Burbank was not named for horticulturalist Luther. Stanton was not so called in honor of actor Harry Dean. Nor was Carson dedicated to late-night talk-show host Johnny. These are just some of the disillusioning facts one learns over the course of living in L.A. According to William Bright's ever-helpful guide, 1500 California Place Names, Burbank was so named for a dentist-subdivision investor and Carson takes its name from an old settler family. About Stanton, Bright has nothing to say, a
At the stroke of midnight Angelenos will get hit by a double dose of sales-tax increases that will bring our county's up to 9.75 percent -- tying us with Alameda County for having the state's highest countywide tax. (Some individual cities, such as Pico Rivera and South Gate, will be even higher -- 10.25 percent.) The boost comes as the result of last fall's passage of Measure R and from the state legislature's recent passage of a "temporary" one percent increase. Two hours prior to midnight, a
“No Guns” leader peddled guns while City Hall paid him to fight gangs
Hector Marroquin founder of the gang intervention group No Guns, was sentenced today to eight years in prison after pleading no contest to weapon charges. Charged alongside 51-year-old Marroquin was his 25-year-old girlfriend Sylvia Arellano, who is expected to be sentenced to four years in prison for weapons charges - including possessing a silencer.
The couple entered pleas before Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Ste
