Both measures on the March 8 city election ballot propose to amend the City Charter rules governing the fire and police departments pension plans. Charter Amendment 1 seeks to include port police officers in the same pension plans the Los Angeles Fire Department and the Los Angeles Police Department uses. Read more...

Michelle Garakian passes out campaign signs and speaks to Los Angeles residents and business owners for about 20 hours each week without pay. She says it’s fun. Read more...

L.A. County salaries heavily boosted by overtime A new report on overtime costs found that more than 3,000 of the county’s 90,000 employees boosted their salaries by 50 percent or more in overtime pay in January. Read more...

Masturbation not a proper topic for quality newspaper I found Lara Loewenstein’s column, “Bone up on stimulating masturbation techniques,” in the Feb. 28 Viewpoint section utterly distasteful. Read more...

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Few words echo as ominously as “military draft,” but the Iraq war is stumbling toward the 24-month mark, and U.S. troops are in desperate need of relief. Read more...

UCLA’s Yoo Kim broke his own Korean national record in the pole vault Saturday in Seattle, helping the Bruins capture their fourth consecutive MPSF Indoor Championship. Read more...