NEWS
of the Day
- October 30, 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
point of view ...
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From
the LA Times:
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Telling Police What They Want to Hear, Even if It's False
In his second day of questioning by Los Angeles police detectives,
David Allen Jones sealed his fate.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-confess30oct30,1,327733.story?coll=la-headlines-california
2nd DWP Administrator
to Retire
No. 2 man Frank Salas is set to follow general manager David Wiggs
out the door.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-dwp30oct30,1,4637988.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Problems
at King/Drew Called Unique
An accrediting group also found lapses at Harbor-UCLA during surprise
inspections, but said the issues were not as serious.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-hospitals30oct30,1,6629630.story?coll=la-headlines-california
L.A. to Fight
Ruling on Housing Subsidy
City will appeal decision that struck down an ordinance aimed at
preserving low-income units. Thousands of people could be evicted.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-apartments30oct30,1,7980628.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Picasso Etching
Stolen; Museum Offers Reward
Security cameras show an unidentified thief taking the etching,
'Block 1664,' from a gallery at the Erotic Museum in Hollywood.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-picasso30oct30,1,1966134.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Refugee Stranded
at LAX Finds a Temporary Home
A homesick Vietnamese refugee stranded at Los Angeles International
Airport since Sept. 20 after losing his travel documents has traded
his terminal sleeping space for a new temporary home.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-stranded30oct30,1,892295.story?coll=la-headlines-california
City Council
Creates Fund to Hire New Police Officers
Los
Angeles City Council members voted unanimously Friday to create
a fund to hire more police officers, using savings from other city
departments.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-pdmoney30oct30,1,1371719.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Measure A
gets police backup
Law-enforcement leaders say tax boost is needed; Antonovich calls
it a shell game.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/burbank/news/la-blr-measurea30oct30,1,2359602.story
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From
the Daily News:
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Only token scrutiny seen for Deaton appointment or else
Appointment of the city's most powerful bureaucrat to head the Department
of Water and Power likely will sail through the commission overseeing
the agency next week and face only token scrutiny from City Council
members concerned about environmental issues, officials said Friday
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~20954~2501117,00.html
Council backs
LAPD expansion
Greuel still urges Measure A support
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2501037,00.html
City, MTA will co-fund Orange Line storm drain
The city and MTA will split the cost of installing a $1.3 million
storm drain along the Orange Line route -- a pipeline that had been
on some city records for decades but never actually got built.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2500992,00.html
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From
other sources:
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From the LAPD
North Hollywood Division Open House and Haunted Chambers
http://lapdonline.org/press_releases/2004/10/pr04533.htm
Silly String
Banned In Hollywood This Halloween
http://lapdonline.org/press_releases/2004/10/pr04534.htm
From Attorney
General Lockyer
Attorney General Lockyer Launches Investigation of Insurance
Company, Broker Practices
Bid-Rigging And Other Potential Antitrust Violations Will Be Initial
Focus
http://caag.state.ca.us/newsalerts/2004/04-123.htm
Attorney
General Lockyer Reminds Businesses That California Law Protects
Workers From Political Intimidation
http://caag.state.ca.us/newsalerts/2004/04-125.htm
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