Britney, books and a prison riot -- a roundup of SoCal stories
February 25, 2008 | 3:03
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Crime is down in L.A. and the Daily News says officials are lining up to take credit.
More than 20 inmates injured in a riot at a privately run prison in Adelanto, the San Bernardino Sun reports.
Search underway for fisherman swept from the rocks on Palos Verdes. Updates in the Daily Breeze.
Local volunteer program gives a Compton elementary school 10,000 books, the Los Angeles Sentinel reports.
The New York Times frets about Britney's fortune.
A brutal murder at a 7-Eleven store in Irvine was captured on video, prosecutors say. The OC Reg has details from the trial.
A girl in Baldwin Park escapes her would-be kidnapper, according to the Star-News.
-- Veronique de Turenne
