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Gomez named managing editor of community papers
Alisha Gomez has been named managing editor of Los Angeles Times Community News (TCN) in Orange County, Editor John Canalis announced Wednesday. Gomez will help oversee the staff of 24 that produces the Huntington Beach Independent, Laguna Beach...
Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Robert J. Lopez, Journalism, Newspapers, Media Industry
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Investigation focuses on doctor in drug deaths
The Medical Board of California has launched an investigation into a string of 16 fatal overdoses tied to powerful narcotics prescribed by a prominent Orange County physician. Dr. Van Vu, a pain management specialist in Huntington Beach, was featured in...
Tags: Science and Technology, Boston Scientific Corporation, Substance Abuse, Pain, Litigation
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Four local allegations included in 'perversion files'
Four allegations of sexual abuse among Boy Scouts of America troop leaders in Huntington Beach appear in a Los Angeles Times database recently compiled from Scouting and court records. The Times, which owns the Huntington Beach Independent, last month...Tags: Social Organizations, Clubs and Associations, Sex Crimes, Youth Organizations, Sexual Misconduct
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Church vandalism 'worse than usual'
St. Bonaventure Catholic Parish officials were greeted by an unpleasant display when they arrived for mass Sunday morning to find the church's nativity scene vandalized. St. Bonaventure Business Manager Nancy Cesar said the damages, which were...Tags: Holidays, Religion and Belief, Vandalism
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In the Pipeline: The shadowy face of human trafficking
She does not look like a sex slave. Pretty, with coffee-colored skin, looking perhaps 17 years old, she could be a cheerleader, or volleyball player, or a dancer — anything but what is seems she is. But we found her photo online, someone in our...
Tags: Disneyland Park, Sex Crimes, Prostitution, Authors, Personal Service
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City Lights: One more reason to be grateful to vets
A few years back, the Los Angeles Times wrote a moving story about the death of Britain's last-surviving army veteran of World War I. No, that's not a typo. The man's name was Harry Patch, and he passed away at the age of 111, breaking his country's...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Awards and Prizes, American Legion, World War II (1939-1945), Labor Day
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D.A. to oppose former teachers' sentence
The Orange County district attorney's office plans to object to the proposed sentence for two former teachers who pleaded guilty to having sexual relations with a 17-year-old boy. Deputy District Attorney Nicole Varner said her office will file its...Tags: Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Ocean View, Punishment, Prisons
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Jenna Jameson pleads guilty to DUI
Former porn actress Jenna Jameson pleaded guilty Thursday to driving under the influence in Orange County after crashing into a light pole in Westminster, the Los Angeles Times reports. Jameson, 38, whose given name is Jenna Marie Massoli, was taken into...Tags: Misdemeanors, Jenna Jameson, Trials, Richard Winton
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H.B. city manager says San Bernardino books were balanced during his tenure
Huntington Beach City Manager Fred Wilson stood by his tenure at the city of San Bernardino following allegations that, for more than a decade, administrators there presented falsified records to hide budget problems. "I think the allegations are...
Tags: Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Bankruptcy, Budgets and Budgeting
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City Lights: Thoughts on gunmen, victims and the media that reports them
It's rare that I remember a magazine cover a decade and a half later, but one that has stuck in my mind — and not in a good way — is the issue of Time from the week after the Columbine High School massacre. Anyone from the class of 1998,...
Tags: Columbine High School, Barack Obama, The New York Times, Roger Ebert, Periodicals
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Sewage spill closes portion of Huntington Harbour
A sewage spill has prompted authorities to close a portion of Huntington Harbour in Orange County to swimming and diving until further notice. The restrictions, announced Saturday, apply to the area from the boat launch at Warner Avenue and Pacific Coast...Tags: Point Harbor, Howard Blume
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