After School Programs in L.A. Threatened by Statewide Budget Cuts

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Budgetary pressures may spell the end of California’s subsidized after-school programs, which serve 859,000 low-income students at 4,500 schools across the state, it was reported today. After-school and summer programs provide homework help, hands-on science and arts projects, field trips, sports, social support and meals. They’re free to parents of low-income students. The state’s After […]

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Traveling Out of LAX? Where To Find Your Airline Terminal During the Relocation

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The largest airline terminal relocation in the history of Los Angeles International Airport continues on a fairly smooth pace toward completion with no major flight delays or cancellations. “LAX on the MOVE‘‘ began Friday night, and featured eight airlines moving to different terminals overnight on Saturday. When the project is completed next week, 15 airlines […]

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Therapy Dogs to Greet LAX Passengers, Foster Moms Honored, and More Southland Celebrations for Mother’s Day

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Several events to mark Mother’s Day are planned today in Los Angeles County, including therapy dogs greeting passengers on an incoming flight at Los Angeles International Airport. Therapy Dogs to Greet Passengers at LAX Passengers on Southwest Airlines Flight 3193 from Oakland will receive affection from nine Pets Unstressing Passengers therapy dogs. Passengers in the […]

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12K Runners Enter Today’s Annual Tinker Bell Half Marathon At Disneyland Resort

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Approximately 12,000 runners have entered today’s sixth annual women’s-themed Tinker Bell Half Marathon through the Disneyland Resort and streets of Anaheim, organizers said. The 13.1-mile course begins on Disneyland Drive, near Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa. The runners will then run through the Disneyland Resort and take to the streets of Anaheim on Walnut Street and head north […]

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Community Groups Pool Money To Bail L.A. Woman Out Of Jail For Mother’s Day

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Three community groups pooled their resources and came up with $20,000 bail to allow a mother of six to spend Mother’s Day with her children, the groups’ spokeswoman said today. The effort by The Los Angeles Community Action Network (LACAN), Dignity and Power Now (DPN), and a New Way of Life was a part of a nationwide campaign called […]

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Police Search For Owner Of Bearded Dragon Lizard Found In Alhambra

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Police are looking for the owners of a bearded dragon, a distinctive-looking lizard that was found today underneath a bus bench in Alhambra. The reptile was found about 7 a.m. in the area of Main Street and Garfield Avenue, said Alhambra police Cmdr. Jennifer Wiese. “It’s obviously somebody’s pet. There’s no way it’s been living on the street,” Wiese […]

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Surfers Now Able To Bring Boards On Metrolink Trains

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Surfers are now able to bring their boards when traveling by Metrolink to Southland beaches. The railroad has added surfboard storage netting to cars that previously were designated for bicycles. Every train on all lines will have a bike-and- board car, each with room for five surfboards. “This is a natural step for our service in making train […]

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Professor Working To Create First-Of-Its Kind LGBTQ Resource Center At Valley College

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A local university professor is working to create a first-of-its-kind resource center at Los Angeles Valley College for LGBTQ students who have no place to congregate.   Hasmik Arakelyan is a professor of business law and psychology at LAVC, where she is also the faculty adviser for the student-run Gay-Straight Alliance club. She also teaches psychology at Cal State […]

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Board Of Education Votes To Close Down 2 L.A. Charter Schools

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California’s State Board of Education has voted to close down two Los Angeles charter schools run by a nonprofit being investigated by the U.S. Department of Education and the inspector general of the Los Angeles Unified School District. Some parents and teachers at the schools cried through their testimony Thursday at an emotional hearing, which ended with the […]

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Cockroach infestations temporarily shut down these San Fernando Valley restaurants

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Three restaurants in the San Fernando Valley were temporarily closed last week due to major public health hazards. Between April 30 and May 6, those facilities had their health permits suspended for cockroach infestations, according to a report from the Los Angeles County Public Health Department. Restaurants and markets whose permits are suspended must close […]

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