Today I read the Los Angeles Times. I had heard of this news outlet before but this was the first time I had ever read it. It is set up a lot like the Washington Post with the different categories it has to browse through. I found this source interesting to read. One thing I noticed was that there were far less political stories on the front cover than some of the other news sources I have read.

One of the top stories was about a prosthetic leg that could be controlled by brain power. They programmed it to mimic what a real leg would do by studying the nerves in the legs. The test subject for this was Zac Vawter who lost his leg in a motorcycle accident. He has nothing but positive things to say for this innovation because it has given him back close to normal function of his leg. The company working on this project is working under a grant from the U.S. Army who is trying to find a way to give back to the soldiers who lost their limbs in combat. This leg is not a normal prosthetic limb; it is powered by two engines which control the movement in the knee and in the ankle. It is supposed to make movement of this as seamless as possible.

http://www.latimes.com/science/la-sci-robotic-leg-20130926,0,7310017.story

A story on California I read was “Analysts see hope for California prison overcrowding solution”. In the past few years, California prisons have been overcrowded, but no one was able to come to a solution. California Gov, Jerry Brown proposed sending some prisoners to facilities out of state to relieve the situation in their own state’s facilities but the court denied that request. The court ordered that more than 9,600 inmates be removed from the state prison by the end of the year. Governor Brown does not want to do this though because those are not the kind of people you want back out on the street. He has appealed to overturn the court’s ruling on this to try to find a better solution.

http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-ff-prisons-20130925,0,2818947.story