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From the LA Times:

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More Now Carry Guns
As security fears increase, police and sheriffs have issued 28% more permits for concealed weapons statewide since 2000.
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City Airport Agency Is Accused of Bias
Companies competing for Van Nuys jet center say Los Angeles World Airports granted David Murdock the lease based on political influence.
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State PTA Backs Ban on Random Drug Testing
SACRAMENTO — Across America, the PTA has long fought to prevent student drug use, but last month its California leaders found themselves sparring with federal drug officials in the state Capitol.
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MTA Outlines Traffic Plan for Antelope Valley
The agency proposes new roads and carpool and reversible lanes for the fast-growing region.
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From the Daily News:

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Smile! It's LAPD camera
Touting a 45 percent drop in crime at MacArthur Park with the aid of video cameras as "virtual patrols," the LAPD is seeking funding to expand the program to crime hot spots in the San Fernando Valley and other areas of the city.
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Shifting winds fueling wildfire
SANTA CLARITA -- Unexpected wind shifts Sunday afternoon fanned a wildfire that burned thousands of acres near Santa Clarita and forced new evacuations of more than 800 homes.
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Retail complex to bring jobs back to old plant site
PACOIMA -- The long-vacant Price Pfister plant has a new owner -- a national retail developer that plans to build a Lowe's store and other shops on the 25-acre site that was was left badly contaminated by faucet-manufacturing processes.
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Hotel workers union looking to take on Wolff projects
Welcome to the world of Los Angeles politics, Lew Wolff. The millionaire hotelier, accustomed to limos and red carpets wherever he goes, is about to get a lesson in hardball politics.
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Blanket drive warms girl, 12
BURBANK -- Twelve-year-old Jessica Sara Halpern wants to bring more warmth to the world, so early this year the home-schooled Burbank resident began collecting blankets and taking them to homeless shelters.
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Activists' ire focused on wrong incidents
The airing of two separate videos showing Los Angeles police officers striking black suspects with police flashlights has touched off a revival of Rodney King-like charges, which continues to simmer and brew as activists press their advantage.
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