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From the LA Times:

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Navigant Is Expected to Take On King/Drew
The private company expected to be chosen today to operate Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center has a great deal of experience cutting costs and improving hospitals' bottom lines.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-kingdrew19oct19,1,7122836.story?coll=la-headlines-california

4 Hospitals Get Surprise Inspections
A national accrediting agency scrutinizes L.A. County facilities to see if they have the same problems as King/Drew.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-inspect19oct19,1,2158159.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Campaign Makes False Claims About Crime Rate
Backers of sales tax hike to pay for police use fake headlines on website.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-measurea19oct19,1,4501388.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Train Seats With a View -- of Traffic They're Not in
Frustrated motorists are increasingly opting for rail commutes. In the last year, ridership on Metrolink lines has jumped by 9%.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-wheel19oct19,1,1277351.story?coll=la-headlines-california

L.A., El Segundo Close In on Deal to Limit Growth at LAX
Pact is needed if Hahn's airport plan is to work, but an FAA spokesman questions its legality.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lax19oct19,1,4048172.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Report Is Critical of L.A. Port
A draft review finds that harbor commissioners are too often involved in day-to-day operations.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-port19oct19,1,1279628.story?coll=la-headlines-california

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From the Daily News:

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Scathing audit of Harbor
Poor leadership found at helm of vast L.A. port
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~20954~2477101,00.html

Staples land missing from tax rolls
Oops! The 26 acres next to Staples Center that is earmarked for a $1 billion hotel and sports-entertainment complex has been off the property tax rolls for five years because of what officials call a bureaucratic oversight -- a $2.5 million slipup.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2476764,00.html

School offered $5,000 for local official's help
WOODLAND HILLS -- A prominent member of the local neighborhood council discussed whether he would take a $5,000 fee to help the Ivy Academia charter school get its Woodland Hills campus opened despite the objections of Councilman Dennis Zine.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2477096,00.html

Villaraigosa gets key endorsements
Berman, Waxman, Weiss backing mayoral candidate
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2476876,00.html

Fraud probe results in one arrest
Phony charities created?
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2477016,00.html

A flying shame
Mayor's flawed LAX plan is headed for a council rubber stamp
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~20951~2476621,00.html

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From other sources:

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From Mayor Hahn
Mayor Hahn Announces Full Scale Evacuation Drill At Century Plaza Towers
http://www.lacity.org/mayor/myrpress/mayormyrpress27424201_10152004.pdf

Mayor Hahn And Councilmember LaBonge Ask Public For Help To Catch A Serial Rapist In Koreatown
http://www.lacity.org/mayor/myrpress/mayormyrpress27424225_10182004.pdf

From the Department of Homeland Security
Fact Sheet: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2005
Today President George W. Bush signed the FY 2005 Homeland Security Appropriations Act, which provides $28.9 billion in net discretionary spending for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/interapp/press_release/press_release_0541.xml