Latino groups are seeking to mobilize, register voters (Ventura County Star)

19 July 2008, 1:00 am

LOS ANGELES — For years now, the metaphor that political strategists and commentators fall back on to describe the millions of Latino voters in the United States has been "the sleeping giant."... read more

Jobs outlook weak as state's unemployment rate hits 6.9% in June (Los Angeles Times)

19 July 2008, 12:24 am

Small rise from May brings the gauge to a nearly five-year high. The Los Angeles area has suffered substantial losses since a year earlier. California's jobless rate crept ahead Friday as experts saw weakness spreading into new areas of the economy.... read more

Lakers' Walton has surgery (The News & Observer)

18 July 2008, 11:46 pm

Los Angeles Lakers forward Luke Walton underwent surgery Friday to remove bone spurs and scar tissue and clean up some cartilage debris from his right ankle.... read more

FBI: Man on flight strips nude, tries to open emergency door; MLS team members help subdue him (Newsday)

18 July 2008, 4:55 pm

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) _ An American Airlines flight from Boston to Los Angeles was diverted to Oklahoma City on Friday after a passenger stripped nude and later tried to open an emergency exit door before being subdued by members of a professional soccer team and others, the FBI said.... read more

A Big Giver (The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles)

18 July 2008, 11:37 am

Anyone who cares about the future of Jewish life in Los Angeles eventually explodes in frustration over the community's inability to tap its own enormous wealth.... read more

New Chairman of the Jewish Federation: I'm 'gonna make it relevant' (The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles)

18 July 2008, 11:37 am

Stanley P. Gold wastes few words describing the status of The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles. "It is largely irrelevant," he said last week.... read more

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