7 Shot and Injured at Bus Stop

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-busstop28feb28,0,5807426.story

Rash of Robberies Hit California State University in Northridge

http://cbs2.com/video/?id=60485@kcbs.dayport.com&cid=227

Gang Crackdown

http://www.dailynews.com/breakingnews/ci_8365346

Fourth Suspect Arrested Over Gun Battle With Police

http://www.dailynews.com/breakingnews/ci_8369801

Man Admits to Beheading Veteran Hollywood Screenwriter and Killing Doctor

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-graff27feb27,0,3569950.story

Michael Jackson's Ranch Foreclosed

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2008/02/finding-neverla.html

Two Theater Goers Who Were Watching a Horror Movie, Stabbed for No Apparent Reason

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-stabbing27feb27,0,4236862.story

Housing Prices Hit Steep Decline

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-homes27feb27,0,6271844.story

Lack of US Viewers for the Oscars

In the US, the Oscar ratings hit rock bottom - about 1 million less viewers than in 2003.

http://theenvelope.latimes.com/awards/oscars/env-et-goldstein27feb27,0,7126419.story

Local Hospitals Becoming More Negligent

http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/52866

Colombian Jewelry Theft Ring Operating in the San Fernando Valley

http://www.dailynews.com/ci_8304006?source=rss_viewed

The Conflict Between Turks and Armenians Comes to Los Angeles

http://www.dailynews.com/ci_8304985?source=rss_viewed

10 California Salons, Including 5 in the LA Area, have been Cited For Violating Hygiene Law

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-salons20feb20,0,4517323.story

Terrorism in the San Fernando Valley?

http://www.dailynews.com/breakingnews/ci_8299408

Pasadena Church Hosts a Pro-Palestinian Anti-Semitic Conference Creating Tensions Between Local Christians and Jews

http://www.dailypilot.com/articles/2008/02/16/religion/dpt-intheory02162008.txt

The Recent Murder at an Oxnard Junior High School Was Due To Homophobia

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1714214,00.html

According to one Critic, There are No Oscar-Worthy Films This Year

http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=244367&command=displayContent&sourceNode=244365&contentPK=19912531&folderPk=112383&pNodeId=188965

Security Company President and Employee Indicted of Conspiracy and an Attempt to Carry a Firearm on an Aircraft

http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?ContentBlockID=acf2fdfd-297c-43f2-a471-ab894b6089dc

Cyber Pranksters

Coming on the heels of the deadly shooting incident in Winnetka, a new phenomenon is occurring - cyber users notifying the LAPD SWAT teams in Southern California of a tragedy taking place - and it's all a joke. Sometimes, the cyber users don't even live in California.

http://www.dailynews.com/ci_8291447

Refugees From Last Year's Wildfires Still Have No Homes

http://www.dailynews.com/ci_8291562

'Turf War' in LA City Hall Over How to Deal With Gangs

http://www.dailynews.com/ci_8291554

Police Investigating Two Shootings, One of Which Might be Gang-Related

http://www.dailynews.com/ci_8290166?source=rss_viewed

LAX Evacuated Over a Suspected Terrorist Threat

http://www.dailynews.com/ci_8294957?source=rss_viewed

USDA Recalls 143 Million Pounds of Tainted Beef

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-beef18feb18,0,4428760.story

Gang-Related Killing in Covina

http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/news/ci_8245882

LA Gangs Infiltrate Paparazzi

http://www.nationalledger.com/artman/publish/article_272618872.shtml

Writers Strike has Ended But...

the way TV productions do business might have some adverse effects on writers.

http://www.reuters.com/article/televisionNews/idUSN1352635220080214

Victim of Junior High School Shooting Declared Brain Dead

http://www.dailynews.com/breakingnews/ci_8252001

The Problem of Literary Authors Being Cheated by Hollywood

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/business/la-et-cheetah13feb13,0,7149509.story

Home Sales in Southern California Hit 20-Year Low

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-homes14feb14,0,4305756.story

LAPD Accused of Failing to Investigate Complaints Against its Officers

http://www.knx1070.com/Investigating-The-LAPD/1641427

Spies for China

Below is part of an article that appeared in www.washingtontimes.com regarding a Southern California resident being one of four who were arrested on charges of spying for China.---------


A second case involving China included the arrest yesterday in California of a former Boeing engineer who was indicted on charges of economic espionage and acting as an unregistered Chinese agent.

Dongfan "Greg" Chung, 72, of Orange, Calif., was a former Rockwell International engineer until the company was bought by Boeing in 1996. A naturalized U.S. citizen, Mr. Chung held a secret clearance and worked at Rockwell and Boeing facilities in Downy, Calif., and Huntington Beach, Calif., respectively, court papers show.

He is charged with providing Boeing proprietary information on the space shuttle and U.S. military aircraft and helicopters to China beginning in 2002.

