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 Sunday, 21 March 2010 |
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L.A. Times - California | Local News
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On your port side, a smokestack and a sewage pipe
The Urban Ocean Boat Cruise shows visitors the grittier side of L.A.'s coast.
On a drizzly afternoon, a group of tourists huddle aboard the Christopher sipping wine, nibbling cookies and gazing out at the ocean just off Long Beach. Cameras dangle from their necks, ready to record the sights.
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California's food stamp participation rate is nation's second-lowest
Fewer than half of residents eligible for food stamps received them in 2007. Recent changes may have boosted the rate, but critics say far too much federal money is being left on the table.
Despite persistent economic woes, California leaves billions of federal food stamp dollars on the table each year that could help ease hunger and boost the local economy, officials say.
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L.A. Marathon takes the scenic route this time
The Hollywood Walk of Fame, Rodeo Drive and the Sunset Strip are among the landmarks on the new 'Stadium to the Sea' run.
When an estimated 25,000 runners hit the pavement early Sunday in the 25th Los Angeles Marathon, they will pass many of L.A.'s signature landscapes in a new "Stadium to the Sea" route.
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Democrats vie for union endorsements
At SEIU video-conference forums across the state, candidates for lieutenant governor and attorney general criticize state employee furloughs and tout their pro-labor backgrounds.
Democratic candidates for statewide office vied for a key labor endorsement Saturday, trying to outdo one another in their criticism of state employee furloughs and other budget cuts that have affected union workers.
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The city that loves the car was slow to pay for parking
Meters gobbling a nickel an hour made their first appearance in 1949.
Los Angeles lays claim to being the birthplace of such phenomena as drive-in church services (Emmanuel Lutheran, North Hollywood, 1949), hang-gliding (Dockweiler State Beach, about 1960) and the Cobb salad (the Brown Derby, 1937).
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Train hobbyists show what gets them steamed up
Nearly a dozen put their miniature rail systems on display for public viewing in an event presented by members of the Model Railroads of Southern California online chat group.
Larry Stark's sliver of imaginary Los Angeles, where it's forever 1937, is a Depression-bitten place of scrap yards and tumbledown wooden shacks, weedy yards and soot-smudged tenements. Hobos still roam with their knapsacks, and the great steam locomotives -- the kind that left him gasping as a kid -- still dominate the rails.
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State Fund reformer was paid a salary of $450,000 a year, plus perks
Janet Frank earned more than $1.6 million, then quit after two years. She later took a higher-paying job with a competitor.
After its president was ousted in a scandal, California's government-run insurance company hired Janet Frank to clean up the mess, offering her a salary and benefits far beyond the reach of most state workers.
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Dollars and angst motivate voters
Republican candidates, especially Whitman, can lavish money on their campaigns. Democratic candidates, especially Boxer, must deal with voters' anger.
It is not surprising but it is confirmed: Money and frustration are driving California's elections this year.
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Women starting to make waves in skimboarding
The rough-and-tumble sport was born in Laguna Beach more than half a century ago, and men have long dominated. In June, the inaugural professional world championship for women will be held in Laguna.
Sprinting toward the surf, Shonna Cobb flings a fiberglass board onto the wet sand. With a springy assurance, she leaps atop the narrow 4-foot-long board and glides into an approaching wave.
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