Attack on Armor: Citing last year’s North...

Attack on Armor: Citing last year’s North Hollywood shootout with heavily armored gunmen, Assemblyman Scott Wildman (D-Los Angeles) introduced legislation barring felons from owning bulletproof body armor. The legislation, supported by the LAPD and the City Council, would make it a felony for felons to possess or own the armor. “Whenever these . . . confrontations occur, the lives of innocent citizens and police officers are unnecessarily placed in jeopardy,” Wildman said.

* IT’S MICHIGAN: Notre Dame High’s Justin Fargas, twice The Times’ Valley Player of the Year, committed to accepting a scholarship from the University of Michigan, spurning USC and UCLA. Fargas is considered the nation’s top running back. C1

* C-SECTIONS: County health officials promised to investigate a now-discontinued policy discouraging caesarean sections in most cases. B1

* SLAYING PROBE: The Lancaster man whose wife, a corrections officer, was slain says police are harassing him. They won’t name him as a suspect nor rule him out. B1