Good morning. It is Wednesday, Aug. 5. The National Park Service is tracking two mountain lion kittens in Southern California. No surprise here — the baby photos are adorable. Here's what is happening in the Golden State:
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Gun control
Tired of congressional inaction on gun control, Los Angeles has joined a growing number of cities and states taking on the issue on themselves. L.A. wants handguns to be locked up or disabled when they're not in use. The proposed ordinance, based on similar laws in Sunnyvale and San Francisco, is "the strongest, most well thought out, most defensible, most important, most significant step forward on safe storage of firearms in the state of California," Councilman Paul Krekorian said.