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The proposed tax is projected to raise up to $215 million, helping to avoid public safety cuts, including laying off police officers.
Officials recommend arriving between three to five hours early on Wednesday.
Portions of the region are due for a bout of heavier, steadier rainfall Saturday, forecasters said.
Airport officials recommended that passengers arrive at the airport two hours early for domestic flights and three hours for international flights.
Between 1997 and 2011, the percentage of diabetics rose from 6.6 percent to 9.9 percent of the local population.
The tax is expected to generate between $208 million and $215 million, but also could decrease consumer spending by 1.3 percent, according to an analysis.
Red Flag warnings were posted at midmorning to extend into Tuesday night.
A South L.A. elementary school teacher and Tustin high school teacher were among five educators named today as 2013 California Teachers of the Year.
Chief Deputy District Attorney Jackie Lacey will replace Steve Cooley and become the first black and first female district attorney in Los Angeles County.
Proposition 34, which would replace the death penalty in California with life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, was trailing with nearly a quarter of the state's precincts counted.
Proposition 38, one of two measures on the ballot that would increase taxes to bolster funding for education, was defeated tonight, while the second measure, Proposition 30 trailed.
Rep. Brad Sherman took an early lead tonight over fellow Democrat Rep. Howard Berman in a hotly contested 30th Congressional District race.