The Total Confidence program will make as many as nine car payments of up to $500 each for car buyers in the event they are laid off within two years.
A day after the president threw down the gauntlet for the American auto industry, General Motors Corp. began the work of selling cars anew.
Pasadena’s police chief says he will ask county and federal authorities to investigate the fatal shooting of a man during a traffic stop. The announcement on Tuesday followed weeks of criticism regarding the department’s investigation into details behind the death of Leroy Barnes Jr., who was shot last month by two officers.
The declines fly in the face of expert predictions that the recession would cause rates to rise. Several experts credit Chief William J. Bratton’s efforts for L.A.’s decrease.
Crime in much of Los Angeles County and elsewhere in Southern California has dropped significantly so far this year, despite an economic meltdown that has pushed unemployment into double digits, imploded the housing market and shuttered countless businesses.
The declines fly in the face of expert predictions that the recession would cause rates to rise. Several experts credit Chief William J. Bratton’s efforts for L.A.’s decrease.
Crime in much of Los Angeles County and elsewhere in Southern California has dropped significantly so far this year, despite an economic meltdown that has pushed unemployment into double digits, imploded the housing market and shuttered countless businesses.
Brainstorming begins on additional budget cuts that might be necessary if voters reject proposals designed to balance the state budget.
Legislative leaders are weighing contingency plans for a potential fiscal “doomsday” if a slate of ballot measures designed to balance the state budget fails in the May 19 special election.
In the beginning Debi Faris-Cifelli just wanted them to rest in peace. But by saving them from county-ordered cremation…the founder of the Garden of Angels also preserved their chance for justice.
SEIU chapter charges that Tyrone Freeman misappropriated dues to enrich himself and his relatives.
The union of low-wage caregivers that Tyrone Freeman once headed has taken him to court to demand restitution of more than $1.1 million — dues money that allegedly financed his lifestyle of $175 glasses of cognac, $250 bottles of wine and a $3,400 trip to the NFL’s Pro Bowl in Hawaii.
A man is accused of demanding cash and nude photos from an Orange County band teacher in exchange for not reporting a sexual relationship she allegedly had with a student. Prosecutors said Tuesday that 23-year-old Miguel Lopez of Anaheim has pleaded not guilty to one charge of extortion of property.
A woman was killed Tuesday and a man and a woman were critically injured after a car struck them in Hollywood. The crash happened at 6:24 p.m. at 7079 W. Fountain Ave., near La Brea Avenue on the border of West Hollywood and Los Angeles, Los Angeles Fire spokeswoman d’Lisa Davies said.
Many agree that the last-hired, first-fired system is no way to attract bright minds to education. And 94% in an online poll say it’s time to regulate and tax marijuana.
Would it be irresponsible of me to mix education and drugs in the same column?
