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From the LA Times:

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LAPD Still Biased, Gays Allege
Homosexual officers say that despite a 1993 pledge to end discrimination, they face hostility, slow promotions, stalled careers.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-gaycops25nov25,1,257622.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Ailing Hospital's Progress Is Lesson for King/Drew
Consultants made basic changes and enforced standards to get the Washington, D.C., facility back on its feet. Still, challenges remain.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-southeast25nov25,1,5375274.story?coll=la-headlines-california

County Let 119,577 Out of Jail Early
Before the election, the sheriff had put the number at 62,000 over 21/2 years. About half served little more than a day or two.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-jail25nov25,1,4242521.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Mayoral Candidates Yam It Up at Meal for the Homeless
What's worse than enduring Thanksgiving dinner with an annoying relative? How about having cranberry sauce pushed on you by not one but three candidates for Los Angeles mayor?
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-turkey25nov25,1,1050930.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Hahn Wants Airport Police, LAPD Unified
In a reversal, the mayor asks city panels for a plan to end the LAX agency's autonomy. The move follows pressure and controversy.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-police25nov25,1,7622894.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Animal Rights Group Suspected in String of Vandalism Cases
Los Angeles police are investigating whether three recent vandalism cases are part of a nationwide string of destructive attacks linked to an animal rights group that is high on the U.S. Justice Department's list of domestic terror organizations.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-vandals25nov25,1,2555970.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Alarcon Suggests City Bill LAX, Harbor for Security
Mayoral candidate says his plan would enable the LAPD to hire 1,000 more officers. Others, including Hahn, say the proposal may be illegal.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-crime25nov25,1,6393762.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Top City Council Advisor Picked to Head DWP
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-briefs25.2nov25,1,1064675.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Hearing to Discuss Plan for Higher Sewer Rates
The City Council will hold a public hearing Feb. 2 on a plan to hike sewer rates to meet expenses and comply with rules in the settlement of a lawsuit.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-briefs25.3nov25,1,1457892.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Council OKs Plan for Uniform News Racks
The City Council approved a plan Wednesday to regulate the placement and color of 35,000 news racks throughout the city.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-briefs25.1nov25,1,671458.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Gang Tackling
Disturbed by the escalating violence in South Los Angeles, USC's Carroll decided it was time to do something about it
http://www.latimes.com/sports/college/usc/la-sp-carroll25nov25,1,451020.story

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From the Daily News:

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Power broker Deaton approved as DWP head
Ron Deaton, the most powerful unelected official in Los Angeles City Hall, won unanimous approval from his elected bosses Wednesday to head the troubled Department of Water and Power.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~20954~2557009,00.html

They're thankful for meal
Dinner gift from celebs, L.A. Mission
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2557117,00.html

Radio callers put Hahn on defensive
Trip to Asia, LAX plan questioned; mayor defends both
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2557107,00.html

Remarkable people deserve thanks
Here's to the winners, to the people we've met in this space in 2004 who have inspired us, made us laugh, made us cry.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2556908,00.html

Rubber bullets, K-9 end suspect's standoff
A five-hour standoff with a suspected carjacker armed with a knife ended Wednesday morning after deputies fired rubber bullets into the car and a police dog forced him out, authorities said.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2557130,00.html

MLK closing may cost lives
The closure of the trauma center at Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center will shift hundreds of gunshot and car crash victims to other centers. The question Wednesday was whether a change designed to save lives will wind up taking them.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2557125,00.html

Happy Thanksgiving
It's easy to forget just how fortunate we are
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~20951~2556623,00.html