Greeting Readers!
I will be out of town from February 27 to March 7. Unfortunately, I do not have 24/7 connection to the Internet, so will update Missing Call Letters as best as I can.
In the meantime, you can follow me on Twitter at jbtamayo. I’ll be tweeting from my blackberry so you can get your daily news fix from me there.
Stay classy!!
Jonathan
By Jonathan Tamayo
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Three administrators at Porter Middle School were reassigned and could face criminal charges for allegedly using a student to conduct an informal marijuana sting against another student, police and school district officials said on Wednesday.
Police say they found out about the operation after a student told school officials that another student tried to sell marijuana.
Without consulting any law enforcement agency, three administrators decided to enlist the aid of the student to set up a drug sting targeting the other student, police said.
The alleged sting was reported to district officials on Thursday, and the administrators were transferred to non-school positions the next day.
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$72 million in 26 mintues. That’s what ABC pulled in for 26 minutes of ad sales during the Oscars Feb. 22. It’s the most ad revenue since 2004, according to TNS Media Intelligence.
“This year’s tumultuous economic climate was both a boon and a bane to ABC’s Academy Awards telecast. While several major advertisers dropped out of this year’s event, it allowed new brands to participate,” said Dean DeBiase, CEO of TNS Media.
“Despite a challenging business climate and an overall downward trend in audience ratings, marketers understand the unique power of TV advertising for marquee events such as the Academy Awards,” he continued.
Both GM and L’Oreal, two major sponsors, had to pull out this year, leaving Hyundai as the top sponsor. Read the rest of this entry »
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Nikki Hilton made a citizen’s arrest outside a West Hollywood restaurant after being pushed to the ground by the suspect.
The alleged pusher was cited for misdemeanor battery and released, according to police.
Hilton was not injured at the incident, which occurred early Saturday morning near an IHOP restaurant. A sheriff’s deputy inside IHOP heard a commotion and went outside to investigate.
He found Hilton had been pushed from behind and said she wanted to make a citizen’s arrest.
TMZ was the first to report the incident. I just want to know why Nikki Hilton was at an IHOP in the first place.
By Jonathan Tamayo
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Education cuts couldn’t have come at a worse time. A new survey ranks California 48 out of 50 in high school seniors who go on to a four-year college, according to the annual California Education Opportunity Report.
The findings were released today and involved UCLA researchers.
Officials say the results are due to the majority of California students who indicate their plan to get a bachelor’s degree. The data shows a disparity between students’ goals and their ability to achieve them through California’s schools, according to the report.
Regarding California, the report sates that California’s students are more likely to attend overcrowded schools and receive less personal attention. Read the rest of this entry »
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Los Angeles has just approved a proposal to charge shoppers for using paper or plastic single-use bag at grocery and retail stores.
The proposal was endorsed unanimously by the LA City Council Wednesday.
If passed, retailers would be allowed to charge consumers a quarter for each single-use bag they use for purchases.
Stores would get to keep 5 cents out of the quarter and the rest would be forwarded to the state for environmental programs.
“It focuses not just on the plastic bags but single-use bags, which is important — that includes also the paper bags that we want to get out of the landfills. Overall this is a very good bill, it’s very insightful,” said Councilman Greg Smith who introduced the resolution. Read the rest of this entry »
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Gas prices are slowly on the rise again and tourism has been on the decline, so LAX is offering new low-cost plane tickets via Allegiant Air.
The flights will take you to Grand Junction, CO and Medord, OR starting May 1st, officials announced today.
Allegiant Air will use two 150-seat MD-80 series jets that will fly out of LAX to a total of 12 destination by the end of May.
“We’re extremely pleased to add Los Angeles and Southern California region to our growing roster of world-class leisure destinations,” said Maurice J. Gallagher of Allegiant Air.
Here’s a list of other destinations the airline will fly to out of LAX by the end of May:
By Jonathan Tamayo
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If California legislators ever do their jobs and pass a state budget, it may include over $14 billion in tax hikes along with spending cuts and some borrowing. But what does that actually mean for the taxpayer?
The Sacramento Bee has a calculator that determines the personal tax impact of the proposed budget. Basically you put in how much money you make, how much your car is worth, how much gallons of gas you use, etc. Then the calculator determines how much more money you will have to pay the government.
The module is based on the Assembly Floor Report given to legislators Saturday night.
It could be all for nothing though because the long-awaited budget fix is on the brink of collapse Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »
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A couple of days ago I wrote about Facebook changing their TOS to own our content forever. Well, after a firestorm of criticism and mad complaints in the blogosphere and twitterverse, Facebook has decided to return to the original Terms of Service. Here’s what the website posted on their blog. Read the rest of this entry »
By Jonathan Tamayo
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Facebook creator Mark Zukcerberg is speaking out about the Facebook TOS controversy after it made waves in the blogosphere and twitterverse.
Basically, he’s saying that the issue isn’t so cut and dry. Facebook is trying to retain photos and messages of people who choose to stay with the social networking site after their friends have deleted their account. Here’s Zukcerberg’s comments from his blog post: Read the rest of this entry »
