WAVE - News - Local - Northeast Edition http://www.wavenewspapers.com/news/local/northeast-edition RSS Feed for WAVE - News - Local - Northeast Edition en-us Sat, 18 Feb 2012 00:10:48 GMT L.A. officials join Obama campaign's 'Truth Team' http://www.wavenewspapers.com/news/local/northeast-edition/Obama-truth-team-fights-Republican-efforts-to-distort-his-record-139247208.html Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, City Controller Wendy Greuel and City Councilman Eric Garcetti were among the Southern California Democratic elected officials who joined a California “Truth Team” Monday on behalf of President Barack... Police commission delays vote on car impound policy http://www.wavenewspapers.com/news/local/northeast-edition/Police-commission-lapd-vote-car-impound-policy-beck-chief-139327293.html The Los Angeles Police Commission on Tuesday put off a vote on a policy change to help unlicensed drivers avoid having their cars towed and impounded — and sometimes sold at lien sales. LAUSD board delays decision on massive program cuts http://www.wavenewspapers.com/news/local/northeast-edition/LAUSD-school-board-delays-decision-on-massive-program-cuts-139327918.html The Los Angeles Unified School District board Tuesday delayed a vote on proposed massive cuts to adult and early childhood education programs and instructed the superintendent to negotiate cost-saving measures with unions and monitor... Unlicensed driver booked in fatal crash http://www.wavenewspapers.com/news/local/northeast-edition/Unlicensed-driver-booked-in-fatal-crash--139462743.html A 32-year-old woman was killed Feb. 10 in a fiery hit-and-run collision in which an unlicensed driver stands accused, prompting an outcry for the review of vehicle impound procedures. Franklin, Garfield qualify for state academic decathlon competition http://www.wavenewspapers.com/news/local/northeast-edition/Franklin-Garfield-qualify-for-state-academic-decathlon-competition-139462968.html The academic decathlon teams at Franklin and Garfield high schools will attend the state competition March 16-18 in Sacramento after they finished in the top 10 at the Los Angeles Unified School District Academic Decathlon. Commerce councilman pleads guilty to conspiracy charge http://www.wavenewspapers.com/news/local/northeast-edition/Commerce-councilman-pleads-guilty-to--139463203.html Commerce City Councilman Robert Fierro has pleaded guilty to a federal conspiracy charge, admitting that he and others conspired to induce witnesses to lie to a grand jury investigating his role in an illegal campaign finance scheme, East L.A. cityhood effort defeated http://www.wavenewspapers.com/news/local/northeast-edition/East-LA-cityhood-effort-defeated-139115749.html Southeast officials oppose LAUSD plans to cut adult schools http://www.wavenewspapers.com/news/local/northeast-edition/Southeast-officials-oppose-LAUSD-plans-to-cut-adult-schools-139049314.html Two Southeast community leaders are speaking out against a plan being considered by the Los Angeles Unified School District to end adult education and regional occupational programs. Police see no link in deaths of two women http://www.wavenewspapers.com/news/local/northeast-edition/Police-see-no-link-in-deaths-of-two-women-138601734.html Detectives from the Los Angeles Police Department’s Robbery-Homicide Division said Tuesday they do not believe there is a connection between the deaths of two women whose bodies were dumped alongside freeways. Monterey High School students write plays about figures in Chicano history http://www.wavenewspapers.com/news/local/northeast-edition/Monterey-High-School-students-write-plays-about-figures-in-Chicano-history-138143618.html Students at a local continuation high school have turned a history project into plays that will be performed Thursday night at Plaza De La Raza in Lincoln Park at 7:30 p.m.