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From the LA Times:

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Rain Overwhelms Sewage System
Massive amounts of runoff cause wastewater to overflow from pipes and treatment plants, fouling Southland waterways and beaches.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-sewage12jan12,1,6841029.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Numerical Grades Help Schools Measure Progress
Some districts are using a new system to track students' performance on state standards. Critics say the report cards can be confusing.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-class12jan12,1,7184767.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Detective Seeks Nullification of His Conviction
Jurists will decide if the FBI search that found explosives in Pellicano's office was legal.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-pellicano12jan12,1,2580156.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Challengers in Debate Accuse Hahn of Lack of Leadership
The candidates cite the need for more police officers, worsening traffic problems and allegations linking contracts to donations.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-debate12jan12,1,2590368.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Police Panel Sharply Limits Flashlight Use
Reacting to the televised beating of a car thief, commissioners order that the devices be deployed as weapons only in emergencies.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-flashlights12jan12,1,7889807.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Board Votes to Look at Handing Off Hospitals
Creating a separate authority to oversee county's healthcare facilities will be studied.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-supes12jan12,1,3828654.story?coll=la-headlines-california

FPPC Fines Council Member
Los Angeles City Councilman Tony Cardenas and two political aides face $35,000 in fines for failing to disclose expenses charged to his state political committee, including $17,000 paid to a golf course and golf equipment firm, officials said Tuesday.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-fines12jan12,1,7643518.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Hahn Seeks Larger Share of Homeland Security Funds for 2 Ports
The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are not getting their fair share of federal homeland security money to guard the busiest harbors in the nation against terrorism, Los Angeles Mayor James K. Hahn told members of Congress on Tuesday.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-hahn12jan12,1,2739759.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Man Wanted in Slayings Surrenders to Police
A suspect in the fatal shooting of two men turned himself in at a police station Tuesday, shortly after a SWAT team stormed a converted garage in Boyle Heights where he was believed to be barricaded.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-boyle12jan12,1,4820875.story?coll=la-headlines-california

County Removes 325 Dogs From Unlicensed Kennel
More than 300 puppies and dogs, some suffering from malnutrition or distemper, were removed Tuesday from a Hawaiian Gardens kennel that did not have a permit to operate, authorities said.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-puppies12jan12,1,908363.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Board OKs Funds to Help Shelter Homeless
The Board of Supervisors approved spending $1.5 million Tuesday to help as many as 2,000 homeless families on welfare find temporary shelter.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-briefs12.2jan12,1,20666.story?coll=la-headlines-california

EDITORIAL
Heroes, and Those Others
As the historian Kevin Starr has observed, Los Angeles would not be the metropolis it is today were it not for the seductive sketches of paradise printed on orange crates, the fanciful promotional fliers put out by the Union Pacific Railroad and other relentless 19th century boosterism that lured masses of people to the region. Even in 1934, the editors of this newspaper were claiming, "No place on Earth offers greater security to life and greater freedom from natural disasters than Southern California."
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-floods12jan12,1,6492941.story?coll=la-news-comment-editorials

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From the Daily News:

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Unsteady hillsides can still let loose, warn geologists
After reviewing soil studies, slope measurements, rainfall figures and old photos, geologists warned Tuesday that Los Angeles and Ventura County hillsides remain susceptible to slides -- and the risk could last for weeks -- especially if the rain continues.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~20954~2648061,00.html

LAPD flashlight ban rejected
Usage as weapons to be 'discouraged'
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2647668,00.html

County moves toward creating health authority
Los Angeles County supervisors voted 4-1 Tuesday to develop a blueprint for an independent health authority that would run the ailing public-health system.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2647645,00.html

LAUSD, bond panel pledge to make up
Los Angeles Unified school board members vowed Tuesday to repair their relationship with the Citizen's Bond Oversight Committee-- a step they said was necessary if the district intends to seek voter approval of a fourth bond within the next year.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2647816,00.html

Mayor Hahn slammed in absentia by his rivals
TARZANA -- Los Angeles Mayor James Hahn found himself the center of a debate on Tuesday night, with his major opponents complaining about corruption investigations and what they see as his failure in leadership.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2648070,00.html

Glendale declaring state of emergency
Damage to streets, infrastructure may reach $10 million
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2648018,00.html

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From other sources:

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From the LAPD
Second Annual Conference on Sexual Assault Crimes
http://www.lapdonline.org/press_releases/2005/01/pr05024.htm

From the Department of Homeland Security
Regarding 2005 Inauguration Security
Transcript of Press Conference with Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge
http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/interapp/press_release/press_release_0592.xml