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The article focuses on the development of an electronic grants management system (GMS) by Los Angeles, California-based Community Development Commission (CDC) for its Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program. It states that GMS offers external and internal users all contact information and payment requests. It adds that the system helps improved the efficiency of CDC and its sub-recipients.

Reports on the dismissal of a case against a man suspected of drug trafficking after a Los Angeles, Calif. court found no evidence clearly connecting the man's drug-tainted money to drugs. Proliferation of bills that contain traces of cocaine or another illicity drug actually stuck to the paper.

This article presents news including foreign trade bill that was discussed during United States President John F. Kennedy's State of the Union address, other factors discussed in Kennedy's address, which reflects his 1961 pattern of relations with the U.S. Congress, and several hundred journalists in Los Angeles, California, who lost their newspaper jobs when two downtown papers went out of business.

The article reports the findings of a newspaper regarding the alleged misuse of his Pentecostal ministry assets by a California TV preacher. Paul Crouch, founder of Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN), whose network airs some of the most prominent figures on the Religious Right has been accused of using donations from supporters to finance a lavish lifestyle. The investigations carried out by the Los Angeles Times reveals that TBN pays Paul Crouch $403,700 a year and his wife Jan Crouch $361,000. The ministry owns 30 homes in the U.S. that are at the disposal of the Crouches.

The article focuses on Eli Broad, a powerful billionaire who is one of the most philanthropic men in Los Angeles, California. He is the major mover behind the city's downtown redevelopment and a liberal Democrat who made his money in real estate and insurance. Along with Ron Burkle, another successful businessman, he is making bids for the news paper company Tribune Co.

Makes observations about distinctions that have been made about possible recipients of an earthquake-relief package of $8.6 billion signed by President Bill Clinton. Illegal immigrants versus citizens; Argument that long-term aid should only go to legal residents; Why the discrimination may be hard to practice; Amount of undocumented immigrants in California; Figures from Governor Pete Wilson; How illegal immigrants contribute to California.

The article focuses on the furious reaction of elementary teachers due to the publication of a table that ranked them by name, according to pupils' valued-added scores, by the "Los Angeles Times" in California. It states that the newspaper has released a database that showed their effectiveness based on their pupils' Mathematics and English test results. It notes the response of the newspaper that the move was justified since parents have no idea on teachers' capabilities. INSET: Method but no context.

Presents news briefs on developments around the U.S. as of November 1941. Decision of the General Hospital in Los Angeles, California to replace its dishes with fiber plates; Type of sign erected along the highway of Salt Lake City, Utah; Law passed in Tallahassee, Florida about car accidents caused by cows.

Information on several papers discussed at Electronic Entertainment Exposition held in June 2011 at Los Angeles Convention Center, California, is presented. The exposition is held for videogame industry and topic includes new blockbuster games, video-game market and developers and Canada's video-game industry.

A biography of Masi Oka, a Japanese-American actor and special effects artists and star of the television show "Heroes." Osaka was born on December 27, 1974 in Tokyo, Japan, is presented. His family moved to Los Angeles, California in 1980 when he was six years old. The paper also provides information about his career highlights, hobbies, current address and Web sites.

The article describes the HLW-designed Los Angeles, California headquarters of Red Bull. The fiercest daredevils of all enroll in the Red Bull Air Race at venues throughout North America and Europe. To get the sports analogy right, HLW covered the plaza's paving of plastic-wood timbers with sheets of a paper-resin composite used for ramps at skate parks. To allow Red Bull executives to savor a bird's-eye view of their domain, HLW built a mezzanine with a glass-in boardrooms as well as a few offices and workstations.

Kiel Johnson, an artist in Port of Los Angeles, California, employs animated lines with subtle color to depict objects that might first appear nonsensical: blimps, wheelchairs, a tangle of plugs, and wires. But a closer look reveals them to be metaphors for human beings and relationships. Johnson's offbeat drawings are best described as diary entries, hyperbolized glimpses of his everyday life captured on paper. Most pieces begin with connections of moments that others might dismiss as mere coincidence. Inanimate, common objects populate Johnson's universe, and he thrives on giving them life.

