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NEWS
of the Day
- September 13, 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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Competing Measures Add to Complexity of State Ballot
Californians face one of the longest and most complicated ballots
in the nine decades since the state invoked direct democracy - putting
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on the defensive to protect his political
fortune and leaving voters to sort out a patchwork of ideas.
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story>
Prisons Promise a New Code for Guards
SACRAMENTO - Facing unprecedented warnings from a federal judge,
managers of California's teeming prisons are overhauling an internal
disciplinary system that consistently fails to curb corruption and
rein in rogue guards.
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story>
Night Greets the Newly Freed
The scene can be eerie as dozens, sometimes even 100, L.A. County
inmates are released onto darkened streets in the wee hours.
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story>
Oilmen Upset About New County Seal
Planned removal of derricks symbolizing vast oil fields does not
sit well in Signal Hill.
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story>
Murder Rate Anomaly: Fewer Shot
An increase in L.A. homicides has become a campaign issue. But a
drop in shooting victims suggests the cause of the trend is complex.
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story>
Church Leader Gets Sign From City as He Retires
Rev. Cecil Murray, who led First AME for 27 years, has a stretch
of road named after him.
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story>
Beach Is Closed After Spill
About 10,000 gallons of sewage flows from a ruptured line in Redondo
Beach.
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story>
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From
the Daily News:
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L.A.'s real estate spree
With no master plan to guide them, Los Angeles officials have bought
more than $100 million in real estate in each of the past two years,
prompting critics to accuse them of being on a buying binge without
a strategy.
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story>
Tracking a killer
SYLMAR -- In a sterile, windowless laboratory, mosquitoes collected
from parks, golf courses and even some back yards across the region
sit on counters.
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Council incumbents far ahead in race for campaign funds
As the presidential campaign shows, some wounds never heal.
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Utility fears rolling blackouts
Southern California Edison officials on Sunday urged customers in
Ventura and west Los Angeles county areas to conserve electricity
after an equipment failure at a substation in Moorpark.
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Heed wildfire evacuations
CRESTLINE, Calif. -- As wildfires ravaged the mountains east of
Los Angeles last fall, not everyone joined the tens of thousands
of evacuees who fled, clutching pets, photos and heirlooms.
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Al-Khatib joins anti-terror panel
PALMDALE -- Palmdale businessman Kamal Al-Khatib has been named
to a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department advisory panel on terrorism.
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