Mozgov refuses to be Griffin's poster child
FS West
He has contributed to The New York Times, The Los Angeles Daily News and The Long Beach Press-Telegram, covering events including NCAA Men's Final Four, Super Bowl, World Cup, Rose Bowl, BCS National Championship Game and NBA Finals.
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Rescued Hearts for Hounds dogs won't be euthanized
Contra Costa Times
(Kyle Kurlick / The Associated Press) LONG BEACH -- A chapter in the saga of Hearts For Hounds closed Thursday as the last group of the 140 dogs held near Memphis, Tenn., was transported off to a new agency and eventually to new homes.
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Birmingham wins on half-court shot
ESPN (blog)
Tim Haddock is a writer and radio broadcaster who has covered preps, college sports and motor sports for the Los Angeles Times, LA Daily News and Long Beach Press-Telegram. Follow him on Twitter. Martin Henderson is a local editor for Patch.com.
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Health Calendar: Week of Feb. 2, 2012
Long Beach Press-Telegram
By Long Beach Press Telegram California Telephone Access Program. Informational meeting about the program that provides free telephone equipment to people who have difficulty hearing, seeing, moving, speaking or remembering. Free. 10-11:30 am today.

UW announces signing of Brandon Beaver
ESPN (blog)
Tim Haddock is a writer and radio broadcaster who has covered preps, college sports and motor sports for the Los Angeles Times, LA Daily News and Long Beach Press-Telegram. Follow him on Twitter. Martin Henderson is a local editor for Patch.com.
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Long Beach's Richie Brown chooses Mississippi State
Mississippi Press (blog)
By Creg Stephenson Long Beach linebacker Richie Brown, who also played fullback in high school, signed with Mississippi State on Wednesday. (Mississippi Press file photo) Long Beach linebacker Richie Brown, the No. 1 college football prospect on the ...
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Tim Grobaty: Long Beach's Bernie Pearl is all about the blues
Long Beach Press-Telegram
(Jeff Gritchen/Long Beach Press-Telegram) Etta James performs at the 2009 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. (File photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images) The world has lost two great musicians already in this young year. We talked about Johnny Otis and ...
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Former Long Beach Fire Captain Serving Time For DUI Found Drunk In Jail
CBS Local
The Long Beach Press-Telegram reports Hines had a blood alcohol level of .22 -- nearly three times the legal driving limit -- when he was discovered staggering around in jail. Hines was originally sentenced to more than four years behind bars for a hit ...
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Homeless man charged in attack on California police officer
Fox News
LONG BEACH, Calif. Authorities say a homeless man has been charged with assault for allegedly attacking a Long Beach police officer with her own baton and trying to grab her gun. The Long Beach Press-Telegram says the officer spotted 38-year-old ...
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2 Long Beach women charged with 128 counts of animal cruelty
Los Angeles Times
Two Long Beach women who operate a dog rescue shelter were charged with animal cruelty in Tennessee after they were found with found more than 100 dogs crammed into the back of a truck with no food or water. Bonnie Sheehan, 55, and Pamela.
Long Beach Rescuers Arrested with 107 Dogs in U-HaulKTLA
Roanoke animal rescuers react to seized animalsWSLS
Dog seizure outside Memphis linked to new Roanoke area animal rescue groupGoDanRiver.com
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Celebrity Real Estate
Curbed Hamptons
Known best for their domination on the field, the following NFL stars also attempted to master the world of real estate, building elaborate personal palaces that match their stardom. Then, of course, as the contracts and salaries run dry--or they leave ...

From Curbed Marketplace
Curbed National
Here now, From Curbed Marketplace, highlighting an intriguing real estate listing from the many thousands of properties found in the Curbed Marketplace. Browsing the Marketplace and spot a property worthy of being featured? Send it to the tipline.
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Intense Fire Guts SoCal Warehouse
KCRA Sacramento
Firefighters were called to the large, one-story building at 7:58 am and a second alarm was called after the first engines arrived. Numerous fire units are on the scene. Property records show the tenant is a packaging materials firm.
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Why L.A. Has Clashing Street Grids
KCET (blog)
When the Americans conquered the city in 1847, one of their first tasks was imposing American cartographic standards on the Spanish-Mexican settlement patterns--a prerequisite for converting city lands into private property. US Army engineer EO Ord was ...
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Live Like a Rock Star in a Rock Star's Rockin' SoCal Pad
Curbed National (blog)
Here now, From Curbed Marketplace, highlighting an intriguing real estate listing from the many thousands of properties found in the Curbed Marketplace. Browsing the Marketplace and spot a property worthy of being featured? Send it to the tipline.
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Switching to a Connection: The Limitations of Building Rail in L.A. County
KCET (blog)
When it's done, the connector will give rail transit some of the reach and relative convenience it once had when Henry Huntington's Pacific Electric cars ran to his far-flung real estate holdings. It also will create a light rail hub downtown mirroring ...
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Pools in Palm Springs
LA Weekly
But why specifically Southern California? Fung says to chalk it up to nice weather -- something California has in spades -- and the ability to easily move from living indoors to outdoors. "That's how we sold real estate in the '50s and '60s," she says.