This article presents information regarding the presents of Mike Miller of Mike Miller Toyota, a major advertiser in the "Los Angeles Times", and Bob Zacky of the Zacky Farms chicken dynasty. Zacky of the Zacky Farms chicken dynasty. Many interpreted their presence in the Times's box as a form of corporate apology for the paper's aggressive reporting, which had allegedly upset both men recently. But even today, the Times remains a house of many mansions. Steve Wasserman runs a remarkably literate weekly book review section, for example, whose uncompromising ethos would seem to contradict everything that is said about the paper. It is a paper, in other words, with a lot of decline left in it, even though the Willes/Downing forces appear almost certain to prevail in the end.

Discusses the historical trip back in time at Los Angeles's Ascot Speedway 60 years ago when auto racing was still young and when doomsday dirt racers faced death at night and William Randolph Hearst in the day. A Glendale, Calif. dentist, Dr. Fred Loring, was chosen to open the track for Post 127. Cars were beautiful; Lights installed in 1931; Many superstars of racing died at Ascot; William Randolph Hearst's papers, The Los Angeles `Herald' and `Examiner'; More.

Focuses on the strategy used by publisher Manchester Boddy to revive the newspaper "Illustrated Daily News" in Los Angeles, California in 1926. Improvements made by Boddy to the editorship of the newspaper; Actions taken by Boddy to obtain control of the paper; Career background of Boddy.

Information about several papers discussed at the International Symposium, Seminar & Exhibition of the Society for Information Display (SID) on making displays "green," held on May 18-23, 2008 at the Los Angeles convention center in California is presented. Topics include the growing appeal of organic-light-emitting-diode (OLED) displays and the lowering of greenhouse gas emissions and water usage. The event featured several businessmen including Paul Peng, Yoshito Shiraishi, and Paul Drzaic.

Profiles William Seymour, the pastor of the Azusa Street Mission in Los Angeles, California, and catalyst of the worldwide Pentecostal movement. Family and career background; Early church affiliations; Publication of his paper titled `The Apostolic Faith'; Azusa pilgrims; Spiritual heirs of Seymour. INSETS: Timeline;You Are There.

The article presents a report on the kingmaker of the California republic party , Norman Chandler, publisher of the "Los Angeles Times," who has founded the "Mirror" in 1948 with his chief target the Democratic "Daily News." The "Daily News" was founded in 1923 by Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr., son of the Commodore. It soon passed into receivership and thence into the control of Manchester Boddy who published the paper for 26 years. Los Angeles naturally is talking of a new liberal newspaper. But can this city support five metropolitan dailies? Of the four which remain, only Chandler's "Times" is a money-maker. His "Mirror" has yet to finish a year in the black.

Information about several papers discussed at the International Symposium on Physical Design held in April 2006 in San Jose, California is presented. New chip design at 65 nanometers where temperature, voltage and process variations have dramatic impact on chip timing, manufacturability and yield were offered during the symposium. It also featured several authors from the University of California in Los Angeles and International Business Machine Research who received ISPD 2006 Best Paper Award.

The article reports on a case of child sexual abuse by clergy. An attorney for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles said the archdiocese would appeal a decision by Superior Court Judge Thomas F. Nuss on Sept. 8 ordering the archdiocese to turn over 80 pages of personnel files on two priests accused of sexual abuse of minors who are being investigated by a grand jury for possible criminal charges. The judge upheld the archdiocese's claim of psychotherapist privilege regarding other papers in the files, and there were some papers for which the archdiocese did not contest the grand jury's subpoenas. Citing the secrecy of grand jury proceedings, an archdiocesan spokesman, Tod M. Tamberg, declined to identify the two men whose files were at issue. The archdiocese noted that in June Nuss had completely quashed the grand jury subpoenas for the personnel files of 28 other priests. During the 27-month legal dispute over personnel files, victim advocates have repeatedly criticized Los Angeles Cardinal Roger M. Mahony in the media for not handing the files over to the grand jury without challenge. In late August the court-appointed liaison attorney for the plaintiffs asked the liability insurers of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and the neighboring Diocese of Orange, which has 60 cases pending, to set aside reserves of at least $3.1 million per plaintiff to resolve the cases.

Reports on the development of the weekly paper 'Los Angeles Examiner' by former Mayor Richard Riordan in Los Angeles, California. Reasons for the move of Riordan; Comments on the news coverage of rival 'Los Angeles Times'; Details on the setup of the paper.

