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From the LA Times:

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Secretary of State Shelley Steps Down
Facing campaign probe and accused of abusing staff, he quits while denying wrongdoing. Schwarzenegger will name a successor.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-shelley5feb05,0,5093404.story?coll=la-home-headlines

Candidates Hold Back on TV Ads
Faced with higher rates and lower ratings, L.A. mayoral hopefuls are expected to delay most of their commercials until final weeks of race.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-ads5feb05,1,4524215.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Hahn's Woes Leave the Race Up for Grabs
Graft inquiries and a plunge in black support hurt the L.A. mayor. No one has a strong edge, and a third of likely voters are undecided.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-adme-poll6feb06,0,6238586.story?coll=la-home-headlines

Hahn Urges Ethics Rules
The mayor reacts to perceptions of a pay-to- play system. Too little, too late, his rivals say.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-ethics5feb05,1,1726925.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Washout Divides Canyon -- and Local Opinion
When it's open, it unites the Valley with the sea. When it's closed, it splits Topanga Canyon right down the middle.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-topanga5feb05,1,4332311.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Chick Defends Critique of Hahn
After being accused of politicizing her office, the controller releases analysis she gave mayor's rivals. She says it was done on her own time.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-chick5feb05,1,7776872.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Report Finds Lax Oversight of UC Cadaver Programs
The thefts that shut UCLA's willed-body program could occur at other schools without safeguards to prevent wrongdoing, study says.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-bodies5feb05,1,2190268.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Westside Drinking Water Declared Safe
State health officials said Friday it was safe to drink tap water on the Westside, more than a day after imposing a boil-water advisory for residents and businesses.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-water5feb05,1,4355230.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Typo Sends $9 Million to Worker's Account
Port employee owed $9,000 gets inadvertent windfall in city mix-up. Funds are retrieved.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-port5feb05,1,2588021.story?coll=la-headlines-california

2 Firms to Pay for Lost 9/11 Airport Revenue
Two insurance companies have agreed to pay $5.9 mil- lion for revenue lost after the city closed two airports after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-briefs5feb05,1,5794753.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Bush Decrees Disaster Areas
President Bush issued a disaster declaration Friday for eight Southern California counties devastated by flooding, mudslides and other damage triggered by storms that pounded the region in December and January.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-storm5feb05,1,7496375.story?coll=la-headlines-california

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From the Daily News:

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Shelley quits state post
California secretary of state steps down amid flurry of probes
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~20954~2693411,00.html

Chick memo rips mayor
Challengers get Hahn assessment
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2693454,00.html

'Death with dignity' before Legislature
SACRAMENTO -- The divisive and emotional clash over doctor-assisted suicide swept from Oregon into California on Friday, with lawmakers from Van Nuys and Northern California rallying support at the Capitol for a similar law here but also plowing into mounting resistance.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2693456,00.html

Hahn sets commission rules
Cost: A year, a $400,000 consultant fee
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2693507,00.html

Parks calls for rent-control changes
City Councilman Bernard Parks called Friday for changes to the city's rent-control system, saying the program needs to reflect higher costs facing apartment owners.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2693568,00.html

4 cars quietly stripped by thieves as owners sleep
A team of thieves believed to be part of a crime ring operating in the San Fernando Valley broke into three cars early Friday in Northridge and stole air bags worth up to $2,000 each, police said.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2693559,00.html

Bush declares disasters
Areas hard-hit by rains eligible for federal relief funds
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2693495,00.html

UC may track research cadavers with bar codes
BERKELEY-- Shaken by scandals involving the black-market sale of body parts, University of California officials are considering inserting supermarket-style bar codes or radio frequency devices in cadavers to keep track of them.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2693514,00.html

Funds-transfer error gives millions extra to Mexican contractor
A slip-up by the Los Angeles City Treasurer's Office made a contractor in Mexico a multimillionaire for a day.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2693352,00.html

Deputies cite 12 in valley street-vendor sweep
PALMDALE -- Twelve people selling flowers, cooked corn and fruit on street corners this week were cited and a van was confiscated in a crackdown on illegal vendors.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20943%257E2693132,00.html

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From other sources:

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From Attorney General Lockyer
State Gambling Control Agents Shut Down Illegal Gambling Operation
Atwater Bar Owner Charged With Running Illegal Poker Tournaments
http://caag.state.ca.us/newsalerts/2005/05-010.htm

From Senator Cedillo
Sen. Cedillo Applauds Presdient Bush For Addressing Immigration Issue
http://democrats.sen.ca.gov/servlet/gov.ca.senate.democrats.pub.members.memDisplayPress?district=sd22&ID=2568