Newsletter: Today: Police Raid in Paris. Syrians on Edge in U.S.

I'm Davan Maharaj, editor of the Los Angeles Times. Here are some story lines I don't want you to miss today.

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Terror Suspects Arrested in Paris

During a Wednesday morning raid in Paris, police arrested at least seven suspects in last week’s terrorist attacks. The operation targeted a Belgian militant identified as a ringleader of the killing spree. Meanwhile, Syrian refugees in the U.S. have become a political flashpoint. Roughly half the country's governors said they won't accept them. Speaker of the House Paul Ryan is asking for a vote on a bill to "pause" President Obama's plan to resettle more. Read on to see why those who are already in the U.S. say they are afraid.

More on the Aftermath 

-- Paris steps up security for the United Nations climate change conference. 

-- Get full coverage here.

L.A.'s Homeless Crisis

The L.A. City Council didn't declare a state of emergency. But it did vote to expand efforts to help the homeless by opening public buildings as temporary shelters and allowing people to sleep inside vehicles in certain parking lots, along with a few more measures. Read on to see why it could still be weeks or months before the homeless see relief. 

Welcome to Motor City, California

Tesla and Faraday Future. Uber and Lyft. Google and Apple. Ford, BMW and a whole lot more. They are all looking to reshape the future of the automobile, and they're doing so in California. There was a time when making cars was all about steel, bolts and grease. Now, technology is the engine driving the business. See how that's turning into jobs in Silicon Valley and beyond. 

Hell No, They Won't Go

Hunger strikes. Sit-ins. Lists of demands. The protests at college campuses today echo those of decades past. A key difference: social media, and the speed with which a movement takes hold. Since the top brass at the University of Missouri stepped down early last week, protesters have organized at more than 100 schools nationwide — including Occidental, USC and Claremont McKenna. A look behind the campus unrest. 

Erasing the HIV Stigma

In November 1991, Earvin "Magic" Johnson made a stunning announcement: He was retiring from the NBA because he had HIV. Fast-forward 24 years to Charlie Sheen's TV interview in which he too came forward to say he was infected. What has changed since then? Plenty. Though Sheen's revelation is unlikely to be a Magic Johnson moment, here's why it still might help the cause of HIV and AIDS awareness.

CALIFORNIA

-- Backers of a plan to greatly expand charter schools in L.A. have formed a nonprofit organization. 

-- Steve Lopez catches up with the actress and homeless advocate who was attacked by a homeless man. 

-- Battalion Chief Alicia Welch leads a renewed push to recruit women and minorities to the L.A. Fire Department. 

-- Cities in southeast L.A. County see a new wave of young leaders.

NATION-WORLD

-- Israeli officials outlaw a chapter of the Islamic Movement, drawing criticism.

-- President Obama highlights support for the Philippines amid tension with China. 

-- A shooting by Minneapolis police was ruled a homicide by a county medical examiner.

-- Hillary Clinton wins a major endorsement from the service workers' union.

BUSINESS 

-- SeaWorld hopes to reverse its sagging fortunes by building its own San Diego hotel.

-- A brave new world at the L.A. Auto Show: owner-less cars and "taxibots."

SPORTS 

-- Bill Plaschke: In USC's search for a football coach, it may already have its guy in Clay Helton. 

-- For boxer Saul "Canelo" Alvarez, a Las Vegas bout against veteran Miguel Cotto is the equivalent of the SAT.

ENTERTAINMENT

-- TV review: Netflix's new series "Jessica Jones" is a marvel.

-- Video game review: "Star Wars Battlefront" looks and feels like "Star Wars." Is that enough?

WHAT OUR EDITORS ARE READING

-- How Islamic State declared war on the world. (Foreign Policy)

-- Technology is shaping the future of language. (Popular Science)

-- Do you need to worry about bugs and germs in library books? (Wall Street Journal)

ONLY IN L.A.

Growing up in 1950s L.A., Wanda Coleman found refuge in books — even though she said they were hard to come by because libraries "discouraged Negro readers." She went on to make literature her life, publishing more than 20 books of poetry, essays and short fiction before she died in 2013. In a fitting final chapter, the Ascot Branch library will be dedicated to L.A.'s "unofficial poet laureate."

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