RTD to double orange and white minibuses in SoCal plan
The Southern California Rapid Transit District approves doubling minibuses from 20 to 40, adding a downtown loop and an experimental three month Westwood run. The program, subsidized by city funds and the CRA, targets high employment areas with Friday and Saturday night service starting December 12. Fares stay at 10 cents.
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Southern
California
RTD
Westwood
Civic Center
Financial District
California Mart
Occidental Center
Westwood Village
Los Angeles
Community Redevelopment Agency
RYD
CRA
Mediator settles fire lawsuits in Chatsworth case
A $1.7 million settlement was accepted by 35 insurers seeking recovery from Newhall Refining Co and Pauley Refining Co for home damage claims from the 1970 Chatsworth Newhall fire. Mediated by Judge Emil Gumpert, the deal avoids costly trial, potentially paving the way for 14 related suits slated for January trials seeking about $17 million total.
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Los Angeles
Newhall Refining Co., Inc
Pauley Refining Co
Chatsworth- Newhall
Superior
Emil Gumpert
Hearst Attorney Claims Weight Loss Eye Infection in Jail
AP report notes Patricia Hearst's attorney Albert Johnson alleges weight loss and an eye infection while in San Mateo County Jail. Sheriff’s officials say health remains essentially unchanged and no special treatment is being given beyond minor eye care. Trial location, fairness concerns, and possible last minute venue change before the January 26 date are discussed by Johnson and Bailey.
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Patty
Johnson
SAN Fancisco
Patrick Hearst
San Mateo
Albert Johnson
Miss Hearst
Stewart
San Francisco
F. Lee Bailey
Brown Road Fund Plan Faces Likely Dead End
Sacramento AP report says Gov. Brown proposed sweeping highway funding changes but Senate leaders Mills and Collier doubt passage. Burns urged abolishing the GO-4u split, removing minimum county allocations, constitution changes to free gas tax funds, and shifting highway powers from the State Highway Commission to the Legislature. Brown opposes raising the gasoline tax.
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Sacramento
Brown
California
Senate
James Mills
San Diego
Donald Burns
Business and Transportation
Collier's
Burns
Stile Highway Commission
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Long Beach
Ing
Beaver
Mediator
Randolph Collier
Yreka
Senate Transportation Committee
Wilbe
P-S-M-L
Calcutta
S-M-L
Ohlroacs
Ohrbach’s
Walt Disney
Wilshire
Fairfax
Panorama City
Parthenia
von Nuys
del Amo Fashion Square
Hawthorne
Carson
Torrance
Los Cerritos Mall
South
Cerritos
Lios Cerritos Center
South ST
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