Thursday, May 17, 2012
Metro's proposal to tunnel under Beverly Hills High School to bring the subway to Century City is opposed by Beverly Hills school and city officials.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board of Directors will meet to review objections to a proposed tunnel under Beverly Hills High School that would allow the so-called Subway to the Sea to reach Century City. The high school and Beverly Hills city officials requested today's public hearing because they believe placing the tunnel under the campus would be dangerous. Metro has recommended a Century City station at Constellation Boulevard and Avenue of the Stars over an alternative stop at Santa Monica Boulevard and Century Park East, requiring the subway to go under the high school. The Century City Chamber of Commerce and other neighborhood groups have supported the Constellation station. On April 26, the Metro board approved three …
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
A 44-state investigation into the Manhattan Beach based global footwear company takes issue with claims made about the shoemaker's Shape-ups, Tone-ups, Skechers Resistance Runner, and Shape-ups Toners.
Shoemaker Skechers USA agreed to pay $40 million to settle a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit over health claims it made regarding toning footwear, the agency announced today. The consumer lawsuit claimed "toning" footwear known as Shape-ups, Tone-ups, Skechers Resistance Runner, and Shape-ups Toners toning shoes were falsely advertised to improve posture, promote weight loss, strengthen the back, improve blood circulation, promote sleep, reduce stress, reduce physical stress on knees, legs and ankle joints, and burn calories. The settlement was reached in conjunction with the Federal Trade Commission and 44 states and the District of Columbia. If approved by the court, the proposed settlement will result in cash refunds for each pair of …
The scammers claim that President Barack Obama is offering a program of bill credits or direct payment of bills.
Southern California Gas Co. warned its customers Monday about a scam in which the culprits tell victims they can get credits on their utility bills if they provide information such as a Social Security number. According to the gas company, scammers have visited customers in person, used social media sites and even sent text messages to victims claiming that President Barack Obama is offering a program of bill credits or direct payment of bills. Officials of Southern California Gas Co. said workers for the utility always carry proper identification when visiting customers, and they do not randomly call or text customers asking for Social Security numbers or other personal information. Customers should verify a person's employment before …
See Los Angeles City Council member and mayoral candidate Jan Perry in conversation before a live audience at Cal-State Northridge.
(If video window doesn't appear, refresh the page.) Los Angeles City Council member Jan Perry cruised through a list of issues at Cal State Northridge Tuesday in the second of the "Talking About Los Angeles" series of interviews with mayoral candidates. Moderator Christine Essel, the CEO for the Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency, started off the event by saying that she had known Perry for 20 years. Questioned by Essel, Perry touched on redevelopment, jobs, housing, transit, education, pensions and the city's budget deficit. Patch is a co-sponsor of the series, which was organized by the Southwest Voter Registration Education Project, a Latino voter participation organization; and Cerrell Associates, a Los Angeles political …
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Three new apartment complexes to be built.
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday voted unanimously to approve building permits for several redevelopment projects in Marina del Rey. Legacy Partners Neptune Marina, the developer, will demolish an apartment building on Via Marina and Marquesas Way and build three new condominium buildings. Additionally, Neptune will develop a 114-unit residential facility for seniors in an adjacent parking lot, and a 1.46 acre wetland park with a pedestrian pathway. Two of the new buildings will be 55 feet high and the other will measure 60 feet – or four stories with two levels of subterranean garage parking, providing 909 parking spaces. In April 2011, the board approved the redevelopment project amid a backlash from dozens of …
Before sunset Sunday, the Earth's moon will pass in front of the sun, casting a giant shadow across the land.
A solar eclipse is expected to be visible across much of the western U.S. on Sunday, and the Griffith Observatory is planning a public viewing. In the hours before sunset on Sunday, the Earth's moon will pass in front of the sun – the eclipse will be between 5:24 p.m. and 7:42 p.m. The last solar eclipse visible in the U.S. was in 1994. In Los Angeles, Sunday's eclipse is the most extensive since 1992, according to the observatory. The Griffith Observatory's telescope will be outfitted with special filters, and viewing-glasses will be available for purchase. NASA warns that people should never observe a solar eclipse with the naked eye, only through filtered telescopes and special glasses. To learn more about the eclipse, visit NASA's …
Impact of budget shortfall uncertain at this point.
Gov. Jerry Brown proposed steep cuts across a variety of programs today to close a nearly $16 billion state budget deficit, but Los Angeles Unified School District and university officials said the impact on their budgets will remain unknown until November, when voters weigh in on proposed tax hikes. "We're going to have to cut deeper," the Democratic governor said in Sacramento while releasing his budget revision. "But cutting alone really doesn't do it," Brown said. "That's why I'm linking these serious budget reductions -- real increased austerity -- with a plea to the voters: Please increase taxes temporarily on the most affluent and everyone else with a quarter of a cent sales tax." Brown said the state's budget deficit ballooned to $…
Englander urges all of the city's Neighborhood Councils to take a position on the ordinance.
By Mitchell Englander, Councilmember, Twelfth District The peace and safety of your neighborhood is the single most important measure of quality of life in our community, and my top priority is to help preserve and protect it. The City’s proposed Community Care Facility Ordinance has the singular purpose of preserving peace and safety in our neighborhoods. After numerous public hearings in the L.A. City Council’s Planning and Land Use Management Committee (PLUM), long deliberations, and dozens of hours of public comment from a range of interested groups and community members, the Community Care Facilities Ordinance was sent on to the full City Council for consideration. I urge every Neighborhood Council in the City to vote on a resolution…
The city councilwoman will be the second mayoral candidate interviewed in the Talking About Los Angeles series. Questions from Patch readers will be presented to Perry.
A series of conversations with Los Angeles mayoral candidates continues Tuesday evening with an interview of Councilwoman Jan Perry that will be shown via a live video stream you can watch on this Patch site. The interview, the second in the "Talking About Los Angeles" series, begins at 5:30 p.m. before an audience in The Grand Salon of California State University, Northridge, 18111 Nordhoff St. (See attached PDF map.) If you would like to attend the event, you can register on the Talking About Los Angeles website. The moderator for the event will be Christine Essel, the CEO for Los Angeles’ Community Redevelopment Agency. She’s a former senior vice president of government and community affairs for Paramount Pictures and had been an …
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Friday, May 11, 2012
State parks division would absorb boating agency.
Gov. Jerry Brown has proposed eliminating the Department of Boating and Waterways, which provides grants for boating law enforcement, marina construction and abandoned vessel removal. In an effort to cut costs, Gov. Brown wants to reduce the number of state agencies from 12 to 10, including integrating DBW as a division of the Department of Parks and Recreation, rather than a standalone agency. The proposal is currently under review by the Little Hoover Commission, an independent state oversight organization that seeks ways to promote government efficiency. “There will be a loss of transparency, a loss of accountability, leadership and boating programs in the future,” said Anne Sacks, former president of the Recreational Boaters of …
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12:52 pm on Wednesday, May 16, 2012
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