NEWS
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- October 4, 2004 |
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on
some issues of interest to the community policing and neighborhood
activist
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From
the LA Times:
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From Activism Grew a Liberal Voice in Senate
GREENBRAE, Calif. - Barbara Boxer's people live these days in genteel
comfort here at the eastern edge of Mt. Tamalpais State Park, their
homes tucked beneath swaying trees amid cascading red bougainvillea
and the occasional rose bed.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-boxer4oct04,1,6255794.story?coll=la-home-headlines
California
Cuts Its Population Projection
The state is reconsidering the demands for new schools and other
services primarily because of an unexpectedly large decline in the
Latino birthrate.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-birthrate4oct04,1,288734.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Air Quality
Improves Markedly
Officials credit cooler weather for less ozone. But Southern California
is still failing to meet federal standards.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-smog4oct04,1,1342845.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Hallucinogen
Use Takes a Toll
Experts say users of mushrooms, taken by a Newbury Park teen hit
and killed on the 101, think it is less harmful than LSD and heroin.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-mushrooms4oct04,1,5779995.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Officials
to Shut Valley ER Today
Northridge Hospital's Sherman Way campus is closing the unit early.
The entire center is to be shut down by year's end.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-close4oct04,1,1078440.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Termed-Out
Politicians Head Straight for Lobby
Politicians forced out of office by term limits in Los Angeles don't
fade away - they come back as lobbyists.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-polcol4oct04,1,6440948.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Bunker Hill
Loses Trolley Service
The Bunker Hill Trolley, a brightly painted bus that shuttled passengers
up and down the steep hills that separate Grand Avenue and Hill
Street downtown, was scheduled to make its last rounds Sunday.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-trolley4oct04,1,3466596.story?coll=la-headlines-california
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From
the Daily News:
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ERs in critical condition
More trauma centers may close as care crisis worsens
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~20954~2444301,00.html
City Hall
blogger spilling secrets
Who knows what secrets lurk in the hearts at City Hall?
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2444230,00.html
Glendale
in front line of chromium 6 fight
GLENDALE -- Rising levels of chromium 6 in the city's groundwater
wells could force the shutdown of multimillion-dollar treatment
plants that aren't designed to remove the chemical from the drinking
supply, officials warned.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2444283,00.html
County surplus
makes Baca's Measure A push harder
The discovery of an extra $309 million in Los Angeles County's coffers
generated both good news and bad news last week
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2443796,00.html
Stuckey's
ready for L.A. post
New animal control chief wants to meet activists
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2444237,00.html
Other hospitals
set to take up the slack
VAN NUYS -- Valley Presbyterian Hospital officials said they were
ready to handle a surge in patients following today's closure of
the emergency room at neighboring Northridge Hospital Medical Center's
Sherman Way campus.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2444401,00.html
Council could
send sign about election campaign theft
SAN FERNANDO -- Attempting to prevent a repeat of election tactics
that marred the city three years ago, the City Council today will
consider imposing a $1,000 fine for stealing political lawn signs.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2444533,00.html
Some predict
Hispanic backlash on bills
Last year, as he ran for governor criticizing the passage of a law
that would allow illegal immigrants, most of them Hispanic, to get
driver's licenses, Arnold Schwarzenegger was criticized for not
being sensitive enough to Hispanic issues.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2444220,00.html
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