Extra, Extra: Bring Back the Streetcar! Ride in a Balloon!

- You don't have to be in snow to say "mush." Try urban mushing in Costa Mesa.
- "Cardinal Roger M. Mahony today apologized to victims of sexual abuse by priests in the Los Angeles Archdiocese."
- Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa skips his monthly appearance on KABC-TV's Eyewitness Newsmakers because of personal questions.
- By the 1930s, the Los Angeles streetcar system had nearly 600 miles of track and used more than 1,200 cars. Downtown News shares the opinion and dream of many.
- In place of the old El Toro Marine base will be new development and one of the nation's largest municipal parks. That's the future. However, the balloon ride has opened.
- Huntington Beach Police Want Nudity Ban.
- Internet Radio in limbo: killradio.org will be at Lost Souls Cafe tonight for an acoustic benefit concert.
- Dave Matthews Band urges better mental health care for troops
- FBI cites best example of using YouTube for investigations was a LAPD beating caught on tape last Fall.
- Why is Toluca Lake named that?

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