May 8 - May 14, 2011
Friday, May. 13
The applications were filed on May 3, two days after Osama bin Laden was killed by the elite special forces team.
L.A.'s fire chief says that $54 million can be saved without having to close any station or lay off any firefighter or increase initial response times.
The closures, which will begin in September, were based on attendance rates and historical significance.
Nothing like a little Western influence to interest Chinese teenagers.
Here's a dicey subject, but one that's worth examining.
Big jump in inflation, state Republicans release budget plan, McCourt alone in battle to keep Dodgers, and Ashton Kutcher replaces Charlie Sheen.
Thursday, May. 12
April was a strong month at the Port of Long Beach and a decent one at the Port of Los Angeles.
The L.A. developer declined to say whether he'll be running in 2013, but he apparently sounds like a candidate.
Believe it or not, the metro area ranks second nationally in coverage and second in service frequency.
Still too much skittishness among potential buyers and too little motivation among potential sellers.
The U.S. Census Bureau continues to slice and dice the state, based on its 2010 data.
Delay in California foreclosures, local economic picture brightens, tough times for sports bars near Staples, and Saab future in doubt.
Wednesday, May. 11
Something imported from California that Texans actually like? Guess all it took was a Double Double.
They're still stuck with the fixed cost of running the place except with a lower gross. Why would anyone do that?
Obviously, not all city workers do nearly this well, but this is the sort of exception that people remember.
Frankly, it's disappointing to see so much attention being paid to such a lower-tier matter.
This is why it's so hard to figure out where the price of gasoline is headed.
So now we know that a bunch of rich guys have been gaming the system - what a surprise!
Bad news for Toyota, Cal State considers tuition hikes, baseball owners meet, and Eli Broad to get reimbursed.
Tuesday, May. 10
The baseball commissioner didn't get into the team's precarious payroll situation, other than to say, "We are monitoring the situation very, very very closely."
As of 2010, the center of the population is near Plato, Mo.
CNN.com is far and away the leader, with nearly 8.5 million unique U.S. visitors each day.
Almost time for the HBO film "Too Big to Fail," based on the best-selling book of the same name by NYT columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin.
How up-and-down gas prices complicate energy policy, and why solar energy remains a work in progress.
Capabilities include listening in on phone calls, using high-powered radar and shooting live video footage at 30,000 feet.
Tech hiring helps state economy, Californians not paying their fair share, Microsoft to buy Skype, and can McCourt keep Dodgers by filing for bankruptcy?
Monday, May. 9
Don't spend it all in one place - an average gallon of regular in the L.A. area fell ever so slightly in the last week.
This is one graduation ceremony that might be sort of fun.
Sounds simple, right? And yet I'm often running into folks who proudly tout their 10 percent returns on investments they clearly don't understand.
It's an interesting idea that's getting batted around the 10-campus University of California system.
L.A. home prices keep falling, LAPD inundated with lawsuits, AT&T is investing in L.A. network, and LinkedIn goes public.
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