Westfield Shoppingtown has hired one of the largest law firms in Los Angeles--Latham and Watkins, to slow developer Rick Caruso's proposal to build a mall on he grounds of the adjacent Santa Anita Park race track.
A judge has disqualified the Los Angeles law firm Latham and Watkins from representing mall owner Westfield Group in its ongoing battle with developer Rick Caruso because Latham and Watkins had represented the Los Angeles Turf Club on an earlier development project in 1999-2000.
The Arcadia School Board after a two-hour closed session decided that Foothills Middle School music teacher Sandra Ragusa - who resigned but then quickly changed her mind - could not have her job back.
Foothills Middle School music teacher Sandra Ragusta resigned after 12 years, after receiving her lowest employee evaluation since 1990. She tried to withdraw her resignation but Arcadia Board of Education decided not to give Ragusta her job back.
The Arcadia Board of Education promised parents and supporters of former teacher Sandra Ragusa a statement on why she was not allowed to withdraw her resignation.