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Boeing Will Cut 800 Jobs In Long Beach

Steve La
Boeing announced Monday that they will cut 800 jobs at their Long Beach location, according to KTAL News. 550 workers will be offered positions in Oklahoma where the company is moving two of its defense projects. The C-130 Avionics Modernization program is scheduled to move in 2011 while the B-1......
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Police Crack Down On Echo Park Lake Swap Meet Vendors

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Updated with a response from Councilman Eric Garcetti's Office LAPD officers swept through Echo Park Lake yesterday issuing warnings and citations to vendors who refused to leave the sprawling unregulated flea market, according to the Eastsider LA. "We understand they are trying to make a living," Sgt. Joel Miller of......
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Fate Of New LAX Concession Contracts To Be Continued…

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By J. Patrick Coolican and Steve La The fight over LAX concession contracts goes on, as a city board Thursday postponed a hearing on the lucrative airport food deal. The only thing pretty much everyone can agree on in this battle is that the food at LAX is currently an......
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USC Annenberg Study Finds Print News Is Still Dying

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A study recently released by the Center for Digital Future at USC's Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism found that internet users continue to rely less on print media as a primary source of information. According to the results, only 56 percent of those surveyed view print news as a......
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CBS Adds More Gay Characters In Response to GLAAD Survey

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CBS will add more gay and lesbian characters to its prime-time line up after a study by the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation gave the network failing grades for not including enough GLBT-inclusive characters in its programming. The survey released last week found that 7 percent of CBS' prime-time......
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ACLU Seeks Answers From FBI on the Issue of 'Muslim Mapping'

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The ACLU requested FBI records today related to the bureau's use of mapping and data collection technologies to create ethnic maps, according to the Los Angeles Daily News. Based on the agency's domestic intelligence guidelines, the FBI is authorized to collect data and map areas where there are large concentrations......
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West Los Angeles Skate Park 'Made By Skaters For Skaters'

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Alec Beck, the 23-year-old co-creator of the Stoner Recreation Center's new skate plaza, hopes the skate park becomes a safe haven for board-riders looking for a place to meet outside of public spaces that usually don't welcome them. A recent visit to the granite playground demonstrates that the park seems......