of a man and woman believed to be involved in an assault that left a man in critical condition.

Prince William, Kate's SoCal trip details released

May 30 3:41 PM EDT

Palace officials on Monday released details about Prince William and Kate Middleton's upcoming visit to Southern California.

Memorial Day full of Southland beachgoers

May 30 11:18 AM EDT

For many people Memorial Day meant a trip to the beach, whether it was camping on the sand or spending the day in the ocean.

Memorial Day celebrated in the Southland

May 30 11:06 AM EDT

SoCal residents took part in Memorial Day events to honor members of America's military who died fighting for our country.

Dodger Stadium catches on fire for second time

May 30 9:36 AM EDT

Firefighters were back at Dodger Stadium on Monday after a small fire broke out for the second time in just a couple days.


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