Governor appoints former Mayor Hahn as a judge
Daily News (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
LOS ANGELES -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed former Los Angeles Mayor James Hahn as a Los Angeles Superior Court judge Wednesday.
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Dong Yi makes it to Q School final
Metropolitan Golf Links: The Weblog (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
Alameda native Dong Yi, who shares the course record at Metro with pal James Hahn, has secured a spot on the Nationwide Tour and could qualify for the PGA Tour with a top 25 finish in the final stage of Q School. Ron Salsig has the story : "I knew I was close teeing off that last hole," Yi said. "Talk about Q-School pressure, that's it." Yi hit his tee shot into a fairway bunker on the...
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Morning Buzz: Wednesday 11.26.08
SoCal Sports Observed (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
Morning Buzz: Wednesday 11.26.08Kevin Roderick • • The DWP union's solar rooftop measure slammed through by the mayor causes Tim Rutten to write, "if some serious rethinking about all this isn't done soon, the only difference between dysfunctional Sacramento and dysfunctional Los Angeles will be the fact that we don't have Indian tribes or slot machines in the mix." Former mayor James Hahn...
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L.A. disasters test Villaraigosa's crisis management skills
Los Angeles Times (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
... in France during a protracted transit strike that stranded bus riders.A year later, former Mayor James Hahn was derided for getting stuck in Washington, D.C., after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks -- a situation that left then-City Council President Alex Padilla providing assurance to the public.Villaraigosa took heat for being in Mexico during the May 2007 melee in MacArthur Park...
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L.A. disasters test Villaraigosa's crisis management skills
LA Times (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
... in France during a protracted transit strike that stranded bus riders. A year later, former Mayor James Hahn was derided for getting stuck in Washington, D.C., after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks -- a situation that left then-City Council President Alex Padilla providing assurance to the public.Villaraigosa took heat for being in Mexico during the May 2007 melee in MacArthur Park...
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Mayor In Corruption Probe Named Judge
Judicial Watch - (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
A popular big-city mayor who lost a reelection bid amid a corruption investigation of his administration and several top donors has been appointed to a judgeship by the state’s governor. Although former Los Angeles Mayor James Hahn was embroiled in a huge City Hall bribery scandal, California’s Republican governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, has named the Democrat to the Los Angeles County...
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Rick Caruso says he won't run for L.A. mayor in 2009
Los Angeles Times (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
... and Power commissioner by then-Mayor Tom Bradley, a post he held for more than a decade.Mayor James Hahn later appointed Caruso to the Police Commission, where, as president, he felt the wrath of many of the city's black leaders for working to oust Los Angeles Police Department Chief Bernard C. Parks in 2002, at time when violent crime in the city was on the rise and the LAPD was...
