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NEWS of the Day - December 19, 2004
on some LACP issues of interest

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NEWS of the Day - December 19, 2004
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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Reminding Us of Gifts Taken for Granted
Mohammed Meah left a message on my answering machine, telling me the biggest day of his life was coming up. When I got to his Westlake house a little on the early side Friday morning, I re-read a story I wrote about him three years ago.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lopez19dec19,1,5799330.column?coll=la-headlines-california

Funds at Risk Over Use of Taser
Another stun gun incident causes U.S. health inspectors to threaten King/Drew Medical Center with the loss of $200 million.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-kingdrew19dec19,1,700282.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Finding Comfort Amid Grief
Families coping with death share tears -- and even a few smiles -- at Christmas party.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-party19dec19,1,486319.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Suit Seeks to Block Playa Vista Development
Santa Monica officials, environmentalists and a tribe question report on project's second phase over traffic, wastewater and Indian burial sites.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-playavista19dec19,1,3060814.story?coll=la-headlines-california

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From the Daily News:

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LAUSD's epic project
District undertaking one of nation's largest construction feats
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~20954~2606621,00.html

City workers ring up $8,000 in cell calls
Warned workers got to keep phones
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2606603,00.html

Arrival of buses an emotional experience for teenage girls
CYA program unites families, despite incarcerations
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2607034,00.html

Convention bookings dwindle
LA Inc., a nonprofit corporation that promotes convention and tourism business for the city, will have six months to prove it still can do the job.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2606743,00.html

Abuse group militant
Clergy molestation victims target church dioceses
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2606196,00.html

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