WAVE - News - Local - Northeast Edition http://www.wavenewspapers.com/news/local/northeast-edition RSS Feed for WAVE - News - Local - Northeast Edition en-us Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:33:26 GMT Supervisors leery of subsidizing proposed City of East Los Angeles http://www.wavenewspapers.com/news/local/northeast-edition/Supervisors-leery-of-subsidizing-city-of-East-Los-Angeles-138902309.html The Board of Supervisors Tuesday chose not to respond to a request from proponents of East Los Angeles cityhood to consider subsidizing the would-be city’s budget. 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. ACLU sues Sheriff’s Dept. over jail issues http://www.wavenewspapers.com/news/local/northeast-edition/ACLU-sues-Sheriffs-Dept-over-jail-issues-137693943.html Sheriff Lee Baca and his top commanders condoned a long-standing, widespread pattern of brutality by deputies against inmates in Los Angeles County jails, the ACLU alleges in a federal civil rights lawsuit. Area cities hope to delay end of redevelopment http://www.wavenewspapers.com/news/local/northeast-edition/Area-cities-hope-to-delay-end-of-redevelopment-138144293.html Some 400 cities in the state that will lose their redevelopment agencies next Wednesday are pinning their hopes on emergency legislation by state Sen. Alex Padilla. White Memorial opens path for fitness http://www.wavenewspapers.com/news/local/northeast-edition/White-Memorial-opens-path-for-fitness-138144573.html White Memorial Medical Center has opened a fitness path for visitors, doctors, volunteers and employees. Protesters tell supervisors: more community services, fewer jails http://www.wavenewspapers.com/news/local/northeast-edition/Protesters-tell-supervisors-more-community-services-fewer-jails-138143078.html Protesters massed outside the county Hall of Administration Tuesday calling on the county to provide more community services instead of new jail cells. County to keep closer tabs on First 5 LA http://www.wavenewspapers.com/news/local/northeast-edition/County-to-keep-closer-tabs-on-First-5-LA--137693508.html The county Board of Supervisors imposed new controls Tuesday on First 5 LA but stopped short of a threatened move to make it a county agency. Exhibit examines Chicano art movement http://www.wavenewspapers.com/news/local/northeast-edition/Exhibit-examines-Chicano-art-movement--137693163.html An exhibit that pays tribute to the Chicano art movement of the 1960s and ’70s is on display at LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes downtopwn. Searching Mexico's census for clues about American history http://www.wavenewspapers.com/news/local/northeast-edition/Searching-Mexicos-census-for-a-clues-about-American-history-137153168.html The 1930 Mexican census, which was distributed free online this year, is helping professional genealogists — and amateurs like actor Edward James Olmos — trace their ancestry.