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From the LA Times:

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Latest King/Drew Lapse Blamed in Patient's Death
A nurse had lowered the volume on a monitor and failed to notice the man's heart failure.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-kingdrew12oct12,1,3911558.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Waters Urges Health Chief to Quit
Garthwaite refuses. His critics say his departure could save King/Drew's trauma center, but other county and healthcare officials support him.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-trauma12oct12,1,3948270.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Group Backs Romer's Plan for Ambassador
On the eve of what many call a long overdue decision by the Los Angeles Unified School District, about 30 parents and community leaders gathered outside the Ambassador Hotel on Monday to support a compromise plan that combines limited preservation with construction of a new school on the site.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-ambassador12oct12,1,4914205.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Residents Denounce Teen's Slaying
Brutal murder of a 14-year-old boy shocks a South Los Angeles neighborhood that has seen much violence.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-memorial12oct12,1,3714945.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Parks Seeks Figures on Police Deployment
Councilman Bernard C. Parks, the former police chief who is running for mayor, said Monday that he plans to file a formal request for public records to compel Mayor James K. Hahn to reveal statistics on the deployment of police officers.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-briefs12.2oct12,1,3363015.story?coll=la-headlines-california

COMMENTARY
'Killer King' and Its Defenders
How can we solve the problems at King/Drew hospital if the debate is mired in racial politics?
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-hicks12oct12,1,3919790.story?coll=la-news-comment-opinions

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From the Daily News:

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Busway crews back on job after delay
Most of the construction crews are back at work on the Orange Line busway across the San Fernando Valley after a court order shut down work for 23 days last summer, officials said Monday.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2461437,00.html

Prop. 1A isn't like Prop. 65
With the Nov. 2 election three weeks away, most voters have only a dim memory of the summer's budget battle and a key issue that divided the Capitol for more than a month -- how best to protect local treasuries from state raids.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2461317,00.html

Arnold in 'anti' camp on 3 propositions
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced on Monday his opposition to three measures on the November ballot including Proposition 67, which would raise $500 million a year for hospitals, clinics and emergency medical services through a surcharge on telephone service.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2461324,00.html