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FAA to track helicopter noise -- The Federal Aviation Administration launched on Wednesday a new system for logging complaints about helicopter noise in Los Angeles County. Setting up a complaint system was among the measures included in a May 2013 report by the FAA outlining steps the agency could take to address helicopter noise. County residents can make a complaint by calling 424-348-HELI (4354) or visiting www.heli-noise-la.com and inputting the date and time of the disturbance and their ZIP code. Mark Madler/San Fernando Valley Business Journal Dan Weikel/Los Angeles Times
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Self-identification program offered to help families with Autism at LAX -- A self-identification program was offered at Los Angeles International Airport Wednesday to help families with autism. The program was created to help defuse potential behavioral incidents between travelers, police, airline and airport personnel before they become problems. Around 10 a.m., Transportation Security Administration, Los Angeles World Airports personnel, airport tenants and participating airlines held a press conference to announce the addition of the program within the airport. CBS LA
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EDITORIAL: Take a stand about future of LB Airport -- Let's get serious about this, Long Beach. Do you want an airport or not? Okay, it's not that simple. There are issues like millions of dollars of Federal Aviation Administration money that says there must be some form of airport here. So let's look at this. Do you want a successful airport or not? And maybe more important, how do you define a successful airport? Long Beach Gazette
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Google takes over aging Moffett Field and its airship hangars -- Built for an age when 800-foot-long flying aircraft carriers were the cutting edge of aviation, the colossal hangars of the Moffett Federal Airfield are about to become roosts for Silicon Valley's latest ideas. Google on Wednesday formally takes over the 1,000-acre site with plans to repurpose its three airship hangars as laboratories for developing robots, rovers, drones, Internet-carrying balloons and other cutting-edge technology. The company will also manage the airfield's two runways and upgrade an old military golf course for public use. Matt O'Brien/San Jose Mercury News
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Rep. Swalwell calls for better sensors at porous San Jose airport -- The arrest of a woman found wandering the grounds of Mineta San Jose Airport International Airport - the fifth breach there in the past year - is proof that its perimeter fence must be outfitted with live sensors, a Bay Area congressman said Wednesday. The fact that people are repeatedly scaling the fence erodes the public's confidence in the airport's security, said Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Dublin, who questioned whether publicity of each incident has spurred people to act. Henry K. Lee/San Francisco Chronicle
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The Club lounge lands at Seattle airport -- Seattle-Tacoma International Airport is the newest location for Airport Lounge Development's (ALD) eighth and ninth club lounges that operate under "The Club" brand. ALD on Wednesday opened two new outlets of The Club at SEA, one in Concourse A and one in the south satellite. "Seattle-Tacoma International airport experienced its fourth straight year seeing a record number of passengers. Bennet J. Wilson/USA Today
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Lactation stations ease airport grind for nursing moms -- Frequent traveler Katy Mann is "not super comfortable nursing in public, no matter how covered up I am." So when it comes time to nurse her baby in an airport while traveling with her children, Mann says her only option is often sitting on a dirty bathroom floor in a family restroom. It's no easier when she's travels without her baby. In airports, "I find it difficult to find a place to pump," said Mann. Harriet Baskas/USA Today
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Airline bosses mum on Flight 9525 co-pilot controversy -- The CEOs of Germanwings and parent company Lufthansa on Wednesday visited a memorial near the site of last week's crash in the French Alps but shed little light on the growing controversy over the co-pilot's mental issues. Also Wednesday, authorities said they had completed the recovery of human remains. The crash site, a steep ravine more than 6,000 feet above sea level, remains littered with plane debris and personal effects of the 150 people who died in the crash. Jane Onyanga-Omara & John Bacon/USA Today
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How FlightRadar24.com, a site for 'Aviation Geeks', may have solved Germanwings 9525 crash -- One of the most important clues to emerge so far in the crash of Germanwings Flight 9525 came not from official investigative channels but from a private network of aviation enthusiasts that crowdsources aircraft flight data. Efforts by members of FlightRadar24.com show how the public's ability to capture and share data on connected devices that were unavailable just a few years ago has become a critical tool for supplementing formal investigations. Paul McDougall/International Business Times
