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The birds were endangered by DDT in the '70s. Now, scientists have found that falcons in cities including Los Angeles contain record-high levels of flame retardant.
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The council is set to vote on a proposal to give a three-acre site in North Hollywood to a developer building offices and a movie theater near the Red Line station. >>
LABOR
After a closed-door meeting including building owners, the union agrees to go back to the bargaining table after having staged walkouts across the county. >>
Los Angeles County prosecutors expect to decide within weeks whether to file criminal charges against a man they believe started the blaze that burned 800 acres. >>
Los Angeles police say at least two children were victims. >>
Activists and builders OK a conservation plan for the sprawling property in Kern and L.A. counties that would permit some development. >>
He is under investigation for keeping photos, notes and a scrapbook that documented a colleague's relationship with a female student. >>
A search is underway for solutions to the growing problem of cardboard and plastic discarded by shops. >>
The union is seeking to narrow the gap in a two-tier pay system in Los Angeles County. Walkouts were to begin Wednesday night. >>
The loss to the Mets left the Dodger Stadium crowd disappointed, except the two guys in the field-level seats who beat the odds. >>
Officials begin the 20-day process of replenishing the neighborhood landmark after cleaning up contamination. >>
He says his dismissal was in retaliation for speaking out about working conditions. The business manager denies the claim. >>
The City Council adopts rules curbing the size of remodeled homes on the flatlands and preserving low-income housing, mostly on skid row, that advocates fear are in danger of becoming lofts. >>
An examination by Washington state finds abuses in pacts signed by the port agency. She says the group had wide discretion on deals. A criminal probe is underway. >>
He and his brother-in-law each opened ice cream stores in the Los Angeles area after WWII, then combined them by 1948 to form what would become an empire. >>
A mentally ill man, discharged from College Hospital in Costa Mesa, is reportedly taken 42 miles to L.A.'s skid row. >>
The production is planning to move, sources say, drawn by the state's recent huge increase in the amount of a film tax credit. >>
He was moved to a desk job and later transferred to another school. >>
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge John Torribio says the Westside project can't go forward without a report on how businesses and residents would be affected. >>
Gina Maria Lindsey tells board members that she did not improperly influence the hiring of an engineering firm to manage LAX modernization. >>
An airline official says soaring fuel costs make the flights to Boston and New York, originally scheduled to debut May 21, too expensive. >>
A Los Angeles Fire Department assistant chief, his wife and their son were charged Monday with allegedly trying to cover up a hit-and-run crash. >>
Advocates for parks, libraries and other services say they're paying the price. >>
Gina Marie Lindsey is scheduled to appear before the airport commission and a council panel this week to explain her role in awarding LAX construction contracts worth $67 million to two firms. >>
'Silence is never an acceptable response,' Mayor Villaraigosa stresses at Pan Pacific Park ceremony. >>
LOCAL ELECTIONS: L.A. COUNTY SUPERVISOR
He is praised as honest and capable but criticized as rigid and aloof. Years as chief largely shaped his image. >>
Development, police misconduct and the future of King-Harbor Medical Center are among topics at a debate between Bernard C. Parks and Mark Ridley-Thomas. >>
Aging members of the Businessmen -- precursors of the Bloods and Crips -- want to end the cycle of violence they helped create in South Los Angeles >>
SATURDAY PROFILE
He sees that Mexicans in Southern California have their rights protected while abiding by U.S. laws. >>
The state competition begins today in Chula Vista. >>
Union leaders say they hope to raise $1.5 million more for independent expenditures on his behalf. Campaign of Councilman Bernard C. Parks cries foul. >>
Six employee unions ask Villaraigosa to consider offering early retirements to longtime workers instead of cutting 767 jobs to balance next year's budget. >>
About 8,500 peaceful protesters converge on L.A. City Hall, urging an end to work-site immigration raids. >>
The administrator, told of her affair with Steve Rooney, advised her to recant her statement to police, she testifies. She admits having used a fake ID to appear older. >>
Unlike last year's May Day event, marred by violence, this one unfolds without a hitch. >>
The firm that razed her office agrees to forward the Hollywood icon's correspondence now that the Postal Service's one-year obligation has expired. >>
