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From the LA Times:

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Deal Gives Guards Millions in Benefits
Schwarzenegger ceded powers to union, agreed to new perks in winning a delay in a pay raise.
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Mobile Home Park Ordered to Let Buses Pick Up Disabled Students
Citing safety hazards, managers had banned the vehicles from the Chatsworth property.
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More Disciplinary Power for Bratton Urged
Activists say the police Board of Rights often goes easy on officers in misconduct cases.
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On L.A. Freeways, the Ride Can Get Bumpy
Gashes and holes in deteriorating pavement take their toll, adding $705 annually to usual vehicle maintenance costs, a study finds.
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A Compromise on Preschool Plan
After weeks of debate, L.A. County officials agree on the makeup of a new agency to oversee a $600-million program funded by tobacco tax.
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Clamp Is Left in King/Drew Patient
The surgical error is the latest in a series of patient-care mistakes that have drawn scrutiny to the county-owned hospital.
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Sales Tax Hike Likely to Be on Fall Ballot
Supervisors voice support for the L.A. County proposal, which would raise funds for policing.
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Panel Alleges Ethics Breach
City commission accuses a lawyer of laundering campaign funds to Hahn. County D.A. and state have also filed complaints in the case.
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Worker in Body Parts Scandal Found Dead
An employee in UCLA's willed body program, who was put on leave after admitting to lawyers that he helped in the misuse of donated cadavers, was found dead in a possible suicide at his Studio City apartment, the county coroner's office said Monday.
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El Segundo Woman Is Believed Abducted
A South Bay real estate agent missing for four days may have been abducted from her El Segundo home, police said Monday.
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Court Upholds Reversal in Rampart Case
A state appeals court on Monday upheld a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge's decision to throw out the convictions of three Los Angeles police officers accused of framing gang members, charges that were part of the LAPD's Rampart Division corruption scandal.
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From the Daily News:

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LAUSD parking perk draws fire from union
Incensed by the Los Angeles Unified School District's plan to borrow nearly $40 million to build a downtown garage for top bureaucrats, teachers union officials on Monday called for an end to the free parking privileges so the $4 million a year could be used for education.
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Gang payback a big worry
Hoping to avert retaliatory violence, police launched hourly patrols Monday and sent crisis teams into the northeast San Fernando Valley, where one person was killed and 15 were wounded in separate weekend melees.
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Ethics panel slams attorney
The city's Ethics Commission joined Monday in accusations against prominent attorney Pierce O'Donnell, alleging he made illegal contributions to the 2001 campaign of Mayor James Hahn.
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Police tax up for vote today
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors plans to vote today whether to put a one-half percent sales tax measure on the Nov. 2 ballot to raise some $500 million a year for law enforcement and public safety agencies.
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Residents ask for removal of rooftop satellite dishes
PANORAMA CITY -- A group of Panorama City residents on Monday called for the city to force Adelphia Cable to remove several satellite dishes from a building for which it has no permit.
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From other sources:

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From the LAPD
"Homicide Detectives Need the Public’s Help to Solve Murder"
Los Angeles: On July 11, 2004, at around 2:00 a.m., 77th Street Homicide Detectives were called to 68th Street and Menlo Avenue to investigate a murder. The victim is a male Hispanic and appeared to be in his thirties.
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From Senator Boxer
Statement On Postponing Elections July 12, 2004
To even consider postponing our elections, the most ardent symbol of American democracy, because of threats made by terrorists would be nothing short of allowing fear to rule our country. America is too great and too strong and too brave for that.
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