Salem-News.com News Feed for articles tagged with los_angeles www.salem-news.com 2010 The excessive nature of 'casual' police brutality is revealed in a cell phone video clip recorded this week in Bellflower, California. A homeless woman named Julie Nelson, was punched in the face by a male deputy for refusing to exit a public bus while Jermaine Green, a U.S. Army Veteran of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, recorded the police abuse from a clear angle. http://salem-news.com/articles/january122012/cop-assault-disabled.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january122012/cop-assault-disabled.php Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:57:00 PST Television news icon Tom Brokaw and award-winning radio journalist Warren Olney will receive top honors at the 62nd annual Golden Mike Awards(r) show in Universal City, the Radio & Television News Assn. announced. Brokaw will receive the RTNA's 2012 Broadcast Legend Award and Olney will be honored for his broad achievements in television news as well as his storied career over 20 years on public radio stations, both locally and nationally. http://salem-news.com/articles/december302011/rtnda-awards.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december302011/rtnda-awards.php Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:43:00 PST Press TV conducted an interview last month with James Morris, editor of America-hijacked.com, to discuss the issue of Israeli-U.S. military operations and training, and how that coincides with Israel's attempt to involve the U.S. in a war with Iran. Israel is in possession of a large arsenal of nuclear warheads that are undeclared and illegal under international law; they were provided many years ago by primarily the United States government. http://salem-news.com/articles/december112011/morris-israel-iran.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december112011/morris-israel-iran.php Sun, 11 Dec 2011 22:16:00 PST Christmas is fast approaching and food pantries along with “soup” kitchens across America are almost universally experiencing hardship. Not only are pantries suffering major shortages in supplies and donations, they are experiencing dramatically increased numbers of homeless and/or hungry patrons. In conversations with a number of Samaritan services throughout the nation a picture emerges that fails to support the “official” statements of elected representatives from Selectmen all the way up to the President. http://salem-news.com/articles/december112011/holiday-charity-mdp.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december112011/holiday-charity-mdp.php Sun, 11 Dec 2011 18:43:00 PST THE OCCUPY movement is trying to strong-arm longshore workers and truck drivers into shutting down West Coast ports December 12--or so say critics of the action. They're wrong. Those organizing for action on the docks are neither the outside agitators described by employers nor the ultra-left adventurists snubbed by union leaders and their apologists. http://salem-news.com/articles/december112011/port-shutdown.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december112011/port-shutdown.php Sun, 11 Dec 2011 17:04:00 PST My name is Patrick Meighan, and I’m a husband, a father, a writer on the Fox animated sitcom “Family Guy”, and a member of the Unitarian Universalist Community Church of Santa Monica. I was arrested at about 1 a.m. Wednesday morning with 291 other people at Occupy LA. I was sitting in City Hall Park with a pillow, a blanket, and a copy of Thich Nhat Hanh’s “Being Peace” when 1,400 heavily-armed LAPD officers in paramilitary SWAT gear streamed in. http://salem-news.com/articles/december082011/family-guy-writer-arrest-pm.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december082011/family-guy-writer-arrest-pm.php Thu, 08 Dec 2011 18:04:00 PST Blockade the Ports will happen on 12 Dec 12, activists will stage mass mobilizations to march on the ports, create community pickets, and effectively shutdown the hubs of commerce during this peak holiday profitmaking season. http://salem-news.com/articles/december072011/portland-blockade.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december072011/portland-blockade.php Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:19:00 PST Los Angeles Police took a Marine Veteran away without stating what the charges were at Occupy LA in late November. Jason Hurley's arrest was scarcely publicized, except for the coverage on YouTube and on the Occupy LA Website. We've reported a number of Marine Veterans being assaulted by police during the various Occupy movement gatherings in California. It looks like the cops are striving for the point of of return, Marines aren't known for standing by for this type of behavior. http://salem-news.com/articles/december042011/marine-la-arrest-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december042011/marine-la-arrest-tk.php Sun, 04 Dec 2011 19:37:00 PST The National Lawyers Guild calls for the immediate release of all those arrested this week the police raid on Occupy LA this week. California law is clear. Penal Code §853.6 is mandatory in requiring that anyone charged with a misdemeanor shall be released with a written notice to appear. http://salem-news.com/articles/december022011/occupy-la.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december022011/occupy-la.php Fri, 02 Dec 2011 04:41:00 PST Never afraid to push the envelope, Pop star D’Manti isn’t called “The Queen of the Night” for nothing. Her debut blew audience away. The songstress and former U.S. Marine sang and danced à la striptease progressively during her show, heating up the club to a blistering temperature. http://salem-news.com/articles/december022011/dmanty-debut.