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From the LA Times:

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California's Readiness Lags Other Pacific Coast States
Only one town, hit by a killer wave 40 years ago, is 'tsunami ready.' Maps of worst-case flooding are done for only half of the state's shoreline.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-calquake28dec28,0,5879861.story?coll=la-home-headlines

How to Send Help
These aid agencies are among those accepting contributions for assistance that they or their affiliates will provide for those affected by the earthquake and tidal waves in Asia:
http://www.latimes.com/la-fg-aid27dec2704,0,453500.story?coll=la-home-headlines

Club Fans Fight Proposed Takeover
Officials are eyeing Hollywood's Florentine Gardens, long popular with older teens, as a possible site for a fire station.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-gardens28dec28,1,3482638.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Freeway Project to Extend 405's Carpool Lanes
The Caltrans effort draws some complaints from Culver City and West L.A. residents.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-freeway28dec28,1,6820388.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Youth's Death Spurs Call for Tougher Driving Laws
Harsher penalties are urged for teen violators after a boy, 13, dies in the crash of a truck driven by a 16-year-old friend.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-wheel28dec28,1,2985862.story?coll=la-headlines-california

An Island of Peace on the Peninsula
Palos Verdes Estates has the least violent crime among the state's cities of 10,000 or more. Last year, police responded to only one such felony.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-safe28dec28,1,5033520.story

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From the Daily News:

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Tsunami horror stuns Angelenos
More than 48 hours after a tsunami devastated his Sri Lanka homeland, Aparekke Punyasiri hadn't slept a wink.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~20954~2621963,00.html

HOW TO HELP:
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~20954~2621963,00.html

Valley doctor's wife, daughter die
Much like other Sri Lankans who live abroad, Dr. Anton Ambrose and his wife, Beulah, traveled to their homeland during the holiday season to get some rest and relaxation.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2621688,00.html

Wave deaths unlikely in L.A.
Conditions would allow warning, evacuation
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2622021,00.html

'Frankly, I'm getting a little tired'
Hahn says investigations are taking much too long
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2621342,00.html

LAUSD added eight campuses this year
High, middle schools first in decades in Valley
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2621058,00.html