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From the LA Times:

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Burke Cools on Trauma Unit Vote
Following protests, the supervisor seeks to postpone board action that would close the facility at King/Drew Medical Center.
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Gov. Vetoes Minimum Wage Hike
Schwarzenegger also axes a bill that would have made retailers such as Wal-Mart pay for studies of proposed stores' economic impact.
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Teen's Big Heart Touches Lives of Smallest Victims
Sarah Wolfson works with USC's Violence Intervention Program to collect toys, clothes and food for infants affected by abuse.
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Fundraising in Race for Mayor Gets Boost
Parks' $50,000 loan to his campaign lifts limit for others. Hertzberg, Hahn, Alarcon benefit.
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Thousands Help on Coastal Cleanup Day
More than 10,000 volunteers picked up trash along 53 beaches and waterways in Los Angeles County on Saturday as part of International Coastal Cleanup day.
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Editorial
More Fuel on the Fire
Stirring up emotions and trying to score political points instead of offering real solutions to a regional issue helps no one.
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They Changed Their Minds on Three Strikes. Can They Change the Voters'?
Ten years ago, these men wanted to see three strikes become the law in California. Now they're leading the fight to reform it.
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From the Daily News:

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Freeway bill in a jam
WASHINGTON -- A crucial federal funding bill that would provide more than $20 billion for California highways is stuck in political gridlock, threatening dozens of transportation projects in Los Angeles County and around the state.
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Dollars from heaven
"I'm sending you out among the rich and famous. You better have a balance in your life." Father Donald Merrifield, former president of Loyola Marymount University.
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Coastal cleanup's a dirty job, but somebody has to do it
ENCINO-- Joshua Dorkin of Sherman Oaks vowed to get involved in the 20th annual California Coastal Cleanup Day when he got sick last year after a day of surfing at Manhattan Beach.
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Minimum wage raise vetoed
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Saturday vetoed a proposed $1 increase in California's minimum wage, drawing criticism from Democrats as he delivered on his promise to govern as a fiscal conservative.
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Gun ban lapse worries Bratton
When the federal ban on 19 types of assault weapons expired this week, law enforcement officials were quick to point out that a California law outlawing an even larger number of the military-style firearms would remain in place.
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King sticks up for U.S. as he tries to get along
He is still recognizable, though he has walked with a limp since he lost control of his car last year, crashed into a house at 100 mph and shattered his pelvis.
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Opinion
Mosquito repellent
As the West Nile virus has spread throughout Los Angeles County, infecting 186 people, most public officials have simply wrung their hands. Not City Councilwoman Wendy Greuel.
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Opinion
Milloy rant junkier than his target
I have stumbled across an ideologue masquerading as a champion of science on the Fox News Web site. What a surprise! Steven Milloy hosts JunkScience.com. Normally I wouldn't bother to argue with him, but he has decided to stick his opinionated nose into our affairs. Specifically he has turned his wrath upon Dr. Paul Simon, an epidemiologist with the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services.
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Opinion
Election Day scare tactics might not work any more
Two years ago, Los Angeles County officials sold voters on a parcel tax by scaring the pants off them.
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