NEWS
of the Day
- October 27, 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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Wetter Winter May Lie Ahead, but Drought's Impact to Linger
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted Tuesday
that Southern California could be in store for higher-than-average
rainfall in the next few months, but experts agreed that any extra
precipitation would be insufficient to reverse the effects of a
six-year drought.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-rains27oct27,1,3571117.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Bratton and
Baca Push Tax Increase
If voters pass Measure A to put more officers on streets, officials
promise to cut crime in half.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-measurea27oct27,1,4173706.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Port Chief
Had Fiscal Ties to Firm
Then-official wooed the co-owner of his home to L.A. terminal. Council
will review his $540,000 consulting contract with agency.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-port27oct27,1,951946.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Building
in Santa Monicas Restricted
County supervisors approve an ordinance making it more difficult
to develop ridgelines. Foes say it will hurt many landowners.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-ridge27oct27,1,2592660.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Survey Finds
Gains, Losses in Child Welfare
Los Angeles County has made significant progress in reducing teen
births and child poverty levels and in boosting childhood immunizations,
but troubling geographic and ethnic inequalities in children's welfare
persist, a new study has found.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-children27oct27,1,967033.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Councilman
Seeks Probe of Reports on Officer Shootings
Weiss wants explanation for why key evidence is not always given
to the L.A. Police Commission.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-shootings27oct27,1,7673624.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Pension Fund
Move Could Be Costly
The sell-off of an L.A. employee fund to avoid a conflict of interest
may cost up to $3 million.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-pension27oct27,1,5369427.story?coll=la-headlines-california
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From
the Daily News:
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Traffic efforts stalled
More roads, mass transit are needed
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~20954~2493716,00.html
Heroes brave
infernos
Firefighter dives into window to save woman
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2493868,00.html
City will
review Keller pact
Job seen too close to pay-to-play suspicions
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2493523,00.html
Flash flood
watch remains in effect or else
A flash flood watch is in effect through 6 p.m. today as the second
powerful Alaskan storm of the season began to sweep across Southern
California on Tuesday, bringing with it heavy rain, high winds and
chilly temperatures.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2493895,00.html
Fleeing inmate
caught
VALENCIA -- A maximum-security inmate being treated at a local hospital
escaped Tuesday and attacked a resident before being recaptured
at the victim's home about an hour later, authorities said.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2493782,00.html
Budget adds
69 LAPD officers
Los Angeles police commissioners Tuesday approved an LAPD budget
for 2005-06 that would hire 69 police officers and 225 civilian
employees and replace three aging helicopters -- but police officials
admitted that the budget is more of a wish list than a likelihood.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2493589,00.html
Registration,
poll workers set records in L.A. County
Stage set for big voter turnout
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2493583,00.html
3 schools
OK'd at Ambassador
A split Los Angeles Unified School District board voted Tuesday
to clear the way for construction of three schools on the site of
the Ambassador Hotel, dismissing a request to consider alternatives
to preserve more of the historic structure.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2493530,00.html
Chick gives
tips on getting panel posts
Greeting about 100 women and minorities at a City Hall reception,
Controller Laura Chick on Tuesday suggested how they could become
members of one of the city's commissions.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2493631,00.html
Hilltop protection
plan OK'd
Homeowners fear lower property values
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2493577,00.html
Panel told
prognosis grim for ailing trauma centers
California's trauma care system lurches from crisis to crisis with
patchwork funding and needs statewide planning and a permanent place
in the budget if it is to survive, experts told a joint state hearing
Tuesday.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2493625,00.html
Volatile
chemical found in college lab, destroyed
Three jars of an extremely volatile chemical, one banned from classrooms
years ago, were detonated Tuesday after their discovery in a routine
Fire Department inspection of a science lab at The Master's College,
county fire officials said.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2493596,00.html
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From
other sources:
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From the LAPD
New Hollenbeck Police Station Plan
http://lapdonline.org/press_releases/2004/10/pr04527.htm
From Senator
Feinstein
Statement of Senator Dianne Feinstein on Landmark California
Water Legislation Becoming Law
http://www.senate.gov/~feinstein/04Releases/r-calfedsigned.htm
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