Posts Tagged ‘Compton’

BEACHCOMBER PUBLISHER’S TRIAL GEARS UP

February 26, 2008

Attorneys started picking a jury Monday to hear Beachcomber Publisher Jay Beeler’s Long Beach Superior Court trial, the Press-Telegram’s Wendy Thomas Russell writes this morning.
Beeler is accused of two misdemeanor offenses–obstructing a police officer and disobeying the order of a police officer–during last year’s tragic fire at the Galaxy Towers condo complex, 2999 E. Ocean [...]

NON SEQUITURS OF THE WEEK: DAN BAKER, PRINCE ANDREW

February 8, 2008

Get ready to do a spit-take over this morning’s Press-Telegram, ’cause here goes:
As the P-T’s Hanna Chu reports, Prince Andrew of Britain–yes, that’s Prince Andrew of Britain–was in Compton yesterday to attend the opening of what the newspaper calls “a much-needed grocery store”: the latest franchise of Fresh & Easy.
It’s a British chain, and Prince [...]

AND THE PRESIDENCY GOES TO …

February 6, 2008

With Super Tuesday behind us (not really) the Press-Telegram and LBPost.com tell us what some of you did after you voted: you went to Smooth’s Sports Grille to watch the results trickle in. And trickle. And trickle.
California’s presidential nominees are generally considered to be John McCain and Hillary Clinton, but as the Los Angeles Times [...]

 

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