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Teenager Blades Brown 1 shot off American Express lead going into final round
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (1103+ words) LA QUINTA " Blades Brown handled the scariest tee shot at PGA West to an island green like a seasoned pro on Saturday in The American Express. And then he looked the part of an 18-year-old, finding a young fan along…...
Billionaire Tom Steyer's spending binge dwarfs rival campaigns in California governor's race
3+ hour, 5+ min ago (628+ words) By MICHAEL R. BLOOD The hedge fund manager-turned-liberal activist is using his personal fortune to saturate TV screens and mobile phones with advertising, while his competitors accuse him of trying to use his vast wealth to buy the state's most powerful…...
Japan's "Golden Bears' marching band, cheer squad wow Rose Parade crowd
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (255+ words) While they've won scores of awards, Japan's Mino Jiyo Gakuen Golden Bears marching band and cheer squad earned one accolade even before their celebrated turn at the 137th Rose Parade: They donated $7, 000 for Eaton and Palisades fire victims. It was a…...
Inland Empire GOP Rep. Jay Obernolte gets a big promotion
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (695+ words) Rep. Jay Obernolte now sits a little higher atop Capitol Hill. A fifth-year lawmaker, Obernolte, R-Hesperia, was chosen Wednesday, April 15, to chair the House Republican Policy Committee, an upper-tier post in the GOP's leadership hierarchy. "I'm just really deeply honored…...
How a bill would make it harder for ICE to make arrests near California courthouses
1+ week, 5+ day ago (355+ words) An Inland state senator's bill, intended to curb a frequent practice by immigration enforcement, now has more clarity on what those officers would have to do to make arrests on California courthouse grounds. Sen. Eloise G'mez Reyes, D-San Bernardino, recently…...
Ashes to Action" event to share lessons for more resilient landscape
3+ week, 4+ day ago (126+ words) An event called "From Ashes to Action," will offer an opportunity to learn how Los Angeles County's Landscape Recovery Center is helping restore Eaton Canyon and other L. A. County Parks. It's at 5 p. m. at the Los Angeles'County'Arboretum & Botanic Garden, 301 North Baldwin Ave....
Experts weigh in on complex restoration of fire-damaged Eaton Canyon park and replacing nature center
3+ week, 2+ day ago (1377+ words) On the night of the Eaton fire, Kim Bosell watched the wind-whipped flames tear through where she worked: Eaton Canyon Natural Area park in Pasadena, located on the border of Altadena and the vast Angeles National Forest. Her first thought…...
LA Climate Week kicks off in Eaton Canyon as state recruits for California Service Corps
1+ week, 3+ day ago (471+ words) The theme of L. A. Climate Week is "designing L. A. s climate future together." On Tuesday, leaders practiced what they preached. To kick off Los Angeles Climate Week, from April 8-15, L. A. County Department of Parks and Recreation and L. A. Public Works officials joined California Service…...
Lawmakers ramp up efforts to reform California's Elderly Parole Program
3+ hour, 11+ min ago (1297+ words) Sparked by renewed public outrage over recent high-profile cases, California lawmakers are ramping up efforts to block the early release for some of the state's most violent sex offenders under a program that allows them to be paroled at age…...
New buyer emerges for graffiti-covered Oceanwide Plaza Towers in Downtown LA
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (672+ words) The graffiti-covered Oceanwide Plaza towers in downtown Los Angeles " an abandoned high-rise development that has drawn attention for massive tagging and daredevil base jumpers " moved closer to a potential sale today after a new buyer emerged in bankruptcy proceedings. Kali…...