Tag: Los Angeles

Los Angeles firefighters contain a fire at the Animo South Los Angeles Charter High School in Los Angeles, Tuesday, July 22, 2014. The building was presumed empty, although crews had been doing routine maintenance work over the summer break to ready it for the school year that begins Aug. 12, according to Gabriel Sanchez, a spokesman for Green Dot schools, which runs the charter school under Los Angeles Unified School District control. (AP Photo)

Fire burns Los Angeles-area charter school

Washington Examiner · July 23, 2014 4:06 am

Washington Secrets

Cha-ching: Cough up another $2.85m to fuel Obama’s 3-day fundraising trip

Paul Bedard · July 22, 2014 6:58 pm

Beltway Confidential

Ex-Labor Secretary Hilda Solis has a history of bending the rules

Sean Higgins · July 17, 2014 8:35 pm

First Lady Michelle Obama greets guests after her keynote speech at the Unite For Veterans Summit in Los Angeles on Wednesday, July 16, 2014. The event was organized to discuss ways of providing opportunities for veterans to find employment and housing. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

First lady: Vets face ‘unacceptable’ job barriers

Matt Hamilton · July 17, 2014 1:49 am

FILE - This March 12, 2013 file photo shows the US Bank Tower in downtown Los Angeles. The tallest building in the West is getting a makeover that will include a sky-high observation deck and restaurant offering 360-degree views of metropolitan Los Angeles, from the mountains to offshore islands. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel,File)

Los Angeles skyscraper to get observation deck

Washington Examiner · July 16, 2014 8:41 pm

Members of the Teamsters Union picket at LBCT in the Port of Long Beach, Calif., in support of a strike by port truck drivers Tuesday, July 8, 2014. Nearly 1,000 dockworkers briefly walked off their jobs Tuesday at the massive ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, disrupting the movement of international cargo before a mediator ordered them back. (AP Photo/The Daily Breeze, Stephen Carr)

Labor dispute briefly shuts LA, Long Beach ports

Justin Pritchard · July 9, 2014 3:31 am

LAPD Police Chief Charlie Beck attends The Rape Foundation's groundbreaking ceremony for construction of a New Stuart House for sexually abused children on May 2, 2014 in Santa Monica, Calif. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images for Stuart House)

Beltway Confidential

Los Angeles becomes newest locality to stop doing federal government’s job

Spencer Brown · July 7, 2014 10:30 pm

FILE - This June 4, 2008 photo shows Darlene Knoll, 53, resting in the sleeping area of the battered 1978 motor home where she lives in Los Angeles. A federal appeals court on Thursday, June 19, 2014, struck down a 31-year-old Los Angeles law that bars people from living in parked vehicles, saying the vaguely written statute discriminates against homeless and poor people. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, file)

Court overturns Los Angeles ban on living in cars

Lisa Leff · June 20, 2014 2:39 am

Former intern files class action after claiming L.A. Clippers violated labor laws

Kyla Asbury · June 19, 2014 9:04 pm

FILE - In this Sept. 10, 2004 file photo, ships carrying containers are loaded and unloaded at the Port of Los Angeles. The nation's busiest port is approving Thursday, June 5, 2014 a new director and a nearly $1 billion budget that focuses on construction projects to keep business from increasingly aggressive competitors. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)

Port of Los Angeles approves nearly $1B budget

Washington Examiner · June 6, 2014 1:10 am

Person detained after lockdown at LA campuses

Washington Examiner · May 30, 2014 8:06 pm

Union rep says LAX expansion overshadows security

Kevin Freking · May 29, 2014 11:25 pm