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december022011/dmanty-debut.php Fri, 02 Dec 2011 03:23:00 PST Organizers with Occupy Los Angeles are on the defensive tonight, there are paid anti-movement demonstrators reportedly taking part efforts to disrupt the movement. A representative using the name 'Freedom' appeared on Channel 7 News in Los Angeles in their 11:00 p.m. broadcast, marking one more event in which the movement was allowed to speak for itself rather than being interpreted by news anchors, writers and reporters. http://salem-news.com/articles/november292011/occupy-la-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november292011/occupy-la-tk.php Tue, 29 Nov 2011 23:17:00 PST Artworks Gallery and Design Within Reach will present an exhibition by iconic photographer Michael Brennan and his legendary series on Muhammad Ali, which will include the monumental limited edition photograph entitled "1977." The image is a rare close-up that captures the fighter's vitality and determination, taken by prize winning British Photographer Michael Brennan. http://salem-news.com/articles/october262011/ali-portraits.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october262011/ali-portraits.php Wed, 26 Oct 2011 03:57:00 PDT Veterans, after the Civil War, were awarded land for parks, housing and medical facilities by private groups across America. One such plot of land, now worth billions of dollars, is the Los Angeles Veterans Park, one of the most valuable pieces of real estate in the United States. Across the country, political insiders and developers misuse veteran facilities, not owned by the federal government, but held in trust for veterans http://salem-news.com/articles/october232011/la-vets-home-le.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october232011/la-vets-home-le.php Sun, 23 Oct 2011 20:04:00 PDT We hear a lot these days about the need for “shovel ready jobs” and the lack of them. For those who want answers, not excuses, let’s visit some of the places where job preventers work. First stop: The home of the President of the United States and his Administration’s Environmental Protection Agency. This group steals more jobs and wealth in one week than a corporate jet full of greedy bankers in a lifetime. http://salem-news.com/articles/october172011/shovel-ready-js.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october172011/shovel-ready-js.php Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:55:00 PDT Laura Wilcox, a 19-year old sophomore from Haverford College, was working at Nevada County's public mental health clinic during her winter break from college. On January 10, 2001, she and two other people were shot to death by Scott Harlan Thorpe, a 41-year old mental patient who resisted his family's attempt to seek treatment. Thorpe was found incompetent to stand trial and was sent to Atascadero State Hospital and was later transferred to California's Napa State Hospital. http://salem-news.com/articles/september282011/laura-law-rs.php http://salem-news.com/articles/september282011/laura-law-rs.php Wed, 28 Sep 2011 17:39:00 PDT In the new book, “Raised by the Stars,” author Nick Thomas talks to the children of actors from cinema’s Golden Era about the joys and difficulties of growing up in the shadow of the Hollywood spotlight. Among those interviewed are the children of leading actors Errol Flynn, Jimmy Stewart, Gary Cooper, Rosalind Russell, Bing Crosby, Ingrid Bergman, and Rex Harrison, as well as many supporting and character actors who were popular in the 40s, 50s, and beyond. http://salem-news.com/articles/september252011/hollywood-book.php http://salem-news.com/articles/september252011/hollywood-book.php Sun, 25 Sep 2011 14:11:00 PDT Vets on Set is a non-profit organization whose mission statement is to attain entertainment industry jobs for US military veterans. Their main purpose is to achieve this goal of job placement while highlighting little known benefits to employers. http://salem-news.com/articles/september152011/vet-jobs-mh.php http://salem-news.com/articles/september152011/vet-jobs-mh.php Thu, 15 Sep 2011 00:43:00 PDT THE RUSS REPORT - Over the last twenty years, cancer has become a way of life for Angeleno Lesli Moore Dahlke who, in 1970, was given the opportunity to travel to Vietnam with the legendary Johnny Grant on a handshaking tour along with three other women. Her latest diagnosis, just days ago, of lymphoma, is a third cancer which she attributes to her exposure to Agent Orange (AO) in Vietnam. http://salem-news.com/articles/august162011/lesli-dahlke-kr.php http://salem-news.com/articles/august162011/lesli-dahlke-kr.php Tue, 16 Aug 2011 17:29:00 PDT Network CEO Phil Stimac is asking Randolph Calvo, Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Reno to meet with him and Reno Mayor Bob Cashell. The purpose of the meeting, Stimac said is to “consider a citizen’s committee to review the effects immoral attitudes and behavior patterns of local judges is having on our community”. http://salem-news.com/articles/august012011/porn-judge-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/august012011/porn-judge-tk.php Mon, 01 Aug 2011 23:59:00 PDT A rare evening with Los Angeles based artist Victor Raphael, his art videos, and other art-related documentaries. In an informal conversation with the audience and museum staff members, the artist discusses the creative process of these distinct videos. Filmed at locations spanning the world, titles