Hoops Back in Monterey Park, Economic Study Sees Better Days

· Monterey Park police put back basketball hoops after gang incident [PSN]
· Sunny days? Economic study predicts local economy will pick up [LABJ]
· Bob Hope Airport to get new noise monitoring devices [GNP]
· Sepulveda Basin Dog Park's chairs mowed down, people upset [Breeze]
· Meet Fillmore & Western, leading leaser of trains to Hollywood [LAT]
· Cars and air conditioners: Two biggest inventions to change American life [LAT]
· Home construction declined 5 percent in June [New York Times]