Shootout between federal agents kills 1, wounds 1
A confrontation between federal law enforcement agents erupted in gunfire Thursday evening in Long Beach, leaving one dead and another seriously injured, authorities said. The incident was sparked by an unspecified dispute between Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in the Glenn M. Anderson Federal Building near the city's oceanfront, according to law enforcement authorities.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la...,3324042.story
Traffic officials following the few checkpoint rules that exist, auditor finds
California traffic safety officials have followed the few rules that exist for overseeing sobriety checkpoints set up by hundreds of police departments, the state auditor reported yesterday. No federal law or state statute governs what happens at the roadway operations, according to the auditor's report. And the California Office of Traffic Safety is not required to closely monitor what happens at checkpoints it funds, which now number more than 2,000 a year.
http://californiawatch.org/dailyrepo...or-finds-14933
Feds want automakers to disable texts, tweets, phone dialing while car is moving
Federal safety regulators urged automakers Thursday to make cars with hands-off access to Web browsing, texting, phone calls or any navigation fiddling while rolling. But in the Car Buff Capital of the Nation, Los Angeles motorists may balk at any more hands-on interference from Uncle Sam.
http://www.dailynews.com/ci_19984208
With state pension initiatives sidelined, now unions go after local measures
Public employee unions are turning up their offensive to prevent changes to public sector retirement programs. In the wake of proposed state initiatives pulled back by proponents because they say the Attorney General's title and summary did not fairly reflect the measure, a proposed San Diego initiative to reform the city's pension system has suddenly been threatened with a lawsuit to keep it off the ballot.
http://www.foxandhoundsdaily.com/201...ocal-measures/
