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From the LA Times:

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Telling Police What They Want to Hear, Even if It's False
In his second day of questioning by Los Angeles police detectives, David Allen Jones sealed his fate.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-confess30oct30,1,327733.story?coll=la-headlines-california

2nd DWP Administrator to Retire
No. 2 man Frank Salas is set to follow general manager David Wiggs out the door.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-dwp30oct30,1,4637988.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Problems at King/Drew Called Unique
An accrediting group also found lapses at Harbor-UCLA during surprise inspections, but said the issues were not as serious.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-hospitals30oct30,1,6629630.story?coll=la-headlines-california

L.A. to Fight Ruling on Housing Subsidy
City will appeal decision that struck down an ordinance aimed at preserving low-income units. Thousands of people could be evicted.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-apartments30oct30,1,7980628.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Picasso Etching Stolen; Museum Offers Reward
Security cameras show an unidentified thief taking the etching, 'Block 1664,' from a gallery at the Erotic Museum in Hollywood.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-picasso30oct30,1,1966134.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Refugee Stranded at LAX Finds a Temporary Home
A homesick Vietnamese refugee stranded at Los Angeles International Airport since Sept. 20 after losing his travel documents has traded his terminal sleeping space for a new temporary home.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-stranded30oct30,1,892295.story?coll=la-headlines-california

City Council Creates Fund to Hire New Police Officers
Los Angeles City Council members voted unanimously Friday to create a fund to hire more police officers, using savings from other city departments.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-pdmoney30oct30,1,1371719.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Measure A gets police backup
Law-enforcement leaders say tax boost is needed; Antonovich calls it a shell game.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/burbank/news/la-blr-measurea30oct30,1,2359602.story

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From the Daily News:

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Only token scrutiny seen for Deaton appointment or else
Appointment of the city's most powerful bureaucrat to head the Department of Water and Power likely will sail through the commission overseeing the agency next week and face only token scrutiny from City Council members concerned about environmental issues, officials said Friday
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~20954~2501117,00.html

Council backs LAPD expansion
Greuel still urges Measure A support
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2501037,00.html

City, MTA will co-fund Orange Line storm drain
The city and MTA will split the cost of installing a $1.3 million storm drain along the Orange Line route -- a pipeline that had been on some city records for decades but never actually got built.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2500992,00.html

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From other sources:

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From the LAPD
North Hollywood Division Open House and Haunted Chambers
http://lapdonline.org/press_releases/2004/10/pr04533.htm

Silly String Banned In Hollywood This Halloween
http://lapdonline.org/press_releases/2004/10/pr04534.htm

From Attorney General Lockyer
Attorney General Lockyer Launches Investigation of Insurance Company, Broker Practices
Bid-Rigging And Other Potential Antitrust Violations Will Be Initial Focus
http://caag.state.ca.us/newsalerts/2004/04-123.htm

Attorney General Lockyer Reminds Businesses That California Law Protects Workers From Political Intimidation
http://caag.state.ca.us/newsalerts/2004/04-125.htm