Author: Greg Risling
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Los Angeles vote on pot shops could end lingering issue
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Voters approved a law limiting the number of medical pot shops in Los Angeles after politicians failed for years to corral the blossoming industry. The winning ballot measure on Tuesday caps the number of nonprofit dispensaries at about 135 from a high of nearly 1,000 a few years ago. It also…
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Mountain lion killed in downtown Santa Monica
LOS ANGELES — Police shot and killed a mountain lion that somehow made its way through an urban landscape before it was found early Tuesday in a downtown Santa Monica office building courtyard near an outdoor mall and a bluff-top park that offers tourists views of the ocean and the city’s famed pier. Authorities made…
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Mountain lion killed in downtown Santa Monica
LOS ANGELES — Police shot and killed a mountain lion that somehow made its way through an urban landscape before it was found early Tuesday in a downtown Santa Monica office building courtyard near an outdoor mall and a bluff-top park that offers tourists views of the ocean and the city’s famed pier. Authorities made…
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Fugitive Boston mob boss Bulger arrested in California
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Boston mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger was captured near Los Angeles 16 years after his run from the law sparked an international manhunt and served as a major embarrassment to the FBI as their onetime informant eluded authorities. The FBI finally caught the 81-year-old Bulger at a residence in Santa Monica…
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AP-CNBC Poll: Most in U.S. against legalizing pot
LOS ANGELES — Most Americans still oppose legalizing marijuana but larger majorities believe pot has medical benefits and the government should allow its use for that purpose, according to an Associated Press-CNBC poll released Tuesday. Respondents were skeptical that crime would spike if marijuana is decriminalized or that it would lead more people to harder…
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Calif. pot dispensary owner given 1-year sentence
LOS ANGELES – A California medical marijuana dispensary owner was sentenced Thursday to a reduced term of a year and a day in prison in a closely watched case that could have implications in states where federal and local laws clash. U.S. District Judge George Wu found that the case of Charles Lynch, 47, merited…
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Murder trial of former Springs resident Jesse James Hollywood set to begin
LOS ANGELES – The murder case against Jesse James Hollywood read like a screenplay even before it was turned into the 2007 movie “Alpha Dog.”A 15-year-old boy was kidnapped and killed over a $1,200 drug debt owed by his half-brother. A 4½-year manhunt ended on a beach in Brazil. And allegations of misconduct by a…