What happened on April 12, 2009

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Meeting the neighbors
There's no need for secrets in the Pasadena police shooting probe By Merrick J. Bobb, Merrick J. Bobb is executive director of the nonprofit Police Assessment Resource Center and special counsel monitoring the Sheriff's Department for the L.A. County Board of Supervisors.
Proposition 1A: The budget fix California needs By Tom Campbell, Tom Campbell is a former congressman and former state finance director. He is now a visiting professor of law and economics at Chapman University. He has formed an exploratory committee for the Republican nomination for governor.
Help Iran go nuclear By Sonni Efron, Sonni Efron, a Washington-based writer, is a contributing editor to Opinion.
State officials pan for gold in D.C. By Doyle Mcmanus
Drawing weapons By Joel Pett, Joel Pett is the Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist of the Lexington Herald-Leader. His work also appears in USA Today.
'Limbaugh Challenge'
Rush to judgment
The supreme law of the land

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Downturn a boon for China's air quality By Tini Tran, Tran writes for the Associated Press.
French who aid migrants are targeted By Elaine Ganley, Ganley writes for the Associated Press.
From Our Blogs By Meris Lutz; Jeannine Stein; Alex Pham
U.S. nursing crisis is in remission, for now By Ashley Halsey Iii, Halsey writes for the Washington Post.
Top Of The Ticket By Johanna Neuman
Uninsured have no seat at table By Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar, Alonso-Zaldivar writes for the Associated Press.

What happened on April 12, 2009

SPORTS

The taxing life of a pro athlete By Kevin Baxter

Lakers still haven't reached their potential By Mark Heisler

Recession brought baseball back where it should be By Bill Shaikin

Colon sharp in White Sox return Associated Press

Reggie Willits knows he's not replacing Nick Adenhart By Mike Digiovanna

Angels held at Bay by Boston By Mike Digiovanna

Galaxy, Chivas USA can't get a rhythm in tie By Grahame L. Jones

Clippers sputter toward the finish line By Lisa Dillman

Eric Stults gives Dodgers a lift, and offense carries them By Dylan Hernandez

Yoga is now part of Dodgers' balancing act By Dylan Hernandez

Ducks are in, but how long can they last? By Helene Elliott

Paul Williams, Chris Arreola win impressively By Bill Dwyre

Barcelona can strike seemingly at will By Grahame L. Jones

NBA investigates Portland's use of video By Mike Bresnahan

Kings win finale but now the big questions begin By Billy Witz

Kenny Perry, Angel Cabrera share the lead By Teddy Greenstein

Padraig Harrington ruins his shot at another major By Teddy Greenstein

Joey Logano wins Nationwide race Staff And Wire Reports

Cavaliers, Celtics to meet in rankings-deciding battle By Mark Heisler

Nets keep Magic out of No. 2 slot in East Associated Press

Pacers defeat Pistons, 106-102 Associated Press

Police use stun gun on Bills' Donte Whitner From Staff And Wire Reports

Alfonso Soriano's homer gives Cubs 6-5 win over Brewers Associated Press

Albert Pujols' two homers, seven RBIs power Cardinals' win Associated Press

Kenny Perry could make it an old Masters By Bill Plaschke

Michel Woepse impressive at Arcadia Invitational By Mark Medina

More than 400 defeats, but no agony By Mike Penner

Dodgers' Russell Martin finds new purpose through relationship By T.J. Simers

UCLA tight end Logan Paulsen suffers foot injury By Chris Foster

Matt Barkley passes one more test By Gary Klein

Other Result Associated Press

King Of Swing Associated Press

Chicago gets high marks for 2016 bid presentation Associated Press

Let the games end Associated Press

Heir time? Associated Press

Morning Briefing By Tania Ganguli

The Masters By Teddy Greenstein

Coast To Coast By Mark Heisler

ENTERTAINMENT

'American Violet' By Susan King

'All Other Nights' by Dara Horn By Ruth Andrew Ellenson, Ellenson received the National Jewish Book Award for her anthology "The Modern Jewish Girl's Guide to Guilt."

The cast and creative forces behind CBS' breakout comedy know the geek squad won't get the girl, but it gets the laughs. By Maria Elena Fernandez

The stillness within Stephen Mitchell By Susan Salter Reynolds, Salter Reynolds is a Times staff writer.

Script supervisor Emily Pendas Sobel By Cristy Lytal

'A Mathematician's Lament' by Paul Lockhart; 'The Rights of Spring' by David Kennedy; and 'Towards Another Summer' by Janet Frame By Susan Salter Reynolds

Comparing TV, film versions of 'State of Play' By Robert Abele

Tracey Ullman takes on L.A. By Choire Sicha

Ann Powers' picks By Ann Powers

'Earth': It's where the wild things are By John Clark

Hollywood tries to come up with its best recession fare By Zachary Pincus-roth

H BOX at Orange County Museum of Art By Christopher Smith

'Intruder: Poems' by Jill Bialosky By Bernadette Murphy

'Lowboy' by John Wray By Akiva Gottlieb

'The Woman Behind the New Deal' by Kirstin Downey By Wendy Smith, Smith is the author of "Real Life Drama: The Group Theatre and America, 1931-1940."

Chuck Lorre keeps TV viewers laughing By Maria Elena Fernandez

'The Cougar' is on the prowl on TV Land By Jon Caramanica

'The Reader'; 'American Swing'; 'Pride and Prejudice'; 'The Spirit' By Noel Murray

With 'Lydia, Octavio Solis mines new vein By Jan Breslauer

Paul McCartney finds himself in a new place By Geoff Boucher

'Once the Shore' by Paul Yoon By Zoe Slutzky, Slutzky is an editor and reviewer whose work has appeared in several publications including Bookforum and The Brooklyn Rail.

'State of Play' pays homage to print journalism's role By Rachel Abramowitz

Joanna Priestley will have a retrospective of her work at REDCAT By Sharon Mizota

Esa-Pekka Salonen's farewell concerts: These notes will linger By Reed Johnson

'The Lost Collection: The Best Movies You Totally Forgot About' By Noel Murray

Ida Maria; 'Lymelife'; '17 Again'; 'College Life'; PaleyFest09 By Denise Martin

Kurt Anderson, visionary, in residence By Scott Timberg

With Esa-Pekka Salonen, L.A. has been in good hands By Mark Swed, MUSIC CRITIC

'Scotty and the Case of the Missing Envelope' By Mike Mallory

Jacket Copy By Carolyn Kellogg

CALIFORNIA | LOCAL

Khmer Rouge survivors give voice to their 'silent suffering' By Joe Mozingo

Sunday School teacher charged with kidnapping, murder By Ruben Vives and Rong-gong Lin Ii

Death of blogger mom's daughter prompts outpouring from Internet community By Esmeralda Bermudez

Fertility doctors' competition spawns lawsuits By Alan Zarembo

Passings Times Staff and Wire Reports

Susan Peterson dies at 83; ceramics artist studied Native American potters By Claire Noland

Protesters rally in Hermosa Beach against tax hikes By Robert J. Lopez

Southland restaurants have past lives By Steve Harvey