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A 40-year-old female has been found dead in a machine at a Southern California food processing plant Tuesday.
Investigators have found the employee’s death to be accidental. The Pasadena Star-News quoted Craig Harvey, a spokesman for the Los Angeles County Coroner, as saying that Ana Maria Vital of La Puente "sustained crushing injuries by some boxing machinery after attempting to remove a box that had been lodged in the machinery."
Golden State Foods, located in the City of Industry, is a major supplier for McDonald’s restaurants, having developed the secret sauce for the Big Mac in the 1960’sA 40-year-old female has been found dead in a machine at a Southern California food... more
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At the height of the housing bubble, residents were forking over mid-to-high six figures for a home in Southern California.
Soon they may be able to get a home for the price of a new car.
Zetabid is auctioning more than 250 bank-owned single-family homes, condominiums and townhouses in Southern California, including more than a dozen homes in Long Beach, Compton, Hawaiian Gardens and Paramount.
Before the March 7 auction at the Pomona Fairplex, the company will have open-house events this weekend at the foreclosed properties, which range from $50,000 to $800,000 and are likely to go for 25 to 40percent below their listed prices.
Properties include a one-bedroom, two-bathroom condo at 730 W. 4th St. in Long Beach, one of seven homes up for auction in the city. Bids for the Westside condo, listed at $125,000, start at $37,500.
Another Long Beach property - a five-bedroom, two-bathroom home at 240 E. Allington St. - is listed at $249,900. Bids for that house begins at $74,970.
Also on the auction block is a four-bedroom, two-
bathroom home at 6608-66081/2 San Vincente St. in Paramount. The 1940 house, listed for $307,500, has a starting bid of $92,250.
Since its inception nearly two years ago, Zetabid has hosted auctions in California, Arizona and Florida and has auctioned off hundreds of homes. In the last four months, it has sold close to 1,000 homes, said Zetabid Chairman Bob Bellack.
Bellack said it is a chance for homebuyers who diligently saved their money to buy property at wholesale prices.
"It's a great opportunity," Bellack said. "It's more of a cash market than a credit market. Those people who have cash and good credit will do well here."
The Southern California auction they hosted in late September brought more than 2,500 people who bid on 240 homes. About 75 percent of the bidders were owner-occupants. The rest were investors. A Phoenix auction had standing- room-only crowds.
More than 1,000 people are expected at the March 7 event in Pomona.
While some properties require all-cash transactions, a number of homes will have financing available. Bellack encourages potential homebuyers to obtain a real estate agent and visit and inspect the house before bidding on it.
Bidders are required to come with a $5,000 cashier's check for a security deposit and pre-
approved credit.
karen.robes@presstelegram.com, 562-499-1303
WANT TO GO?
What: Zetabid Southern California Foreclosure Event
When: March 7
When: Registration begins at 8:30 a.m.; Auction begins at 10 a.m.
Where: Pomona Fairplex, 1101 W. McKinley Ave. Pomona, CA 91768
Information www.zetabid.comAt the height of the housing bubble, residents were forking over mid-to-high six... more
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Judith Hoffberg, an art librarian and curator who was a major influence in the emergence of books as an artist's medium yet winked at the genre by establishing a global festival of edible books, has died. She was 74.Judith Hoffberg, an art librarian and curator who was a major influence in the... more
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The 10 young women of the Karma Dance troup perform a dance called Garba every year. Garba is a traditional Indian folk dance that is colorful, exciting, and full of energy. Karma Dance have decided, somewhat last minute, to train for the annual Garba competition this year in Southern California.The 10 young women of the Karma Dance troup perform a dance called Garba every year.... more
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Massive allergy disruptions all over the southern part of the state today as dry warm winds known as 'santa ana' continue to feed the blazes that are ravaging homes in Anaheim Hills and Orange County, while carrying smoke, ash and fine soot particles furhter downwind.
"As wildfires rage across Southern California this afternoon, emergency response shifted to Orange County, where thousands of residents were ordered evacuated, dozens of homes burned and a large apartment complex was in flames.
The community of Anaheim Hills was ordered to evacuate as a wind-driven blaze that began in nearby Riverside County swept through Yorba Linda and jumped the 91 Freeway."
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A train travelling across the southwest acts as a microcosm of our political landscape. Mandy Moran captures the current mood of our great country, as the train moves through these United States.A train travelling across the southwest acts as a microcosm of our political... more
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The University of Southern California (USC) has announced that it will be the first major US university to offer a bachelor's degree in popular music.
The prestigious school, which boasts Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea as one of its students, will offer instruction to instrumentalists and vocalists in popular music genres including rock, R&B, folk, blues and country.
"Why shouldn't a programme like this start in Los Angeles?" said Robert Cutietta, dean of the school that houses the programme. "I've been I higher education for 20-some years and it's been talked about, but everyone has been afraid to do it. No one wanted to be first," he told the Los Angeles Times.