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Forecast: Cash buyers a force in real estate
OCRegister
By JONATHAN LANSNER / THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER All-cash buyers recently gobbled up three SoCal strip malls, says broker Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors from Irvine. Citrus Foothill Retail Center 24624-square-foot center at 16119 ...
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FROM THE REAL ESTATE TRENCHES
East County Magazine
by Charlotte Reed January 13, 2012 (San Diego's East County) In today's column, we cover the latest hot topics in real estate locally and nationwide. This week's topics are: After many months of preparations, discussions and input from the San Diego ...
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Live a Few Doors Down From Mitt Romney on the SoCal Coast
Curbed National (blog)
Here now, From Curbed Marketplace, highlighting an intriguing real estate listing from the many thousands of properties found in the Curbed Marketplace. Browsing the Marketplace and spot a property worthy of being featured? Send it to the tipline.
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Homes, Not Tents, For Occupy Bernal: Feisty San Francisco Neighborhood Fights ...
Huffington Post
Like millions of others, he signed a predatory loan agreement for an adjustable rate mortgage (ARM), because he thought he could surely repay the loan or refinance at a lower rate. His only income is a federal pension, limiting his Social Security ...
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With Role Lessened, Loan Chief Exits BofA
Wall Street Journal
Mr. Lewis tapped her to run the mortgage business in 2008, after the purchase of troubled California mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp. Ms. Desoer moved from Charlotte to California so she could oversee operations first hand.
Bank of America's Desoer to retireCharlotte Observer
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Thomas D. Elias: State Democrats talk tough to Obama on housing
Colusa County Sun Herald
In some California counties, the scene is exponentially worse: Fully 51 percent of mortgages in San Joaquin County (65230 homes) were "upside down" in that manner in the third quarter of last year. The crisis may be worse in a few other places, ...
Obama housing chief Edward DeMarco under fire from California Democrats89.3 KPCC
Your Next Landlord Might Be a Buyout FundBusinessWeek
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Obama housing plan gets lukewarm reaction from Democrats and Republicans
89.3 KPCC
President Barack Obama's proposal to help homeowners refinance at lower interest rates is getting a lukewarm reception from California lawmakers from both parties. The president proposed a simpler mortgage form, a Homeowners' Bill of Rights and ...
California Dems wary of President Obama's new housing planThe Hill
Obama Vows to Cut Lender Red Tape Stymieing Homeowner Borrowing: MortgagesBloomberg
Obama Uses Housing as Foil to Romney's 'Hit Bottom' StrategyBusinessWeek
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New York sues banks over electronic mortgage system
Reuters
Schneiderman is also a central figure in widely publicized negotiations to reach a federal-state settlement with the top US banks over mortgage abuses. A key question is whether holdouts, including Schneiderman and California Attorney General Kamala ...
New York sues 3 big banks over use of mortgage registry databaseLos Angeles Times
Foreclosure Settlement Will Settle NothingTheStreet.com
Bank of America, Wells and Chase's legal woes mount as New York suesBizjournals.com (blog)
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Mortgage Rates: Low Mortgage Rates Stable, But At Risk As Investors Send ...
FreeRateUpdate.com
Today's Wells Fargo California 30 year fixed mortgage rates are at 3.875% (4.054% APR). MBS prices (mortgage backed securities) are down -16/32 (FNMA 30 yr 3.5 at 103.18) which is lower than earlier pricing of -13/32. MBS prices affect mortgage rates ...
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Finally, A Foreclosure Settlement (Maybe)
KCCI Des Moines
If all 50 states sign on, the mortgage servicing settlement has the potential to offer the largest housing relief program available to ordinary Americans since the financial crisis began. However, attorneys general from California and Delaware have ...
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A homeowner who fought foreclosure and won
Kansas City Star
A borrower can't pay a mortgage, loses a home and moves on. But Karen Mena, a 38-year-old county worker, never gave up. Mena fought even after her San Bernardino home, Calif., was no longer hers. And she won the three-bedroom house back - at least for ...
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More mortgage relief from the White House, but Congressional OK doubtful
San Jose Mercury News
"There are so many people that could be helped" by the new plan, said Cathy Warshawsky, a San Jose mortgage broker and officer in the California Association of Mortgage Professionals. "They are people who are making lots and lots of money, ...
More Mortgage Relief From The White House -- But Congressional OK DoubtfulLoanSafe
Obama Seeks Refinancing Aid to Lift HousingWall Street Journal
Obama proposes refinancing plan for underwater homeownersLos Angeles Times
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Obama should take cue from California's congressional Demos on housing crisis
San Jose Mercury News
In some California counties, the scene is exponentially worse: Fully 51 percent of mortgages in San Joaquin County were upside down in that manner in the third quarter of last year. The crisis may be worse in a few other places, like Nevada and Arizona ...
Freddie Mac's Regulator 'Completely Puzzled' By Allegations Of ConflictNPR (blog)
Marine Fights Freddie Mac to Save His HomeHuffington Post
Corker Obama s Principal Write-down Proposal for Underwater Home Mortgages is ...PoliticalNews.me (press release)
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