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From the LA Times:

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U.S. Arrests Ex-Lynwood Mayor
The former official is accused of setting up a company, run by his sister, as a front to take lucrative city contracts.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lynwood15oct15,1,2804331.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Tough Choices for Doctors
With flu shots in short supply, physicians try to limit inoculations to those most in danger from the virus.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-flu15oct15,1,3196198.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Spending by Port Exceeds Others
L.A. council members question expenses of facility amid outcry over lucrative contract for former executive.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-port15oct15,1,7444605.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Several Hurt When Car Smashes Into School
Woman, 67, pushed the gas instead of brakes at the Covina learning center, police say.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-crash15oct15,1,2461588.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Casden Exec, Others Plead No Contest
A vice president for Alan Casden's development company and 14 subcontractors pleaded no contest Thursday to laundering contributions to Los Angeles politicians, including the city attorney and two City Council members.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-casden15oct15,1,5403843.story?coll=la-headlines-california

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From the Daily News:

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Flu shot fever
The frenzy for flu shots intensified Thursday with hundreds of people -- mostly senior citizens -- lining up outside supermarkets and pharmacies in a desperate effort to get vaccinated before retail-based clinics' supplies run out this weekend.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~20954~2468773,00.html

Parents help block LAUSD's August start plan
Under strong pressure from angry San Fernando Valley parents, Los Angeles Unified officials said Thursday that they will drop a proposal to start school in early August -- a month earlier than usual -- and end it a month earlier in May.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2468787,00.html

15 face fines in City Hall corruption
A Los Angeles real-estate development executive and 14 of his company's subcontractors who conspired to launder more than $200,000 in campaign contributions to city politicians will be fined and put on probation but won't go to jail under a plea agreement reached Thursday.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2469014,00.html

Courage breaks out in streets
Fearless 5 capture crime suspects
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2468743,00.html

Planning panel backs school modernization
In a rare public display of some of the battles that go on in exclusive communities, a private middle school got Planning Commission support Thursday for a $70 million modernization of its aging campus.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2469084,00.html

Hahn unveils anti-gang plan for at-risk kids
Five schools get pilot funds
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2468637,00.html

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From other sources:

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From Mayor Hahn
Mayor Hahn Announces New Housing Authority Director
http://www.lacity.org/mayor/myrpress/mayormyrpress27424145_10142004.pdf

Mayor Hahn Congratulates Award Winning City Initiatives That Will Save Tax Payers Almost $50 Million
http://www.lacity.org/mayor/myrpress/mayormyrpress27424143_10142004.pdf

Mayor Kicks Off New Program To Reduce Gang Violence In Boyle Heights
http://www.lacity.org/mayor/myrpress/mayormyrpress27424136_10142004.pdf

From the Department of Homeland Security
Secretary Tom Ridge and Deputy Prime Minister Anne Mclellan Highlight Progress on the Smart Border Action Plan
http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/interapp/press_release/press_release_0538.xml