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From the LA Times:

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Westwood Project Gets City's OK
Compromises pave the way for the council's unanimous approval of the $100-million commercial and housing development.
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Bill to Ban Fake Guns in Public Gets Assembly OK
Lawmaker tells of deputies drawing their guns on his son, who had a fake weapon.
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Pet Owners Could Be in the Doghouse
The Los Angeles City Council, looking to give dogs a boost in their standard of living, voted Wednesday to draft an ordinance that would set strict standards for doghouses and outlaw the practice of permanently chaining the animals in yards.
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L.A. Looking Into Return of Downtown Trolley Line
More than 40 years after the last Pacific Electric Red Car clanged to a stop in Los Angeles, city leaders are weighing a proposal to resurrect the trolley system with a five-mile loop that would connect downtown landmarks from Chinatown to Staples Center.
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Federal Monitor Praises, Criticizes LAPD
Car theft suspect Stanley Miller was complying with orders when an officer struck him repeatedly with a heavy flashlight, the federally appointed monitor overseeing reforms of the Los Angeles Police Department has said.
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L.A. Names Street After Longtime AME Pastor
He has been head pastor at the First African Methodist Episcopal Church for 27 years, helping transform his Mid-City church into a center for social activism.
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From the Daily News:

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Shaking up downtown
Nearly 18 months after taking the helm, Robert "Bud" Ovrom faces a major test today of his efforts to massively overhaul and streamline the Community Redevelopment Agency long criticized for its emphasis on downtown at the expense of the blighted neighborhoods.
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Waste officials mull Sun Valley gravel pit
Los Angeles sanitation officials are weighing a bid on a 125-acre gravel pit in Sun Valley as the site for trash-transfer facility -- which would put the garbage-loading and -unloading operation adjacent to an equestrian community.
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Silence on bus project
California's Court of Appeal failed to deliver an expected ruling Wednesday on whether construction could resume on the Orange Line, leaving both the MTA and busway opponents in limbo.
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City behind in pension funds
The city of Los Angeles underpaid its employees' pension fund by more than $40 million in the past two years -- money that taxpayers will have to reimburse, officials said Wednesday.
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Toy guns no fun on the street
SACRAMENTO -- Saying police officers increasingly face split-second decisions regarding children with realistic-looking toy guns, the state Assembly passed legislation Wednesday to hike penalties for carrying or waving imitation guns in public.
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From Mayor Hahn
Mayor Hahn Urges Legislature To Pass Bill To Help Domestic Violence Victims
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Mayor Hahn Announces Fontayne Holmes To Be City Librarian
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Mayor Hahn Creates Enterprise Fund
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From Attorney General Lockyer
Attorney General Lockyer Announces Decline in Substance Use among Students, Even Excessive Users
Tenth Biennial Study Sees Abstinence Go Up; But Teen Dating Violence Up
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