The Foreclosure Crisis Also Affects Renters

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-lazarus13feb13,1,5617710.column

Director Spielberg Quits Olympics

Steven Spielberg has quit his position of artistic director of the Beijing Olympics because of the Chinese support of the Sudanese government over its policy of ethnic cleansing in Darfur. Apparently, he was under pressure from other Hollywood celebrities.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/12/AR2008021203044.html

50 Arrested in Child Care Fraud

http://www.knx1070.com/Multi-Million-Dollar-Child-Care-Fraud/1616266

Man Kills His Entire Family and a Police Officer

A day after a college student was kidnapped in Woodland Hills leading to a manhunt by the LAPD (I was wondering why all the main roads leading to Woodland Hills were cordoned off), a man in neighboring Winnetka killed his entire family and a member of the LAPD SWAT team this morning. In a radio interview, LA Coucilman Dennis Zine, himself a 40 year veteran of the LAPD and a founder of the SWAT team, was near tears on hearing of the officer's death.

http://www.knx1070.com/5-Victims--1-SWAT-Officer-Dead-in-Winnetka-Standof/1614328

Aurthorities Step Up Raid Against Illegal Immigrants

http://www.knx1070.com/Immigration-Raid-in-Van-Nuys/1617633

UCLA Professor's House Firebombed

http://chronicle.com/news/article/3891/ucla-professors-house-is-firebombed

Party Cancelled

Vanity Fair magazine's annual Academy Award party has been cancelled due to the ongoing writers strike.

http://www.amherstdaily.com/index.cfm?sid=106041&sc=60

2 Teens Shot in Front of Elementary School

http://www.whittierdailynews.com/ci_8179670?source=rss_viewed

Unease In and Around Hollywood

Will there be an Oscars ceremony this year, or will go the way of the Golden Globes and be cancelled? As of this writing, no one knows the answer to that. But local businesses that rely on the high volume of work generated by the Oscars are, understandably, anxious.

http://www.sfvbj.com/industry_article_pay.asp?aID=08109181.8091702.1583530.92063902.8622203.291&aID2=121801

Bacteria at Local Beaches

The recent rains have caused unhealthful runoff into the ocean causing a high count of bacteria. A "rain advisory" remains in effect.

http://www.dailynews.com/breakingnews/ci_8173463

Confusion at Local Voting Booths

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-me-calvote6feb06,0,5537347.story

http://www.dailynews.com/breakingnews/ci_8175116

Orange County: A Beating Death of a Jail Inmate and the next OC Sheriff

http://www.ocregister.com/news/county-sheriff-orange-1974670-carona-deputies

Block Party Turns Into a Riot

Police tried to break up a block party on 30th St. but the party-goers refused to leave. Consequently, things got ugly. My thanks to Susan Laufer of Princeton NJ for providing me with this article.

http://media.www.dailytrojan.com/media/storage/paper679/news/2008/01/28/News/Riot-Forces.Break.Up.Party-3170685.shtml

No Happy Ending to the Writers Strike?

Hollywood writers may not find a very friendly atmosphere in the studios they work for should the strike end soon.

http://origin.dailynews.com/ci_8160097

Two Shot at Hollywood Nightclub

http://www.dailynews.com/breakingnews/ci_8163220

Tenants and Landlords Fight Sex Offenders

A public safety plan was proposed to allow landlords and tenants to report any suspicious behavior. This will tend to crack down on sex offenders.

http://origin.dailynews.com/breakingnews/ci_8164627

Threats Against the Church of Scientology

http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-me-scientology5feb05,1,4813130.story

Alhambra Teenager Latest Victim of Racial Violence in Monrovia

http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/news/ci_8153981

Gang Arrests in Moreno Valley

http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_R_rgang03.41b05b1.html

Gang Leader Accused of Exporting Drugs from LA to Tenessee Goes on Trial

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2008/feb/04/trial-accused-mail-order-drug-conspiracy-chief-wee/

Racial Violence in Monrovia

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-monrovia4feb04,1,5814404.story

Trailer Park Owners Accused of Unsafe Conditions

http://www.knbc.com/news/15200972/detail.html

Selling Prostitution on CraigsList

http://www.dailynews.com/ci_8134798?source=rss_viewed

"Village" for the Homeless in the Town of Ontario

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-tentcity3feb03,0,6912374.story

Tainted Meat in Schools

Schools across Southern California are scrambling to find tainted meat in cafeterias that apparently originated from a slaughterhouse in Chino.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-beef3feb03,0,4674797.story

More on the Hollywood Writers Strike

http://www.latimes.com/features/magazine/la-tm-essay.02feb3,0,6130668.story

Role of Women in Hollywood

According to a recent study, women make up just 15% of the top behind-the-scenes positions in Hollywood.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/business/news/e3i87c4dcd1982d089b08b234e797019fcf