The broadcast Friday by a Bay Area television station of fake, racially insensitive names of the pilots flying the ill-fated Asiana Airlines Flight 214 has sparked outrage.
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I first met Cynthia Mendenhall two hours before the funeral of her nephew, Frank Evans Jr. We were seated in the booth of a Denny’s on the edge of Watts, eight miles south of downtown Los Angeles. I expressed my condolences. She received them with a nod. Her sister-in-law, she said, was taking it hard.
Facing calls for his resignation, San Diego Mayor Bob Filner apologizes for his treatment of women and admits: ‘I need help.’
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LOS ANGELES — Sinai Temple is a Conservative Jewish congregation perched on a hill in Westwood, famous for its wealth, its sizable population of Persians, many of whom fled Iran after the fall of the shah, and a well-known and outspoken rabbi who has at times pushed his congregation on ideologically adventurous paths.
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Two wide-ranging investigations into alleged abuses by deputies have portrayed a department culture sharply at odds with Sheriff Lee Baca’s vision.
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Antelope Valley civil rights leaders praise a $12.5-million payment demanded by the United States, but ask Sheriff Baca to oust deputies who mistreat blacks and Latinos.
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U.S. Department of Justice officials have demanded that Los Angeles County, Lancaster and Palmdale pay a total of $12.5 million to residents who the federal government found were victims of harassment and intimidation in the Antelope Valley.
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SACRAMENTO – State demographers estimate that whites and Latinos are now an equal share of California’s population, with Latinos poised to become a plurality by early next year.
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With her rainbow bracelet and nose ring, Sarah Halverson doesn’t look the part of cleric. But her activist heart takes her to the streets to speak up for living wages and affordable healthcare.
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A Pomona medical student spent 10 nights in an airport detention area after, he believes, his name turned up on the list. His ordeal underscores the mystery surrounding the government roster.
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