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From the LA Times:

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Ballot Items All But Ignored
Measures aim to guard local funds, widen DNA net, aid ailing kids and open government more.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-props22oct22,1,1071560.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Fighting This Conservancy Won't Be a Walk in the Park
Baldwin Hills project is on state's performance review hit list but has strong local support.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-baldwin22oct22,1,4072473.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Panel Picks New Chief of Airport Agency
The Los Angeles Airport Commission voted unanimously Thursday to appoint Kim Day, an architect with extensive experience in aviation design, as executive director of the city's airport agency.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-day22oct22,1,4708114.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Audit Unveils Alleged Frauds
A report on theft by county workers says one ran up an $86,000 phone bill and finds dead people on medical leave.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-fraud22oct22,1,3116945.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Hacker Attack at UC Campus Probed
Federal and state authorities are investigating a computer hacker attack that could have garnered personal information on 600,000 or more Californians involved in a home-care program for seniors and the disabled.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-hacker22oct22,1,4027583.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Report Finds Business Tax Reforms Workable
The city Office of Finance issued a revised report Thursday that indicates the city may be able to afford business tax reforms pending in City Council, including an exemption from the gross receipts tax for firms that earn $100,000 or less.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-briefs22.3oct22,1,4477130.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Supervisors Might Take Meetings to Districts
County Supervisor Mike Antonovich has proposed that the board hold one meeting each month outside of downtown to better acquaint supervisors with regional concerns.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-briefs22.1oct22,1,3690696.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Suit to Keep Cross on County Seal Dismissed
A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit Thursday that sought to preserve a tiny gold cross on Los Angeles County's official seal, which county supervisors voted in June to remove.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-briefs22.2oct22,1,4083913.story?coll=la-headlines-california

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From the Daily News:

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Job fund for LAPD proposed
City Hall would economize
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~20954~2484090,00.html

Officials find ways to trim business tax
Just a month after casting doubt about whether Los Angeles can afford business tax reform, city finance officials reversed themselves Thursday and announced the loss of revenue could be covered by tougher enforcement and other measures.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2483929,00.html

L.A. joins lawsuit challenging DOE's field-lab cleanup
Hoping to protect west San Fernando Valley residents from radioactive and chemical contamination at the Santa Susana Field Lab site, City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo announced Thursday the city joined a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Department of Energy's cleanup of the former nuclear research site.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2484115,00.html

State obtains more doses of flu vaccine
60,000 shots set for L.A. County can trim from bottom for space
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2483891,00.html

CRA cancels depot pact
Train station may be moved
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2483949,00.html

Volunteers to try to make a difference
Across the country, in both big and small ways, hundreds of volunteers will come out Saturday to mark the annual "Make a Difference Day" in their communities.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2483813,00.html

$50,000 reward offered in killing
CANOGA PARK -- A $50,000 reward was offered Thursday for information leading to the identities of three gunmen who killed 20-year-old Jason Lee Deeks during a robbery that netted them $2.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2483919,00.html