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'Fake Nursing School' In Koreatown To Pay Half-Million Settlement

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A "fake nursing school" in Koreatown agreed to pay a half-million-dollar settlement to students who authorities say were tricked into paying thousands of dollars in tuition to become registered nurses, according to a statement from the office of California Attorney General Jerry Brown. RN Learning Center fooled as many as......
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New California Website Warns Public When Sex Offenders Bolt

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A site to warn the public when sex-offender parolees remove GPS ankle monitors has been created by the California Department of Corrections, according to a statement by the department. Member of the public can sign up to get email alerts about the parolee violations. Information such as photos, physical descriptions......
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Transgendered Dog Will Get A Home

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A Pomeranian puppy born with both male and female sex organs has at least 15 people expressing interest in adopting the dog, according to the Press-Enterprise. The puppy named Red recently underwent gender-reassignment surgery in San Bernardino to reduce the risk of cancer and infection......
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Park Goers React to Closing of Echo Park Swap Meet

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Reactions by park goers at Echo Park Lake were mixed yesterday to a park now vendor-free after last week's police crack down on an outdoor market authorities say was operating illegally. Echo Park Lake, once swarming with hordes of swap meet vendors and shoppers on Sundays, was sparsely filled with......
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Apartment Building In Central Los Angeles Crawling With Bed Bugs

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A group of tenants at Park Norton Apartments in the Arlington Heights area of Los Angeles are itching for help to fight an infestation of bed bugs that some residents say has been occurring for at least two years. "At night they usually come out," Rosa Lopez, 30, told the......
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Prop. 8 Ruling: Thousands Rally In West Hollywood, Long Beach

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Hours after a federal judge struck down the Prop. 8 ban on gay marriage, using strong language to affirm the civil rights of gays and lesbians, demonstrators began celebrating Wednesday evening. The joy and satisfaction were tempered with the knowledge, however, that an appeal is coming, and a lengthy fight......
National Night Out at Hollenbeck Police Station; Credit: Steve La

National Night Out In Boyle Heights: Crime Down, But Persists

Steve La
A crowd gathered at Hollenbeck Community Police station in Boyle Heights, across the Southland and all over the country Tuesday for National Night Out, a show of neighborhood solidarity against crime and fear. The event aimed to reinforce bonds between police and community. Although city officials and the LAPD touted......