http://mayorofbeverlyhills.com Breaking News Around Los Angeles Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:38:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Tiger Woods intends to remain out of golf at least until the Masters, two people with knowledge of his plans told The Associated Press on Thursday. http://mayorofbeverlyhills.com/tiger-out-until-masters/ Some current and former UCLA students were held at gun and knifepoint Thursday and robbed. http://mayorofbeverlyhills.com/ucla-students-robbed-by-men-with-knife-shotgun/ A 16-year-old Long Beach girl under the care of a residential shelter in Hermosa Beach went missing Thursday. http://mayorofbeverlyhills.com/long-beach-teen-missing-from-shelter/ A year after Los Angeles voters shot down a proposal to spend more on solar power, city officials want to hike electric rates by more than 5 percent to boost local solar energy use. http://mayorofbeverlyhills.com/dwp-wants-5-percent-rate-hike/ With Los Angeles' credit rating dropping, cash flow drying up and a nearly $700 million shortfall looming over the next 16 months, city officials ordered a citywide spending freeze Thursday. http://mayorofbeverlyhills.com/city-puts-freeze-on-spending-in-place/ California State University Northridge's Matty the Matador comes out on top in ESPN's Mascot Mayhem contest in Anaheim. http://mayorofbeverlyhills.com/csuns-matty-the-matador-win-mascot-competition/ An Encino attorney, three chiropractors and a handful of legal aides were arrested Thursday for alleged involvement in a large-scale auto insurance fraud ring involving more than 300 suspects, authorities said Thursday. http://mayorofbeverlyhills.com/encino-lawyer-among-hundreds-arrested-in-insurance-scam/ A judge's decision not to order the county Department of Public Health to require porn actors to use condoms will be appealed to the 2nd District Court of Appeal, the AIDS Healthcare Foundation announced Thursday. http://mayorofbeverlyhills.com/group-to-appeal-porn-condom-decision/ A husband and wife pleaded no contest today to charges stemming from a hit-and-run crash that killed a USC student and seriously injured another, who was pulled off the hood of the car that hit the pair before the culprits left the scene. http://mayorofbeverlyhills.com/couple-pleads-no-contest-in-hit-and-run-crash-that-killed-usc-student/ A drumroll, please. In a moment, the winner of my 2010 "win-a-trip" contest. But first, a message from the sponsor - that's me. http://mayorofbeverlyhills.com/teach-for-the-world-could-pull-u-s-out-of-provincialism/