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Three Arrested in Deadly LA School Bus Crash

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (Oct.26) - Three young men in a black BMW ran a red light, hit and killed a pedestrian and broadsided a school bus that flipped on its side Monday, leaving the bus driver and 18 high school students injured, authorities said. The three fled on foot from the busy intersection in Boyle Heights, east of...

LA Mayor Faces Ethics Review Over Free Tickets

LOS ANGELES (June 2) -- Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, a regular at such high-profile events as the annual Academy Awards festivities and Los Angeles Lakers games, could be facing ethics problems over whether he failed to report thousands of dollars in free tickets. Villaraigosa, mayor of the nation's second-largest city,...

Mythbusting: Vikings to L.A. Coliseum?

Why did the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission reject USC's offer on Wednesday to conditionally accept an agreement to allow the Trojans to play in the Coliseum?When we first heard of USC's "put up or shut up proposal," we thought it was brilliant, because to reject the plan would require that the Coliseum Commission...

Coliseum Deal is a Dud for USC

After being admonished last week by the Rose Bowl Operating Company to grow up and negotiate with the University of Southern California, the Coliseum Commission, which oversees the storied stadium where the Men of Troy play football came back with a counter-proposal of half-measures.According to WeAreSC, the Coliseum...

Villaraigosa Routes Roadmap to Peace Between USC, Coliseum

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa came out before today's meeting of the Coliseum Commission to map a strategy for achieving peace between the stadium officials and their main tenant--the University of Southern California Football team.In a letter to the Commission, Villaraogosa outlines a seven point strategy to keep...

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THE HUFFINGTON POST - CULTURE

Strains In Town And Gown Relations

When Los Angeles police made arrests last week in the killing of two University of Southern California graduate students, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa portrayed it as a sign that the city is working to protect college students.

THE HUFFINGTON POST - LOCAL

PARKING IS ABOUT TO GET CREATIVE

Finding parking in downtown LA is about to turn into a game of strategy.

THE HUFFINGTON POST

Los Angeles Parking Tickets: Villaraigosa Wants To Hire More Traffic Officers To Give More Tickets

Don't bet on your car being ticketless even one minute over the meter time in Los Angeles, if the mayor's proposed budget passes Friday.

AUTOBLOGGREEN

EVS: Why LA is the right place for this year's biggest electric vehicle conference

The 26th annual Electric Vehicle Symposium is taking place in Los Angeles, CA this week and the biggest news items are the details on the new Toyota RAV4 EV and the SAE-approved DC fast charging combo plug.

THE HUFFINGTON POST

Parking Tickets In LA: Villaraigosa Proposes Raising Fines, Again, To Counter City Deficit

Perhaps the most unpopular move a Los Angeles elected official can make is increasing parking fines.

Antonio Villaraigosa News From the Web

05/24/12 Ministers challenge L.A. district maps Source: Daily News - Los Angeles CA A group of African-American, Asian and Hispanic ministers called Wednesday on Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to veto maps creating new City Council districts because they would have a negative impact on the inner city.
05/23/12 Clergy Groups Urge Veto of Redistricting Plan Source: LA Downtown News - Los Angeles CA In the coming weeks, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is expected to sign off on a controversial redistricting plan that carves up existing City Council boundaries in Downtown, South Los Angeles and Koreatown.
05/23/12 LA Pastors Say Redistricting Plan Would... Source: CBS - KNX1070 - Los Angeles CA A coalition of pastors called on Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Wednesday to veto an approved redistricting plan.
05/22/12 Strains In Town And Gown Relations Source: The Huffington Post - Culture When Los Angeles police made arrests last week in the killing of two University of Southern California graduate students, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa portrayed it as a sign that the city is working to protect college students.
05/22/12 2 charged in slaying of USC graduate students Source: The Homicide Report Bolden was believed to have been present when the students were gunned down during a robbery while sitting in Qu's parked BMW in the 2700 block of Raymond Avenue, the sources said.

Background on Antonio Villaraigosa

Antonio Ramón Villaraigosa (; born January 23, 1953), born Antonio Ramón Villar, Jr., is the 41st and current Mayor of Los Angeles, California, the third Mexican American to have ever held office in the city of Los Angeles and the first in over 130 years.

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