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Census campaign targets tech-savvy Hispanic youth

LOS ANGELES — Groups pushing for robust Hispanic participation in the 2010 census are enlisting a new corps of foot-soldiers in their battle to reach that hard-to-count demographic: tech-savvy, smart-phone-toting young people. The "Be Counted, ...

From JACOB ADELMAN, Middletown Journal,  11 Mar 2010

Related Topics: Rosario Dawson,  Mos Def,  Wilmer Valderrama,  University of Southern California,  Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund

Pro-Census campaign takes to smart phones

Groups pushing for robust Hispanic participation in the 2010 census have announced a campaign to reach that hard-to-count demographic through its smart-phone-toting youngsters. The "Be Counted, Represent" campaign was announced Wednesday at a press ...

From JACOB ADELMAN, Salon,  10 Mar 2010

Related Topics: Noah Baumbach,  Colson Whitehead,  Jeremy Piven,  Lisa Marie Presley

Wired Hispanic youngsters to spread census message

JACOB ADELMAN, Associated Press Writer | LOS ANGELES Groups pushing for robust Hispanic participation in the 2010 census have announced a campaign to reach that hard-to-count demographic through its smart-phone-toting youngsters. The "Be Counted, ...

From JACOB ADELMAN, San Diego Union-Tribune,  10 Mar 2010

2 free on bail, 2 sought for LA billboard breaches

A commercial billboard described as a "supergraphic" ad for Asics sports wear, left, is seen on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles on Thursday, March. 4, 2010. The Los Angeles city attorney's office has filed its first charges under a ban passed ...

From JACOB ADELMAN, Middletown Journal,  4 Mar 2010

Related Topics: Academy Awards

Up to 5,200 LA schools workers could face layoffs

LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles Unified School District's board voted Tuesday to send notices of possible layoffs to nearly 5,200 teachers and other workers while urging union leaders to negotiate concessions that could make some of the cuts ...

From JACOB ADELMAN, Boston Globe,  3 Mar 2010

Man agrees to remove huge ad from Hollywood site

A Los Angeles businessman who was arrested for investigation of draping a building with a massive movie billboard near the site of the upcoming Oscars agreed to remove the sign Monday in exchange for a drastic reduction of his bail. Superior ...

From JACOB ADELMAN, eTaiwan News,  2 Mar 2010

Related Topics: Academy Awards,  Paramount Pictures

Judge: No evidence of misconduct in KB Home case

LOS ANGELES - A federal judge says he sees no evidence that prosecutors acted inappropriately in the stock-options backdating case of KB Home's former chief executive. ...

From JACOB ADELMAN, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  23 Feb 2010

Related Topics: KB Home,  Securities and Exchange Commission,  Broadcom,  Henry T. Nicholas III,  Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.

Prosecutors accused of misconduct in KB fraud case

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Federal prosecutors are accused of intimidating two KB Home employees while soliciting testimony in a felony-backdating case against the building giant's former chief executive. The U.S. attorney's office says the allegations of ...

From JACOB ADELMAN, Buffalo News,  23 Feb 2010

Related Topics: KB Home,  Securities and Exchange Commission

Jewish campus groups oppose UC Irvine boycott

A joint letter by the groups said dialogue and peace-seeking efforts were the way to address hateful speakers and programs from the Muslim Student Union. The letter came after New York-based Zionist Organization of America asked potential students and ...

From JACOB ADELMAN, San Francisco Chronicle,  22 Feb 2010

Related Topics: Michael Oren

SoCal home prices fall 6 pct. from Dec. to Jan.

A boost in sales of foreclosures and other low-cost homes pushed the median home price in Southern California down 6 percent last month from December for the first month-to-month dip since May, a tracking firm reported Tuesday. January's median home ...

From JACOB ADELMAN, San Francisco Chronicle,  16 Feb 2010

Related Topics: John Walsh

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