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From the LA Times:

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Answer to Scandal: Barcodes in Cadavers
SAN FRANCISCO - University of California medical schools would be required to implant barcodes or radio-frequency identifiers in cadavers, university officials said Wednesday as they announced a plan aimed at ending repeated scandals involving bodies donated to science.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-bodies20jan20,0,4657583.story?coll=la-home-headlines

Villaraigosa's Campaign Tries to Recapture Spark
Although lacking key endorsements, the L.A. mayoral candidate says he will reach the runoff.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-antonio20jan20,0,3784984.story?coll=la-home-headlines

Police Case May Haunt Cities
A $1.6-million jury award for an Inglewood officer fired over a taped beating could lead to reluctance to discipline officers, experts say.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-inglewood20jan20,0,3228584.story?coll=la-home-headlines

Line Drawn in Sand Over Dunes Project
Residents of Playa del Rey assail plans for 35 townhomes on a cherished strip of shoreline.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-dunes20jan20,1,6393741.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Monolith Mural in Need of a Face-Lift
To the disappointment of its creator, the mosaic map outside the L.A. County Hall of Records hasn't been kept up. But help may be on the way.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-surround20jan20,1,4417466.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Troubled Life Led to Tragedy
An L.A. man accused of three killings had repeated run-ins with the law and his family. Prosecutors may seek the death penalty.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-vick20jan20,1,5225538.story?coll=la-headlines-california

MTA Panel OKs Proposal to Expand 710 Freeway
The $4.5-billion plan would widen the route and add four elevated truck-only lanes. But finding the funding is a major obstacle.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-freeway20jan20,1,6230561.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Hahn Proposes Bond for Affordable Housing
Los Angeles Mayor James K. Hahn, who has made affordable-housing development a central plank of his reelection platform, announced Wednesday that he wants to put a $500-million housing bond before voters as soon as next year.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-housing20jan20,1,1240633.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Council Wants Inattention Ruling Erased From Books
The Los Angeles City Council, which was busted by a state appeals court for not listening during a public hearing, now wants to ensure the stinging rebuke can't be cited as legal precedent.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-listen20jan20,1,802532.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Venue Change Is OKd in PR Billing Case
A Superior Court judge decided Wednesday that a lawsuit by the city of Los Angeles alleging overbilling by Fleishman-Hillard should be moved out of the county, after lawyers for the public relations firm argued that negative publicity and the firm's status as an "outsider" would make it difficult to get a fair trial.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-fleishman20jan20,1,810682.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Panel OKs Subsidies for Hotel Project
A plan for the city of Los Angeles to help finance construction of a hotel and luxury condos next to the Convention Center was backed Wednesday by a key City Council panel.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-hotel20jan20,1,5476234.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Audit Says Foster-Care Unit Should Lose Its County Pact
A private foster-care agency that allegedly misspent more than $800,000 while paying its executive director more than $297,000 a year should be stripped of its county contract, a Los Angeles County audit released Wednesday concluded
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-foster20jan20,1,2506472.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Police out of the picture
NORTHEAST GLENDALE - It came as no surprise to police officials this week when a 10-year plan for the city came out, and funding for 75 new officers that was approved in April wasn't there.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/glendale/news/la-gnp-sidebar20jan20,1,7690979.story

Ten-year plan comes up short
City must find new funding sources for 75 new police officers, street maintenance, urban park and other major projects.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/glendale/news/la-gnp-budget20jan20,1,7827792.story

They Write Often, but They're Not Pen Pals
"Dear Mayor Hahn," the letters usually begin.
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-me-letters20jan20,1,2495147.story

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From the Daily News:

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'It's wrong-way L.A.'
Study slams local leaders, offers plan for economic revival
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~20954~2662946,00.html

Mayor pushes bond on housing
$500 million urged to help buy homes
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2662910,00.html

Mayoral hopefuls meet
SHERMAN OAKS -- In a wide-ranging discussion of the need to improve city services and restore public trust in government, four of the major candidates for mayor urged members of the Sherman Oaks Homeowners Association to push for a change at City Hall.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2663234,00.html

$3 billion San Gabriel Mountains toll tunnel urged
SACRAMENTO -- A study released Wednesday by the Reason Foundation recommended building more toll roads throughout California, including a $3 billion toll tunnel through the San Gabriel Mountains to cut travel times between Palmdale and Pasadena.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2662810,00.html

City panel OKs plans for hotel tax breaks
Los Angeles officials moved ahead Wednesday with plans to provide up to $180 million in tax breaks and other incentives to the developer of a Convention Center hotel, despite concerns the project could overwhelm city inspectors.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2662824,00.html

PR firm's trial to go out of L.A.
New venue ordered in city billing scandal
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2663154,00.html

Audit slams foster agency
Report charges excessive compensation
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2663018,00.html

City: Don't use strip club ruling as legal precedent
An appellate court decision that faulted the Los Angeles City Council for ignoring speakers in a hearing over a strip club's operating hours shouldn't be used as a precedent for similar cases statewide, the City Attorney's Office said Wednesday.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2662976,00.html

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From ther sources:

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From the LAPD
Four Murder/Robbery Suspects Arrested, a Fifth has been Identified
http://www.lapdonline.org/press_releases/2005/01/pr05035.htm

Hollenbeck Gun Exchange
http://www.lapdonline.org/press_releases/2005/01/pr05036.htm

Thieves Pose as City Inspectors
http://www.lapdonline.org/press_releases/2005/01/pr05037.htm

From the Department of Homeland Security
Remarks by Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge to the U.S. Conference of Mayors
http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/interapp/speech/speech_0238.xml