Alarcon first to jump

State Senator Richard Alarcon opted out of running for mayor of the Valley in the secession election in 2002, but he's about to become the first candidate to pull papers to oppose Mayor Jim Hahn's reelection, Rick Orlov reports in the Daily News. Alarcon will file the paperwork to set up a fundraising committee on Monday, the story says. He used to be on the L.A. city council.