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From the LA Times:

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Asbestos Removal Lacked Safeguards, Workers Claim
Members of Housing Authority crew say they removed hazardous tiles without use of protective gear. Official admits 'disconnect' in projects.
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Bandit Tow-Truck Drivers to Face Jail
Police Commission proposes sting operations in areas with frequent illegal car seizures.
Bandit tow-truck drivers who illegally seize vehicles from Los Angeles private parking lots then demand motorists pay for their return could soon be jailed and their trucks confiscated.
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DWP to Give City More of Its Funds
Shift of $60 million will aid police, fire services. But the board says such bailouts must stop.
Although complaining that Los Angeles elected officials have repeatedly raided the Department of Water and Power, the agency's board reluctantly agreed Tuesday to transfer a $60-million surplus to help pay for police and fire services.
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Belmont High Project Wins Board Approval
The campus, now called Vista Hermosa, will have two new buildings and a community park.
An East L.A. high school is OKd too. As part of its efforts to ease overcrowding in center-city schools, the Los Angeles school board gave final approval Tuesday to the long-troubled Belmont High School Project and approved plans to build a high school in East Los Angeles.
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Campus Checkups Improve, City Says
L.A. Unified revamps inspections after cafeteria and restroom conditions are criticized.
Months after city officials scolded Los Angeles Unified School District officials for deplorable conditions at some campus restrooms and cafeterias, a city report released Tuesday said the district is on the right track with a program to ensure clean and safe buildings.
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County Bans Smoking at 2 Beaches
Following the lead of Santa Monica, Malibu and other coastal cities, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to ban smoking at two county beaches this summer.
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County and Cudahy Feud Over $65,000
Los Angeles County is pursuing an unlikely scofflaw that it says failed to pay a $65,000 bill: the city of Cudahy.
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County OKs Mine Consent Decree
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted 3 to 2 Tuesday to approve the terms of a federal consent decree allowing a 56.1-million ton gravel and sand mine near Santa Clarita.
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From the Daily News:

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Officials offer tips as virus hits Valley
With efforts already under way to eradicate mosquitoes, vector control officials said Tuesday that they are beefing up their public education programs to help stop the spread of the potentially deadly West Nile virus.
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Council committee OKs airport panel nominees
Mayor James Hahn's three nominees to the Los Angeles Airport Commission won the blessing of a key City Council committee Tuesday, despite concerns that they would represent Hahn and not residents near Los Angeles International and Van Nuys airports.
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DWP to pay city $60 million Funds needed to balance municipal budget
With one member declaring that "the gravy train is coming to an end," the commission overseeing the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power reluctantly agreed Tuesday to give the city $60 million to balance the municipal budget.
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'Green power' urged for DWP
Saying Los Angeles should increase its reliance on clean energy sources even if it costs ratepayers more, members of a City Council committee Tuesday endorsed a move to require the Department of Water and Power to obtain 20 percent of its energy from renewable sources by 2017.
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Local councils may win more control of budgets
A plan to give neighborhood councils greater control over their annual budgets -- while at the same time dealing with complaints of reckless spending -- gained support on Tuesday.
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From Mayor Hahn:

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Mayor Hahn Helps Break Ground
on More Than 500 Units of East Los Angeles Housing
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