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Sergeant Paul M. Weber takes over as president of the LAPD officers' union. He has been a VP and replaces Tim Sands, who will retire from the department next month after 34 years.
More politics: The Sacramento Bee's Shane Goldmacher takes an informed guess at chairmanships in the state Senate under incoming Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, and predicts that Gloria Romero will lose the job of Majority Leader to Dean Florez.