Students in the popular music programme will be required to study music theory, history and songwriting as well as entertainment law, record promotion, marketing and publicity.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two wildfires driven by strong Santa Ana winds threatened neighborhoods near Los Angeles on Monday, killing a man, destroying several dozen mobile homes and forcing evacuations.
Firefighters were struggling with a 3,700-acre blaze in the San Fernando Valley's northeastern corner when a new blaze erupted at midmorning a few miles to the west in mountains above the Porter Ranch area and quickly grew to 750 acres.
"It is a blowtorch we can't get in front of," said Los Angeles County fire Inspector Frank Garrido.
Fire officials could not immediately estimate how many homes in Porter Ranch were in the fire's path. Flames burned furiously at midday just across a road from one development of luxury homes. Fire officials alerted other communities as far south as Malibu.
The fatality occurred at the first fire, where neighborhoods abut rugged canyonlands below the mountainous Angeles National forest. The victim was a man who appeared to be a transient living in a makeshift shelter, officials said.
About 1,200 people were evacuated because of the Marek Fire, which was just 5 percent contained.
Los Angeles County fire Capt. Mark Savage said 37 or 38 mobile homes were destroyed by that blaze early Monday.
"We could have had an army there and it would not have stopped it," Los Angeles Fire Department Battalion Chief Mario Rueda said. "Wind is king here, it's dictating everything we are doing."
Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, the hospital closest to the Marek Fire, evacuated eight of its most fragile patients to other hospitals. Spokeswoman Carla Nino said those patients — six newborns, a heart bypass patient and another described as "medically fragile _were all on ventilators and were the most difficult to transport.
About 180 patients remained at the hospital as officials waited to determine if the fire would actually approach.
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LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- A fire that has burned more than 3,500 acres in the Angeles National Forest flared up Monday with the arrival of strong Santa Ana winds.
Officials shut down two freeways north of Los Angeles, and authorities dispatched water-dropping helicopters and more than 200 fire engines as the blaze "started to push toward the city," said John Tripp of the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
"The winds that were expected have arrived. The worst has happened," said Mark Savage of the Fire Department.
The high winds are making the fire, which is less than 5 percent contained, dangerous and unpredictable, officials said at a news conference Monday.
No one has been injured, Tripp said.
The fire has destroyed several structures, including about 20 mobile homes in the Lopez Canyon area, said Los Angeles County fire inspector Sam Padilla. The mobile homes had been evacuated Sunday.
LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- A fire that has burned more than 3,500 acres in the... more
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In a city dominated by car culture, some young people are doing something different.
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I had seen this current pod from traffic kills/Italy:
http://current.com/items/89070591_a_polite_display_of_power
and here is a California version.
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(SANTA MONICA) Published by Alex Thompson
Yesterday approximately 6o cyclists protested police harassment (photos on Flickr & Ridazz) of Santa Monica Critical Mass. In response to the 14 citations of Santa Monica Critical Mass (SMCM) riders last Friday we, the Crimanimalz, blocked 4 crosswalks for a cumulative period of 40 minutes. By walking back and forth across crosswalks continuously the Crimanimalz were able to legally create massive traffic jams. We effectively showed that legal behavior can be outrageously disruptive. Further, we showed that should the Santa Monica Police Department (SMPD) continue targeting cyclists on Critical Mass, there will be consequences for traffic in Santa Monica on other days.
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SMPD traffic officers clearly took the cue from their superiors. For example, while issuing over 30 tickets for “no light” violations, officers repeatedly checked the box “this is not a correctable violation.” However, every “no light” violation for a cyclist is a correctable violation in California, as the California Highway Patrol has pointed out numerous times to riders who go to pay these violation. Once a rider demonstrates that they have a corrected the violation by equipping a light, the fine drops from over $100 to just $10. By misleading cited cyclists SMPD has improved their revenue stream and cost riders thousands of dollars more than is legally justified.
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This is Santa Monica’s reminder. If we are to be painted as disruptive, then we shall act so. If we are to be treated as insignificant, then we will show that we are not. Actions like this will continue to occur, at unpredictable times, using unpredictable means, until the Santa Monica Police Department quits ticketing Santa Monica Critical Mass.
•click on article for more pictures / and full article•I had seen this current pod from traffic kills/Italy:... more
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Bikes, Copenhagen and Disneyland: what we have in common.
Steve Hymos is a blogger over at the LA times. He interviewed blogesphere celebrity (in the cycle-chicness world) Mikael Colville-Andersen -aka- Zakkaliciousness in Flickrland and his series of Cycle Chic blogs from Copenhagen (links posted @story link) whom, has inspired a myriad of blogs, Flickr™ groups and people around the globe to ride a bike, relax and look good while at it. Mind you, Copenhagen & Europe are quite different in traffic structure than here in the US, but we can still look good trying, right?
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He notes an interesting history facts from both cities, Los Angeles and Copenhagen.
