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Oct 2009

L.A. City Council panel declines to back Google e-mail contract

A Los Angeles City Council panel declined Monday to take a vote on a proposed contract with Google Inc. to replace the city's e-mail system, passing the decision on to the full council amid unresolved concerns about the cost and necessity...

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Oct 2009

LAPD's top brass interviewing to be next top cop

City officials Wednesday began interviewing the 13 semi-finalists to replace outgoing police Chief William Bratton, a group that is mostly coming from within the Los Angeles Police Department's top insider ranks. The closed-door interviews...

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Oct 2009

Insiders still favored for LAPD chief, sources say

As the Los Angeles Police Commission meets today to begin interviews with candidates vying to become LAPD's next chief, four department insiders who were early favorites remain leading contenders, according to city, community and law...

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Oct 2009

The next chief: merit, not race

For the first time in years, racial politics need not play a big role in choosing who will lead the LAPD.In politicized, ethnically diverse Los Angeles, it is naive to assume that any major public policy decision is made without regard to...