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A.M. Best: Germanwings crash may put more pressure on aviation war sector -- A.M. Best said the total insurance loss of Germanwings Flight 4U9525, which crashed in the French Alps on March 24, 2015 killing 150 people, may put further pressure on the beleaguered aviation war sector. The total insurance loss for the plane will comprise passenger liability claims and physical damage to the Airbus A320 aircraft. Passenger liability claims will be covered as part of aviation "all risks" policies and will represent the majority of the overall loss. Insurance Journal
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Allegiant Air pilots strike averted by court ruling -- Pilots at discount carrier Allegiant Air were prevented in their plans to strike Thursday after a federal court issued a temporary restraining order. The Las Vegas-based airline had gone to court to block the strike, which would have grounded 250 flights and affected 33,000 customers. The airline does not have enough replacement crews to fly its full schedule. Had the strike goes into the weekend, Allegiant says as many as 186,000 travelers could be stranded. Scott Mayerowitz/AP
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Allegiant Air: The most successful airline you've never heard of is growing fast -- For the past 15 years, Allegiant Air has had a simple strategy: It flies passengers from what it calls "underserved markets" like Appleton, Wisconsin; Bismarck, North Dakota; and Owensboro, Kentucky to popular vacation destinations like Orlando and Las Vegas. In exchange for the convenience of those nonstop flights and low fares, passengers have dealt with drawbacks. Brian Sumers/Conde Nast Traveler
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EU airlines face growing demand for passenger data -- European airlines are facing a growing dilemma over demands from an increasing number of governments to hand over sensitive passenger data-a step that would breach European Union data-protection rules unless there are dedicated legal agreements to permit it. The EU has an agreement with the U.S. over so-called passenger-name records put in place in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Only two other countries have such PNR agreements with the EU: Australia and Canada. Valentina Pop/Wall Street Journal
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Delta first U.S. airline to accept China's Alipay -- Delta Air Lines has become the first U.S. carrier to accept Alipay, an electronic payment system trusted in China, from its customers. Delta has been expanding nonstop flights to China since 2009 and now offers service from Detroit and Seattle to Beijing and Shanghai/Pudong. Delta also has daily nonstop between Shanghai and Tokyo Narita. On July 9, Delta begins flights between Los Angeles and Shanghai. Delta's move to add Alipay comes as visa restrictions have been eased for Chinese visitors traveling to the United States. Bart Jansen/USA Today
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Delta launching pet trackers -- Delta Air Lines Inc. on Wednesday will enable passengers to track their traveling pets during flights, Bloomberg reported. The Atlanta-based airline, No. 1 in airline animal deaths over the past five years, will offer for $50 a device developed by Sendum Wireless Corp. that shows passengers the ambient temperature around their pets and how their crates are positioned. However, the device only sends alerts before and after a flight due to FAA restrictions on cellular communications during flights, Bloomberg noted. Atlanta Business Chronicle
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Analyst lowers ratings on American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines -- Deutsche Bank analyst Michael Linenberg isn't souring on American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Continental Holdings long term. But on Wednesday, he downgraded their stocks from "buy" to "hold," and reduced both their price targets and 2015 earnings estimates. The reason is that he thinks their share prices won't be moving much in the near-term future, and he blames anticipated results on their international route systems. Terry Maxon/Dallas Morning News
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Alaska Airlines strikes back at Delta with new JFK Service -- In the latest Alaska/Delta battle, Alaska announced earlier this month that it will launch flights between Seattle and New York-JFK this September, and Delta struck back with some changes and upgrades coming to flights between Seattle and JFK. Aside from SEA-JFK being a very long transcon route, it is also a Delta hub-to-hub route. Currently, Delta operates three flights a day between the two cities; one flight is operated with a lie-flat equipped 757-200, and the other two flights are flown with a 737-800. Austin Speaker/Airways News
