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Tribe coach takes over
BURROUGHS HIGH — Eddie Alvarez was well aware of the situation he was stepping into. When he applied for the vacant Burroughs High baseball job, he was familiar with the scandal that rocked the program during the spring, when alleged underage...Tags: Human Interest, High School Sports
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Obituary: Vivian Harker Avery
Longtime Burbank resident Vivian Harker Avery died May 14. She was 90. Born Feb. 15, 1921, in Magrath Alberta, Canada, Avery was the seventh child of Nephi and Harriet Bingham Harker. She married Robert A. Avery in 1942 in Kingman, Arizona. They lived...Tags: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank (Los Angeles, California), Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Los Angeles
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Guards' White picks Arizona
BELLARMINE-JEFFERSON HIGH — Layana White breathed a sigh of relief Monday.
As she sat behind a desk in the middle of the Bellarmine-Jefferson High gym, the girls' basketball standout picked up a pen and signed her name to a letter of intent to...Tags: Idaho, University of California, Irvine, Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz, California), Kansas, Colleges and Universities
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Worth the frisk
Travelers at Bob Hope Airport on Tuesday expressed little concern about heightened Transportation Security Administration measures as they departed just before the busiest travel day of the year.
"Nope. They are keeping me safe," Ellen Cowie of...Tags: Transportation Industry, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Bob Hope, Burbank (Los Angeles, California), Tourism and Leisure
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An interesting new genre
Glendale filmmaker Carly Lyn chose the unlikely pairing of genres — Western and science fiction — in her new film "A Foundling."
Lyn, 25, wrote and directed the film receiving its premiere at the Dances with Films festival next week in West...Tags: Science Fiction (genre), Science, Action (genre), Cinema Industry, Festive Events
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Desks: Dirtier than toilet seats
The last time you wiped down your desk and shook crumbs from your keyboard was — yep, a year ago, when you knocked over a latte while munching a turkey croissant sandwich. Or was it after crunching through that bag of Cheetos? That's not good news...Tags: ConAgra Foods Incorporated, Electrical Appliance, Health, Employees, Career and Workplace
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Irene on list of 2011 billion dollar disasters
Source: National Climatic Data CenterBefore Hurricane Irene hit the east coast, the United States had already seen nine weather disasters this year that have caused $1 billion or more in damage. This ties the record set in 2008 for largest number of costly disasters. This year, we've seen...Tags: Memphis, Joplin (Jasper, Missouri), Weather, Meteorological Disasters, Natural Disasters
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On a pilgrimage to the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest
Special to the Los Angeles TimesThe White Mountains that straddle the California-Nevada border are known for their extreme environment. They get less than a foot of rain a year. The wind blows almost constantly, and the temperatures can dip to well below zero. Hard to imagine, then,...Tags: Ecosystems, Weather, Human Interest, Global Change, Native Americans
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Namibia: Desert, ghost town and the Skeleton Coast
Special to the Los Angeles TimesReporting from Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia Griddle-hot deserts, time-forsaken ghost towns, prismatic canyons and endless ribbons of lonely highway: There's nothing quite like a road trip across the Southwest to get the gasoline pumping in an...Tags: ABBA (music group), Trips and Vacations, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Road Transportation, Human Interest
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ATF director to resign, agency sources say
The acting director of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is expected to step down because of a controversial gun-running investigation that allowed weapons to be sold to suspected agents of Mexican drug cartels, according...Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Idaho, Social Issues, File Sharing, Parent Organizations
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Fresh & Easy Recalls Spinach For Possible Listeria Contamination
KTLA NewsLOS ANGELES (KTLA) -- Organic grocery chain Fresh & Easy has issued its second recall this year for some of its store brand spinach over fears of a possible bacteria contamination. The South Bay-based company issued the recall of their 12-ounce bags of...Tags: KTLA, Headaches, Health Treatments, Diseases and Illnesses, Companies and Corporations
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Hotels, restaurants, activities in Venice, Santa Monica and Malibu
WHERE TO STAY Hotel Erwin, 1697 Pacific Ave., Venice; (310) 452-1111 or (800) 786-7789, http://www.hotelerwin.com. 119 rooms in a lodging that was redone in 2009 by the trendy Joie de Vivre chain. One block from the beach and boardwalk. Rooftop bar. No...Tags: Nike, Inc., Michigan, Personal Service, Foods and Beverages, Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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