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NEWS of the Day - August 23, 2004
on some LACP issues of interest

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NEWS of the Day - August 23, 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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School to Discuss Arrests of Coach, Band Instructor
Santa Monica High School administrators will meet with students and their parents this week to address concerns after the arrest this summer of two staff members charged with being sexually involved with minors.
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From the Daily News:

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Kern County officials face Los Angeles mulch mess
As Los Angeles Mayor James Hahn seeks companies to haul residential trash to far-off landfills, Kern County is trying to clean up a waste deal gone awry that has left tons of yard trimmings and garbage from Los Angeles on farmland near Delano.
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Council members start giving proclamations to each other
Don't look for much action out of Los Angeles City Hall for the next two weeks.
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New overtime laws complicated
WASHINGTON -- Paychecks could surge or shrink for a few or for millions of workers across the country starting today, when sweeping changes to the nation's overtime pay rules take effect.
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Health care cost proposal in court
Proponents of stricter immigration controls are trying to use the courts to make public health officials collect medical fees from the sponsors of legal immigrants who can't pay their bills.
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Riders salute fallen cops
It was a day of friendship and remembrance, support and freedom, which Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca reminded the riders is never free.
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