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Raids Shut Down Powerful East L.A. Heroin Ring

An investigation launched last fall into an East Los Angeles drug operation netted 48 arrests of gang members during raids yesterday morning conducted at 38 different locations, the Press-Telegram is reporting. The raid, according to Sheriff Lee Baca "put a heroin ring out of business."

East L.A. Ready to Stand and Deliver Their 'hood as City

Next year could be the year that East L.A. gets on the map.

Today, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted to join one of the three lawsuits filed in the California Supreme Court to overturn Prop 8, which eliminated the right of gay couples to marry in California. They joined the City and County of San Francisco, County of Santa Clara and City of Los Angeles in the case.

The bloggers who helped bring the taco truck ban in unincorporated areas of Los Angeles to national headlines have done some sleuthing with a particular commenter's IP address (it's like a digital fingerprint) who left comments bashing the cause to save the savory street food. When they compared the address left on their website to the address listed on Wikipedia page edits about the County, it was the same.

The half-cent sales tax increase that is projected to bring in $30 to $40 billion over the next 30 years and has been a focus for Metro in getting the proposal on November's ballot has been an long and stressful journey. Today did not help.

It's been nearly 30-days since the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors passed a law that will severely affect taco trucks in unincorporated parts of the county. Trucks can park for 60-minutes, but after that, they face high fines and even jail time if they do not move to another location.

May Day will not just be a day for marching. It will also be a day to celebrate taco trucks.

This is why Jonathan Gold won a Pulitzer Prize. He makes taco truck food sound like it should be eaten three times daily (and never anything else) while truly capturing Los Angeles:

Thursday's Metro Board meeting to hear public comment and vote on new fares for public transportation in Los Angeles was, simply put, an amazing scene. An estimated 1500 people showed up with approximately 1498 of them opposing the insanely high raised fares (try 500% for some passes). During public comment, speakers spoke with passion, anger, tears and fury. One of the day's best quotes came from a woman who held her baby in her...

The whole airports/power-failure fiasco last night was started by one car hitting one pole up in Palmdale.

Eli Broad (with glasses) and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa stand in front of one of the models of the new Grand Avenue at today's press conference.

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