Here's today's scoop:
Torrance and Honda Motor Corp. are putting the final touches on their respective floats for Thursday's Tournament of Roses Parade. The city's float depicts a scene from Alice in Wonderland, and Honda's features a 49-foot replica of its humanoid robot, ASIMO.
Check out pictures of the float prep work here. And Honda's float rolls out second on the parade route, and Torrance is No. 54, according to the official float order.
The possible consequences of Los Angeles Unified School District's mid-year $400 million budget cut: Classrooms could double in size to 40 students. No more free meals for half the pupils already receiving them. Art classes could disappear in Feburary, and hundreds of teachers face lay-offs.
It's crunch time for non-profit groups, which are scurrying for last-minute, tax-deductible donations in the final days of 2008. Even in a catastrophic economy, more people are giving but donations are smaller, groups say.
A teenager was killed and another injured Monday afternoon in a possibly gang-related shooting in Lawndale.
Probably most folks never again want to think about the awfulness that was 2008 ever again. But if you're a glutton for punishment, why don't you check out our Year in Review?
Torrance and Honda Motor Corp. are putting the final touches on their respective floats for Thursday's Tournament of Roses Parade. The city's float depicts a scene from Alice in Wonderland, and Honda's features a 49-foot replica of its humanoid robot, ASIMO.
Check out pictures of the float prep work here. And Honda's float rolls out second on the parade route, and Torrance is No. 54, according to the official float order.
The possible consequences of Los Angeles Unified School District's mid-year $400 million budget cut: Classrooms could double in size to 40 students. No more free meals for half the pupils already receiving them. Art classes could disappear in Feburary, and hundreds of teachers face lay-offs.
It's crunch time for non-profit groups, which are scurrying for last-minute, tax-deductible donations in the final days of 2008. Even in a catastrophic economy, more people are giving but donations are smaller, groups say.
A teenager was killed and another injured Monday afternoon in a possibly gang-related shooting in Lawndale.
Probably most folks never again want to think about the awfulness that was 2008 ever again. But if you're a glutton for punishment, why don't you check out our Year in Review?
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