Leland Wong convicted on 14 felony corruption counts The former L.A. City Hall power broker was tried on 21 counts A jury found former Los Angeles city commissioner Leland Wong guilty of public corruption Thursday, ending a criminal investigation that figured in former Mayor James K. Hahn's 2005 election defeat.
Village Kitchen recipes Jaime Turrey, executive chef, shared two recipes developed this summer at The Village Kitchen on Beverly Boulevard:
California adopts stiff pollution rules for ships California mandates that oceangoing vessels use cleaner fuels or face costly fines. The shipping industry is displeased. California regulators adopted the world's toughest pollution rules for oceangoing vessels Thursday, vowing to improve the health of coastal residents and opening a new front in a long battle with the international shipping industry.
For McCain, some GOP land mines If lifelong Republican Dan Ardell is any indication, the Arizona senator has a big problem. D an Ardell is a retired 67-year-old Republican who's living the good life in Corona del Mar. He's also John McCain's worst nightmare.
Newsom helps S.F. re-boot Mayor picks up computer passwords from a jailed city systems administrator who held them. Treat your I.T. workers well. Listen to their concerns. Encourage their creativity. But set up good checks to make sure they can't hijack your system.
Microsoft executives say they've given up on buying Yahoo The software leader will find other ways to gain ground in online search and advertising, investors are told. Microsoft Corp. executives ruled out an acquisition of Yahoo Inc. on Thursday, even as they acknowledged that the Internet company would have provided a needed boost in online search, where the software giant trails leader Google Inc.
Sirius, XM settle FCC violations The firms agree to pay $19.7 million for unauthorized radios and transmitters, clearing what may be the final hurdle to regulatory approval of their merger. Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. and XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. agreed to pay $19.7 million to resolve outstanding violations involving some of their radios and transmitters, clearing what appeared to be the final obstacle to regulatory approval of their long-pending $3.9-billion merger, a top federal official said Thursday.
Electronics firms back wireless HD technology Sony, Samsung and other consumer-electronics heavyweights are uniting to support a technology that could send high-definition video signals wirelessly from a single set-top box to screens around the home.
Chefs at Village Kitchen start from scratch The women -- some just out of prison, others recently homeless -- have been given a chance to succeed, learning the techniques of fine cuisine at a Los Angeles cafe operated by a homeless center. Not long after Felicia Cuellar started working at The Village Kitchen, she began to suspect that the purple potatoes she'd been roasting had been dyed. The red carrots, too. Aren't carrots supposed to be orange
What's tougher to get than a same-sex marriage A same-sex divorce 'They've given us no choice but to be married forever,' says a Rhode Island woman. Her state doesn't recognize gay marriage, and the state where she was wed limits divorces to residents. On the morning of May 26, 2004, Cassandra Ormiston and her long-time partner Margaret Chambers arose early, hopped in the car and raced across the border into Massachusetts.
Latino-vs.-black violence drives hate crimes in L.A. County to 5-year high The County Human Relations Commission reports a 28% increase last year, with assaults and vandalism the leading categories. Hate crimes in Los Angeles County rose to their highest level in five years last year, led by attacks between Latinos and blacks, officials said Thursday.
After Hurricane Dolly, watching the water rise Levees held, but many areas in southern Texas were still soaked by the Category 2 storm. Fifteen counties are declared disaster areas. After a night of anxious pacing, when it seemed like Hurricane Dolly had decided to park and pelt them with rain, the Guevara family went to bed thinking the worst was over.
Olympic officials bar Iraq from Beijing Games The International Olympic Committee says the seven-member team cannot compete next month because the Iraqi government replaced the country's Olympic panel with a new body. Four years after its athletes received a huge ovation at the first Olympics after the fall of Saddam Hussein, Iraq was told Thursday that its seven-member team would not be allowed to compete in Beijing because of a dispute with the International Olympic Committee.
Math scores for girls and boys no different, study finds The analysis of standardized test results for more than 7.2 million students in grades 2 through 11 contradicts a pervasive gender stereotype. The notion that boys are better than girls at math simply doesn't add up, according to a study published today in the journal Science.
Modern China under the artist's microscope Beijing painter Li Yan examines contemporary Chinese society and politics at the Morono Kiang Gallery. A WOUNDED man lying upon a hospital bed. Rioters in Tibet . The Dalai Lama. Uniformed athletes. The Olympic torch run. Rendered on grouped canvases, these images spread across the walls of downtown's Morono Kiang Gallery suggest an almost hyperlinked view of recent protests surrounding the Olympics in China.
No love from state workers in L.A. for Schwarzenegger's wage-cut plan At the Ronald Reagan State Office Building, anger and dismay greet the governor's plan to impose the federal minimum wage until a budget is signed. 'There's just no way,' a legal secretary says. No one likes to wake up to the news that the boss may slash salaries to the minimum wage.
MTA votes to seek sales tax hike to fund L.A. County transit, roads The board takes a major step toward a series of projects over the next three decades, including the long-awaited subway to the sea. The state Legislature must approve the ballot measure first, though. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority board today voted overwhelmingly to seek a half-cent sales tax increase that could raise between $30 billion and $40 billion for transit and highway projects, including the first link of a long-awaited subway to the sea.
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