| .........
Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
LA Police Protective League
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.
 |
|
|
Los Angeles
Police Protective League
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
the union that represents the
rank and file LAPD officers
|
|
|
|
Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
Daily News Digest
from LA Police Protective League
January 7, 2016 |
17-Year-Old Girl Shot, Killed While Sitting In Vehicle In Marina Del Rey
A 17-year-old girl was shot and killed while she sat in her vehicle in Marina del Rey, police said Thursday. Just before 8 p.m. on Wednesday, officers located the victim suffering from a gunshot wound to her head. Her vehicle was parked at the Villa Marketplace Mall located on Maxella Avenue, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Paramedics pronounced the victim dead at the scene.
CBS 2
Suspected Drunken Driver Accused of Plowing Down Pedestrians, Killing 1, in Crash
A woman was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of plowing down pedestrians, killing one man and critically injuring two others, near the Park La Brea community, Los Angeles police said. The crash on Beverly Boulevard, west of La Brea Avenue, occurred about 2:34 a.m., said Officer Ricardo Hernandez, an LAPD spokesman. The motorist, who was the lone occupant in her 2010 Toyota Corolla, struck a parked car and then hit three pedestrians standing nearby, said Officer Derek Sledge of the LAPD's West Traffic Division.
Beverly Hills Patch
Pilot Program Outfitting Long Beach Police Officers with Body Cameras Approved Unanimously
Starting this year, Long Beach Police Department (LBPD) officers will join the ranks of thousands of other officers across the country that will suit up with body cameras when they head into the field after a one-year pilot program received unanimous support from the city council last night. Camera deployment will begin in March on the city's west side, where LBPD Chief Robert Luna said instances that the police department is hoping to decrease—citizen complaints against the LBPD, police use of force and officer injuries—are historically high.
Long Beach Post
Bill Cosby won't face charges in LA, District Attorney says
Comedian Bill Cosby won't face criminal charges related to two alleged sexual assaults in Los Angeles, the L.A. County District Attorney's office announced Wednesday. A lack of evidence exists in the 2008 alleged assault at the Playboy Mansion, while the statute of limitations has passed in another alleged rape in the Hollywood Hills, prosecutors from District Attorney Jackie Lacey's office said.
Los Angeles Daily News
California immigrants claim 605,000 driver's licenses in first year
Immigrants in the country illegally received 605,000 California drivers licenses in the first year of a program making the cards available. The program has proved hugely popular so far, exceeding the Department of Motor Vehicle's projections and demolishing fears that an immigrant population fearful of public exposure would not take advantage of the new licenses. The DMV said at the outset it expected to distribute 1.4 million of the licenses over the program's first three years.
Sacramento Bee
Future is surprisingly uncertain on San Quentin's death row
Hundreds of men here live in limbo, condemned to death for heinous crimes, their punishments delayed for reasons political and legal. Some are well known: Scott Peterson, convicted of murdering his wife and unborn son. Richard Allen Davis, whose murder of Polly Klaas prompted California's “three strikes” law. “Sweethearts Killer” Richard Hirschfield, awaiting execution for murdering two UC Davis freshmen.
Sacramento Bee
Border agent's murder trial delayed until March
The trial of a U.S. Border Patrol agent, accused of second-degree murder for the cross-border shooting of a Mexican teenager in Nogales, has been delayed until March 22. Lonnie Ray Swartz was indicted by a grand jury in September for shooting through the border fence and killing 16-year-old Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez in October 2012. The boy was walking along the sidewalk on Calle International near the international boundary when he was struck by nearly a dozen rounds, most of the bullets striking him in the back.
Tucson Sentinel |
Goldstein Investigation: City Sells Off Yacht For Fraction Of What Taxpayers Paid
This is a story about turning $4.1 million of public money into just a fraction of that amount. CBS2 Investigative Reporter David Goldstein first told us about the city-owned Port of Los Angeles yacht, the Angelena, back in February 2012. The Angelena was used for tours of the harbor for companies that use the port, as well as college students and even interns for former Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.
CBS 2
L.A. Weekly managing editor tapped to head campaign against real estate 'mega projects'
A Hollywood-based nonprofit group seeking a crackdown on real estate "mega projects" announced Wednesday that a Los Angeles newspaper editor has been tapped to head up its campaign. Michael Weinstein, president of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, said L.A. Weekly managing editor Jill Stewart was leaving her post to become campaign director for the Coalition to Preserve L.A. That group, which includes the foundation, has drafted a ballot measure to limit the city's ability to change planning and zoning rules for major real estate projects.
Los Angeles Times
Mayor Eric Garcetti seeks to head off anti-development ballot measure
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti will seek to head off a proposed ballot measure that would halt large-scale real estate development in the city, he said Tuesday. Garcetti wants to meet with members of the Coalition to Preserve L.A., the group seeking to put an anti-development measure on the November ballot, and find a compromise, he said. If passed by voters, the Neighborhood Integrity Initiative could severely limit the rise of new construction in some neighborhoods, curtailing Garcetti's goal of bringing 100,000 units of housing to Los Angeles by 2021.
Los Angeles Daily New |
Flash Flood Threats Remain as Weak Storm Moves Into SoCal
A thunderstorm developed near Santa Monica Thursday morning without producing immediate signs of damage, but forecasters warned of high surf, some coastal flooding and the possibility of mud flows as the latest Pacific storm continued to drench the region. The National Weather Service office in Oxnard said Doppler radar was tracking the thunderstorm, which was moving east at around 30 miles per hour. Such thunderstorms can produce dime-size hail, winds exceeding 40 mph, and roadway flooding. Its impact on the Southland this morning was being tallied.
NBC 4
Brown declares state of emergency at Porter Ranch amid massive gas leak
Gov. Jerry Brown on Wednesday ordered new regulations, including stepped-up inspections and safety measures, for all natural gas storage facilities in California in response to the continuing leak that has displaced thousands of people in the Porter Ranch neighborhood of Los Angeles. The emergency regulations would require Southern California Gas Co. and other operators of gas storage facilities to conduct daily inspections of wellheads using infrared leak-detection technology, verify the mechanical integrity of wells, measure gas flow and pressure and regularly test safety valves, among other steps.
Los Angeles Times |
Will new plans to end L.A. homelessness be fully funded?
The mayor of Los Angeles stood with county leaders and called for eliminating homelessness in 10 years. "We're not here to say how we can manage the problem better or make it less of a problem but to come up with a plan to end homelessness," he said. The year was 2003, the mayor was James Hahn, and the plan that developed — called Bring L.A. Home — went nowhere. Elected officials were scared off by its $12-billion price tag.
Los Angeles Times
Winter shelter beds for homeless in Los Angeles County found inadequate
The largest cities within Los Angeles County have failed to prepare enough shelter beds for the homeless during severe weather, according to a grand jury report, which described the situation as “unconscionable and grossly inadequate.” An interim report released by the Los Angeles County Civil Grand Jury found the 2,772 beds available in emergency shelters is “just a fraction” the homeless need during the El Niño weather storms. Of the nearly 45,000 homeless people counted by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority this year, more than two-thirds – or 29,000 — will remain unsheltered, the report found.
Daily Breeze |
|
|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
About the LAPPL Formed in 1923, the Los Angeles Police Protective League (LAPPL) represents the more than 9,900 dedicated and professional sworn members of the Los Angeles Police Department. The LAPPL serves to advance the interests of LAPD officers through legislative and legal advocacy, political action and education. The LAPPL can be found on the Web at:
www.LAPD.com |
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
|
|
|
