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Staff still hasn’t answered the big question: why are real “groceries” allowed for sale in PD 97-3?
Burbank California News
Feb 01Is staff right to claim that any large retail use is an automatic “Big Box” in PD 97-3 — and then extend it almost unlimited entitlements?
Burbank California News
Jan 29Updates
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Steve Heilig: Poverty: The Most Common Crime?
HuffPost San Francisco
Jan 25Contrary to some enduring American mythologies, Gray-Garcia shows that it is possible to be smart, work hard, avoid the perils of addiction, violence, HIV and so many other afflictions that beset the poor, and still get stuck in a lifetime of poverty. »
O.C. teacher gets 8 years in molestation case
LATimes.com L.A. Now
Jan 25A Garden Grove elementary school teacher was sentenced to eight years in state prison and lifetime sex offender registration for molesting two girls, authorities said Tuesday. »
PCC Professor Writes New Book On Hockey
Pasadena Now
Jan 24Brian Kennedy, Pasadena City College associate professor of English, has written a new book titled “My Country Is Hockey,” which explores how the sport became central to the Canadian identity, and what it means to Americans who love it. “For Canadians,... »
Rosalind Brewer named as Sam's Club CEO
The LA Wave Events
Jan 21Wal-Mart Stores Inc. announced Friday that Rosalind Brewer will become CEO of Sam's Club, effective Feb. 1. Brewer will be the first woman and the first African-American to serve as CEO of a Wal-Mart division. She is replacing Brian Cornell, who has he... »
Business Briefs: Jan. 21
Pasadena Star News Business
Jan 21Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's biggest retailer, said Friday that it has named Rosalind Brewer as CEO of Sam's Club - the first woman and the first African-American to hold a CEO position at one of the company's business units. »
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Staff still hasn’t answered the big question: why are real “groceries” allowed for sale in PD 97-3?
Burbank California News
Feb 01Staff’s routine ‘follow the bouncing ball’ reading of their council report tonight still hasn’t answered the basic question about Wal-Mart and grocery sales. Specifically, where does it say that general merchandise big-box stores in any of these sub ar... »
Is staff right to claim that any large retail use is an automatic “Big Box” in PD 97-3 — and then extend it almost unlimited entitlements?
Burbank California News
Jan 29Fascinating what’s going on this Tuesday night about the Wal-Mart project. We’ll get into it in more detail later on, but staff’s report to the council is turning out to be another typical Burbank exercise in obfuscation and evasion. We’ll … Continue r... »
Super Bowl 2012: Wal-Mart Makes Hilarious Gaffe in Pretty Display
Bleacher Report Los Angeles
Jan 28Sometimes something comes along that just makes you wonder, "How did that happen?" This is one of those times, and then some. Evidently, some poor Wal-Mart employee didn't get the memo on Sunday night that the Giants won the NFC Championship Game. Mayb... »
Album review: Lana Del Rey's 'Born to Die'
LATimes.com Pop and Hiss
Jan 27Los Angeles Times pop music critic Randall Roberts reviews the highly anticipated debut album by singer Lana Del Rey. »
Coffee Is The New Cupcake : A Feast for the Senses: Blue Bottle Coffee, Mr.Brainwash Art Now Showing at Angela's Coffee on Sunset
Eater LA
Jan 27Click here to view the full photogallery. That complex on Sunset just west of La Cienega with Sushi Park, Joe's Pizza, and the new Burger Lounge just landed another addition. Angela's Coffee moves into the shuttered Jinky's space thanks to... »