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NEWS of the Day - July 18, 2004
on some LACP issues of interest

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NEWS of the Day - July 18, 2004
on some issues of interest to the community policing and neighborhood activist

EDITOR'S NOTE: The following group of articles from local newspapers and other sources constitutes but a small percentage of the information available to the community policing and neighborhood activist public. It is by no means meant to cover every possible issue of interest, nor is it meant to convey any particular point of view ...

We present this simply as a convenience to our readership ...

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From the LA Times:

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Prison Jobs Program Just Barely Working

Once a national model, the state's effort to get private manufacturers to hire inmates has withered because of neglect, some say.
<full story>

Feinstein Touts Measure to Create Intelligence Czar
The senator, speaking in Beverly Hills, says her bill calling for a national spy chief would unify agencies in the fight against terrorism.
<full story>

1 Fire Wanes, Another Ignites
With the Pine blaze more than 50% contained, evacuees return home. But flames threaten 90 homes in the Santa Clarita Valley.
<full story>


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From the Daily News:

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Parking perks rankle
Despite government pressure on private business to make employees carpool and use public transit to reduce smog and traffic congestion, Los Angeles city, county and school officials heavily subsidize parking for tens of thousands of their employees based downtown.
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LAPD ticket writing down
Drivers may welcome the trend, but the sharp drop in the number of traffic tickets issued by Los Angeles police since 1999 has city leaders worried.
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State stuck with cost of jailing illegals
California citizens will continue to shoulder most of the financial burden for jailing illegal immigrants convicted of crimes, under a newly approved spending bill.
<full story>

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