Information about several papers discussed at the Microsoft's Heroes Happen event on February 27, 2008 in Los Angeles, California. It was attended by more than 3,000 attendees and during the said event, the company launched the 2008 versions of SQL Server, Visual Studio and Windows Server. Chief executive officer Steve Ballmer delivered his keynote speech in the Nokia Theater.

The article focuses on a 1961 paper about the James-Stein estimator by Charles Stein and W. James, which had made statisticians wondering and asking who W. James was. It cites that the James-Stein estimator was the simplest example demonstrating that independent sample mean estimates could be combined to ensure a lower mean square error (MSE). It relates the author's experience of giving an after-dinner talk at the meeting of the Southern California Chapter of the American Statistical Association (ASA) in Los Angeles, California and of meeting James.

This article discusses artist Amanda Ross-Ho in Los Angeles, California. Ross-Ho's work includes a piece called "Seizure," which is a culmination of dozens of images found on the Internet and transformed into a single laser print. Ross-Ho's other works include the photograph "The Courage to Be Yourself," and "Black Widow," which integrated paper dolls together.

The article discusses the fate of the "Los Angeles Times" and wonders if it is worth saving. The paper has been subject to cuts since it was bought in 2000 by the Tribune company. It is now in a deal to be bought by a Los Angeles (Calif.)-based investment group. The desire to be taken seriously has made the "Los Angeles Times" irrelevant in its own city, yet unable to compete with the "New York Times."

The article features an exhibition of Dan Colen's sculptures at the Peres Projects in Los Angeles, California. According to the article, the centerpiece of the exhibition, titled "Secrets and Cymbals, Smoke and Scissors," is a life-size sculpture of a wall from a garage or studio. The article notes that Colen uses materials such as Styrofoam, paint, paper and metal.

The article announces that the International Reading Association is inviting program proposals for its 55th Annual Convention to be held in Los Angeles, California in May 2010. Online proposal information can be accessed at www.reading.org and for a paper proposal form, interested individuals may contact the Conferences Division. Proposals are evaluated based on the criteria provided for reviewers. The organization also seeks reviewers for the initial proposal review stage.

An interview with architect R. Steven Lewis, president of the National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA), is presented. When asked how he become an architect, he states that his father is an architect and that he grew up in a household that featured yellow tracing paper and Prismacolor. His professional experience includes starting the firm RAW Architecture in Los Angeles, California. He wishes to accomplish NOMA's Pipeline project, which aims to cultivate interest among middle school and high school students.

The article focuses on Nancy Macko, chairman at the Gender and Women's Studies Department at Scripps College in California. Accordingly, Macko's work is based on the concept of female strength. Hive Moments was her first solo effort since the 2007 mid-career show at Municipal Art Gallery. She is interested in balancing technology and nature, and her exhibition is touched with details. Her use of materials such as collaged malberry paper remind the viewer of her affinity for the natural world.

The article reviews an exhibition of Mel Bochner's wall paintings and a small number of related works on paper from the 1970s at Marc Selwyn Fine Art gallery in Los Angeles, California.

The article reports that the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, California has announced an important promised gift of almost seventy postwar works on paper by important international artists. The gift is from the outstanding collection of Susan Marx and Larry Marx. It lays a foundation for contemporary drawing at a very high level.

This article introduces University of Southern California (USC) reporter Ben Malcolmson who wrote the sports articles for the Daily Trojan before deciding to try out for the school's football team the USC Trojans. Malcolmson made the roster of selected players, which he wrote about in an article called "Hauling in a Hail Mary" before resigning from the paper. Malcolmson admits he's flattered to be playing on the same field as those who may be destined for professional sports in the National Football League.

Features the interior design of the room designed by decorator Kelly Wearstler in Los Angeles, California. Use of cool blues and greens with black accents for painting the space; Addition of hand-painted de Gournat chinoiserie wallpaper; Usage of low-slung eighteenth-century-style chairs for post-shopping comfort.

Features Andrea Easton Antique and Decorative Prints' selection of antique prints in Los Angeles, California. Owner Andrea Easton's range of high-quality works on paper that span the 16th and 19th centuries; Comments of client Martyn Lawrence-Bullard on Easton's selection of antique prints.

