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Police Beating Case Stirs Up Rifts
Early solidarity in the city's response to the June 23 incident appears to be cracking. At a community center in South Los Angeles and in the council chambers at City Hall, cracks began to emerge Wednesday in what had been a relatively united front in the city's response to last week's televised police beating of a black suspect.
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Bratton Calls Beating 'a Mess'
The police chief cites several points in last week's televised arrest when officers ignored department policy.
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L.A. to Inspect More Housing
Agency will now check residential hotels in an effort to improve conditions for tenants.
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Catholic Church Asking Court to Void California's 2003 Abuse Law
Accusing state lawmakers of "religious gerrymandering," the Roman Catholic Church is asking a federal judge to declare unconstitutional the California law that opened courthouse doors to hundreds of victims of decades-old sexual abuse by priests.
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Council Confirms New Airport Panel Members
The City Council on Wednesday unanimously confirmed three new members of the city's Airport Commission, which oversees Los Angeles International Airport and airports in Ontario, Van Nuys and Palmdale.
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2nd Police Clash Seen on Video
A local television station aired a home video late Wednesday showing Los Angeles police officers apparently striking a man several times with a flashlight after he allegedly threw a bottle at an officer and ran from police.
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Officer Charged With Stealing Drug Money
A Los Angeles police officer was charged Wednesday with stealing at least $4,200 in seized drug money while part of a team investigating narcotics trafficking at Los Angeles International Airport, prosecutors said.
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Glendale City Council approves day-labor ordinance
GLENDALE — Glendale City Council members voted 4-1 for an ordinance that eliminates charging $25 to use a local day-labor center, but the law also bars day laborers from standing on sidewalks or in parking lots to solicit work.
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From the Daily News:

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Police department seeks TV station tapes of beating
Unclear whether flashlight blows struck suspect's head, Bratton says
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Host loud party, go to jail
PACOIMA -- Hosts who throw loud or illegal parties will face fines and even jail time beginning this weekend as officers in the Los Angeles Police Department's Foothill Division launch a crackdown.
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Council OKs airport panelists
Los Angeles City Council members unanimously approved Wednesday a trio of nominees to the panel that oversees four city-owned airports, including LAX and Van Nuys.
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Panel wants $600,000 to fight gangs
A City Council committee on Wednesday directed that $600,000 be found to restore reductions to gang prevention and intervention programs, including Communities in Schools in North Hills.
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City's Section 8 dilemma
LANCASTER -- City officials are offering to help pay for an additional county housing investigator to deal with an influx of people using governmental rent subsidies to rent Antelope Valley apartments and homes.
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From Senator Feinstein
Senator Feinstein, California Officials Call for Renewal of Federal Assault Weapons Ban
San Francisco, Calif. – Two days before the 11 year anniversary of the shootings at 101 California in San Francisco, U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) urged her Senate colleagues to once again approve the reauthorization of the federal assault weapons ban, which could expire on September 13, 2004.
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