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NEWS
of the Day
- August 27, 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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'Nest' Is Not Just Empty -- It's Gone
Sued by L.A., the owner of a housing complex that police called
rife with drugs, prostitution and violence opts for demolition.
<full
story>
MTA Restarts Embattled Busway Project
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority board called contractors
to return to work on the Orange Line across the San Fernando Valley
on Thursday even as lawsuits over the east-west busway's environmental
impact report continued.
<full
story>
Judge Rejects Land Deal in South Gate
The preliminary ruling orders that the city get money and 11-acre
site back. It had sued to undo a pact that recalled council members
set up.
<full
story>
Audit Finds New City Equipment in Storage
L.A. controller says an inventory of warehouses shows motor vehicles
and computers aren't put into service until months after purchase.
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story>
LAPD Officer Is Accused of Extortion
A Los Angeles police officer caught in a sting was charged Thursday
with extorting $500 from a merchant to report a case of immigration
fraud, authorities said.
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story>
Bus Riders' Bid to Extend U.S. Oversight of MTA Is Rejected
Advocates for bus riders have failed to prove their claim that the
Metropolitan Transportation Authority is doing too little to reduce
overcrowding and other bus-line problems, a U.S. District Court
official in Los Angeles ruled Thursday.
<full
story>
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From
the Daily News:
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Child poverty soars in L.A.
The number of children living in poverty in the city of Los Angeles
rose by more than 10 percent last year -- to nearly one in three
children -- outpacing a national increase in the ranks of poor and
uninsured Americans, the Census Bureau reported Thursday.
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story>
Orange Line work quickly resumes, pending lawsuit
After a 23-day shutdown, construction of the Orange Line busway
across the San Fernando Valley resumed Thursday, but a residents
group fighting the $330 million project vowed to go to court as
early as today to try to get it stopped again.
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story>
Reward offered for Arleta rape suspect
A $50,000 reward was offered Thursday for information leading to
the capture of the suspected "Arleta Rapist," accused of kidnapping
and sexually assaulting three females in the northeast San Fernando
Valley.
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story>
Airport police at full strength
BURBANK -- The Bob Hope Airport has a full complement of 30 in-house
police officers for the first time since stricter security standards
were put in place in the wake of the 9-11 terrorist attacks.
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story>
LAPD stores 157 new cars for 5 months
Dozens of Los Angeles police cars have been languishing in warehouses
for months before being put into service, and other city vehicles
and computer equipment also are sitting around for weeks, months
or years with little accountability, according to a report issued
by City Controller Laura Chick on Thursday.
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story>
Working poor find help at food bank
WOODLAND HILLS -- Maria Marquez picked up two bags of groceries
and a pile of bread from the food bank Thursday with a sunny air
of relief.
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story>
L.A. cases among e-crime crackdown
A dozen criminal cases targeting everything from bogus eBay sales
to illegally blocking customers from conducting Internet transactions
were filed in Los Angeles as part of a nationwide crackdown on computer
crime, federal authorities announced Thursday.
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story>
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From
other sources:
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From the LAPD
$50,000 Reward Offer for the Apprehension and Conviction of The
Arleta Rapist
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story>
Vicious Home Invasion Robbers Sought
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story>
Sobriety Check Point To Raise Community Awareness
<full
story>
From Mayor Hahn
Mayor Hahn Launches Work Safety Campaign
<full
story> (pdf format)
Mayor Hahn, Councilmember Smith Launch West Nile Virus Website
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story> (pdf format)
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