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Traffic Coalition Warns Drivers Against Impaired Driving for Labor Day
As Labor Day Weekend and the end of summer approach, The Traffic Safety Coalition (TSC) will join efforts with nearly 10,000 law enforcement agencies nationwide in support of an intensive…
Governor Signs Law for Local Control of Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
(SACRAMENTO, CA) The governor signed legislation authored by Assemblymember Bob Blumenfield (D-San Fernando Valley) strengthening the authority of local governments to regulate medical marijuana collectives and cooperatives, or what are…
The Bail Bonds Process
The process of posting a bail bond entails a contractual undertaking guaranteed by a bail agent and the individual posting bail. In such case, the bail agent offers a guarantee…
Major Solar Installation for Central Los Angeles
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power General Manager Ron Nichols, Dr. Walter Jayasinghe and city officials today celebrated the completion of a major solar panel installation…
Mayor Villaraigosa to Film Industry: Let’s Keep Film Industry in LA
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa participated in a roundtable discussion at Variety headquarters with film production and location managers to highlight the cost-saving opportunities and film-friendly policies the City has implemented to…
395th National Park is Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
Washington, DC – The National Park Service formally welcomed the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial as America’s 395th national park on August 28 – the 48th anniversary of Dr. King’s…
American Taxpayers Will Be Paying For New FDA Fees
According to former FDA Regulatory Counsel, Benjamin England, on October 1st, 2011, FDA will implement a new fee/examination structure that will increase the cost of importing food, food prices and…
Quotes Of The Week 8-29-11
— Aesop quotations: ~ “In critical moments even the very powerful have need of the weakest.” ~ “Persuasion is often more effectual than force.” ~ “It is easy to be…
Facts of the Week 8-29-11
~ Pollen never deteriorates. It is one of the few natural substances that lasts indefinitely. ~ Redheads require more anesthesia to ‘go under’ than other hair colors do. ~ Rudyard…
Poem of the Week 8-29-11
Squash in Blossom By Robert Francis How lush, how loose, the uninhibited squash is. If ever hearts (and these immoderate leaves Are vegetable hearts) were worn on sleeves, The squash’s…