- Making News: Screeners Fired at LAX
Just as the busy, summer travel season is about to begin, hundreds of federal security screeners have been fired at Los Angeles International Airport. The Daily Breeze reports that airlines and airport officials worry that the shortage of worker could create delays for travelers. Ian Gregor wrote the story.
- Reporter's Notebook: The City, the Mayor and the Struggle for Power
For the first time since he-s been mayor, the LA City Council has overridden a veto by Mayor Jim Hahn, and it-s on some minor league measure. He lost 11-to-3 on the $5.1 billion city budget. Fernando Guerra, who directs the Center for the Study of Los Angeles at Loyola Marymount University, says the political hardball currently being waged at city hall is a preview of what-s to come when the new council is seated on July 1.
Transportation Security Administration on reduction of screeners
California Wireless Telephone Automobile Safety Act of 2003 (AB 45)
California Highway Patrol study on driver distractions
Harvard Center for Risk Analysis on risk of cell phone use while driving
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on cell phone as cause of recent train collision
NTSB on cell phone as cause of recent vehicle collision
Mayor Hahn-s veto message to City Council