"There is no part of the world where cycling is in greater favor than in Southern California, and nowhere on the American continent are conditions so favorable the year round for wheeling. -It's from a 1897 newspaper article, back during Bicycle Culture 1.0 and back when 20% of all trips were made by bike in Los Angeles. Impressive stats and an impressive cycling history in L.A."
Hundreds of thousands of cyclists on the roads. Ironically, the world's most impressive separated bike path was built to connect Pasadena to Los Angeles in 1900. At that time 20% of all trips where made by bicycle in the Los Angeles region so the construction of the eight-mile Arroyo Seco Cycleway -- an elevated, multilane, wooden bike path, complete with streetlights and gazebo turnouts -– was a given.
Copenhagen was a congested, polluted city in the 1960s and more and more cars were being bought.
Now, 40-odd years on, a progressive network of separated bicycle lanes blankets the city. Doctors, students, parents with kids in a cargo bike, lawyers and shop assistants are all apart of a pleasingly aesthetic flow of human-powered goodness. Fifty-six percent of Copenhageners say that they ride their bikes because it's easy and fast.
Bicycles are normalized transport vehicles and they are the lifeblood of the city, not the domain of impenetrable subcultures with political leanings. With my Copenhagen Cycle Chic blog I try to show how my fellow citizens ride each day. In style, with ease and every day of the week.
- click on link for full article & find out what these 3, have in common -Bikes, Copenhagen and Disneyland: what we have in common.
Steve Hymos is a blogger... more
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The Hammer Museum brings John Lautner’s legacy and creative process to a wider audience by presenting the first major exhibition survey of his work: Between Earth and Heaven: The Architecture of John Lautner, on view in Los Angeles from July 13 through October 12, 2008.The Hammer Museum brings John Lautner’s legacy and creative process to a wider... more
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Well that's smart isn't, save $5 bucks, peak up your stress in Tijuana, then drive back to the US, idle for 2+ hours in the border crossing and support the monopoly PEMEX is. (Only place to get comsumer gasoline in Mexico)
On top of getting really shitty gas with manipulated gas pumps.
Get over it and ride a bike, San Diego has great weather and mostly flat, plus most people down there look like they could give up some pounds. Thank you in&out...
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just great sense, SoCal-ittes.
SAN DIEGO - Some motorists in southern California are willing to drive south to find lower gas prices. A steady line of cars crossing from Tijuana to the United States.
One motorist said, "Some people just come here to Tijuana now to just fill up with gas and go back to San Diego." The price difference between the U.S. and Mexico is dramatic.
California drivers are paying nearly $4 a gallon for regular gas, in Tijuana it's $2.75.
One motorist said. "Because I always load full in California and it's like 35 dollars. And right here in T-J, it's like 30 dollars, so five dollars difference."
The difference is dramatic with Pemex gas stations everywhere selling regular gas more than a dollar lower than the U.S.
The diesel difference is even more.
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Well that's smart isn't, save $5 bucks, peak up your stress in Tijuana, then drive... more
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Plans for a levitating train from Las Vegas to Disneyland can move forward under a transportation bill signed by President Bush on Friday that frees up $45 million for the futuristic project.
Derided by critics as pie in the sky, the train would use magnetic levitation technology to carry passengers from Disneyland to Las Vegas in well under two hours, traveling at speeds of up to 300 mph. It would be the first MagLev system in the U.S.
The money is the largest cash infusion in the project's nearly 20-year history. It will pay for environmental studies for the first leg of the project.
The money had been delayed by a drafting error in Congress' 2005 highway bill, which was corrected along with some other changes by the legislation signed Friday by Bush. The delay had allowed a competing and cheaper diesel-electric plan to emerge as an alternative, but with the money now freed up supporters hope to move forward with the MagLev plan.
The train is meant to ease traffic on increasingly clogged Interstate 15, the main route for the millions of Southern Californians who make the 250-plus-mile drive to Las Vegas each year. There is no train on the route — Amtrak's Desert Wind between Los Angeles and Las Vegas was canceled in 1997 because of low ridership.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., praised passage of the law, saying the MagLev project "will safely and efficiently move people between Southern California and Las Vegas." Plans for a levitating train from Las Vegas to Disneyland can move forward under a... more
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A man opened fire outside of St. John Baptist de la Salle, a Roman Catholic church in Granada Hills, in Southern California.
He wounded three people before an off-duty police officer tackled him and he was taken into custody.
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Fire officials say that another round of evacuations is underway in the foothills near Pasadena as the wildfire continues to burn out of control.
200 homes were evacuated Saturday night and another 100 were told to leave Sunday.
The fire is burning it's way through 350 acres of of dense brush near Sierra Madre. Officials say the fire is about 5% contained.
Hopefully they get this fire contained soon, and what happened last year won't happen this year. Fire officials say that another round of evacuations is underway in the foothills near... more
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