Tag: Los Angeles

Shipping exec. tapped to lead Port of Los Angeles

Washington Examiner · May 28, 2014 1:02 am

Los Angeles Girl Scouts embezzler gets prison

Washington Examiner · May 28, 2014 12:36 am

Los Angeles officials continue to ask the Army Corps of Engineers to approve their $1 billion plan to fix the Los Angeles River, according to the LA Times. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

Los Angeles mayor pushes for $1 billion river renovation

Kelly Cohen · May 27, 2014 6:41 pm

Los Angeles city officials hold an Interstate 405 banner after announcing the car pool lane opening, higher-capacity on- and off-ramps and bridges that meet seismic standards at the Getty Center in Los Angeles Friday, May. 23, 2014. Los Angeles city officials from left, are, City Attorney Mike Feurer, Mayor Eric Garcetti, council members, Paul Koretz, and Tom LaBonge. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

New carpool lane on Interstate 405 in LA opens

Washington Examiner · May 23, 2014 9:12 pm

Builder held in deadly Los Angeles hammer attack

Washington Examiner · May 23, 2014 5:03 pm

FILE - This Nov. 8, 2011 file photo shows the vast lawn in front of Beverly Hills High School. Tentative plans call for drilling a subway tunnel 70 feet beneath the campus. Los Angeles' growing public transit network is receiving another big dose of cash from the federal government. Federal and local transportation officials are set to sign grant and loan agreements Wednesday, May 21, 2014, totaling $2.1 billion, so that the L.A. County Metropolitan Transportation Authority can extend a subway line into Beverly Hills and, if several lawsuits are settled, all the way to the west side. One of the lawsuits concerns the subway's routing near the high school. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)

Los Angeles subway getting $2.1B federal promise

Justin Pritchard · May 20, 2014 10:23 pm

Workers remove damaged tanker cars along the tracks where several CSX tanker cars carrying crude oil derailed and caught fire along the James River near downtown Lynchburg, Va., Thursday, May 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Energy and Environment

50,000 gallons of oil spill on California streets

Associated Press · May 15, 2014 4:00 am

In this Monday, May 5, 2014 photo construction crews dig at Los Angeles International Airport, LAX. An ongoing, multibillion-dollar renovation at the nation's third-busiest airport that has mostly been behind the scenes will soon start affecting passengers in ways large and small. LAX officials began warning the public about the coming inconveniences that will stretch over the next few years and affect traffic around the terminals and passenger movements inside them. (AP Photo/Nick Ut )

Los Angeles airport makeover about to get painful

Justin Pritchard · May 6, 2014 9:35 pm

FILE - In this Dec. 19, 2010, file photo, Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, right, and V. Stiviano, left, watch the Clippers play the Los Angeles Lakers during an NBA preseason basketball game in Los Angeles. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver is intent on moving quickly in dealing with the racially charged scandal surrounding Clippers owner Sterling. The NBA league will discuss its investigation Tuesday, April 29, 2014, before the Clippers play Golden State in Game 5 of their playoff series. (AP Photo/Danny Moloshok, File)

White House: NBA did ‘right thing’ banning Donald Sterling

Brian Hughes · April 30, 2014 4:00 am

Besieged LA-area battery recycler warns of layoffs

Washington Examiner · April 22, 2014 1:07 am

In this April 8, 2014 photo provided by the Los Angeles Register, editor Ron Sylvester poses for a photo with the Los Angeles skyline in the background. Former greeting card executive Aaron Kushner is trying to turn the Orange County Register into a media giant in southern California, largely driven by paper and ink. The unconventional effort gets a jolt Wednesday, April 16, 2014, when Freedom Communications Inc., the company Kushner bought with other investors two years ago, launches the Los Angeles Register. (AP Photo/Los Angeles Register, Leonard Ortiz)

New LA newspaper embraces print in digital world

Ryan Nakashima · April 15, 2014 8:18 pm

Former Bell city manager Robert Rizzo, listens to questions from the media, as he leaves the Edward R. Roybal Federal building and United States courthouse Monday. Rizzo was sentenced to 33 months in prison for income tax evasion. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

Disgraced former city manager in Los Angeles gets prison for income tax evasion

Associated Press · April 15, 2014 4:00 am