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From the LA Times:

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A Second Look at an 'Ambush'
The three LAPD officers described it as an ambush. Suspects fired at them from the balcony of an apartment building, they said, forcing them to run for cover. The officers then shot back, wounding two of the assailants.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-newyear17oct17,1,5566032.story?coll=la-home-headlines

As Airport Vote Nears, Questions Divide Council
Debate over legality, capacity, security and traffic is likely as a compromise plan for modernizing LAX slowly gains support.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lax17oct17,1,3130664.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Freight Train Jumps Tracks
Derailment sends Union Pacific cars crashing into backyards near Whittier. There are no serious injuries, but four homes are damaged.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-derail17oct17,1,942801.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Downtown Protests Draw More Than 1,000
Demonstrators back immigrants' rights and oppose the war in Iraq and the proposed closure of King/Drew's trauma unit.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-rally17oct17,1,6913458.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Beverly Hills City Council Chastised
D.A.'s letter accuses the mayor of violating the Brown Act by ending a meeting before allowing three foes of a hotel project to comment.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-bevhills17oct17,1,2994062.story?coll=la-headlines-california

When information is omitted
Victims of LAPD shootings sometimes win large legal settlements or jury verdicts against the city - even when the Police Commission has ruled that the officers acted properly.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-shootingchart17oct17,1,3004595.story?coll=la-headlines-california

A New Name, and More Rigor
For the second time in four years, the Los Angeles Police Department has reorganized and renamed the unit that investigates officer-involved shootings.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-haul17oct17,1,6995032.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Layers of scrutiny
Officer-involved shootings are supposed to be the most closely scrutinized of all police actions.
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/la-me-lapdprocess17oct17,1,5526052.story

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From the Daily News:

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Easing up on killers
Arnold is 50 times more likely to OK parole than Davis
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~20954~2472661,00.html

Police tax hike a loaded issue?
Los Angeles County Measure A will increase the sales tax by one-half percent to raise $560 million a year to hire more police and deputies, upgrade their equipment and improve emergency services to deal with terrorist threats.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2474022,00.html

Hit the streets for fun fairs and activism
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2473272,00.html