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From the LA Times:

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PR Firm Routinely Overbilled DWP, Former Employees Say
They claim that time sheets were falsified at Fleishman-Hillard. The company says it does not condone unethical or improper billing.
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Latest Twist in Beating Roils Waters
Report that the suspect was not carrying wire cutters troubles LAPD friends and foes. But some see hope if officer risked telling the truth.
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Smuggling Rings at LAX Targeted
Federal operation takes aim at those who send illegal immigrants on flights to the East Coast.
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Bootleg-DVD Operation Raided
L.A. police arrest 5 and close a factory that allegedly could make 1million copies a year.
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From the Daily News:

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Officials arrest 64 illegals at LAX
In a crackdown on smugglers who transport their human cargo on commercial flights from Los Angeles International Airport to the East Coast, federal agents Wednesday announced the arrest of 64 suspected illegal immigrants.
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No public funds for L.A. hotel
Developers behind the proposed $1 billion hotel-entertainment complex in downtown Los Angeles insisted on Wednesday they have learned the political lessons of the past and will not seek any new tax sources to help fund their project.
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Landfill firm OKs two liners
The operators of Sunshine Canyon Landfill said Wednesday they will comply with mandates to install a costly double liner under the dump expansion, which will keep an early 2005 opening on track while lessening residents' fear of water contamination.
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Union: Nurse ratio not met
Los Angeles County has failed to hire enough nurses to meet a state law on nurse-to-patient ratio, and current staffing levels endanger thousands of patients at county hospitals and clinics, a nurses union said Wednesday.
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New Valley community has long-standing name
A tree-lined section of northern Toluca Lake today will become the newest distinct community to win official recognition by the city of Los Angeles
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Proposal would require quick retrieval of shopping carts
Driving around his northwestern San Fernando Valley district, Los Angeles Councilman Greig Smith said he invariably sees abandoned shopping carts littering city streets and alleys.
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Audit says fraud, sexual harassment in department
The Los Angeles County department that serves nearly 2 million senior citizens is rife with mismanagement and fiscal abuses, costing taxpayers millions of dollars, according to a new audit.
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From other sources:

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From Mayor Hahn
Mayor Hahn, City Council Urge Board of Supervisors to Put Baca's Initiative on November Ballot
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