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State to Consider Fining Residents for Water Waste in Lieu of California Drought

July 11, 2014

July 11, 2014

  Angelenos don’t have much to fear from a state agency considering big fines for people who waste water. The...

Wine Tasting Now Allowed at Farmers Markets

July 10, 2014

July 10, 2014

May this be the one time an electorate raises a toast to the politicians in Sacramento, as Gov. Jerry Brown...

Los Angeles Council Supports Handgun Regulation

July 1, 2014

July 1, 2014

A State Assembly bill proposing to regulate single-shot handguns has gained the support of the Los Angeles City Council, which...

Paul Koretz Wants Los Angles to Reduce Gas Emissions by 2050

June 27, 2014

June 27, 2014

A Los Angeles city councilman said today he wants to set a goal of dramatically reducing greenhouse gas emissions in...

Hit-and-Run Bill Picks Up Support from Santa Monica

June 27, 2014

June 27, 2014

A hit-and-run might be a perfectly strategic and timely play in baseball. Yet, when it comes to automobiles, hit-and-runs are...

Uber Faces Unrest from Within, Local Taxi Companies, and Sacramento

June 27, 2014

June 27, 2014

[KGVID poster=”http://smmirror.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/UberProtest_thumb19.jpg” width=”600″ height=”338″]http://smmirror.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/UberProtest.mp4[/KGVID] More than 100 Uber drivers congregated outside of Uber Technology offices in Santa Monica on throughout...

USC Researcher Warns of Tsunami Possibility in Offshore Earthquake

June 25, 2014

June 25, 2014

While a magnitude-7.9 earthquake in Alaska this week was too deep to unleash a tsunami, a University of Southern California...

Whole Foods Dinged $800K In Pricing Inaccuracy Case

June 25, 2014

June 25, 2014

Consumers were apparently paying the price at the checkout stand. Now Whole Foods Market has five years to make “whole”...

No Big Winners in Powerball or SuperLotto Plus Drawings

June 22, 2014

June 22, 2014

There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in the June 21 drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery and...

Fake No Parking Signs At Beaches Now Subject To Fine

June 21, 2014

June 21, 2014

The state agency that enforces public access to Southland beaches now has some legal teeth, as a result of a...