Posts tagged los angeles times

• FDA: Peanut Butter's Long Shelf Life a Problem

  Paul Kiesel | February 09, 2009 6:58 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The FDA is concerned that the Peanut Butter problem stemming from the unsanitary conditions at Peanut Corp. of America will continue for a while. I expect this outbreak to go on for a long time...

• Metrolink Settles Most Cases from 2005 Glendale Train Crash

  Paul Kiesel | October 14, 2009 4:33 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  From the Los Angeles Times: After years of legal wrangling, Metrolink has settled most of the outstanding lawsuits arising from the 2005 Glendale crash that killed 11 people and injured about 180,...

• Need Money for a $6,000 Golf Outing? Just Ask the Government and Say You're Fannie Mae...

  Paul Kiesel | November 06, 2008 3:27 PM | 1 CommentLos Angeles, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  ...And then tell them that it's in order to keep you from going insolvent and to keep your business doors open. That was basically the ridiculous acknowledgment made by Fannie Mae on Tuesday...

• Metrolink Still Struggling with Saftey Improvements

  Paul Kiesel | September 08, 2009 3:18 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  From the Los Angeles Times: As the anniversary of the Sept. 12 Chatsworth train disaster approaches, officials with Southern California's sprawling commuter rail service are facing a vexing array...

• The Case of a Shattered Windshield, a Dead Fish and a Rose Moves Forward... Sorta

  Paul Kiesel | June 18, 2009 7:12 PM | 1 CommentLos Angeles, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  From DeadlineHollywoodDaily.com: Imprisoned former celebrity P.I. Anthony Pellicano and a man he allegedly hired to threaten former entertainment business journalist Anita Busch (then working as a...

• Who's to Blame for the Economic & Housing Crisis?

  Paul Kiesel | September 18, 2008 3:48 PM | 1 CommentLos Angeles, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Who deserves the blame for the economic and housing crisis? It's difficult to point the finger at one individual for instigating this mess, because many people were involved. In fact, the blame...

• The Angelo Mozilo Reply

  Paul Kiesel | May 21, 2008 5:12 PM | 5 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Angelo Mozilo, the Chairman of Countrywide Financial Corportation, inadvertantly replied to an e-mail from a mortgagee (he meant to forward it on to other executives), Daniel Bailey Jr., who was...

• UCLA Willed Body Program Tactics Seen at Illinois Cemetery?

  Paul Kiesel | July 09, 2009 5:39 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  As far as what's been reported on this story, yes, it reeks of the UCLA WBP days of 1999-2003 (i.e. trafficking body parts, improper disposition of body parts, bank accounts set up in UCLA's name,...

• California Closer to Banning BPA in Plastics

  Paul Kiesel | June 02, 2009 6:40 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  From the Los Angeles Times: Reporting from Sacramento -- Despite a fierce lobbying effort by the U.S. chemical industry, the state Senate narrowly approved a proposal Tuesday that would ban the use...

• Expedia, Travelocity and Other Online Travel Companies Owe the City of Anaheim $21.3 million in Transient Occupancy Taxes

  Paul Kiesel | February 19, 2009 7:59 PM | 1 CommentLos Angeles, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  As the California Legislature passed a budget package today that raises taxes and cuts billions of dollars in school funding, I felt that sharing the below press release was worthwhile and...