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From the LA Times:

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Frequent Fire
The LAPD knows little about why a tiny number of officers have used deadly force much more often than their colleagues
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-shooting18oct18,1,7310256.story?coll=la-home-headlines

7 of 15 Council Members Favor Reelection of Hahn
As the contest for mayor of Los Angeles begins to move into the spotlight, sharp divisions are being exposed in the City Council.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-polcol18oct18,1,4013817.story?coll=la-headlines-california

20th AIDS Walk Tops $3 Million
An estimated 25,000 people join the yearly effort to raise money for research and other programs in Los Angeles County.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-aidswalk18oct18,1,6144384.story?coll=la-headlines-california

A Plea for Public Safety
About 450 Southwest L.A. residents ask LAPD to protect those who report criminal activity.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-pico18oct18,1,1419874.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Voters Have Until Tonight to Register
Today is the last day to register to vote in the Nov. 2 election.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-votebox18oct18,1,6544485.story?coll=la-headlines-california

City Parks May Get Their Own Rangers
A City Council committee on Tuesday will consider a proposal to assign rangers to each of the city's large regional parks.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-briefs18.1oct18,1,6508754.story?coll=la-headlines-california

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From the Daily News:

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$11 billion LAX plan up for vote
Hahn wants action despite likely lawsuit
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2474925,00.html

Unregistered businesses cost city millions annualy in lost sales tax revenue
Desperate to make the American dream a reality, thousands of undocumented immigrants like Ignacia Cruz open unregistered businesses every year in the underground economy.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2474911,00.html

Prop. O would aid cleanup of river, Santa Monica Bay
Faced with 67 new clean-water regulations over the next decade, Los Angeles officials are asking voters to approve a property tax hike to cover a $500 million bond needed to pay to reduce trash, animal waste and other pollutants in the Los Angeles River and Santa Monica Bay.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2474934,00.html

Museum plan ready for presentation
The City Council will hear a plan today to open a cultural arts center in the city's former firehouse.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2474985,00.html

Death penalty halt sought
Attorneys want moratorium to review system
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2475090,00.html

Inmates suspected in money laundering
Suspecting drug money may have been laundered through the state's toughest prison, officials at the Department of Corrections have frozen the inmate trust accounts of 14 Mexican Mafia members, a newspaper reported Sunday.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2474965,00.html