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538 articles since 2000

5.4 earthquake rocks L.A. area; minor injuries and damage reported

California | Local | By Joel Rubin and David Pierson | July 30, 2008
A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.4 shook large parts of Southern California late this morning, shaking a wide swath from Ventura County to San Diego.The quake shook downtown L.A. buildings and was felt as far east as Palm Springs.It was centered near Chino Hills, about 30 miles east of Los Angeles, the U.S. Geological Survey said. Read more
 

5.4 earthquake rocks L.A. area

California | Local | By David Pierson | July 29, 2008
A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.4 shook large parts of Southern California, shaking a wide swath from Ventura County to San Diego. Read more
 

Union Pacific to pay landmark $102-million settlement for fire

California | Local | By David Pierson | July 23, 2008
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Claremont mayor, Girl Scouts tangle over cookies

California | Local | By David Pierson | July 19, 2008
With a sigh, Claremont Mayor Ellen Taylor explained how she became the “Claremont Cookie Monster.”It happened during a chance encounter in March outside her husband’s law office in the heart of the quaint college town.She noticed that Girl Scouts had set up a cookie sale on the street corner outside her office. Read more
 

It’s the heavy heel of the law

California | Local | By David Pierson | July 19, 2008
About a half dozen employees waited for customers to trickle in on a searing weekday afternoon at Ching Lau’s foot massage spa – a long, open room lined with armchairs and stools from which masseuses knead pressure points across people’s soles. Read more
 

Ruling halts building permits

California | Local | By David Pierson | July 18, 2008
Hundreds of construction permits in Los Angeles and Ventura counties have been halted after a judge struck down landmark water quality standards designed to protect the region’s beaches from storm water pollution, the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board announced Thursday. Read more
 

Plans to enforce California’s hands-free cellphone laws for drivers vary

California | Local | By David Pierson and Hector Becerra | July 1, 2008
When the new law requiring drivers to use a hands-free device when making cellphone calls takes effect Tuesday, the odds of scofflaws being cited might depend on where they are driving. Read more
 

Chinatown a living legacy

California | Local | By David Pierson | June 28, 2008
Ron Louie has successfully designed high-end homes from Santa Monica to San Marino for four decades. Read more
 

Southern California sizzles on in triple-digit heat

California | Local | By David Pierson | June 21, 2008
Southern California endured Day 3 of the first major heat wave of the year, with temperatures expected to top 100 degrees in many valley areas. Read more
 

New Chinatown grows in the far east San Gabriel Valley

California | Local | By David Pierson | June 19, 2008
The celery and squid sizzle in Suipao Tsai’s blackened wok as she prepares lunch for up to six dozen employees of the family’s multimillion-dollar lingerie business in the city of Industry.It’s a scene repeated every weekday morning at her palatial family compound in the hills of Rowland Heights. Read more
 
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