NEWS
of the Day
- October 2, 2004 |
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on
some issues of interest to the community policing and neighborhood
activist
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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
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From
the LA Times:
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Lack of Single Terror Suspect 'Watch List' Criticized
Homeland Security's inspector general says agency 'is not fulfilling
its responsibility.'
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-watchlists2oct02,1,1496249.story?coll=la-home-headlines
Weapons Incident
Probed
LAPD anti-terror chief John Miller did not have a permit to carry
a gun seized at LAX, officials say. Miller calls the situation a
mistake.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-miller2oct02,1,1656812.story?coll=la-headlines-california
L.A. County
Woman, 66, Dies of West Nile Disease
She was state's 18th fatality. The threat fades with cooler weather.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-westnile2oct02,1,3974816.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Nuñez
Backs Ambassador Hotel Compromise
The Assembly speaker voices support for preserving parts of the
historic L.A. facility while leveling others for a school complex.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-ambassador2oct02,1,6699787.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Racing Is
Suspected in Deaths of 3 Teens
In the space of six hours Friday, three teenagers were killed in
Pasadena and Sun Valley, in crashes that authorities said may have
been caused by street racing.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-dragrace2oct02,1,7274571.story?coll=la-headlines-california
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From
the Daily News:
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Inyo resists L.A. bid for more water
Inyo County officials claim that the head of the Los Angeles Water
and Power Commission is muscling them into allowing more Owens Valley
water to be pumped to Southern California by tying the deal to a
local airport lease.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~20954~2440416,00.html
Miller didn't
have permit
Security czar had gun in bag at LAX
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2440332,00.html
Condos, apartments
win OK for Sylmar golf course area
The Los Angeles City Council gave preliminary approval Friday to
a 780-unit housing development near the Cascades Golf Course in
Sylmar in a deal that includes construction of a new fire station.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2440381,00.html
Residents
want out of In-N-Out
VAN NUYS -- Residents living near Sherman Way and Balboa Boulevard
are mobilizing against plans for an In-N-Out Burger, saying it would
reverse progress toward beautifying the neighborhood and ridding
it of noise and gangs.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2440338,00.html
Women's agency
to stay funded
Los Angeles Mayor James Hahn helped kick off Domestic Violence Awareness
Month on Friday with a pledge to continue funding the city's Commission
on the Status of Women, an agency he had once proposed consolidating
with others.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2440351,00.html
DWP superintendents
stage sickout as contract talks loom
A group of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power electrical
managers called in sick Friday in apparent protest of pay raises
that put some of their subordinates ahead of them in wages.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2440541,00.html
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From
other sources:
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From
the LAPD
LAPD/CHP Walk Together to Support CHP Officer
http://lapdonline.org/press_releases/2004/09/pr04490.htm
A Night with
Joe Friday
http://lapdonline.org/press_releases/2004/09/pr04491.htm
From Mayor Hahn
Mayor Hahn Announces Verizon Wireless To Donate Cell Phones And
Free Airtime To Victims Of Domestic Violence
http://www.lacity.org/mayor/myrpress/mayormyrpress27423782_10012004.pdf
From Senator Alarcon
Alarcón Spearheads DWP Class Action Lawsuit
http://democrats.sen.ca.gov/servlet/gov.ca.senate.democrats.pub.members.memDisplayPress?district=sd20&ID=2423
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