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NEWS
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- October 15, 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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U.S. Arrests Ex-Lynwood Mayor
The former official is accused of setting up a company, run by his
sister, as a front to take lucrative city contracts.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lynwood15oct15,1,2804331.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Tough Choices for Doctors
With flu shots in short supply, physicians try to limit inoculations
to those most in danger from the virus.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-flu15oct15,1,3196198.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Spending by Port Exceeds Others
L.A. council members question expenses of facility amid outcry over
lucrative contract for former executive.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-port15oct15,1,7444605.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Several Hurt When Car Smashes Into School
Woman, 67, pushed the gas instead of brakes at the Covina learning
center, police say.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-crash15oct15,1,2461588.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Casden Exec, Others Plead No Contest
A vice president for Alan Casden's development company and 14 subcontractors
pleaded no contest Thursday to laundering contributions to Los Angeles
politicians, including the city attorney and two City Council members.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-casden15oct15,1,5403843.story?coll=la-headlines-california
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From
the Daily News:
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Flu
shot fever
The frenzy for flu shots intensified Thursday with hundreds of people
-- mostly senior citizens -- lining up outside supermarkets and
pharmacies in a desperate effort to get vaccinated before retail-based
clinics' supplies run out this weekend.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~20954~2468773,00.html
Parents help block LAUSD's August start plan
Under strong pressure from angry San Fernando Valley parents, Los
Angeles Unified officials said Thursday that they will drop a proposal
to start school in early August -- a month earlier than usual --
and end it a month earlier in May.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2468787,00.html
15 face fines in City Hall corruption
A Los Angeles real-estate development executive and 14 of his company's
subcontractors who conspired to launder more than $200,000 in campaign
contributions to city politicians will be fined and put on probation
but won't go to jail under a plea agreement reached Thursday.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2469014,00.html
Courage breaks out in streets
Fearless 5 capture crime suspects
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2468743,00.html
Planning panel backs school modernization
In a rare public display of some of the battles that go on in exclusive
communities, a private middle school got Planning Commission support
Thursday for a $70 million modernization of its aging campus.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2469084,00.html
Hahn unveils anti-gang plan for at-risk kids
Five schools get pilot funds
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2468637,00.html
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From
other sources:
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From Mayor Hahn
Mayor Hahn Announces New Housing Authority Director
http://www.lacity.org/mayor/myrpress/mayormyrpress27424145_10142004.pdf
Mayor Hahn Congratulates Award Winning City Initiatives That
Will Save Tax Payers Almost $50 Million
http://www.lacity.org/mayor/myrpress/mayormyrpress27424143_10142004.pdf
Mayor Kicks Off New Program To Reduce Gang Violence In Boyle
Heights
http://www.lacity.org/mayor/myrpress/mayormyrpress27424136_10142004.pdf
From the Department
of Homeland Security
Secretary Tom Ridge and Deputy Prime Minister Anne Mclellan Highlight
Progress on the Smart Border Action Plan
http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/interapp/press_release/press_release_0538.xml
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