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NEWS
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- November 23, 2004 |
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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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An Education in Expansion
L.A. school district says a years-long building program will 'change
the face' of the city.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-building23nov23,1,1027978.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Dream for an Ethnic Bridge Is Parked on Crenshaw Lot
The state wants to know how $221,625 for a campus museum honoring
civil rights leaders was spent.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-bellamy23nov23,1,2626100.story?coll=la-headlines-california
County Lacks Beds for Mental Patients
Public psychiatric ERs are diverting more cases in recent months
as they cope with growing numbers of those seeking care.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-mental23nov23,1,7426287.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Port Officials Will Meet to Address Legal Challenge
In an emergency closed-door meeting today, Los Angeles harbor commissioners
will review a major shipping firm's legal filing aimed at blocking
the port's current search for a tenant for a "green terminal."
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-port23nov23,1,2328207.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Former Mayor Gets Prison
Former Carson Mayor Pete Fajardo was sentenced Monday to 15 months
in federal prison for extortion, in a case stemming from a wide-ranging
public corruption investigation in that city.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-carson23nov23,1,7295220.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Miscikowski Won't Seek Analyst's Post
Los Angeles City Councilwoman Cindy Miscikowski informed her colleagues
Monday that she is taking herself out of the running to replace
Ron Deaton, the council's chief legislative analyst.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-cindy23nov23,1,7442341.story?coll=la-headlines-california
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From
the Daily News:
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Security going too far?
Women angered by invasive searches at airports
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~20954~2552343,00.html
LAPD lagging on way to spot its rogue cops
A computer program critical to reforming the Los Angeles Police
Department has run into new delays, putting it far behind schedule
and jeopardizing the city's chances of getting a federal consent
decree lifted by the 2006 deadline, officials said Monday.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2552222,00.html
Baca: Federal funds lacking
Congress allocates $305 million for all states to jail illegal immigrants
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2551978,00.html
New primer issued on child abuse
Agency teamwork, victim care stressed
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2552116,00.html
Holiday trimming tradition in danger from street-repair crew
The holiday spirit on San Fernando Valley's famous Candy Cane Lane
almost lost some sheen when city crews dug into a street project
just weeks before thousands of cars were to come to see the decorated
homes.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2552023,00.html
Study questions charters' performance
A new study commissioned by the Department of Education, which compares
the achievement of students in charter schools with those attending
traditional public schools in five states, has concluded that the
charter schools were less likely to meet state performance standards.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2552185,00.html
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From
other sources:
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From Mayor Hahn
Mayor Hahn Appoints Yolanda Fuentes To Public Works Commission
http://www.lacity.org/mayor/myrpress/mayormyrpress27425256_11222004.pdf
Mayor Hahn Calls For Investigation Into Allegations Of LAX Police
Misconduct
http://www.lacity.org/mayor/myrpress/mayormyrpress27425222_11222004.pdf
From the Department of Homeland Security
Homeland Security and The Ad Council Launch New Ready Campaign
Public Service Advertisements
http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/interapp/press_release/press_release_0560.xml
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