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From the LA Times:

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Shift in Inmate Rehab Signaled
A bill to boost education and job training to cut recidivism is approved. Critics decry the cost.
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No Quick, Cheap Fixes for Healthcare
We all know the reason six Los Angeles County emergency rooms have shut down in the last year and even more are expected to go belly up as well.
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City-County Feud Could Stall LAX Plan
Instead of a routine OK, an obscure panel could deal a setback to Mayor Hahn by requiring a council override and delaying timetable.
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Hahn Halts Coal Plant Investment
Environmentalists hail the decision by the L.A. mayor to redirect up to $400 million investment toward increasing renewable power.
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Brentwood Gate Plan Is Blocked
The city attorney tells a residents' group to keep the road to their hilltop enclave open.
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Bus Riders Organization Asks That MTA Be Fined
The advocacy group charges that city buses are still overcrowded, in violation of a 1996 court order.
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$25,000 Reward Offered for Missing
Woman Warner Bros. Studios offered a $25,000 reward Tuesday for information leading to a financial analyst missing since she left work Aug. 17.
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Firm Accuses DWP of Nonpayment
A consulting firm plans to file a claim today against the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power alleging the agency unfairly backed away from a $2.7-million contract extension and hadn't paid its bills.
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Downtown Residents Protest Police Plans
Architects hired by the city to design a new police headquarters showed off building models at City Hall on Tuesday night, as the downtown area's councilwoman tried to defuse opposition from residents.
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From the Daily News:

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L.A. new epicenter of W. Nile
As Los Angeles County's 100th case of West Nile virus was confirmed Tuesday, the Board of Supervisors took steps to assert sweeping new powers to enter private property to eradicate mosquito-breeding spots.
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Busway work stoppage a net loss for businesses
Already inconvenienced by busway construction, small-business owners along the Orange Line route in the San Fernando Valley say they face an unbearable hardship because of the court-ordered work stoppage, now in its fourth week.
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School to keep charter but must conduct lottery
The Los Angeles Unified School District reached a last-minute deal Tuesday with Ivy Academia that will allow the start-up school to keep its charter, but requires the campus to hold a new enrollment lottery less than two weeks before school starts.
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DWP ditches plant expansion
Los Angeles Mayor James Hahn on Tuesday ordered the city to withdraw from a planned $2.1 billion coal power plant in Utah, saying the city's $215 million share of the project should be spent on cleaner energy sources instead.
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Police break up 'sophisticated' ring of burglars
GLENDALE -- Police announced Tuesday that they had cracked a "sophisticated" residential burglary ring responsible for a spree of break-ins in Glendale neighborhoods.
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Bill OKs online Megan access
Eight years after California created a public database containing information on the whereabouts of registered sex offenders, the Legislature approved a bill allowing residents to view personal information about the offenders online.
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From other sources:

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From Mayor Hahn
Mayor Hahn Halts Coal Energy Project
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From Attorney General Lockyer
Attorney General Lockyer's Legislation to Post Megan's Law on the Internet Approved by Legislature
Parra's AB 488 Makes Important Public Safety Information Accessible to Millions
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