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DEBT CRISIS
Garcetti, impatient with pace of change, takes action By Dakota Smith dakota.smith@langnews.com @dakotacdsmith on Twitter
Los Angeles Fire Chief Brian Cummings, who faced scrutiny over emergency response times during his two-year tenure, is being replaced, Mayor Eric Garcetti said Thursday. Garcetti said he is not satisfied that the Los Angeles Fire Department has done enough to improve response times or employ new technology. “I have been impatient with the pace of that,� Garcetti said. “I think people saw that as a council member, and as council president. And as mayor, I continue to have a sense of urgency.� The department has been in the spotlight following revelations in 2012 that fire officials released inaccurate response times, data that was used by the City Council — which then included Garcetti — to support budget cuts. Cummings also faced anger from the firefighters’ union for supporting the council’s plan to alter deployment to shift more firefighters to ambulance duty.
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Inside: The Dow Jones industrial average climbed more than 300 points in reaction to news of a possible debit limit extension. PAGE A10
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LAFD chief shown the door
Hopes increase for a temporary extension of the U.S. debt ceiling and an end to the shutdown
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CITY HALL OVERHAUL
AS TIME RUNS OUT... A partial government shutdown is already in effect, but the United States is fast approaching a bigger problem with far broader implications. If Congress and the president fail to reach an agreement to raise the nation’s debt limit by Oct. 17, the U.S. will lose its ability to borrow and will default on its debts. With no final resolution certain, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew has called on lawmakers to pass legislation that would reopen the government and increase the nation’s $16.7 trillion debt limit. House Speaker John Boehner on Thursday offered a six-week extension of the debt ceiling if President Obama would sit down with Republicans and negotiate over the budget. The offer stopped short of ending the partial government shutdown. Later, Republicans modified their proposal and offered to reopen the government and raise the debt limit for as long as three months, according to The Washington Post. The White House has said previously Obama would negotiate “once Republicans in Congress act to remove the threat of default and end this harmful government shutdown.� The White House denied a news report that Obama had rejected the latest House GOP proposal outright, saying that “no specific determination was made� after the presentation, the Post said. After the most recent GOP plan was disclosed, the Post quoted White House spokesman Jay Carney as saying Obama was happy that House Republicans agree that a federal debt default is not an option, but added that the president would prefer a longer extension of the debt limit. The hint of a possible compromise proved enough to lift the stock market, which had been spiraling downward since
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STUDIO CITY
Harvard-Westlake parking garage plan ignites controversy THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
House Speaker John Boehner offers a debt limit extension.
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President Obama has not rejected the GOP proposal outright.
BY THE NUMBERS
$16.7 trillion The current debt limit of the U.S. government.
$30 billion
The amount of money the U.S. government will have on hand on Oct. 17.
$60 billion
How much the government spends some days to keep operations going.
By Dana Bartholomew dana.bartholomew@ dailynews.com @DN_DanaBart on Twitter
In its welcome to prospective students, Harvard-Westlake School says it’s hard to make a “smallâ€? school “big,â€? but it’s figured out how to make a “bigâ€? school “small.â€? Neighbors battling the Studio City school’s plans to erect a massive parking garage and ball field on oak-walnut habitat with a sky bridge over Coldwater Canyon Avenue may disagree. “The biggest problems with this are safety and the environment,â€? said Sarah Boyd, of Studio City, who co-founded Save Coldwater Canyon! to oppose the plan. “I think there’s a risk of human life and property, because of this massive engineering project. “The city now needs to step up, scrutinize very carefully, the safety of the hillside.â€? Faced with increasing demands for parking and athletic fields, the Studio City prep school seeks SCHOOL Âť PAGE 11
MOVIES
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COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT
GALLERY
Tom Hanks is a brilliant 'Captain Phillips'
Second American to orbit Earth dies at 88
Garcetti launches his Great Streets program
Muslim pilgrims arrive in Mecca for hajj
Gripping chronicle of a merchant ship takeover by pirates shows how extraordinary ordinary men can be. YOUR WEEKEND
Scott Carpenter was guided by two instincts: overcoming fear and quenching his insatiable curiosity. PAGE A6
Forty L.A. roadways get renewed attention, with a panel ensuring all projects are approached strategically. PAGE A3
The hajj, which is one of the world’s largest human assemblies, begins on Oct. 13.
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Comics ............ L9
Lottery ............A2
Obituaries .......A8
Opinion ...........A12
Puzzles .D2,4,L10
TV listings....... L8
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