Panel backs proposed new chief of L.A. Animal Services
*** Update: Barnette's appointment was approved by the full Los Angeles City Council on July 13.
Brenda Barnette, the mayor's pick to head up the Los Angeles Department of Animal Services, survived a key hurdle in her confirmation process Monday. The full City Council is set to vote on the appointment today.
This has got to be one of the toughest jobs in the city when it comes to challenges and political sensitivity.




Daily Breeze reporter Donna Littlejohn has shared her homes with a succession of wonderful, funny, and occasionally difficult canines -- Muffin, Fritz, Ellie, Mercy, Pilgrim and now Cowboy, an Australian shepherd-border collie, and Tess, a border collie. From strong-willed terriers to weirdly obsessed Australian shepherds, they've invaded her world with boundless energy, wet noses, muddy paws and soggy tennis balls. But they've really brought so much more than that -- like laughter and joy, some unexpected life lessons, and more than a few tears along the way.
Josh Grossberg grew up with the usual array of animals: goldfish, dogs, hamsters, parakeets and turtles. He now owns the loudest dog in the South Bay(
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