L.A. parks facing cuts

Reducing operating hours for pools and parks, clustering sports leagues and cutting down on park maintenance - amid fears that gangs could reclaim some areas - were among grim, sobering prospects mentioned Tuesday to city officials dealing with budget problems. Daily News.

Jon Kirk Mukri, general manager of the city Recreation and Parks Department, said those proposals and others are being analyzed to overcome a $14 million gap in the agency's budget this year.

"We are trying to be equitable and maintain something at all our 400 parks," Mukri told the City Council. "It's a very difficult balancing act, but some things have to give."