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Top Story: Pushing jobs, not condos, at Universal

Pushing jobs, not condos, at Universal NBC/Universal should drop plans to build nearly 3,000 housing units on its backlot, Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky said this week in a strongly-worded letter to studio chief Ron Meyer. While Yaroslavsky has previously criticized the scale of the Evolution Plan, this is the first time he has pushed… [Read more]
Consumer Help
Love, out of the box

Love, out of the box

Sick of dropping sixty bucks on a few measly roses? This year, treat your valentine to tens of thousands of live flowers on a romantic stroll through one of the breathtaking public gardens of Los Angeles County. Love certainly won’t be the only thing blooming… [Read more]
• Resolve to check out these freebies
L.A. County Outlook
New program keeps junked boats at bay

New program keeps junked boats at bay

As the economy flounders, a new Los Angeles County program will soon be sending a message to boaters: Please don’t abandon ship. Abandoned boats have become a vexing problem in the past several years as owners unable to sell or maintain their vessels give up… [Read more]
• Learning some new lines at Universal
State & Federal News
Feds give boost to first responders

Feds give boost to first responders

There’s nothing like a cool $154.6 million to get Los Angeles all fired up. Especially when the money–the largest federal grant of its kind–will be used to help establish a new emergency-communications network linking all of the L.A. region’s police, fire and emergency workers. The… [Read more]
• At the center of the budget storm