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No California Love for NFL’s Rams
The National Football League is no stranger to off the field issues, and it looks like they're going back to the courtroom. The City of St. Louis claims that the...
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Los Angeles Streets Have Reached Their Life Cycle
A recent update to the city’s budget allows Los Angeles to dedicate $15 million to pay out settlements involving bicycle accidents that result from unsafe roads. Earlier this month, about...
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Age Discrimination Lawsuit
In this day and age, it is out with the old and in with the new. Who doesn’t want the newest iPad or HD TV? But, should the same logic apply when companies attempt to get rid of an older employee? How about when that employee is fulfilling his/her job expectations? In what has been suggested as the largest award in Los Angeles legal history, Bobby Nickel, age 66, was awarded $26 million by a jury that found he was discriminated against and harassed based on his age by his supervising managers at Staples. Bobby Nickel was hired by Corporate Express in 2002 as a facilities manager. In 2008, Corporate Express was acquired by Staples Contract and Staples Inc and Bobby Nickel lost his job in 2011, age 64.
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Battle Lines Drawn Over World War II Statue
Residents of Southern California have filed a lawsuit against the city of Glendale over a controversial World War II statue. The $30,000 "Comfort Women" memorial is in honor of those...
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Little Old Ladies From Pasadena Don’t Try To Choose The NFL
In the latest installment of the National Football League-to-Los Angeles saga, Pasadena City Council members voted 7 to 1 in favor of increasing the annual limit of big-time events at the Rose Bowl from 12 to 25. The motive for adding dates lies primarily in temporarily bringing an NFL team (sic: the Jacksonville Jaguars) to the area while a new stadium in Los Angeles is finalized. While the league, media, and NFL fans across the country would love for the entertainment capital of the world to have a team call Hollywood home the vote’s largest opponent may be its sternest competition: Pasadena residents.