CALIFORNIA IN BRIEF : SACRAMENTO : Sen Torres Hearing Scheduled for Nov. 1

State Sen. Art Torres (D-Los Angeles) faces a hearing Nov. 1 on whether his driver’s license should be suspended. Torres, 42, was arrested Sept. 6 near the state Capitol for driving without lights, and officers said he refused to submit to a blood-alcohol test. The Department of Motor Vehicles said last month that Torres would lose his driver’s license for two years for refusing to be tested. Torres asked for the hearing to review the case. The senator also has a Nov. 30 date in Sacramento Municipal Court for a pretrial conference where it will be decided if the case will proceed to a trial or if Torres will plead guilty to some charge, his attorney said.