The author comments on an underground Los Angeles street brawl known as Extreme ChickFights. It wasn't easy for Laika de los Santos, a student at Santa Monica College, to tell her parents how she earned the $300 to fix her car, but she did. For five rounds, without gloves or headgear, she traded bare-knuckle punches in two Extreme ChickFights. But it sure has been easy for the Extreme ChickFights' organizer, Marie (she won't give her last name), to sell more than 100,000 DVDs of the fights. The Oscar-winning Best Picture for 2004--Clint Eastwood's "Million Dollar Baby"--has been a knockout for the women's fight game. In fact, if it weren't for all the blood, you'd swear an Extreme ChickFight was just a bad movie set. The unsanctioned and unregulated fights are staged in private--usually in a backyard, a basement or a rented L.A. studio--and never in the same place twice. Four rounds for street fighters. Three rounds for fighters in gloves or gloves and headgear. Thirty or 40 women, many with almost no clue how much $200 can hurt. They come answering Marie's ads in L.A. papers and on her website. "The girls don't come for the money," explains Marie, who says she's a UCLA film school graduate who started all this as a way to make a "cool" documentary. "They come for the fun of it."

This paper reports on the continued success of iTunes Music Store, nearly two years after its debut in 2003. According to Apple, the store has a 70 percent share of the market for legal music downloads and covers 65 percent of the global music market. At the December 2004 Music 2.0 digital music conference in Los Angeles, California, speakers could not praise Apple enough for the success enjoyed by the company's iTunes Music Store--that is, when those speakers were not predicting that the store would soon tumble from its spot at the top of the online-music heap because Apple refuses to, as Steve Jobs of Apple claim, rent music. While the company's approach to online music sales is an à la carte model-- typically 99 cents for a single download or $9.99 for a complete album--other services, including Napster and RealNetworks' Rhapsody, charge their users a monthly fee. It is clear how music sellers benefit from a subscription-based model--those monthly fees provide a steady, predictable source of revenue. There is the variety--but if users are into specific genres and artists, that is like paying for a package of 80 cable television channels when one watch only eight.

The article focuses on Norm Chow and his desire to become a college head coach. The Tennessee Titans were not the first National Football League (NFL) team to offer Chow a job calling plays on Sunday afternoons. In the days before and after Chow helped guide USC to a 55-19 Orange Bowl rout of Oklahoma as the Trojans' offensive coordinator, his cellphone rang incessantly. Chow accepted an offer from Titans head coach Jeff Fisher to become the team's offensive coordinator. Last week Chow sent his youngest son, Chandler, 19, off on a two-year Mormon church mission to Hawaii and then prepared to move into a hotel in Nashville. The Titans more than doubled his $400,000 USC salary, but Chow is a guy who stayed at Brigham Young for 27 years to keep life stable for his wife and their four children. Chow said he was swayed by Fisher and a long meeting with Titans quarterback Steve McNair. Chow's departure left a void in Los Angeles, where he had tutored Heisman Trophy winners Carson Palmer in 2002. There was buzz in the L.A. papers that a rift between Chow and USC head coach Pete Carroll precipitated the move. The Titans' job brings Chow a step closer to becoming a college head coach.

The article highlights the 31st annual conference of the Special Interest Group on Graphics (SIGGRAPH) of the Association for Computing Machinery held at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California from August 8 to 12, 2004. A couple of decades ago, conference attendees could count on seeing a couple things at SIGGRAPH that had literally never been seen before in human history, such as textured 3D objects or hierarchical human animation. SIGGRAPH 2004's total exhibition area was smaller than the hallowed days of yore, composed mostly of software companies, some boutique specialty hardware outfits, schools, and graphics board manufacturers. Walking the show's exhibit floor provides ample evidence that the industry's major players have changed in recent years. One reason the show floor's smaller is that there's been considerable consolidation in both the hardware and software graphics industries over the last few years. There were several indications this trend is still in full swing. One class of hardware that wasn't in evidence at the show was tablet computers. There's exactly one attendee using a tablet, compared to hundreds of laptops of every size and description. If the SIGGRAPH community's resisted adopting tablets as mobile work devices, one wonders if there's any hope for them in the wider community, at least until they become as thin and light as paper.