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From the LA Times:

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Attention Focuses on Hazardous Crossings
Train tracks intersect with streets at 11,000 places in the state. Eliminating their potential danger would cost billions of dollars.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-grade29jan29,1,2269564.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Suspect in Metrolink Crash to Undergo Tests
Juan Manuel Alvarez, the apparently suicidal Compton man accused of killing 11 people and injuring more than 180 when he parked his Jeep Grand Cherokee in front of a speeding Metrolink train, appeared bandaged and shackled in court Friday as his lawyer argued that he was the victim of a "lynch mob mentality."
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-crash29jan29,1,1544081.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Liquor Permit Denied at Site of 1991 Killing
L.A. official rejects a plan to sell beer and wine at the market that replaced a store where a Korean American grocer shot a black teen.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-liquor29jan29,1,4140298.story?coll=la-headlines-california

School Board Member Convicted
Inglewood's Cresia Green-Davis is found guilty on 14 charges, including welfare fraud. She could get up to 15 years in prison.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-cresia29jan29,1,5137104.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Prime Time Shuttle Halts Service at 5 Airports
Prime Time Shuttle has suspended its passenger van service at Los Angeles International, Ontario, Bob Hope, John Wayne and Long Beach airports after state officials determined that the firm lacked adequate insurance, airport officials said Friday.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-shuttle29jan29,1,7199838.story?coll=la-headlines-california

State Panel Will Study Hospital Closures
Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez announced the creation Friday of a special legislative panel to respond to Los Angeles County's hospital and emergency room closures.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-hospital29jan29,1,7052697.story?coll=la-headlines-california

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From the Daily News:

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Costco sets up fund
Workers aim to help victims of deadly Metrolink crash
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2680243,00.html

Crash highlights rail's vulnerability
In the first moments after a commuter train plowed into an SUV parked on the tracks, some feared it was a terrorist act. The truth -- that the deadly wreck was caused by one man bent on suicide -- was at once reassuring and chilling.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2680232,00.html

Metrolink defends pusher trains
Metrolink officials on Friday defended the agency's practice of having locomotives push their trains from behind rather than pull them from the front, while pledging to continue improving operations.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2680174,00.html

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From other sources:

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From the Department of Homeland Security
Remarks by Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge at the Council for Excellence in Government
http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/interapp/speech/speech_0240.xml