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Hopes revived for ‘subway to the sea’
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For years, transit planners dreamed of a subterranean train snaking from the skyscrapers of downtown to the beaches of Santa Monica, a 15-mile line that could free at least some commuters from the inevitability of freeway gridlock.
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Four failed safeguards led to spill
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An investigation shows multiple safeguards designed to prevent a major sewage spill at a pumping station failed on Jan. 15, causing 100,000 gallons of sewage to spill into the Pacific Ocean and foul beaches.
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Sushi vs. slurpee: Japanese mart lands in SM
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A huge plate glass window provides a view of tony Santa Monica Boulevard from inside Famima, an upscale convenience store from Japan.
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REI heeds call of the outdoors
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KENT, Wash. — To get people outside, REI brings them in. At stores around the nation, climbing walls and indoor hiking trails mix with racks of backpacks and rows of bicycles. There are snowshoes, camp-sized espresso makers and more synthetic fleece than a flock of polyester sheep.
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1906 shaped a state, a science and a still-evolving saga
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SAN FRANCISCO — A century later, the people who felt the ground rock that Wednesday morning tell the story best.
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The mixed impact of the illegals
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WASHINGTON — They pick fruit and vegetables and clip hedges. They hang drywall and clean houses, hotels and office buildings.
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Malls get sense of style
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LOS ANGELES — Here in the land of malls, one of Southern California’s oldest indoor retail centers is no more.
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Career Briefs May 11, 2006
When you, umm, really want a job
Manners matter, even when alone
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All in a day’s work
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To measure up to his official title of “marketing guru” at an Internet company, Mark Hughes hatched and rejected a lot of gimmicks before finally deciding that the business, Half.com, should pay the town of Halfway, Ore., $100,000 to rename itself Half.com for a year. The national publicity was enormous.
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Spelling the boomers
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If you want to see the future, check out the classifieds.
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SM woman in prison for morbid scam
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LOS ANGELES — Undercover detectives watched the blind man climb into the suspect’s car and start writing on document after document. They worried he was signing his life away.
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Judge denies bail for elderly landlord
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LOS ANGELES — A magistrate judge said this week there is “probable cause” to believe that an elderly Santa Monica landlord and her friend murdered two transient men and denied a request for bail.
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Dirty laundry aired in Jackson case
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SM COURTHOUSE — The $1.6 million lawsuit being brought against singer Michael Jackson by a former associate continues here this week, a case that has brought to light an array of revelations about the much-maligned entertainer’s private life.
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‘Black Widows’ denied bail
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DOWNTOWN LA — A judge denied a request for bail on Tuesday for one of two elderly women accused of killing homeless men in hit-and-run crashes in an effort to collect about $2 million in life insurance.
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