Legislators also advance a measure to make it easier for prosecutors to take possession of gang members' assets. Both bills will now go to the Assembly. >>
A three-pronged approach puts new emphasis on prevention and intervention along with law enforcement. >>
Region has been 'bested' by Pittsburgh But a new lung association report shows that the area still has much room for improvement. >>
Janice Hahn asks the City Council to review and take jurisdiction of one. Controller Laura Chick's office will probe another. >>
Some residents have launched an Internet fight against an L.A. County law curbing how long the vehicles can remain parked as they sell their wares. >>
Ruling on the city's need for an environmental review is expected this week. Merchant and homeowner groups have sought the restriction. >>
INTERIOR MONOLOGUE
The artful renovation turns a quaint Spanish-style home into a midcentury-style retreat, reflecting the owner's eclectic tastes. >>
THE SCOUT
Volunteers, crews and landscape designers are sprucing up the grounds for the Arcadia show, which starts Friday. >>
Lawanda Jackson, who has since resigned after admitting to peeking at the hospital records of stars, was indicted by a federal grand jury on a charge of obtaining identifiable health data for profit. >>
There's always Pink's, Cupid's, Jody Maroni's, Johnnie's Pastrami, the Stand, Carney's and Oki Dog, but venture further and you'll find dogs in pursuit of a different taste sensation, such as City Bakery, Cafe Surfas, Portillo’s, Mustard’s and Marty D’s. >>
The report to the city Police Commission is greeted with skepticism. 'This is not a racist department,' Chief Bratton says in defending the report. >>
The February drop is one of the sharpest in the nation, an index shows. >>
Councilwoman wonders if the process was influenced by the airport director. >>
The $3-billion effort has had difficulty obtaining construction financing amid the real estate downturn. The projected finish date for its first phase is now 2012. >>
The L.A. assistant principal at Markham Middle School is accused of molesting two more teenage girls. >>
Civil service workers physically block a reporter and photographer from the employee, who was appealing her suspension from King-Harbor Hospital. >>
Evicted two years ago from a controversial inner-city garden, they're putting down roots in a tiny town west of Bakersfield. >>
Upcoming news events for this week. >>
A proposal to delay an $81-million payment to the city's employee pension fund until next year is drawing criticism. >>
Helping the poor of L.A.'s Pico-Robertson district is a good deed and a holy act, a rabbi says. But he knows he needs boundaries. >>
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IN FOCUS
 The Week in Pictures
Fields ablaze
 BAJA IN BLOOM: Recent rains have left the hills just south of the border sporting an array of color.
OUT THERE
Reporter Scott Gold's Southland chronicles
POINSETTIA PARK-The fact that Katan Khaimov was murdered has been hard enough for his neighborhood to accept. But the awful coda of his life has added to the soul-searching. Neighbors, it turns out, heard him dying, crying for help. MONTROSE-In this Glendale suburb, residents are waging war over the war. POMONA-For nearly a quarter of a century, Sister Nuala Ryan has worked at Lanterman, California's oldest institution for the developmentally disabled. SAN DIEGO-John Hood has created many works as a Caltrans graphic artist. But the picture of an immigrant family running has resonated far beyond his office cubicle. SOUTH-CENTRAL-It was once L.A.s answer to the Harlem Renaissance. Today, South-Central is synonymous with urban blight. Much of the community is now a transient, threadbare tapestry of people whose common thread is poverty. PALM SPRINGS-Called by some the nation's gayest city, it is described as a center of aging men with sexual hyper-drives. The talk of L.A.
"It makes me angry with LAUSD -- they have every excuses and not one ounce of accountability."-Yvette, on the arrest of an L.A. assistant principal for allegedly molesting three students. Join the conversationDRUG BUSTShare your thoughts on the student drug busts at San Diego State University.(600+)SEX ABUSEWhat do you think about LA school officials who allowed an assistant principal back into a middle school after he had been accused of sexual contact with a student?(120+)BORDER BUSTSWhat do you think about federal agents arresting illegal immigrants as they try to leave the country?(300+)WATER SHORTAGEWith California communities facing a strong possibility of water rationing this summer, what steps might you take to cut back on water usage?(50+)LOYALTY OATHWhat do you think about the Cal State Fullerton instructor being fired for refusing to sign a loyalty oath?(300+)Live from the blogs
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