At a special meeting, Thousand Oaks council members praise the work of the late former city councilman. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, December 17, 2005 By gregory w. Griggs Times Staff Writer Thousand Oaks officials gathered this week to pay tribute to the late Edward L. Masry, Read more…
GOP leaders take steps to link plans allowing energy exploration in the Alaskan tundra with a bill funding Defense Department operations. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, December 16, 2005 By Richard Simon Times Staff Writer WASHINGTON — In a last-ditch effort to authorize oil drilling in the Read more…
Dentist Thomas Glancy will serve the remaining three years of the late attorney’s term. Critics had wanted the city to hold a special election. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, December 15, 2005 By Gregory W. Griggs, Times Staff Writer The Thousand Oaks City Council has selected Thomas Read more…
Critics say the proposals, purged from budget bill, could have led to selling parkland to developers. A Nevada congressman says he’ll try again. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, December 14, 2005. By Janet Wilson and Bettina Boxall, Times Staff Writers Republicans in Congress late Tuesday stripped proposed Read more…
California congressman seeks to convert the public park into a recreation and training area for the armed forces. Critics cry foul. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, December 10, 2005. FOR THE RECORD: Santa Rosa Island —A headline in Saturday’s California section said: “Military Wants Santa Rosa Island.” Read more…
Thousand Oaks leaders decide against a special election to fill the seat of the late city official. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, December 8, 2005 By Gregory W. Griggs Times Staff Writer The Thousand Oaks City Council has decided to appoint someone to fill the seat of Read more…
‘No one has called me more names than Erin Brockovich, and I’ve called her everything in the book, but we love each other.’ Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, December 7, 2005. By Myrna Oliver, Times Staff Writer Ed Masry, the flamboyant, crusading environmental lawyer portrayed by actor Read more…
Combining mechanization and hands-on labor, city program is giving new life to discards and sending less trash to landfills. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, December 5, 2005. By James Ricci, Times Staff Writer On a warm, sunny Tuesday morning, city recycle truck No. 36572 huffs and bucks Read more…
House bill would allow mining claim holders to purchase the federal property. Some fear it would open national parks to development. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, December 4, 2005 By Janet Wilson and Tim Reiterman, Times Staff Writer MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE — Standing at the foot of Read more…
New technology and rising demand for petroleum are fueling a comeback of drills in the Southland, where they once numbered 33,000. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, November 28, 2005. They once ruled Southern California, staking claim to broad stretches of coastline and hillsides. Then, in the 1980s, Read more…