Porking up for the Valley

Thanks to U.S. taxpayers, the city of San Fernando could soon have a network of "virtual patrol" cameras around town helping police monitor for crime in busy areas. Troy Anderson in the Daily News.

A Providence Holy Cross clinic in North Hollywood could help gang members get tattoos removed.

Glendale's Police Department could improve its ability to test DNA with a new crime laboratory.

All are projects sought in the San Fernando Valley congressional delegation's latest earmark requests - federally funded projects demanded by constituents but derided by critics as pork-barrel spending during a fiscal crisis.