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NEWS
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- August 17, 2004 |
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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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Elementary Schools Post Lower Scores
After several years of gains, state test results in math and English
either declined or showed no improvement at a majority of campuses.
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Fire Reveals Gap in Safety Laws
Koreatown building, site of a blaze that injured two, is one of
more than 100 residential towers not required to have a sprinkler
system.
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story>
Lawsuit Filed Over Immigrant Medical Costs
Plaintiffs want Los Angeles County to enforce a law that requires
immigration sponsors to pay for patients' healthcare.
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story>
Seniors Get Meals Despite Glitch
A payment delay threatens delivery of food for 320 recipients in
Compton, but an emergency council session saves the day.
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American Terminal at LAX Evacuated
Passengers were evacuated and 27 departure flights were delayed
Monday after a passenger with a small knife was mistakenly allowed
through a security checkpoint at the American Airlines terminal
at Los Angeles International Airport, officials said.
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Hospital's No-Show Nurses Close ER
County health officials declare an 'internal disaster' at King/Drew
over the weekend.
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Disagreements Between Agencies Could Delay Hahn's LAX Proposal
County commissioners say mayor's blueprint fails to comply with
1991 plan on noise and safety.
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From
the Daily News:
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LAUSD flunks exit exam
Only 42 percent of Los Angeles Unified School District 10th-graders
passed both parts of the new California High School Exit Exam that
is now a requirement for graduation, according to state test results
released Monday.
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Elementary scores show little change
After years of strong gains for the LAUSD, standardized test scores
released Monday show that academic progress among the district's
elementary school students has leveled off.
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Baca would open jail, hire guards
Sheriff Lee Baca said Monday he would reconfigure Los Angeles County's
jail system and hire more deputies if voters approve a 0.5 percent
sales measure on the November ballot.
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Arnold promises reforms
IONE, Calif. -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vowed on Monday to clean
up the state prison system, saying he and his team will do whatever
it takes to end the corruption and mismanagement plaguing the troubled
Department of Corrections.
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City wants answers on elections
Los Angeles city officials are asking a proudly unorthodox panel
that is supposed to represent parts of Northridge to City Hall to
explain a nearly year-old election in which dogs, but not cats,
were allowed to vote.
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Services for firefighter are Friday in cathedral
Services are scheduled at 10 a.m. Friday at the Cathedral Our Lady
of the Angels in Los Angeles for rookie Firefighter Jaime Foster,
who died Saturday while leaving a house fire in Encino.
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Charters lagging behind?
The first national comparison of test scores among children in charter
schools and regular public schools shows charter school students
often doing worse than comparable students in regular public schools.
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Commission has criticism for LAX plan
A little known county agency with limited jurisdiction has become
the latest forum for critics of Mayor James Hahn's proposed $91
billion modernization plan for Los Angeles International Airport.
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Fed standard urged for all driver's licenses
WASHINGTON -- The 9-11 commissioners told Congress on Monday they
want the federal government to set standards for getting driver's
licenses to make it harder for terrorists to fake their identities.
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From
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From Senator Boxer
Boxer Urges Fellow Senators To Pass Transportation Security Bills
In Light Of 9/11 Commission Recommendations
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), at today's
Commerce Committee hearing on the 9/11 Commission Report's transportation
recommendations, renewed her call to Senate Majority Leader Bill
Frist to take up several bipartisan homeland security bills awaiting
Senate action and called for additional steps to keep Americans
safe.
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