"If I do not know the answer, I usually know where to find it."

With cuts looming, some L.A. City Council members use off-budget funds to boost their salary accounts

Members of the Los Angeles City Council will renew their efforts to address the city's budget problems Tuesday as they consider a three-year plan to deal with the deficit.

Red-Light Cameras Go

The Loma Linda City Council is poised on Tuesday night to end the city's red-light camera program, either immediately or by the end of the year. Moreno Valley shut down its red-light cameras last month. Redlands shuttered its red-light camera last fall.

Obama's budget calls for reimbursement for cost of jailing undocumented immigrants

California's share of $330 million proposed for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program would cover only a fraction of the state's expenses related to jailing undocumented immigrants.

Investigators got warrant to search Lake Elsinore City Hall

Lake Elsinore City Hall and a consultant involved in the campaign to recall a city councilman were among the six targets of search warrants obtained by district attorney's investigators, court records show.

Fragile, pushed out and paying a price: State saves millions by relocating poorest patients

Jeri Ringseth had no business being in an adult family home.

Investigators raid properties of people linked to recall of Lake Elsinore official

District attorney's investigators and federal immigration agents Thursday conducted surprise early-morning raids at properties owned by two opponents of a Lake Elsinore councilman facing recall.

Pet owner killed by dogs after saving them from death

A Slovenian who saved his three dogs from being put down for attacking humans was himself mauled to death by them, police said Wednesday.

All the president's men

Too many people have already lost their jobs, but there's a few more that should probably be seeking new employment. In the face of the growing debacle in the White House, it's becoming clear that some top advisors are not performing very well.

Parents Tell of Children They Entrusted to Detained Americans

Guerlaine Antoine pushed aside a tub full of laundry, wiped her soapy hands on her T-shirt and rushed barefoot to bring out photos of the 8-year-old boy she entrusted to 10 American Baptists.

New law gives parents power to overhaul failing schools

The state teachers union calls it the "lynch-mob provision." School districts say it's unnecessary. But supporters say a new state law that allows a majority of parents to demand an overhaul of struggling public schools is long overdue.

Firing of Wyo. officers who Tasered driver upheld

Officials in the small Wyoming town of Glenrock have upheld the firing of two police officers who chased and Tasered a 76-year-old man driving a tractor in a parade.

Someday, every college football field will be solid red

Former EWU standout Michael Roos, now playing for the Tennessee Titans, has pledged $500,000 toward the "Red Turf Project.'' The University hopes to have the field installed for the upcoming season. Field nicknames, anyone?

CSU graduation initiative pushed at meeting

An initiative to increase California State University graduation rates was presented this week at the system's two-day Board of Trustees meeting.

Man torches car battling frost

A 76-year-old German man trying to thaw out his car incinerated it instead when he decided to speed things up by putting a blow heater under the hood.

December home sales down nearly 17 percent

Sales of previously occupied homes took the largest monthly drop in more than 40 years in December.

Ellie Light's Obama Letters

Current totals: 68 publications in 31 states and the District of Columbia. 3 national publications and a Yahoo link. 2 foreign publications.

Ellie Light revealed: I'm Barbara Brooks, a nurse, says Pro-Obama letter writer

UPDATE: A woman claiming to be Barbara Brooks has now contacted The Plain Dealer and said she is not the letter writer; she claims her ex-husband is running a spoof. The newspaper is investigating; more details as they become available.

County spent millions on welfare for illegal immigrants' American children

Nationwide, one in three immigrant-headed households uses at least one major welfare program, compared with 19 percent of citizen households, according to the Center for Immigration Studies, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank that advocates immigration reduction.

Trucking industry continues down tough road

"It was a dismal year, and it's still dismal," said Kim Cooper, vice president of C&K Transportation, a San Bernardino carrier. "It is picking up a bit, but it's still going to be a tough year. I don't think it's going to really get better until next year."

Microsoft confirms 17-year-old Windows vulnerability

One day after a Google security researcher released code to expose a flaw that affects every release of the Windows NT kernel — from Windows NT 3.1 (1993) up to and including Windows 7 (2009) — Microsoft dropped a security advisory to acknowledge the issue and warn of the ris …

Human "bed-warmers" at Holiday Inn

If requested, a willing staff-member at two of the chain's London hotels and one in the northern English city of Manchester will dress in an all-in-one fleece sleeper suit before slipping between the sheets.

Bus-riding cat Casper killed in hit & run

A cat which became famous in Britain for riding on the buses around the southern English city of Plymouth has died after being run over, media reported.

Panel votes 2-1 to restore job of Seattle police officer fired for dishonesty

A Seattle police officer fired last May for dishonesty will get his job back, along with back pay, after the city's Public Civil Service Commission ruled that termination was too harsh.

Scott Brown's Senate win tied to dissatisfaction with Obama, Washington and federal activism

The "message" may be that the Health Care Bills were the straw that broke the camels back but far from THE reason for the outcome.

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