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From the LA Times:

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1,200 Schools in State Could Face Federal Penalties
Under the No Child Left Behind law, about 13% of public campuses may be labeled failures as test scores fall short of goals, a Times analysis shows.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-failure13oct13,1,2298407.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Board OKs Romer Plan
In rebuff to L.A. Conservancy, district votes to raze most of the Ambassador Hotel, saving some elements.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-ambassador13oct13,1,5372959.story?coll=la-headlines-california

County Health Chief Endures
He copes with budget shortfalls, accidental deaths at King/Drew hospital and demands for his ouster.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-garthwaite13oct13,1,1820231.story?coll=la-headlines-california

L.A. Port May Rehire Former Chief
Less than a month after Larry Keller resigned amid criticism as executive director of the Port of Los Angeles, officials were finishing work Tuesday on a consulting contract that would pay him as much as $540,000 over three years.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-port13oct13,1,6527097.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Stores to Run Out of Flu Vaccine
Most retailers will stop inoculations this week, but doctors and clinics expect more doses soon.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-flu13oct13,1,2278690.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Hahn Has Big Lead Over Rivals in Campaign Cash
But Villaraigosa and Hertzberg take in more funds than the mayor in the summer quarter.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-mayor13oct13,1,7765422.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Report Lauds Alternative to Foster-Care Program
A state plan to extend benefits to grandparents and other relatives is deemed a success.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-foster13oct13,1,6635257.story?coll=la-headlines-california

DWP to Improve Training for Guards
The decision comes after complaints from security officers that key water and power facilities are vulnerable to attacks by terrorists.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-dwp13oct13,1,4834598.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Charter School Funding Restored
Seven campuses will receive $3 million that they say L.A. Unified withheld from them.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-charter13oct13,1,2036264.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Parks Assails Mayor's Public Safety Record
Councilman Bernard C. Parks, the former police chief who is running for mayor, pointed to a rise in gang-related homicides as a sign that Mayor James K. Hahn is not doing enough to keep the city safe.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-briefs13.3oct13,1,4346058.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Hollywood to Get New Neighborhood City Hall
The city will spend $732,000 to remodel a municipal building at 6501 Fountain Ave. in Hollywood and convert it into another neighborhood city hall, Mayor James K. Hahn and Councilman Tom LaBonge, who represents the area, announced Tuesday.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-briefs13.1oct13,1,3559624.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Police Seek Leads in Slaying of Boy, 14
Mayor James K. Hahn and other city officials pleaded with the public Tuesday for information that can help police find the killers of Byron Lee, 14, who was shot on a South Los Angeles street Saturday.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-briefs13.2oct13,1,3952841.story?coll=la-headlines-california

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From the Daily News:

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Financial woes mount for DWP
The Department of Water and Power's managerial troubles mounted Tuesday when Los Angeles officials disclosed that the utility paid $10 million -- twice the purchase price -- to make functional the Pasadena building where it set up a temporary water lab.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~20954~2463836,00.html

LAUSD to demolish Ambassador Hotel
Ambassador set to be torn down
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2464018,00.html

Charters to get millions back
LAUSD votes to return funds for kids in need
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2463647,00.html

Was post created for woman?
Council OKs analyst job despite rampant rumors
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2463779,00.html

A shot of cash for flu vaccine
BoardOKs expenditure to secure doses
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2463556,00.html

DWP gets anti-terror training
Two years after Department of Water and Power security workers asked for better training, the LAPD launched a program Tuesday to beef up anti-terrorism instruction.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2463567,00.html

Hahn rivals keeping up on campaign cash
Mayor nears funding limit
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2463683,00.html

Prop. 66 could make 'strike 3' just a foul call on third 'strikes'
California voters are taking a second whack at ``three strikes, you're out'' guidelines a decade after they first passed the nation's toughest sentencing law.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2463892,00.html

Comments will be accepted on starting school in August
TODAY: Los Angeles Unified School District board member Jon Lauritzen will host a public forum to gather feedback on a proposed calendar that would move the start of the 2005-06 school year up to early August.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2463584,00.html

Food set out for feral animals stopped as cougar-meal bait
GLENDALE -- City officials have ordered residents to stop leaving food for a colony of feral cats living at a power station because a mountain lion has been spotted in the area.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2463763,00.html

ER system in free fall, Yaroslavsky warns
About 150 people attended a hearing in Van Nuys on Tuesday night to discuss the impending closure of Northridge Hospital Medical Center's Sherman Way campus.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2463835,00.html

County comes to rescue
Board directs agency to provide plan for homeless
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20949%257E2463443,00.html

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From other sources:

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From Mayor Hahn
Mayor Hahn, Councilmember LaBonge Announce Hollywood Neighborhood City Hall
http://www.lacity.org/mayor/myrpress/mayormyrpress27424047_10082004.pdf

Mayor Hahn Honors Latino Heritage Month Award Recipients
http://www.lacity.org/mayor/myrpress/mayormyrpress27424046_10082004.pdf

Mayor Hahn Addresses Congress Of Neighborhoods
http://www.lacity.org/mayor/myrpress/mayormyrpress27424055_10122004.pdf

Mayor Hahn Announces Certification Of Van Nuys/Lake Balboa Neighborhood Council
http://www.lacity.org/mayor/myrpress/mayormyrpress27424054_10122004.pdf

Mayor Hahn Announces First LAPD/LADWP Joint Training Session
http://www.lacity.org/mayor/myrpress/mayormyrpress27424051_10122004.pdf

From Senator Cedillo
Cedillo Press Availability - Wednesday 10/13/04
http://democrats.sen.ca.gov/servlet/gov.ca.senate.democrats.pub.members.memDisplayPress?district=sd22&ID=2439

From Senator Feinstein
Congress Approves Kyl/Feinstein Crime Victims' Rights Bill
http://www.senate.gov/~feinstein/04Releases/r-vicrights-final.htm

Senator Feinstein Opposes Corporate Tax Bill
Feinstein cites $5 billion cost to Hollywood and failure to allow the FDA to regulate tobacco as primary reasons for her opposition
http://www.senate.gov/~feinstein/04Releases/r-fsc-eti.htm

Congress Approves Domenici-Feinstein Amendment Seeking to Prevent Terrorists from Obtaining Nuclear Materials
http://www.senate.gov/~feinstein/04Releases/r-globalclean.htm