LOS ANGELES (CNS) – Veterans Day will be marked in various ways throughout Los Angeles County today with Pasadena using its celebration to pay tribute to a Marine Corps reserve […]
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Jewish New Year Services to Begin Friday Amid Security Concerns
LOS ANGELES (CNS) – Rosh Hashana begins at sundown today amid efforts to protect against threats to Jewish institutions, with antisemitic incidents in Southern California at a record high, including […]
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Greek Theatre Concert, Leimert Park, El Segundo Festivals to Mark Juneteenth
LOS ANGELES (CNS) – A concert at the Greek Theatre, which will include an appearance by Vice President Kamala Harris, will be among the events today to mark Juneteenth, the […]
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Georgia, Alabama Meet in National Championship Game
PASADENA (CNS) — Georgia will play for college football’s national championship on Monday, Jan. 8, after making the greatest comeback in Rose Bowl Game history. The Bulldogs overcame a 17-point […]
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Changes at Dodger Stadium for 2017 Season
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — Along with patriotic bunting, player introductions and first pitches thrown on Monday, April 3, the Los Angeles Dodgers also showed off some of the changes outside […]
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Statewide Marijuana Initiative Qualifies for November Ballot
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — An initiative that would legalize marijuana and hemp and impose taxes on them will appear on the Nov. 8 ballot. What backers have dubbed the “Control, […]
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Signature Gathering Approved for Anti-High Speed Rail Initiative
LOS ANGELES — Backers of an initiative that would reallocate up to $10.7 billion in unused bond authority from existing high-speed rail and water storage projects to fund water storage […]
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Series Premieres — Fox, Freeform Series to Premiere Tonight
HOLLYWOOD (CNS) – “Lucifer,” an adaptation of the comic book series, premieres at 9 tonight on Fox, the same time as the debut of the teenage alcohol abuse recovery drama […]
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Group Seeks to Tie Hanukkah Celebration to #BlackLivesMatter
LOS ANGELES — Hanukkah, Judaism’s eight-day commemoration of the temple rededication that followed the Maccabees’ victory over a larger Syrian army in 165 B.C., began at sundown on Dec. 17, […]
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Sentencing Initiative Prop 47 Approved
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — Proposition 47, which requires misdemeanor sentences for certain theft and drug-possession crimes, was approved by voters. The measure passed, 58.5 percent to 41.5 percent, in the […]