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From the LA Times:

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Hahn Moves to Preserve Owens Valley
Mayor's proposal would bar development on more than 320,000 acres in the scenic corridor.
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Police Panel Has Kept Low Profile
Agency's inconspicuous response to June beating leads some to question its role, responsibilities.
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Mayors Join Debate Over Budget
L.A.'s James Hahn and Fresno's leader are tapped to stay at Capitol to press for a deal that deters the state from seizing local funds.
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Hahn Targets Problem Intersections
Mayor James K. Hahn unveiled a plan Tuesday to improve 25 congested and unsafe intersections in the next year, and touted his accomplishments in adding traffic lights, turn lanes and pedestrian warning lights to other dangerous intersections over the last three years.
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New Charges Against Attorney
A watchdog panel files a civil money-laundering case over Mayor Hahn's 2001 campaign.
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Audit Faults Oversight of Business Districts
Los Angeles is doing a poor job watching over its more than 30 business improvement districts, leading to shoddy accounting and questionable spending in at least one, City Controller Laura Chick said Tuesday.
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Violent Crime Drops Statewide
But property crime increased in 2003, compared with the year before, according to a report issued by the attorney general's office.
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Task Force Proposed for Cleaning River of Plastic
Dismayed at all the plastic trash in the Los Angeles River, Councilman Ed Reyes proposed creating a task force Tuesday to study how to raise money to keep the channel clean of plastic bags and other plastic debris.
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Police Seek Relatives of Homeless Victim
Authorities Tuesday asked the public's help in finding relatives of a man who was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver.
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From the Daily News:

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Mothers push back at crime
NORTH HILLS -- Fighting back against escalating violence, dozens of mothers whose children belong to rival gangs marched down one of the toughest streets in the San Fernando Valley on Tuesday night and called for peace.
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Intersection fixes rev up Hahn critics
Mayor James Hahn outlined his plan Tuesday to make 25 of Los Angeles' most dangerous intersections safer with traffic signals, turn lanes and crosswalks -- a strategy critics called a piecemeal solution to traffic problems that have worsened under his watch.
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Valley lawmakers divided
SACRAMENTO -- As the state entered the sixth day of the fiscal year without a budget, most San Fernando Valley legislators split along party lines over whether they support Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's deal to fund local government.
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Immigration screening sought
Sheriff Lee Baca wants sheriff's personnel, rather than federal immigration authorities, to determine if jail inmates are convicted criminal aliens who could be recommended for deportation upon their release.
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FPPC accuses Hahn contributor of using false identities
The state agency that enforces campaign-finance laws Tuesday formally accused a Los Angeles attorney of making 26 donations to Mayor James Hahn's 2001 mayoral campaign under a series of false identities.
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Crime declines in state
Violent crime, including homicides, rape and robbery, dropped in California in 2003 compared with the year before, according to a state report released Tuesday.
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LAUSD evolving to respond to students' needs
Everywhere we go throughout the Los Angeles Unified School District there are signs of new schools being constructed. Today, there are 66 new schools and 29 additions under construction. The LAUSD is adding 162,000 new seats -- the equivalent of the entire San Diego Unified School District.
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$331,000 state grant will continue anti-gang program
LANCASTER -- A multiagency anti-gang program in Lancaster will continue for another year with the help of a $331,000 state grant.
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From other sources:

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From Mayor Hahn
Mayor Hahn Keeps Moving With Improvements to City's Worst 100 Intersections
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From the LAPD
"Detectives Seek Clues In Homicide Investigation"
Los Angeles: Rampart Homicide Detectives are investigating the death of a female Puerto Rican, 45-50 years of age.
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"Suspect’s Information Wanted in Homicide Investigation"
Los Angeles: On July 3, 2004, at about 9:00 p.m., Marcus Earl Lane, 36 years of age was driving his car eastbound 107th Street from Central Avenue. A man, described only as being Black, approached Mr. Lane and shot him. The suspect left immediately after the shooting.
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"Detectives Exhaust All Leads and Now Seek The Public's Help"
Los Angeles- Southeast Homicide Detectives are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying the suspects involved in the shooting death of 28 year-old Jason James.
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From Attorney General Lockyer
Attorney General Locker Releases Statewide 2003 Crime Statistics
Violent Crime Down Slightly From 2002; Property Crime Inched Up
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From Senator Feinstein
Statement of Senator Feinstein on U.S. District Court Ruling Upholding the California Financial Information Privacy Act
Washington, DC – On Wednesday U.S. District Court Judge Morrison C. England Jr. upheld the California Financial Privacy Act authored by state Senator Jackie Speier ( D-San Mateo ) and signed into law last August.
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