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Los Angeles Times

  • Shortage of H1N1 flu vaccine appears to be easing in California 18 minutes ago

    A few counties have begun offering inoculations to the public, health officials say. The shortage of H1N1 flu vaccine appears to be easing in California, prompting a few counties to begin offering inoculations to the public, health officials said Thursday.

  • Polanski lawyer asks appeals panel in L.A. to toss original case 18 minutes ago

    The justices are weighing whether a trial judge can consider the director's dismissal request without the filmmaker's return to California. An attorney for Roman Polanski urged a California appeals court panel Thursday to throw out the filmmaker's 1977 child sex case, citing what he called an "astonishing record of misconduct" by the district attorney's office and the judge who originally ...

  • L.A. lawyer's shooting death in Rolling Hills Estates declared a homicide 49 minutes ago

    Investigators are looking at Jeffrey Tidus' cases for a possible motive and have not ruled out anything from a targeted killing to an unplanned confrontation. Authorities declared the death of a prominent L.A. attorney shot in the head outside his Rolling Hills Estates home a homicide and said they were now scrutinizing his casework for potential clues.

  • Man pleads guilty to stalking ESPN's Erin Andrews 1 hour, 19 minutes ago

    An Illinois man has pleaded guilty to stalking ESPN reporter Erin Andrews and shooting videos of her that he posted on the Internet and tried to sell, federal authorities said today.

  • 2 charged in huge Santa Barbara wildfire 1 hour, 19 minutes ago

    The men failed to get a required permit and sparked the May blaze using gas-powered weed cutters to clear a trail, a prosecutor says. Santa Barbara County officials charged two men Thursday with misdemeanors for allegedly sparking the destructive Jesusita fire in May by clearing a trail with gas-powered weed cutters.

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Orange County Register

  • Homeless shelters packed with new arrivals 28 minutes ago

    SANTA ANA Juan Antonio Hernandez carries his life in a bag: two pairs of pants, two shirts, two pairs of shoes, one pair of underwear. Another man took his wife, he says; a misunderstanding cost him his job as a hotel cook. He has 35 cents in his...

  • San Clemente teachers rally against pay cuts 1 hour, 36 minutes ago

    SAN CLEMENTE – About 20 teachers, kids and parents rallied outside Las Palmas Elementary School today to express their unhappiness with Capistrano Unified trustees' insistence on 10 percent employee pay cuts to balance the district's budget. The...

  • NASA snaps aftermath of O.C. storm 1 hour, 55 minutes ago

    NASA combined satellite images to create highly detailed photo of storms in Southern California and the rest of the western U.S.

  • Self-help author indicted in death of retiree 2 hours, 15 minutes ago

    SANTA ANA – A one-time motivational speaker was indicted today on charges that include murder in connection with the disappearance of a retiree who had given him roughly $1 million. Gary A. Shawkey, 46, has been in custody since he was arrested in...

  • Why are Angel Stadium lights on at 3 a.m.? 2 hours, 43 minutes ago

    ANAHEIM - The field lights at Angel Stadium are on – even while nobody's home. The stadium lights were turned on Tuesday morning and will continue to run constantly – even while no events are happening inside the stadium – until they are turned...

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Daily Breeze

  • Study: Bone density drugs may reduce breast cancer risk 30 minutes ago

    Results of one of the nation's largest women's health studies suggest that common bone density drugs may reduce the risk of breast cancer by 32 percent.

  • Gardena police find weapons cache at standoff house Thu Dec 10, 8:12 PM ET

    Gardena police today found a cache of weapons at a house where two men were arrested after nearly an 11-hour standoff. RELATED LINKS: » BLOG: Keep up to date with South Bay crime and court news » BLOG: Track South Bay court cases » South Bay crime stats

  • MTA approves Crenshaw light rail, Green Line extension study Thu Dec 10, 7:12 PM ET

    The MTA board approved the Crenshaw light-rail line on Thursday, as well as further environmental study of a Green Line extension into Torrance. Though the votes were expected, they represented two major steps forward in improving transit in the South Bay.

  • Restaurant closures Thu Dec 10, 6:57 PM ET

    Here is a list of restaurants and food vendors closed or allowed to reopen by the county Department of Health Services for the week ending Dec. 6.

  • LA planners approve Playa Vista's second phase Thu Dec 10, 6:57 PM ET

    The Los Angeles City Planning Commission on Thursday recommended a yes vote for Playa Vista's second phase, which has been delayed for more than two years because of a court ruling.

Los Angeles Daily News

  • Hollywood (170) Freeway off-ramp at Magnolia Boulevard is closed Thu Dec 10, 6:22 PM ET

    The Hollywood (170) Freeway off-ramp at Magnolia Boulevard is being closed due to unspecified "flooding" at the intersection of Magnolia Boulevard and Tujunga Avenue, says Brian Humphrey of the Los Angeles Fire Department.

  • City Controller: City pays its bills too early Thu Dec 10, 5:37 PM ET

    The city wastes millions of taxpayer dollars each year by paying its bills too early and failing to get volume discounts, according to two audits released Thursday.

  • Polanski hearing in sex case ends without ruling Thu Dec 10, 3:37 PM ET

    A hearing that could decide the fate of Roman Polanski's long-delayed sex case has ended without a ruling by a California appeals court.

  • Text of Obama's Nobel Peace Prize speech Thu Dec 10, 3:22 PM ET

    The text of President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, delivered Thursday in Oslo, Norway, as provided by the White House:

  • Obama defends U.S. wars as he accepts peace prize Thu Dec 10, 2:37 PM ET

    President Barack Obama entered the pantheon of Nobel Peace Prize winners Thursday with humble words, acknowledging his own few accomplishments while delivering a robust defense of war and promising to use the prestigious award to "reach for the world that ought to be."

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KQED: Capital Notes

  • "An Incredibly Moving Experience" Thu Dec 10, 5:59 PM ET

    That was the sentiment of John Perez of Los Angeles after Assembly Democrats unanimously chose him today to be the fifth Speaker of the Assembly in just the last nine years. Perez, 40, emerged from a long private meeting of Assembly Democrats this afternoon arm in arm with the outgoing Assembly Speaker Karen Bass and his [...]

  • Might Redistricting Process Run Out of Cash? Thu Dec 10, 3:14 AM ET

    Just a little over a year after voters created an independent commission to draw most of California's political maps, the process is costing a lot more money than was allocated. In fact, it's possible the commission that's slated to convene in 2011 may have as its first task to ask lawmakers for more funding. [...]

  • Heavy Budget Lifting & The Lite Guv Tue Dec 8, 7:59 PM ET

    No major news today on whether Abel Maldonado will… or won't… be California's next lieutenant governor. But new comments from the leader of the state Senate seem to acknowledge one part of the deliberations… or rather, six billion parts. As in the $6.3 billion of missing dollars needed to balance the current budget… a deficit [...]

  • A Conversation About The Crisis Tue Dec 8, 3:44 PM ET

    "It's very simple what people want," said Mark Baldassare. "People want progress." That was the context for… and the motivation behind… a provocative two hour discussion on Friday morning at our KQED studios in San Francisco, a discussion among eight thoughtful veterans of the good and bad of government and public policy in California. They were [...]

  • Podcast: Career Advancement Fri Dec 4, 3:29 AM ET

    Two (or three, actually) legislators angling for two separate high-profile jobs at the same time? Sounds like a podcast theme! In this week's Capital Notes Podcast, we discuss the battle over who will be the new Speaker of the California Assembly, and this question: will there be any discernible differences in the policies pursued by either [...]