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NEWS
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- October 16, 2004 |
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on
some issues of interest to the community policing and neighborhood
activist
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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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School's Out Too Early for 420 Kids on 2 Charter Campuses
L.A. County Board of Education cites financial problems caused by
rapid growth. For some students, it's the second closure of the
year.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-charter16oct16,1,3412526.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Flu Shot Resupply Is 6-8 Weeks Away
The CDC will send additional doses for people at highest risk, but
amounts and distribution plans are still unknown.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-flu16oct16,1,3654952.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Disclosure Rule Suggested for L.A. Panelists
The Ethics Commission wants officials to report political fundraising
in the year before being appointed, but rejects a ban on taking
city posts.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-ethics16oct16,1,3297509.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Group Shows Little for Grant
An L.A. foundation that received $221,000 for a museum honoring
King and Chavez accounts for only 16% of the money, a state official
says.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-audit16oct16,1,5869468.story?coll=la-headlines-california
D.A. Might Retry 3 Rampart Officers
The state high court lets stand a dismissal of their convictions
based on a judge's admitted error.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-rampart16oct16,1,7471171.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Voter Sign-Up Deadline Nears
The deadline for registering to vote in the Nov. 2 election is 4:30
p.m. Monday.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-register16oct16,1,6069663.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Motion on Port Deal Delayed
Councilmen Antonio Villaraigosa and Jack Weiss submitted a proposal
Friday to have the Los Angeles City Council scrutinize a $540,000
consulting deal awarded to former port Executive Director Larry
Keller.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-keller16oct16,1,2117860.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Texas Official to Oversee L.A. Housing Agency
Los Angeles Mayor James K. Hahn has named the former head of the
El Paso housing authority to head the city's troubled Housing Authority.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-housing16oct16,1,6745680.story?coll=la-headlines-california
First of two articles on LAPD shootings
Investigating Their Own
LAPD shooting reports often leave out important facts that cast
doubt on officers' conduct.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-shooting17oct17,1,6851502.story?coll=la-home-headlines
Under the Radar, HIV Worsens
The epidemic is sinking on the public health agenda despite 40,000
cases diagnosed a year.
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-aids16oct16,1,2223664.story?coll=la-home-headlines
VOICES / A FORUM FOR COMMUNITY ISSUES
Closing Trauma Unit Would Be a Tragedy
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-vo-klieman16oct16,1,3838213.story?coll=la-news-comment-opinions
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From
the Daily News:
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L.A.
hit hard by West Nile virus
As the West Nile virus season winds down, health experts say the
mosquito-borne disease caused far more serious health problems than
initially expected, especially among an alarming number of healthy,
young and middle-age adults.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~20954~2471295,00.html
MTA's wheels of fortune roll
New longer, cleaner bus hits Orange Line
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2471091,00.html
After-school program marks 16 years
L.A.'s BEST celebrated its 16th anniversary Friday as a nationwide
model for after-school programs with its expansion to seven more
schools, including three in the San Fernando Valley.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2471170,00.html
Group takes stand against airport plan
Key opponents of Mayor James Hahn's $11 billion modernization of
Los Angeles International Airport challenged the legal basis for
the City Council approving the full plan when there is only the
intention to go forward with a portion of it at this time.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2471186,00.html
Council urged to review award of Keller pact
The political firestorm over a $540,000 three-year consulting contract
awarded to the general manager of the Port of Los Angeles -- who
recently quit under pressure -- heated up Friday with Mayor James
Hahn defending his Harbor Commission's actions against intensified
criticism.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2471092,00.html
Commission levies fines over campaign finance errors
In a simmering dispute over whether to penalize apparently inadvertent
campaign financing mistakes, a sharply divided Los Angeles Ethics
Commission assessed more than $11,000 in fines Friday in several
cases, including one involving Controller Laura Chick.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2471146,00.html
Measure proposes DNA database
RICHMOND -- Buried in a nondescript office park in this East Bay
suburb of San Francisco lies the high-tech future of law enforcement.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2471162,00.html
Panel: 'Get tough' programs for teens don't work
WASHINGTON -- Boot camps and other "get tough" programs
for adolescents do not prevent criminal behavior, as intended, and
may make the problem even worse, an expert panel concluded Friday.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2471188,00.html
Security chief turns in 2 guns, SUV
The LAPD's civilian homeland security chief has surrendered two
department-issued handguns and his emergency-equipped SUV because
of the controversy over the discovery of a loaded pistol in his
carry-on bag at LAX, officials said Friday.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2471101,00.html
Students are giving back in gratitude
To them, project is 'the one way out'
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2471178,00.html
They're hitting the streets
53 new officers assume initial duties with LAPD
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2471323,00.html
Tenants may lose their rent subsidies
Authorities inspecting complex in A.V. find variety of violations
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20943%257E2470986,00.html
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From
other sources:
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From Senator Cedillo
Immigrant Rights March & Rally - Saturday, 10/16/04
http://democrats.sen.ca.gov/servlet/gov.ca.senate.democrats.pub.members.memDisplayPress?district=sd22&ID=2444
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