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Volunteers step into 1937 with rejuvenation of American Airlines DC-3 Flagship Detroit -- "The Queen" has been stationed at the American Airlines Tulsa Maintenance and Engineering Base since October. That's the affectionate nickname that the dozen or so American Airlines employees have chosen for the DC-3 Flagship Detroit, the 1937 passenger plane that they've volunteered an estimated 1,800 hours to fixing up during the past six months. American Airlines was the first air carrier in the world to inaugurate commercial DC-3 operations. Casey Smith/Tulsa World
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The best way to find an airfare online --It may be time to try new ways to search for the best fare. The booking side of travel is in a state of upheaval. Like airlines, air-ticket sellers are consolidating. Expedia has already swallowed up Travelocity, and a deal to acquire Orbitz is likely to be completed later this year. Like other areas of online shopping, new entrants with new capabilities and new promises are popping up. And search giant Google is rocking the industry by acquiring a leading reservation technology firm and launching a powerful flight-search site. Scott McCartney/Wall Street Journal
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California governor orders mandatory water restrictions -- California Gov. Jerry Brown ordered officials Wednesday to impose statewide mandatory water restrictions for the first time in history as surveyors found the lowest snow level in the Sierra Nevada snowpack in 65 years of record-keeping. Standing in dry, brown grass at a site that normally would be snow-covered this time of year, Brown announced he had signed an executive order requiring the State Water Resources Control Board to implement measures in cities and towns to cut the state's overall water usage by 25 percent compared with 2013 levels. Fenit Nirappil/AP
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Contract talks stalled, thousands of L.A. city workers take strike vote -- Angered by stalled contract negotiations, 10,000 city workers represented by the Service Employees International Union are voting on whether to strike, a move that could potentially paralyze basic city services such as garbage collection, sewer maintenance and transportation. The strike vote is described in a leaflet, obtained by the Los Angeles Times, that is now being distributed to SEIU workers at city job sites. Peter Jamison & Catherine Saillant/Los Angeles Times
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60 percent of Los Angeles sanitation workers a no-show as part of labor negotiations -- About 60 percent of the city's 500 sanitation workers failed to show up for work Wednesday as part of a labor action, leaving a diminished crew to pick up trash. Sanitation Bureau Director Enrique Zaldivar asked residents to leave out their garbage bins until the end of the day as the day's working drivers might have needed until about 7 p.m. to complete trash pickup. City News Service Catherine Saillant & Peter Jamison/Los Angeles Times
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L.A. agrees to spend $1.3 billion to fix sidewalks in ADA case -- Los Angeles is pledging to spend more than $1.3 billion over the next three decades to fix a massive backlog of broken sidewalks and make other improvements to help those with disabilities navigate the city as a result of a tentative deal being described as a landmark legal settlement. The proposed agreement still must be finalized and approved by a federal judge. Emily Alpert Reyes/Los Angeles Times
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City Council approves $2.45-million deal with Occupy L.A. protesters -- The Los Angeles City Council approved a $2.45-million agreement Wednesday to settle all claims involving Occupy L.A. protesters arrested during a violent clash with Los Angeles police in 2011. Although the City Council agreed to settle, the deal must still be approved by a U.S. District Court judge before it's finalized, said Frank Mateljan, a spokesman for the city attorney's office. Veronica Roche/Los Angeles Times
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L.A. will seek to impose new ban on living in vehicles -- The Los Angeles City Council is considering reinstating a ban on homeless people living in their cars and RVs. A federal appeals court last year struck down the city's existing ban as unconstitutionally vague. In a March 26 report, City Atty. Mike Feuer proposed a new ordinance with a tighter definition of living in a vehicle that he said would pass court muster. In addition to a new ordinance, Feuer said the city could set up a limited permit process that would allow car camping on non-residential streets. Gale Holland/Los Angeles Times
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LAFD's latest recruits are primarily white and overwhelmingly male -- A second class of recruits hired after Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti's overhaul of the city's firefighter hiring process is primarily white and overwhelmingly male, marking little progress toward the mayor's pledge to diversify the Fire Department. The 54 recruits, who are scheduled to start training at Terminal Island on Monday, include only two women. Ben Welsh/Los Angeles Times
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