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From the LA Times:

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A Clash of 2 Passionate Forces
L.A. Conservancy finds itself sparring with Kennedys over Ambassador site.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-conservacy9oct09,1,5501781.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Dog Beheading Case Illustrates Prop. 66 Battle
A La Habra man with a violent past gets 25 years to life for the crime. If voters revise the state's three-strikes law, he'll be released within months.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-strike9oct09,1,861205.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Retailers Are Urged to Save Flu Shots for Most Vulnerable
The appeal from public health officials comes amid a shortage of the vaccine. Stores pledge to cooperate, but compliance is spotty.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-flu9oct09,1,4383989.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Boxer Hasn't Agreed to a 2nd Debate
With the election three weeks away, U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer has yet to commit to a second debate with Republican challenger Bill Jones, a move likely to ensure a continued low-profile campaign for one of the state's most important elective offices.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-senateoct09,1,474872.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Panels' Political Clout Grows
Los Angeles mayoral candidates turn to the biannual convention of neighborhood councils to woo voters.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-nhood9oct09,1,6124724.story?coll=la-headlines-california

L.A. Will Look at European Trash-to-Energy Plants
City officials hope ideas gleaned in Germany, Spain and Belgium can address landfill crunch.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-trash9oct09,1,4678341.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Plan Targets L.A. Councils, Lobbying
Under proposed laws, people paid to pressure neighborhood groups would have to register.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-bfi9oct09,1,1373912.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Megan's Law Coauthor Seeks Probe of E-Mail 'Threat'
SACRAMENTO - A state assemblyman who co-wrote legislation to put the Megan's Law database of sex offenders on the Internet has asked the California Highway Patrol to investigate two aggressive e-mails he received.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-megan9oct09,1,3966621.story?coll=la-headlines-california

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From the Daily News:

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County suspending 189 flu-shot clinics
Los Angeles County health officials announced Friday that they would suspend 189 flu-shot clinics that have traditionally vaccinated up to 130,000 poor residents a year.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2455660,00.html

Lobbyists to be banned from panels?
Concerned that a lobbyist hired by Sunshine Canyon Landfill was trying to drum up support for the dump among fellow neighborhood council members, Councilman Greig Smith introduced a motion Friday that would bar registered lobbyists from serving on the advisory panels.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2455746,00.html

Hahn willing to meet Inyo County officials
Los Angeles Mayor James Hahn is willing to meet with Inyo County leaders who objected to a Hahn-appointed commissioner's attempt to link an airport lease in the Eastern Sierra county with extracting more water from the area, a top Hahn deputy said Friday.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2455792,00.html

Criteria vary for no-fly list inclusion
The government has "two primary principles" but no "hard and fast" rules for deciding who gets put on the secret no-fly list barring suspected terrorists from boarding commercial airlines, the Transportation Security Administration disclosed Friday in federal court documents here.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2455830,00.html

Children's hospital improvements funding on ballot
As a cure for the long waits patients typically endure at California's 13 children's hospitals, health officials are advocating passage of Proposition 61, a $750 million bond measure on the Nov. 2 ballot that would fund hospital improvements.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2455623,00.html

Terror attack simulated for training
CHATSWORTH -- Minor communications glitches marred a drill Friday designed to test the plans by public-safety agencies to handle a terrorist attack.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2455849,00.html

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From other sources:

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From the LAPD
Los Angeles Police Foundation Honors Four LAPD Officers at the 5th Annual March on Crime Brunch
http://lapdonline.org/press_releases/2004/10/pr04502.htm

From Senator Boxer
Boxer Receives 100% Approval Rating From Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
http://boxer.senate.gov/news/record.cfm?id=227287