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From the LA Times:

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Ordered to Listen, Council Members Still Not All Ears
On the Los Angeles City Council's first day in session after a California appeals court sharply reprimanded members for failing to listen during a public hearing, few of the council members appeared chastened.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-listen5jan05,1,6375407.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Tales From Dark Side of Human Nature
Anna comes into a small room in the Los Angeles office of the Program for Torture Victims and settles into a chair directly across from mine, dark scars visible on her ankles.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lopez5jan05,1,1532600.column?coll=la-headlines-california

Mother Held After Firefighters Find Her Baby's Body in Washer
The woman, who had a record of abuse, had reportedly called a children's services agency earlier in the day.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-baby5jan05,1,5681989.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Knabe Seeks Plan to Create a County Hospital Authority
After a scathing report on King/Drew, the supervisor says he is leaning toward creation of an independent entity with budgetary power.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-kingdrew5jan05,1,445051.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Navy Rejects Hahn's Plea for El Toro Site
The mayor asks that the land be leased to L.A. to run as an airport. Orange County officials say the proposal is politically motivated.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-eltoro5jan05,1,13820.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Fuzzing up the policing picture
A license-plate spray thwarts cameras set up to catch drivers running red lights. But what of safety -- and the law?
http://www.latimes.com/classified/automotive/highway1/la-hy-wheels5jan05,1,3117361.story

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From the Daily News:

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Touted 'Green Power' running out of steam
Despite spending millions to promote its clean-energy effort, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power has lost nearly 75 percent of the program's participants -- many of them phantom, nonpaying customers.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~20954~2634768,00.html

Water cleanup costs debated before court
How clean is clean enough, and how much is too much to spend cleaning up the Los Angeles River?
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2635193,00.html

LAUSD told cuts not substantiated
The Los Angeles County Office of Education has asked the Los Angeles Unified School District to spell out more clearly how it will make $137 million in proposed budget cuts for 2005-06, saying the plan the district submitted was "not adequately substantiated."
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2634701,00.html

Pension probe launched
Disability retirements to be investigated
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2634717,00.html

Backing of Dems sought in L.A. race
With Democrats forming a majority of Los Angeles voters, the campaign for mayor heated up Tuesday as Councilman Antonio Villaraigosa revived a 4-year-old issue to try to retain the support of the county Democratic Party.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2634950,00.html

County to update tsunami plans
Employees asked to donate to relief efforts
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2634678,00.html

Feds reject Hahn's bid for El Toro base
Federal officials rebuffed Mayor James Hahn's call Tuesday for the Navy to delay today's auction of the former El Toro Marine Base Air Station so he could explore Los Angeles taking over the Orange County site as a commercial
airport.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2635055,00.html

LAUSD posting rights advisories
Four days late, the Los Angeles Unified School District will post classroom notices today informing students of certain rights and how to file a complaint if those rights are violated.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2634857,00.html

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From other sources:

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From the Department of Homeland Security
Homeland Security Citizen Corps Forms Partnerships with the American Legion and American Legion Auxiliary
http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/interapp/press_release/press_release_0580.xml