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LosAngelesHerald.com Thursday 11th March 2010 Issue 8/1005
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Corey Haim dead at 38Corey Haim dead at 38
A young actor who became a teen idol during his time as a Hollywood star, has died of unknown...


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Renee Zellweger gifts $100 coffee voucher to paparazzo
Hollywood actress Renee Zellweger gifted a photographer a $100 coffee voucher after he saved her from getting a parking...
Girlicious singer arrested with cocaine
Natalie Mejia, a member of US band Girlicious, has been arrested after drugs were found in her purse, police told The Los Angeles...
Jeff Bridges regrets not encouraging kids for Hollywood
Jeff Bridges has confessed he regrets he did not encourage his children to try their luck in...
Pattinson uses new film roles as therapy
Hollywood actor Robert Pattinson says he looks for roles that will help him with his life and that is why he agreed to do the movie 'Remember...
Mob burns bars in Bolivia to protest girl's death
Residents of a rural community in central Bolivia burned three bars and the house of a man who allegedly raped and killed a four-year-old girl, Bolivian media...
Group Is $3 Million Away From Buying Land Near Hollywood Sign As Deadline Approaches
LOS ANGELES - It's a Hollywood cliffhanger, in more ways than one. The Trust for Public Land said Thursday it's about $3 million away from the $12.5 million it needs to buy and preserve hilltop...
Southern California Home Buyer's Fair This Weekend At L.a. Convention Center
More than 50 FREE "how to" seminars. More than 80 exhibit booths. Real estate market outlook from C.A.R.'s Chief Economist, Leslie Appleton-Young. Free movie tickets to the first 200 attendees each...
Group Still Needs Millions For Hollywood Sign Land
LOS ANGELES -- It's a Hollywood cliffhanger, in more ways than one.The Trust for Public Land said Thursday it's about $3 million away from the $12.5 million it needs to buy and preserve hilltop...
Whitman Proposes Cuts To Spending, Taxes For California
Targeted tax cuts and reducing state spending will be at the forefront of Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman's platform if she receives the party's...
California Sushi Chef, Restaurant Charged With Serving Whale
WASHINGTON - A California sushi chef and the restaurant in which he worked have been charged with illegally serving meat from an endangered Sei whale, the Justice Department said Thursday.Kiyoshiro...
Bystanders, Helicopter Join In Buffalo Chase In Wildomar
...the other, a pregnant female, was having none of it. Bagwell said the animal was riled up by the sheriff's helicopter hovering overhead and the throng of about 50 bystanders -- some of whom joined...
Usc Names New President
Nikias is credited with accelerating the university's recent academic momentum, recruiting new leadership, and helping attract a series of major donations to the...
Angels Flight Takes Flight Again
Angels Flight was closed for nine years following a fatal accident in 2001. A failure in the railway's gear and drive system caused one car to roll down the track and smash into the other, killing...
California Coastal Commission To Decide 15-year Arana Gulch Battle Today
SANTA CRUZ — The California Coastal Commission today will settle a prolonged battle over the future of Arana Gulch, a 68-acre greenbelt that is home to the federally protected Santa Cruz...
Two South Bay Eateries Earn Rare Golden A Rating
Tony Garcia, left and son Travis Garcia at Garlic Jim's Gourmet Pizza Restaurant in Redondo Beach The shop has earned the rare "Golden A" designation from the Los Angeles County Department of...
3 Bolt From Cars At Checkpoint
» South Bay crime stats Occupants who bolted from their vehicles during a driver license checkpoint in Hawthorne led to two car theft cases being solved, police said today. The Hawthorne...
<font Color="darkred">urgent:</font> Suv Crashes Through 7th St. Bridge Guardrail, Woman Rescued
Rescue workers survey the bridge guardrail where an SUV went over into the water this morning. One body has been recovered. (Jeff Gritchen/Staff...
South Bay Pet Of The Week
Carson shelter pet of the week. A4089365 is a 5-year-old female pit bull mix who was picked up as a stray and is available at the Carson animal shelter. (Scott Varley/Staff...
Hawthorne: Help A Homeless Pet
» BLOG: More about pets Help a homeless pet Hawthorne. Learn how you can help homeless pets have a better chance at adoption by coming to a foster class April10 held by the spcaLA. The class...
South Bay: Run Or Walk For Rover
» BLOG: More about pets Run or walk for Rover South Bay. Help raise funds for the South Bay-based Rover Rescue by running or walking in the Los Angeles Marathon (March 21) or 5K (March 20). ...
