Los Angeles News headlines for Aug 22 2011

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• After one Marine dies, his kidney saves another
  The fast-paced kidney transplant underscores the deep bond among service members and their families, according to friends and relatives.
  
  One Marine’s tragedy became another’s lifeline this month as medical staff on opposite sides of the country worked quickly on an out-of-the-ordinary kidney donation.

  
  

  
  
• Locked into some wonderful memories
  A group of men who graduated from Locke High some 40 years ago fondly recall their days as pioneers of a brand-new school in a blossoming neighborhood. That early sense of optimism, they say, has vanished.
  
  The two dozen or so men who gathered for breakfast at the Watts Coffee House fondly recalled their days as pioneers of a brand-new high school in a blossoming neighborhood some 40 years ago.

  
  

  
  
• Witnesses describe raucous scene at Candlestick Park
  Before two young men were shot in the parking lot, numerous fights broke out in the stands and a man was beaten unconscious in a bathroom. Police are investigating the shootings as separate incidents.
  
  Police are looking for a person of interest in one of two shootings at a preseason football game between the cross-bay rival San Francisco 49ers and Oakland Raiders at Candlestick Park, an event peppered with numerous fights in the stands and an assault that left a man unconscious in a bathroom.

  
  

  
  
• Relief delayed for prisoners deemed wrongfully convicted
  U.S. District Judge Percy Anderson failed for years to rule on a number of eligible habeas corpus petitions. In one case, the prisoner died in the sixth year of the judge’s inaction.
  
  Justice delayed was justice denied for Omer Harland Gallion. He died in prison in his sixth year of waiting for U.S. District Judge Percy Anderson to act on a decision that he had been wrongfully convicted and should be released or retried.

  
  

  
  
• Burbank businessman arrested over feeding of birds near airport
  Officials worry that hundreds of pigeons flocking near Bob Hope Airport could pose a danger to aircraft.
  
  For nearly a year, officials have been trying to figure out what to do with Charles Douglas.

  
  

  
  
• UC income from tuition will surpass state funding for the first time
  Propelled by budget crises, California is becoming more like other states in passing more of the burden of a college education on to students.
  
  For the first time, the total amount that University of California students pay in tuition this year will surpass the funding the prestigious public university receives from the state. It is a historic shift for the UC system and part of a national trend that is changing the nature of public higher education.

  
  

  
  

• CicLAvia Expands Downtown Borders
  DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES – The popular pedestrian and cycling eventCicLAvia is coming back, with expanded borders that take in more ofDowntown than before. Officials last week announced that thehappeni
• Arts District BID Approved
  DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES – A renewal and expansion of the ArtsDistrict Business Improvement District, which was due to expire inDecember, has been approved.Although 168 property owners voted infavor of
• Holy Lease at El Pueblo
  DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES – The Olvera Street merchants are not theonly ones at the El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument witha new lease deal. After five years of negotiations, the UnitedMethodi
• Jewelry District Endures Golden Pains
  DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - For the bevy of bling specialists inDowntown’s Jewelry District, the fall of 2009 was a scary season.That’s when the price of gold did the unthinkable: After a coupleyears of
• Major Chinatown Project to Move Forward
  DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES – When the real estate downturn hit, one ofChinatown’s most anticipated and potentially transformativeprojects was pushed to the sidelines. Now, seven years after it wasfirst b
• Reward for Info on Little Tokyo Mugger
  

• Falls Five Fashion Trends
  
  As New York Fashion week kicks off next week, Fashion expert Lisa Kline gives a sneak peak the new fall trends.
  
  
• Solo-Car Crash Leaves Two Dead
  
  Two people were killed in Chatsworth when their car hit a power pole, causing a blackout for hundreds of nearby residents.
  
  
• Rep. Maxine Waters Speaks Out
  
  While still supporting President Obama, Congresswoman Maxine Waters believes the president needs to do more to help Americans, especially the poor.
  
  
• Fullerton Protest March
  
  Ron Thomas talks about protest march and getting donations for the Kelly Thomas Foundation.
  
  
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