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From the LA Times:

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More Killers Gaining Parole
Under Schwarzenegger, 48 murderers have been released in less than a year. In his five years as governor, Gray Davis freed just eight.
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Hospitals Dread Possible Effects of Closing King/Drew Trauma Center
Six patients a day. That's how many people, on average, in need of lifesaving care will need to find other hospitals if Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center's trauma unit closes as proposed in the coming months.
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L.A. Port Director Resigns
Larry Keller steps down under pressure from city officials, clean-air activists and community leaders. Hahn's aides say he wasn't forced out.
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Battered Women's Law OKd
Schwarzenegger signs bill giving more inmates the ability to challenge their sentences using proof that they were coerced by their abusers.
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DWP Weighs Proposals on Green Power
Agency solicits ideas in part to learn if they are financially feasible as it tries to increase its use of renewable energy from 3% to 20% by 2017.
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City Employees Owe $7,000 for Citations
Tally is released after mayor orders workers to pay delinquent parking tickets.
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LAPD Probing Rash of Robberies
Los Angeles police are investigating 15 robberies since May by a group of thieves who have targeted fast-food restaurants, grocery stories and small businesses in West Los Angeles.
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388 Guns Seized From Simi Valley Man
Police seized nearly 400 firearms from the home of a Simi Valley man, more than all the guns recovered in Los Angeles last year, city officials said Friday.
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New Law Lets State Supersede Foreign Trials
Fugitives who come back across the border may soon be tried for crimes allegedly committed in California even if they already have been prosecuted for the crimes in another country.
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'9 to 5' Bandit Sought in 7 Bank Robberies
A man dubbed the "9 to 5 Bandit" because he wears a dress shirt and tie was working late Friday when he held up a Wells Fargo bank branch about 5:30 p.m., the FBI reported.
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After-School Program Will Run Till 6 P.M.
An after-school tutoring and activities program will again be offered through 6 p.m., Los Angeles Unified School District officials said Friday.
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Some Teachers Go to a War Every Day
By Aaron Hanscom, a substitute teacher
Every day, I go to work in a war zone. Though I'm not in the front lines of the war on terror, I like to believe that what I do makes a difference. I'm not unaware of the danger of snipers' bullets or ambushes by thugs, but I guess I'm naive enough to believe that the goodness of my intentions will always protect me. I'm not in Fallouja; I'm a substitute teacher in South Los Angeles.
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From the Daily News:

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More L.A. subways?
Councilman wants to reopen doors in transit debate
With the population booming and freeway gridlock at a "crisis stage," one Los Angeles politician says the time has come for Los Angeles County residents to reconsider the ban on building new subways, and some others agree with him.
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Weapons stockpile confiscated
Los Angeles police seized 387 illegal firearms from the home and car of a Simi Valley man -- a haul that nearly equals the number of guns confiscated by the LAPD's gun unit so far this year and exceeds last year's total, police said Friday.
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Protest staged at King-Drew
WILLOWBROOK -- Supporters of Los Angeles County-owned Martin Luther King-Drew Medical Center vowed Friday to halt the proposed closure of its trauma unit, with federal officials threatening legal action to block the shutdown.
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Mayor issues reminder to city workers
Los Angeles city officials are cracking down on the practice of city employees parking municipal vehicles illegally and not paying the parking fines.
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Police find drugs, guns; McClay teacher arrested
A 44-year-old McClay Middle School teacher was being held Friday in lieu of $100,000 bail following his arrest on suspicion possession of marijuana for sale, police said.
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Reward for killer now at $50,000
BURBANK -- The city of Burbank announced Friday it will add $15,000 to the reward for information in the slaying of Sharon Santos, bringing the total to $50,000.
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Help make a cleaner Valley for the ocean's sake
Coastal Cleanup Day, "the largest volunteer day on the planet," is coming to the San Fernando Valley on Saturday.
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From other sources:

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From the LAPD
Hundreds of Guns Confiscated
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Critical Missing 11 year-old Girl
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From Mayor Hahn
Mayor Hahn Accepts New Homeland Security Funds For Port;
Calls For More Federal Funding To Meet Protection Needs
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Mayor Hahn Urges Authority To Preserve Housing For People With Aids
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Mayor Hahn Declares Electricity Service Running Normally In Los Angeles
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From Attorney General Lockyer
Attorney General Lockyer Releases Statewide Homicide Statistics for 2003
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From Senator Feinstein
Senate Appropriations Committee Approves Funding for California Public Safety, Coastal Research Projects
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Senator Feinstein Introduces Bill to Protect Social Security Numbers and Combat Identity Theft
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