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From the LA Times:

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Lack of Single Terror Suspect 'Watch List' Criticized
Homeland Security's inspector general says agency 'is not fulfilling its responsibility.'
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-watchlists2oct02,1,1496249.story?coll=la-home-headlines

Weapons Incident Probed
LAPD anti-terror chief John Miller did not have a permit to carry a gun seized at LAX, officials say. Miller calls the situation a mistake.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-miller2oct02,1,1656812.story?coll=la-headlines-california

L.A. County Woman, 66, Dies of West Nile Disease
She was state's 18th fatality. The threat fades with cooler weather.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-westnile2oct02,1,3974816.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Nuñez Backs Ambassador Hotel Compromise
The Assembly speaker voices support for preserving parts of the historic L.A. facility while leveling others for a school complex.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-ambassador2oct02,1,6699787.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Racing Is Suspected in Deaths of 3 Teens
In the space of six hours Friday, three teenagers were killed in Pasadena and Sun Valley, in crashes that authorities said may have been caused by street racing.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-dragrace2oct02,1,7274571.story?coll=la-headlines-california

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From the Daily News:

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Inyo resists L.A. bid for more water
Inyo County officials claim that the head of the Los Angeles Water and Power Commission is muscling them into allowing more Owens Valley water to be pumped to Southern California by tying the deal to a local airport lease.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~20954~2440416,00.html

Miller didn't have permit
Security czar had gun in bag at LAX
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2440332,00.html

Condos, apartments win OK for Sylmar golf course area
The Los Angeles City Council gave preliminary approval Friday to a 780-unit housing development near the Cascades Golf Course in Sylmar in a deal that includes construction of a new fire station.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2440381,00.html

Residents want out of In-N-Out
VAN NUYS -- Residents living near Sherman Way and Balboa Boulevard are mobilizing against plans for an In-N-Out Burger, saying it would reverse progress toward beautifying the neighborhood and ridding it of noise and gangs.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2440338,00.html

Women's agency to stay funded
Los Angeles Mayor James Hahn helped kick off Domestic Violence Awareness Month on Friday with a pledge to continue funding the city's Commission on the Status of Women, an agency he had once proposed consolidating with others.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2440351,00.html

DWP superintendents stage sickout as contract talks loom
A group of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power electrical managers called in sick Friday in apparent protest of pay raises that put some of their subordinates ahead of them in wages.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2440541,00.html

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From other sources:

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From the LAPD
LAPD/CHP Walk Together to Support CHP Officer
http://lapdonline.org/press_releases/2004/09/pr04490.htm

A Night with Joe Friday
http://lapdonline.org/press_releases/2004/09/pr04491.htm

From Mayor Hahn
Mayor Hahn Announces Verizon Wireless To Donate Cell Phones And Free Airtime To Victims Of Domestic Violence
http://www.lacity.org/mayor/myrpress/mayormyrpress27423782_10012004.pdf

From Senator Alarcon
Alarcón Spearheads DWP Class Action Lawsuit
http://democrats.sen.ca.gov/servlet/gov.ca.senate.democrats.pub.members.memDisplayPress?district=sd20&ID=2423