Pacific Time: Reporters talk about immigration, electronics and the late John Wooden

Published June 11, 2010 at 3:31 p.m.

Each week, the L.A. Times produces a current-events podcast called Pacific Time. This week, immigration reporter Anna Gorman talks about a small Arizona town's efforts in the 1990s to tackle illegal immigration. The tactics were reminiscent of efforts in Los ...

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Founders of high scoring San Fernando Valley charter school charged with theft of $200,000

Published June 11, 2010 at 3:13 p.m.

The founders of one of the region’s highest-performing schools face charges of embezzling public funds and other crimes in connection with the alleged theft of more than $200,000. Eugene Selivanov, 38, and his wife, Tatyana Berkovich, 32, opened Ivy Academia ...

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Tonight In Rock: The Glitch Mob, Good Old War, Delorean, Soft Rocks

Published June 11, 2010 at 3:00 p.m.
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The Glitch Mob - "Drive It Like You Stole It" ... Delorean - "Come Wander" ... Soft Rocks - "Leave Your Earth Behind" ... Henry Rollins @ Largo at the Coronet ... The Glitch Mob, Free the Robots & Deru @ Henry Fonda Music Box ... Good Old War, Yukon Blonde, Audra Mae @ Troubadour ... Delorean, Wait.Think.Fast. @ The Echo ... Helen Stellar, 22-20s, The Pink Noise @ Spaceland ... Go West Young Man, New Kingdom @ Casey's Irish Bar & Grill ... Soft Rocks @ Chop Suey/Far Bar (347 E. 1st St.) ...

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13-Year-Old SoCal Boy Who Climbed Mt. Everest Has One More Summit Left on his List

Published June 11, 2010 at 2:55 p.m.
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Jordan Romero, center, gestures as he crosses the border from China to arrive in Nepal's border town Tatopani on May 26th (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe) ... Speaking of recent news about Abby Sunderland, the 16-year-old Thousand Oaks resident who tried to sail around the world alone, the 13-year-old Big Bear teen who became the youngest person to climb Mount Everest last month has returned stateside. "We trained hard for it and that's what it takes to climb Mount Everest," Jordan Romero told

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Should a 16-year-old be allowed to sail solo around the world? Tell us what you think

Published June 11, 2010 at 2:52 p.m.

Abby Sunderland is safe and sound. Everyone agrees that's good news. But should she be on a solo sail around the world at age 16? Pose that question and the discussion quickly gets heated. Friday morning, as people learned that ...

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6-year-old girl struck and killed by a speeding car fleeing police

Published June 11, 2010 at 2:52 p.m.

Three men who were in a vehicle involved in a police chase that ended when the vehicle fatally struck a 6-year-old girl in Lakeview Terrace were under arrest today ...

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Housekeeping: Just Say Yes To The Eater LA Newsletter

Published June 11, 2010 at 2:47 p.m.

Happy Friday! Hey, did you know that Eater LA provides a highly informative newsletter? Do you love to tell all your friends about the new hot spots, and then they wonder how you always know everything? Well, here's just another ...

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Ivy Academia slapped with 38 fraud counts

Published June 11, 2010 at 2:41 p.m.

A husband-and-wife team that run a high-performing West Valley charter school were charged Thursday with 38 criminal counts alleging misuse of public funds, embezzling, money laundering and other crimes ...

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Incarcerated youth posted classroom fights to YouTube; authorities are investigating

Published June 11, 2010 at 2:41 p.m.

< Los Angeles County probation officials are investigating organized fights between incarcerated youth in a classroom at a juvenile probation camp, the second time in recent months that they have acknowledged such bouts. The new incidents, which came to light ...

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Teen sailor found alive and well

Published June 11, 2010 at 2:35 p.m.

LOS ANGELES - A 16-year-old California girl who was feared lost at sea while sailing solo around the world has been found alive and well, adrift in the southern Indian Ocean with rescue boats headed toward her, officials said ...

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