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From the LA Times:

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Battle Over 3-Strikes Measure Heats Up
Foes of Prop. 66, which would curb sentencing law and is ahead in polls, scramble to defeat it.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-threestrike29oct29,1,6953945.story?coll=la-headlines-california

L.A. Panel Endorses Tax Cut for Businesses
After more than a decade of false starts by officials, a City Council committee cleared the way Thursday for a comprehensive plan that would cut business taxes in Los Angeles by $95 million a year and create special breaks for the entertainment industry.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-biztax29oct29,1,7683846.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Vaccine for Very Young Is Plentiful
Doctors say they have enough to inoculate children up to 23 months old against flu.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-flu29oct29,1,5621040.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Bratton Wants Bigger LAPD
Marking his second anniversary as police chief, he says he needs a 35% larger force to combat violent crime and terrorism threats.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-bratton29oct29,1,2223701.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Suspect Plans to Fight Charges in 10 Slayings, Lawyer Says
An attorney for suspected serial killer Chester Dewayne Turner said Thursday that his client intends to fight charges that he murdered 10 women over more than a decade.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-serial29oct29,1,7753965.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Panel's Decision Angers Club's Backers
A committee supports replacing Hollywood's Florentine Gardens with a fire station. The booing crowd stages a protest march.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-florentine29oct29,1,3322978.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Hahn Wants Deaton for DWP Post
Mayor says the City Council's chief legislative analyst is committed to making major changes at the beleaguered agency.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-dwp29oct29,1,176955.story?coll=la-headlines-california

New County Seal Will Cost $700,000, L.A. Officials Say
A revised design, minus a golden cross, will be phased in over a year or two.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-seal29oct29,1,7257177.story?coll=la-headlines-california

COMMENTARY
Gang Capital's Police Need Reinforcements
Baca and Bratton underline L.A.'s need for Measure A.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-baca29oct29,1,2568878.story?coll=la-news-comment-opinions

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From the Daily News:

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More schools miss targets on API exam
Only 52 percent of Los Angeles Unified schools met or exceeded state Academic Performance Index targets this year, down sharply from the 85 percent that reached their goals in 2003, the Department of Education reported Thursday.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~20954~2498684,00.html

Business-tax cut past first hurdle
Plan heads to council budget panel
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2498763,00.html

City adviser Deaton tapped to lead DWP or else
In a major City Hall shake-up, Mayor James Hahn on Thursday nominated one of the most powerful city figures -- Chief Legislative Analyst Ron Deaton -- to take over as head of the Department of Water and Power.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2498756,00.html

Busway goes on as EIR pending
The MTA board voted Thursday to proceed with Orange Line construction while a revised environmental study is under consideration, but busway opponents said they're seeking another court order to halt the work.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2498730,00.html

Sloppy dump road diverts trash
The city of Los Angeles had to haul tons of trash to far-off landfills over the last week because heavy rain caused muddy roads on the roads leading to Sunshine Canyon Landfill.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2498675,00.html

Chief airs Measure A spending
Critics hit election proximity
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2498744,00.html

'Three strikes' reform badly needed
Proposition 66 would bring justice back to California sentencing laws
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~24781~2498242,00.html

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From other sources:

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From the LAPD
LAPD Busts Large Pirated DVD and CD Ring
http://lapdonline.org/press_releases/2004/10/pr04531.htm

LAPD, State of the Department Report
http://lapdonline.org/press_releases/2004/10/pr04532.htm

From Mayor Hahn
Mayor Hahn And Chief Bratton Hold Valley Townhall On Public Safety
http://www.lacity.org/mayor/myrpress/mayormyrpress27424524_10282004.pdf

From Attorney General Lockyer
Attorney General Lockyer Releases New Publications to Increase Public Access to Their Government
Publications -- Cover Conflicts of Interest, Public Record and Open Meeting Laws
http://caag.state.ca.us/newsalerts/2004/04-120.htm

Attorney General Lockyer's Task Force on Domestic Violence Holds Final Hearing in Sacramento
http://caag.state.ca.us/newsalerts/2004/04-122.htm