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From the LA Times:

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An Education in Expansion
L.A. school district says a years-long building program will 'change the face' of the city.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-building23nov23,1,1027978.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Dream for an Ethnic Bridge Is Parked on Crenshaw Lot
The state wants to know how $221,625 for a campus museum honoring civil rights leaders was spent.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-bellamy23nov23,1,2626100.story?coll=la-headlines-california

County Lacks Beds for Mental Patients
Public psychiatric ERs are diverting more cases in recent months as they cope with growing numbers of those seeking care.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-mental23nov23,1,7426287.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Port Officials Will Meet to Address Legal Challenge
In an emergency closed-door meeting today, Los Angeles harbor commissioners will review a major shipping firm's legal filing aimed at blocking the port's current search for a tenant for a "green terminal."
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-port23nov23,1,2328207.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Former Mayor Gets Prison
Former Carson Mayor Pete Fajardo was sentenced Monday to 15 months in federal prison for extortion, in a case stemming from a wide-ranging public corruption investigation in that city.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-carson23nov23,1,7295220.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Miscikowski Won't Seek Analyst's Post
Los Angeles City Councilwoman Cindy Miscikowski informed her colleagues Monday that she is taking herself out of the running to replace Ron Deaton, the council's chief legislative analyst.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-cindy23nov23,1,7442341.story?coll=la-headlines-california

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From the Daily News:

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Security going too far?
Women angered by invasive searches at airports
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~20954~2552343,00.html

LAPD lagging on way to spot its rogue cops
A computer program critical to reforming the Los Angeles Police Department has run into new delays, putting it far behind schedule and jeopardizing the city's chances of getting a federal consent decree lifted by the 2006 deadline, officials said Monday.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2552222,00.html

Baca: Federal funds lacking
Congress allocates $305 million for all states to jail illegal immigrants
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2551978,00.html

New primer issued on child abuse
Agency teamwork, victim care stressed
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2552116,00.html

Holiday trimming tradition in danger from street-repair crew
The holiday spirit on San Fernando Valley's famous Candy Cane Lane almost lost some sheen when city crews dug into a street project just weeks before thousands of cars were to come to see the decorated homes.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2552023,00.html

Study questions charters' performance
A new study commissioned by the Department of Education, which compares the achievement of students in charter schools with those attending traditional public schools in five states, has concluded that the charter schools were less likely to meet state performance standards.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2552185,00.html