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Bullying claims by parents stand in contrast to official line

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:55:00 PST

Statements by the parents of a Crescenta Valley High School student who killed himself earlier this month that bullying may have played a factor contradict initial assessments made by officials in the days after his death.

Portantino seeks wage freeze

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:42:00 PST

Refusing to take no, no, no and no for an answer, Assemblyman Anthony Portantino (D-La Cañada Flintridge) has reintroduced a measure to freeze the pay of California’s highest paid employees. Portantino has seen the measure stall in committee each of the seven times he has introduced it, facing opposition from leaders of large state pension systems.

Officials ID man who died after car plunged 300 feet

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 08:53:00 PST

Los Angeles County coroner officials identified the 25-year-old La Mirada man whose car plunged 300 feet off a steep highway in Angeles National Forest.

Flinn takes over Tournament of Roses

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:39:00 PST

Bill Flinn, a longtime Tournament of Roses official who stepped into the breach last year when then-executive director P. Scott McKibben suddenly resigned, has been named executive director of the organization.

Schiff, Republican colleague call proposed NASA cuts 'serious mistake'

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 08:59:00 PST

Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) and John Culberson (R-Texas) penned an op-ed piece in the latest issue of Space News, arguing that "slashing" NASA’s budget would be a "serious mistake" that would erode the nation's long-held position as the world's leader in space exploration.

NASA cuts threaten employees, Mars exploration

By Joe Piasecki, joe.piasecki@latimes.com — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:55:00 PST

Hundreds could lose their jobs if Mars programs are scaled back.

Proposed cuts to next year’s NASA budget would drastically scale back the agency’s efforts to explore Mars, likely costing hundreds of Jet Propulsion Laboratory workers their jobs.

Family insists son who jumped from CV High roof was bullied

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:57:00 PST

Days after their 15-year-old son died after jumping off of a third-story building at his high school, the parents of Drew Ferraro said they learned by reading his journal that he had been bullied by classmates in the last months of his life.

Teaching the art of horse whispering

By Daniel Siegal, daniel.siegal@latimes.com — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 14:31:00 PST

Riders pay $600 to learn the basics from Dan 'Buck' Brannaman at Rose Bowl clinic.

A boot-wearing crowd moseyed into the Arroyo Seco on Friday to watch horse whisperer Dan “Buck” Brannaman at work training horses — and their riders — with his unique brand of wisdom.

Caltech scientists make MS breakthrough

By Bill Kisliuk, bill.kisliuk@latimes.com — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 14:52:00 PST

Lack of funding stands in the way of further development, researchers say.

Researchers at the California Institute of Technology believe they’ve made a breakthrough that could help people with multiple sclerosis and spinal cord injuries. Now comes the hard part: finding the money to push the research further.

House approves unemployment, payroll tax cut extensions

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:48:00 PST

The U.S. House of Representatives approved today an extension of the payroll tax cut through 2012, extended unemployment compensation and prevented a reduction in physician reimbursements under Medicare.