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Justice served for law tipster
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LOS ANGELES — The county board of supervisors approved a $10,000 payment on Tuesday to an informant who helped authorities locate and convict an escaped felon wanted in connection with two separate kidnappings of an elderly Sunset Park woman.
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New Chamber chairman ready to mend bridges
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WILSHIRE BOULEVARD — Taking into account his nearly seven decades of business experience, the local chamber of commerce has tapped John Bohn to be its next top community representative.
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Ballot initiative: SM voters head for polls
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CITYWIDE — It’s time to shape Santa Monica’s future.
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Costly diversion could help city weather the storm
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COUNCIL CHAMBERS — Officials plan to spend about $3 million tonight to update the city’s list of historic properties, divert stormwater run-off, fund public outreach programs and other city services.
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Keep the coast clear
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SM BEACH — By the time the Fourth of July winds down, it’s the sand that needs to be liberated.
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Chef wants Big Blue to shoulder the blame
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WEST LA — Ponciano Lopez’s ritual of riding the bus to go shopping and eat lunch each Tuesday may never be the same after a bus allegedly struck him while he was standing on the curb last year.
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In their element
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CITY YARDS — While the term “hydrogen-powered” may still conjure up images of disastrous dirigible voyages for some, residents today have something a tad more positive with which to associate the alternative fuel.
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They’re coming in waves
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SM BEACH — With the number of lifeguards this weekend increasing fivefold to meet and greet the summer’s swelling beach crowd, larger than usual waves are expected to keep the new arrivals on their toes.
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Better views, better loos downtown
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CITY HALL — Elected officials are expected to spend more than $1.3 million tonight on various agreements and contracts, the most expensive of which — at $580,197 — will go towards revamping one of the city’s parking structures.
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Widower intent on making bus companies pay
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DOWNTOWN — The case involving a woman run over by a Big Blue Bus on Ocean Avenue last summer appears bound for the courtroom, where a jury will likely decide what compensation the woman’s husband should receive in the wake of a series of wrongful death suits.
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City to pay for outside help
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COUNCIL CHAMBERS — Officials plan to spend close to $3.6 million tonight for city staffing, new street lights, police cars, functional parking equipment and pay increases for certain city employees, according to city staff reports.
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A dying breed
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PICO NEIGHBORHOOD — Within its metamorphic rock walls, the vividly colored stained-glass windows illuminate corridors lined with Italian sculptures and ceiling frescoes. The Colorado- and Italian-marble building sits upon 27 acres of lush lawn and trees that outline the home to numerous movie stars and famous Westsiders of yesteryear. The location in question isn’t a European museum in Hollywood, but Santa Monica’s Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Westsiders get dialed in
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CITYWIDE — For thousands of phone users on LA’s westside, the seven-digit number is a thing of the past starting today.
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Eclectic mix to vie for Council
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CITY HALL — Three City Council incumbents will likely face a once-homeless Vietnam vet, a former television journalist, a real-estate broker and a screenwriter as potential opponents in this fall’s election.
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