Rpv: Find Your 'lucky Paws'
» BLOG: More about pets Find your `Lucky Paws' Rancho Palos Verdes. You may not find a four-leaf clover, but you could just meet your "Lucky Paws" best friend at an adoption event from 10 a.m....
Nikias Named New Usc President
appointment was announced Thursday by Ed Roski, chairman of the USC board of trustees. Nikias will succeed Steven Sample, on Aug. 3. Sample announced his retirement last August. “I have long...
L.a. Issues Pink Slips To 15 City Workers
Los Angeles has issued its first batch of pink slips as it prepares to cut up to 4,000 jobs to close a yawning budget gap. Thursday morning lay-off notices were issued to 15 city workers. The...
Woman Rescued Car Plows Off Bridge
Authorities now say a woman pulled from the water after a car plowed off a Long Beach bridge is alive. According to authorities, fire officials pulled the 24-year-old woman from the murky Los...
Usc Selects Provost Nikias As President
USC has selected the institution's second-in-command to take over as president in August. The Board of Trustees voted unanimously Wednesday night to name C. L. Max Nikias the next president of USC....
Official Says Angels Flight To Open April 15
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES – The long-closed Angels Flight railway will be open to the public on April 15, John Welborne, president of the Angels Flight Railway Foundation, told Los Angeles Downtown News...
Bob Newhart On Stage
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - The Grammy Museum hosted comedian Bob Newhart before a sold out audience on March 9.The program started with a slide show of Newhart’s life followed by an interview by Robert...
Air Rifle Scare Causes Major Stir In Historic Core
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES – Multiple 911 calls yesterday brought swarms of police to the Huntington Hotel on Monday afternoon, as three young men were seen wielding what appeared to be firearms on the...
Bach To The Future
KUSC began in 1946 in a small room on the campus of USC as a student station, back when the broadcast day included a 9 a.m. morning chapel service.The station became part of the National Public Radio...
Fashion District Building Gets A $6 Million Transformation
Emil Brown Lofts . The brown door almost blends in to the surrounding cityscape, the huge spools of fabric and other materials from adjacent businesses dominating the busy sidewalks of the Fashion...
Justice On Two Wheels
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - There was the time a few months ago when a group of Downtown bike messengers detained some teens suspected of stealing a bike outside Macy’s Plaza until the cops showed...
A Turnaround For Kent Twitchell
Kent Twitchell, whose 70-foot-tall “Ed Ruscha Monument” was whitewashed, will create three murals inside the Bob Hope Patriotic Hall. Photo by Gary...
Labonge Calls For Arts District Rail Spur
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - City Councilman Tom LaBonge has had an idea kicking around his head for a while: He thinks that an existing rail line that goes between Union Station and a Metro maintenance...
Block Party: Spring Between Eighth And Ninth
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - In Downtown, historical, architectural and social consistency is fleeting. The community boasts many diverse districts and individual streets have their own distinct identity....
El Dorado Goes To Auction
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES – The El Dorado building will be the latest Downtown housing project to go the auction route. However, even if all the units sell, the developer will still lose money on the...
Wolfgang Puck To Open Ritz-carlton Restaurant
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - Celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck will add to his L.A. Live presence with a new restaurant set to open inside the Ritz-Carlton, the hotel announced today.The chef, who also runs the...
Age Of The Museum
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, which has undergone extensive renovations in recent years, this week announced a major new exhibit that will open along with...
Pershing Square Looks For ‘biggest Loser’
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - Pershing Square, which in the past few years has hosted some well-known musical acts, will bring in a few more big names this week, though with a different, healthy angle.On...
Burglar Smashes Into Casey’s Irish Pub
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES – Central Area detectives are looking for a man who broke into Casey’s Irish Pub at about 2:40 a.m. on Monday, March 1.The suspect picked up a portable table outside the...
Mixing At The Lab
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - USC’s The Lab is the latest Downtown watering hole to jump on the mixology bandwagon, with a new cocktail menu that made its debut this week.In keeping with the lab-inspired...
The Sweet Sound Of ‘sold!’
National Auctioneers Association .“The auction is the only place where you’re going to buy something, but you’re going to say you won it,” said Longly. “You don’t say I won this sweater...
Police Brace For Unsupervised Parolees
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - Recently, the California Department of Corrections began implementing a slate of prison reforms aimed at reducing the state inmate population. While convicted criminals are not...
Nhm Shows Off Whale Of An Exhibit
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - After a four-year absence for cleaning and restoration, a fin whale skeleton returned to the Natural History Museum last week.The 63-foot-long specimen, complete with a...