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NEWS of the Day - October 9, 2004
on some LACP issues of interest

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NEWS of the Day - October 9, 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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A Clash of 2 Passionate Forces
L.A. Conservancy finds itself sparring with Kennedys over Ambassador site.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-conservacy9oct09,1,5501781.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Dog Beheading Case Illustrates Prop. 66 Battle
A La Habra man with a violent past gets 25 years to life for the crime. If voters revise the state's three-strikes law, he'll be released within months.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-strike9oct09,1,861205.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Retailers Are Urged to Save Flu Shots for Most Vulnerable

The appeal from public health officials comes amid a shortage of the vaccine. Stores pledge to cooperate, but compliance is spotty.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-flu9oct09,1,4383989.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Boxer Hasn't Agreed to a 2nd Debate
With the election three weeks away, U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer has yet to commit to a second debate with Republican challenger Bill Jones, a move likely to ensure a continued low-profile campaign for one of the state's most important elective offices.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-senateoct09,1,474872.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Panels' Political Clout Grows
Los Angeles mayoral candidates turn to the biannual convention of neighborhood councils to woo voters.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-nhood9oct09,1,6124724.story?coll=la-headlines-california

L.A. Will Look at European Trash-to-Energy Plants
City officials hope ideas gleaned in Germany, Spain and Belgium can address landfill crunch.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-trash9oct09,1,4678341.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Plan Targets L.A. Councils, Lobbying
Under proposed laws, people paid to pressure neighborhood groups would have to register.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-bfi9oct09,1,1373912.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Megan's Law Coauthor Seeks Probe of E-Mail 'Threat'
SACRAMENTO - A state assemblyman who co-wrote legislation to put the Megan's Law database of sex offenders on the Internet has asked the California Highway Patrol to investigate two aggressive e-mails he received.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-megan9oct09,1,3966621.story?coll=la-headlines-california

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From the Daily News:

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County suspending 189 flu-shot clinics
Los Angeles County health officials announced Friday that they would suspend 189 flu-shot clinics that have traditionally vaccinated up to 130,000 poor residents a year.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2455660,00.html

Lobbyists to be banned from panels?
Concerned that a lobbyist hired by Sunshine Canyon Landfill was trying to drum up support for the dump among fellow neighborhood council members, Councilman Greig Smith introduced a motion Friday that would bar registered lobbyists from serving on the advisory panels.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2455746,00.html

Hahn willing to meet Inyo County officials
Los Angeles Mayor James Hahn is willing to meet with Inyo County leaders who objected to a Hahn-appointed commissioner's attempt to link an airport lease in the Eastern Sierra county with extracting more water from the area, a top Hahn deputy said Friday.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2455792,00.html

Criteria vary for no-fly list inclusion
The government has "two primary principles" but no "hard and fast" rules for deciding who gets put on the secret no-fly list barring suspected terrorists from boarding commercial airlines, the Transportation Security Administration disclosed Friday in federal court documents here.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2455830,00.html

Children's hospital improvements funding on ballot
As a cure for the long waits patients typically endure at California's 13 children's hospitals, health officials are advocating passage of Proposition 61, a $750 million bond measure on the Nov. 2 ballot that would fund hospital improvements.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2455623,00.html

Terror attack simulated for training
CHATSWORTH -- Minor communications glitches marred a drill Friday designed to test the plans by public-safety agencies to handle a terrorist attack.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2455849,00.html

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From other sources:

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From the LAPD
Los Angeles Police Foundation Honors Four LAPD Officers at the 5th Annual March on Crime Brunch
http://lapdonline.org/press_releases/2004/10/pr04502.htm

From Senator Boxer
Boxer Receives 100% Approval Rating From Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
http://boxer.senate.gov/news/record.cfm?id=227287


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