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From the LA Times:

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Prison Jobs Program Just Barely Working
Once a national model, the state's effort to get private manufacturers to hire inmates has withered because of neglect, some say.
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Feinstein Touts Measure to Create Intelligence Czar
The senator, speaking in Beverly Hills, says her bill calling for a national spy chief would unify agencies in the fight against terrorism.
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1 Fire Wanes, Another Ignites
With the Pine blaze more than 50% contained, evacuees return home. But flames threaten 90 homes in the Santa Clarita Valley.
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From the Daily News:

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Parking perks rankle
Despite government pressure on private business to make employees carpool and use public transit to reduce smog and traffic congestion, Los Angeles city, county and school officials heavily subsidize parking for tens of thousands of their employees based downtown.
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LAPD ticket writing down
Drivers may welcome the trend, but the sharp drop in the number of traffic tickets issued by Los Angeles police since 1999 has city leaders worried.
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State stuck with cost of jailing illegals
California citizens will continue to shoulder most of the financial burden for jailing illegal immigrants convicted of crimes, under a newly approved spending bill.
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