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From the LA Times:

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Slides Reinforce the Point That Engineering Matters
When a thundering crash awakened Bruk Vandeweghe in the predawn hours of Feb. 12, he pictured an airplane slamming into the bluff beneath his house on a Culver City hilltop.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-slide27feb27,0,4220720.story?coll=la-home-headlines

Win May Hinge on Turnout
With scant public interest in mayoral race, campaigns hold targeted get-out-the-vote drives.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-vote27feb27,1,628835.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Watts' Envoys Ready for Sri Lanka
It was to be the field trip of their dreams, but things didn't come together in December for a small group of Watts high school students.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lopez27feb27,1,5930401.column?coll=la-headlines-california

Mayoral Candidates Push Toward Finish
The major contenders for the job visit dozens of L.A. neighborhoods in their quest to reach voters before the March 8 balloting.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-mayor27feb27,1,4226463.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Tensions Aired at 17 'Dialogues'
Questions on LAPD prejudice, parental responsibility take center stage at meetings prompted by the police killing of Devin Brown.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/valley/la-me-dialogue27feb27,1,3862287.story?coll=la-editions-valley

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From the Daily News:

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County OT still soars
Report: Hundreds doubling salaries
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~20954~2733827,00.html

Election pickup is big failure
A new city effort to make the March 8 mayoral election run smoothly backfired Saturday as volunteer polling-place workers went home empty-handed after trying unsuccessfully to pick up supplies at depots citywide.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2734520,00.html

Sylmar: Preserve our community
SYLMAR -- The horses that once roamed freely through the olive groves in the rugged terrain on the northern fringe of Los Angeles have become an endangered species, pushed out by wall-to-wall suburban development.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2734653,00.html

Communities discuss teen's shooting
Forums talk about impact of 13-year-old's death
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2734610,00.html

Pitchess dorms reopened
Beds now available after shortage at L.A. county jails
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20949%257E2734506,00.html

Input needed by city for spending funds
SANTA CLARITA -- A shrinking pool of money for social services is available, and city officials want residents to bring suggestions on how it should be spent.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20949%257E2732980,00.html?search=filter