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February 2008


Detectives from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department are investigating the circumstances surrounding a deputy involved shooting which occurred during the arrest of three felony vandalism suspects in the 18500 block of Soledad Canyon Road Wednesday night.  Deputies from (more…)

SnowyEgret.jpg  Kayaking  MDR Main.jpg   The Department of Beaches and Harbors will again offer its popular Outdoor Adventures programs in Burton Chace Park, 13650 Mindanao Way, Marina del Rey, beginning February 28.  Bird Watching, Harbor Kayaking, and Surf Kayaking will offer exciting experiences for individuals and families. (more…)

The collapse of the US housing market caused the economy almost to stall at the end of the last year but prices continued to surge, increasing the threat of stagflation. The economy grew at a 0.6 per cent annual rate in the last three months of the year, according (more…)

The West Ranch Town Council will hold their monthly meeting on Wednesday, March 5th, at the Tournament Player Club in West Ranch located at 26550 Heritage View Lane in Westridge at 6:30 PM. The meeting will include the regular updates (more…)

Bringing an end to a long flirtation with a bid for the White House, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has officially closed the door on a presidential candidacy this year. In an Op-Ed article published in Thursday’s New York Times, Mr. Bloomberg wrote that he still believed that (more…)

The Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station invites our residents, business leaders, and community representatives to take a moment and join us to meet the men and women of your Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, (more…)

Six Antelope Valley school districts are facing state sanctions for persistently failing to make adequate academic progress, officials said Wednesday. The state has recommended that the Keppel Union School District receive the harshest intervention in which it would be assigned (more…)

A freeway overpass in the San Fernando Valley may seem an unlikely place to discover buried treasure, but that’s exactly where authorities struck pay dirt this week when police received a handwritten map that led them to a cache of stolen valuables by the 118 Freeway. (more…)

karenbass.bmp   Besting eight colleagues, Los Angeles Democrat Karen Bass secured enough votes Wednesday to become the next Assembly speaker, making her the first African American woman to do so. Bass, 54, is expected to be formally elected today by both the 48-member Democratic caucus and (more…)

The Supreme Court seemed inclined Wednesday to let Exxon Mobil Corp. off the hook for some of the $2.5 billion the energy giant was ordered to pay as punishment for a massive oil spill in Alaska nearly 19 years ago. (more…)

Two physicians, including one from Sherman Oaks, three clinic administrators, and eleven assistants, were arrested in connection with a $2 million Medi-Cal fraud case in which they are accused of luring pregnant women (more…)

Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich released the following statement on the death of William F. Buckley Jr.: “Bill was a personal friend, supporter and role model – a great American whose deliberations on liberty, democracy, faith and the American experience served as a moral compass. (more…)

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