Anger over anti-terror funds cuts
Los Angeles-area leaders on Wednesday blasted federal officials for slashing anti-terrorism funding to the region by 10 percent even as new reports suggest that the terrorist al-Qaida network is strengthening and may be poised for another U.S. strike. Under the plan, the Long Beach-Los Angeles region - a previously acknowledged 2002 terrorist target - will get $73 million, or $8 million less than last year. dailynews.com latimes.com

Sex offenders near you?
Some 2,100 newly paroled sex offenders are living illegally near schools and parks. AP via dailynews.com

More on Glendale hit-and-run arrest
Ara Grigoryan, 21, of Glendale has been the subject of a weeklong international manhunt that ran through Tijuana and the Mexican capital. dailynews.com glendalenewspress.com

Guilty verdict in slaying of estranged girlfriend
A man who shot and killed his estranged girlfriend in what appeared to be a botched murder-suicide was found guilty Wednesday in her 2005 slaying. dailynews.com

Widow of Pearl sues over his death
The widow of Daniel Pearl has sued more than a dozen reputed terrorists and Pakistan's largest bank, blaming them for the torture and murder of the Wall Street Journal reporter in 2002. dailynews.com

Spector
More Phil Spector murder trial coverage. latimes.com

Baca
Sheriff Lee Baca has blocked access from hundreds of department computers to the website of the union that represents his deputies and which has been critical of the sheriff's management. latimes.com

Glendale pedestrian safety
Glendale's dangerous for walkers. glendalenewspress.com

Anti-gang legislation flawed, think tank says
A report by a Washington, D.C., think tank concludes that anti-gang legislation and police crackdowns across the country only worsen the gang problem and suggests more needs to be done to prevent children from joining in the first place. seattlepi

More work on gang solution in Valley
Daily News editorializes today that more work needs to be done to beat back the gang problem in the Valley. It's "imperative to mobilize the community - parents, schools, churches, businesses - to work together to stop gang violence." dailynews.com