Measure R tax hike to hit

Bargain hunters at Woodland Hills Camera & Telescopes moaned this spring when a 1 percent increase in the sales tax boosted the cost of binoculars, tripods and lenses.Sue Doyle in the Daily News.

Customers at the San Fernando Valley shop and other stores in the region will grumble even louder this week, when the sales tax in Los Angeles County rises an additional half-percent or a half-cent on the dollar.

Beginning Wednesday, the sales tax in Los Angeles County will reach 9.75 percent because of voter-approved