to be shown include but are not limited to his Japanese travelogue Travels in the Floating World, A Call to Prayer (shot on location in Istanbul's largest synagogue), and Raphael's homage to natural beauty entitled A Visit to the Hubbard Glacier. http://salem-news.com/articles/july282011/victor-raphael.php http://salem-news.com/articles/july282011/victor-raphael.php Thu, 28 Jul 2011 14:57:00 PDT Hot on the heels of a groundbreaking decision by an L.A. Superior Court Judge to restrain an esteemed medical doctor from reporting elder abuse of conservatee Jean Tanaka, new evicence suggests negligence on the part of Tanaka’s conservator, Linda Cotterman. Dr. Laura Moire’s courtroom testimony in the conservatorship matter of Jean Tanaka detailed numerous issues where she deemed the care being given Tanaka by Cotterman to be negligent. http://salem-news.com/articles/may282011/judicial-questions-jp.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may282011/judicial-questions-jp.php Sat, 28 May 2011 15:13:00 PDT Military Veterans Face Filmmaking Challenge Los Angeles - May 10, 2011 – A short film about service members and their families filmed by veterans’ overcomes real life challenges to get their stories told. "The theme of the film is ‘what’s worth fighting for’”, said Michael Hjelmstad, Producer and Marine Corps Veteran. http://salem-news.com/articles/may122011/marine-filmmakers.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may122011/marine-filmmakers.php Thu, 12 May 2011 14:19:00 PDT With more rain on the way, California residents are preparing for dangerous flooding and mudslides, while mountain resorts are looking at record snowfall. Rain will fall in buckets across northern and central California today, while AccuWeather.com meteorologists are watching two other systems on the horizon. http://salem-news.com/articles/march242011/california-storm.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march242011/california-storm.php Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:05:00 PDT AccuWeather.com reports a major heavy rain event is starting to get under way across California today. Rounds of soaking rain are headed for the state through at least the middle of next week and will pose a significant threat for flooding. The heaviest rain is expected to target central California with the western slopes of the Sierra being hit the hardest. http://salem-news.com/articles/december172010/california-rain.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december172010/california-rain.php Fri, 17 Dec 2010 13:39:00 PST Long before Los Angeles existed…long before the Spaniards built missions along the western coastline…and long before any European set eyes upon the Pacific ocean from the western shores of America, the Lizard People roamed the land—both above and below the earth. The Lizard People built a maze of intricate tunnels deep underground. http://salem-news.com/articles/november122010/lizard-people-la-ta.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november122010/lizard-people-la-ta.php Fri, 12 Nov 2010 22:57:00 PST AccuWeather.com reports thanks to a strong La Nina weather pattern, the West Coast is likely to see winter conditions opposite of what it endured last year. According to AccuWeather.com Expert Senior Meteorologist and West Coast resident Ken Clark said, "The difference going into this winter, is going to be totally on the opposite side, last year we had a moderate El Nino going through the winter, that drastically changed this spring to a La Nina pattern." http://salem-news.com/articles/august172010/california-rain-kh.php http://salem-news.com/articles/august172010/california-rain-kh.php Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:03:00 PDT AccuWeather.com reports a storm that first hit New Zealand last weekend with heavy wind and rain will produce big waves over the Independence Day weekend into early next week along many Southern California beaches. http://salem-news.com/articles/july032010/independence-weather.php http://salem-news.com/articles/july032010/independence-weather.php Sat, 03 Jul 2010 20:26:00 PDT Today, Los Angeles is expected to begin enforcing an ordinance that could shut down more than 400 medical marijuana dispensing collectives within the city. Approved by the City Council, the ordinance will give collectives that opened prior to 2007 (about 130 of which remain) 6 months to comply with new regulations that will force many into new locations. http://salem-news.com/articles/june072010/la-dispensaries.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june072010/la-dispensaries.php Mon, 07 Jun 2010 13:54:00 PDT The unforgettable Lena Mary Calhoun Horne died today at the age of 92. She will always be remembered as an iconic American singer, actress, and dancer. Lena Horne first joined the mike chorus of the infamous Cotton Club at the age of sixteen, where she became a popular nightclub performer. http://salem-news.com/articles/may102010/lena-horne-le.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may102010/lena-horne-le.php Mon, 10 May 2010 22:19:00 PDT The birthplace of Los Angeles is under threat of financial siege and elimination over a move from city bureaucrats who according to records, are operating in violation of a 1999 City Council Mandate. Every day this is where old world entertainment meets Mexican and Spanish culture, and it has been happening consistently for almost 200 straight years. http://salem-news.com/articles/may032010/olvera-street-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may032010/olvera-street-tk.php Mon, 03 May 2010 02:30:00 PDT