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Long Beach - Riding the waves of a colorful history -- A mayor assassinated by a cop assigned to protect him. Political scandals. Celebrity residents like Bogie and Cagney. And a boardwalk construction project hyped with a parade of elephants.
Photo: Entrepreneur William Reynolds, who billed the city as The Riviera of the East, had a herd of elephants march in from his Dreamland on Coney Island in about 1907, ostensibly to help build the boardwalk, but in reality to generate publicity. (Long Beach Historical and Preservation Society)
Photo: Entrepreneur William Reynolds, who billed the city as The Riviera of the East, had a herd of elephants march in from his Dreamland on Coney Island in about 1907, ostensibly to help build the boardwalk, but in reality to generate publicity. (Long Beach Historical and Preservation Society)
Long Beach - Riding the waves of a colorful history -- A mayor assassinated by a cop assigned to protect him. Political scandals. Celebrity residents like Bogie and Cagney. And a boardwalk construction project hyped with a parade of elephants.
Photo: Entrepreneur William Reynolds, who billed the city as The Riviera of the East, had a herd of elephants march in from his Dreamland on Coney Island in about 1907, ostensibly to help build the boardwalk, but in reality to generate publicity. (Long Beach Historical and Preservation Society)
Photo: Entrepreneur William Reynolds, who billed the city as The Riviera of the East, had a herd of elephants march in from his Dreamland on Coney Island in about 1907, ostensibly to help build the boardwalk, but in reality to generate publicity. (Long Beach Historical and Preservation Society)
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SoCal Takes a Punch at the Pump as Gas Prices Rise
KTLA NewsLOS ANGELES ( KTLA) -- The average price of self-serve regular gasoline in the Los Angeles- Long Beach area is $3.332 per gallon, which is 2.4 cents more than last week, 12.9 cents higher than last month, and 30 cents higher than last year, according to...Tags: Orange (Orange, California), Manufacturing and Engineering, Los Angeles, Minor League Baseball, New York
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Huntington Beach Detectives Closer To Identifying Cold Case Victim
KTLA NewsHUNTINGTON BEACH ( KTLA) -- Huntington Beach police investigators have asked for assistance from the New York Police Deparment after a Facebook post led to tips in the case of a woman who was found dead in a ditch more than 40 years ago. Detectives...Tags: New York, Petroleum Industry, Crimes, Facebook, Arts and Culture
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City Council OK's Uniforms at LAUSD Campuses
KTLA NewsLOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles City Council unanimously passed a resolution Wednesday recommending school uniforms at all Los Angeles Unified School District campuses. The nation's second-largest school district currently allows the administration of...Tags: Los Angeles Unified School District, Washington, DC, Los Angeles, Government, Teaching and Learning
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Daughter Accuses LA Kings Assistant Coach of Sexual Abuse
KTLA NewsLOS ANGELES -- A charge of sexual abuse against an L.A. Kings assistant coach has been upgraded from a misdemeanor to a felony. This follows the daughter of Los Angeles Kings assistant coach Mark Hardy telling Washington, D.C. police that her own father...Tags: Sexual Assault, Mayflower Voyage (1620), Washington, DC, Los Angeles, New York
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New courthouse in Long Beach is topped out
Construction of the Gov. George Deukmejian Courthouse reached a milestone last week when workers placed the last beam of the $490-million structure in downtown Long Beach. The new building, set to open on Magnolia Avenue in fall 2013, will replace the...Tags: Rentals, Crime, Law and Justice, Business, Justice System, Small Businesses
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Meet 'Bachelorette' Emily Maynard's 25 bachelors
Zap2it"The Bachelorette" returns to ABC in less than two short weeks and now we finally have some suitors to drool over. In the press release, ABC teases the first night by revealing some of the tricks the men use to make a memorable impression on Emily...Tags: Science and Technology, Austin (Chicago, Illinois), Biology, Services and Shopping, ABC (tv network)
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Radioactive material in CdM doesn't stop beachgoers
Corona del Mar may have topped the list of places where radioactive material linked to Fukushima, Japan, was found in kelp, but beachgoers were out in full force Tuesday afternoon, and some seemed unfazed by the findings. The beach activity comes on...Tags: Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Japan, Nuclear Power
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Art critics honor Cal State Long Beach museum
Culture MonsterThe American chapter of the International Association of Art Critics announced its annual awards earlier this month and among the honorees in 12 categories was one museum in Southern California. The critics also honored two installations that have been... -
L.A. Asian Pacific Film Fest to kick off with 'Shanghai Calling'
24 FramesLos Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, which runs May 10 – 20, will open with "Shanghai Calling," organizers announced Friday. The festival will screen 46 feature films and 142 shorts from more than 20 countries at the Director’s Guild of... -
Stolen-cellphone database: Making phones useless to criminals
The largest wireless carriers are banding together with regulators and law enforcment officials to launch an effort to make stolen cellphones and other mobile devices as useless as an empty wallet. The goal is to cut down on increasing thefts of...
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Top 10 cities for missing cellphones: Stolen-phone database a boon
Major wireless carriers are teaming up to combat cellphone theft, and there are some cities in the U.S. where smartphone owners should be doing cartwheels. The FCC on Tuesday morning announced a new effort with top wireless carriers, including AT&T, T-...
Tags: Tampa, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Theft, Apple iPhone, T-Mobile
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Carnival shifts all sorts of cruise ships in 2013
With 23 ships and one on the way, keeping track of just where Carnival Cruise Lines sends their vessels can be a dizzying effort, and that may be why Carnival rolls out their ship deployment in pieces.
In the last week, Carnival has made three major...Tags: Buenos Aires (Argentina), Port Everglades, Spain, Key West, Entertainment Events
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