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From the LA Times:

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Crowding at Prisons Has State in a Jam
SACRAMENTO - Sixteen months ago, the chief of California's vast prison system told his wardens to prepare for a new day: The inmate population, he said, was poised to plummet; prisons would be closed.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-prisons13mar13,0,7445831.story?coll=la-home-headlines

2 Ports Split on How to Clear the Air
L.A. and Long Beach share a bay but fight pollution in different ways. Environmentalists and area residents express their concerns.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-air13mar13,1,2086666.story?coll=la-headlines-california

The American Dream Placed Within Reach
A group of Southland career women oversees a program that helps fund home-buying, entrepreneurship and education for the needy.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-goodturns13mar13,1,4003599.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Vying to Make Voters' Cut
Mayoral runoff foes Hahn and Villaraigosa visit barbers and other Crenshaw district businesses in their quest for key support.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-campaign13mar13,1,6219090.story?coll=la-headlines-california

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From the Daily News:

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Arnold's housing fix
Legendary land-use law might change
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~20954~2759215,00.html

Mayoral loss fails to kill passion
Hertzberg mulls his political future
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2759217,00.html

Records battle still rages on
SACRAMENTO -- Even with a new open government constitutional amendment, government agencies in California at the local and state level still make it hard for the public and the press to get all the information they're entitled to, critics say.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2760275,00.html

Less government secrecy reported at local level
Open-government advocates say they have seen some improvements recently at the local level over access and public-records issues -- particularly in Los Angeles County, which had gained some notoriety for skirting the edge of the law in that area.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2759896,00.html

2 kids, cop rescued from Pacoima wash
PACOIMA -- Two children and a San Fernando police officer who tried to save them all were rescued Saturday evening from the fast-moving waters of the Pacoima wash by Los Angeles firefighters, a fire official said.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2760250,00.html

Panel nearly halfway to $100,000 goal for police memorial
BURBANK -- City leaders are nearly halfway to their goal of raising $100,000 for a police memorial museum in Washington, D.C., and hope to raise the balance before a July 9 gala.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2759844,00.html