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Audits: Montebello Blew $31M On ‘Frivolous’ Promo Items, Golfing, Vegas
MONTEBELLO (CBS) — City officials in Montebello wasted $31 million in public funds on questionable expenditures,including funds meant to improve blighted neighborhoods spent instead on fancy dinners...
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Brown: Amend Calif. Constitution To Secure Funding For County Jails
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — The governor of California wants to amend the state constitution to guarantee funding for county jails ahead of the transfer of thousands of state prison inmates. KNX 1070′s Charles...
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LAUSD Will Consider 2 Plans That Could Increase State Funding
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — The Los Angeles Unified School District is considering two proposals that could boost education funding from the state. On Jan. 17, the school board will vote on two plans that...
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Villaraigosa Lobbies Feds To Allow LAUSD To Compete Directly For Funding
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — The mayor of Los Angeles was in the nation’s capitol on Friday in the hopes of securing federal funding for the LAUSD without having to compete with the state of California. KNX...
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Santa Monica College Students Hold Another Protest Against Fee Hikes
SANTA MONICA (CBS) — Another protest took place at Santa Monica College Thursday where dozens of students had been pepper sprayed earlier in the week. This time there were no confrontations with...
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LAUSD Board Delays Parcel Tax Vote, OKs Furlough Days For Unions
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — School board members on Tuesday voted unanimously to postpone a vote on a parcel tax that would have funneled millions of dollars to Los Angeles schools. KNX 1070′s Margret Carrero...
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Gov. Brown Signs High Speed Rail Funding Bill At Union Station
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — Gov. Jerry Brown visited Union Station Wednesday to sign into law a bill that will provide funding for the first phase of a high-speed rail project expected to connect the...
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City Council OKs $352M For Downtown LA Streetcar Plan
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — The Los Angeles City Council has approved a $352 million plan to build and operate a streetcar line in downtown Los Angeles. The 30-year project would create a trolley line...
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LAUSD Debating New School Funding Options
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Los Angeles Unifed School District board members were meeting Tuesday to consider two proposals for future revenue. The LAUSD is expected to take in millions of dollars from...
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Brown Plan Gives Big Money To Close Education Gap
SACRAMENTO (AP) — California schools will receive an infusion of more than $3.6 billion in extra money this year, much of it targeted to the neediest students as part of a redistribution plan pushed by...
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Brown Signs $2.1B Bill To Fund Lower-Income School Districts
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Governor Jerry Brown stopped by a Los Angeles elementary school Monday to sign a bill that provides more state money to low-income schools. KNX 1070′s Megan Goldsby reports...
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2 Southland Walks To Benefit Brain Tumor Research
STUDIO CITY (CBSLA.com) — About 700,000 Americans are living with brain tumors, according to braintumor.org. Presently, treatment options are limited. The National Brain Tumor Society is leading the...
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Garcetti Visits White House, Talks Transportation In DC Trip
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Mayor Eric Garcetti Monday visited Washington, D.C., for the first time since taking office to meet with President Barack Obama and to seek federal funding for local...
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DWP Cuts Funding To Nonprofits After Questions Raised Over $40M In Spending
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com/AP) — The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power has cut off funding to two affiliated nonprofit institutes after questions surfaced about how they spent more than $40 million...
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Hurdle For High-Speed Rail: Where Is The Money?
SACRAMENTO (AP) — Court rulings this week cast doubt over the future of California’s $68-billion high-speed rail plan and serve as a reminder of the biggest question facing the project: Where will the...
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Lt. Gov. Breaks With Brown And Says He No Longer Supports Bullet Train
SACRAMENTO (AP) — Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, once a strong supporter of California’s high-speed rail project, says he has changed his mind and no longer backs it. Newsom’s comments Friday make him the most...
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Disney Ends Funding To Boy Scouts Over Gay Policy
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Walt Disney Company will cut funding to the Boy Scouts of America beginning in 2015 because of a policy that bans gay adult leaders in the organization. The Boy Scouts...
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Inland Empire May Get Funding Boost For Community College Enrollment
PASADENA (CBSLA.com) — The Inland Empire is falling behind the rest of California when it comes to community college enrollment, according to a new report. KNX 1070′s Megan Goldsby reports the data...
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KNX On Your Corner: Funding The Arts
(KNX 1070) – Funding for the arts at Fairfax High School is flourishing, thanks to a community project started 16 years ago. Chris Sedens reports.KNX On Your Corner: Funding The ArtsKNX 1070...
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California High Surf Caused $20M In Damage
LOS ANGELES (CBS/AP) — Authorities say last month’s high surf caused about $20 million in damage to a breakwater at the Los Angeles-Long Beach port complex. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said...
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