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“California is not any better off with this governor [than] with [former Gov. Gray] Davis. His celebrity tricked many in voting for him, but the reality is that the California budget and state government is not in any better shape.”
-- Reader Ron
on Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger,
Talk of L.A.
right, and the state’s financial crisis
latimes.com/california
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Bottleneck Blog
The “Holiday Shopping Traffic Relief Brigade” -- 70 L.A. city traffic control officers -- is being unleashed at 43 intersections around malls and shopping centers to improve traffic flow.
latimes.com/bottleneck
Homicide Report
Jill Leovy tracks L.A. County homicides. The latest: Iriberto Garcia, 16, was walking in the 1200 block of East Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in South-Central Los Angeles about 1 p.m. Dec. 10 when someone in a passing car shot him.
latimes.com/homicide report
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Too cool?
Should Orange County schools ban “mask” sweat shirts? Speak out.
latimes.com/oc
The Classroom
A dispatch from on campus. The latest: Concerns about childhood obesity have led some school districts, including Los Angeles Unified, to ban the sale of sodas on campus, at least during school hours. Now, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is proposing to take the campaign one step further.
latimes.com/theclassroom
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