BRIEFLY MORE OFFICERS JOIN SUIT AGAINST LAPD.About 50 current and former LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. officers have joined a lawsuit alleging they were subjected to harassment and retaliation for reporting police misconduct Police misconduct refers to objectional actions taken by police officers in connection with their official duties, which can lead to a miscarriage of justice. Types of misconduct
Attorney Bradley C. Gage, announcing the addition of the officers Monday, said misconduct occurred throughout the 9,300-officer department, not just in the scandal-ridden Rampart Division. ``This lawsuit demonstrates that Chief (Bernard C.) Parks' claim that corruption existed only within the Rampart Division is untrue,'' he said. The original suit, filed in August, named the department, Parks, the city and several high-ranking officials as defendants. It seeks $100 million in collective damages, an injunction prohibiting police officials from mistreating officers who report inappropriate behavior and the reinstatement of about 300 officers who Gage says have been wrongly terminated. - Daily News Ventura County may expand EIR EIR n. popular acronym for environmental impact report, required by many states as part of the application to a county or city for approval of a land development or project. (See: environmental impact report) The Ventura County Board of Supervisors The examples and perspective in this article or section may represent an unduly geographically limited view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. The Board of Supervisors is the body governing counties in the U.S. is scheduled today to consider hiring a consultant to do more environmental studies on a controversial 3,050-home development. The estimated cost for a supplemental environmental impact report for the first phase of the Ahmanson Ranch project in the southeast corner of the county is estimated at $77,000. Eight years after the project was approved, county planners in April decided supplemental studies needed to be done with the discovery of the endangered California red-legged frog The California Red-legged frog (Rana aurora ) is a sub-species of frog within the family Ranidae also known as the "true frogs". It was earlier classified as a subspecies, Rana aurora draytonii and the thought-to-be extinct San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. spineflower on site. Critics of the project want the county to order a more comprehensive study that would replace the 1992 EIR, which they say is outdated. Environmentalists and cities including Calabasas and Agoura Hills oppose the development because of the anticipated traffic congestion The condition of a network when there is not enough bandwidth to support the current traffic load. congestion - When the offered load of a data communication path exceeds the capacity. . All roads All Roads is a 2001 interactive fiction game by Jon Ingold that placed first at the 2001 Interactive Fiction Competition. It also won the XYZZY Awards for Best Game, Best Setting and Best Story and was nominated for Best Individual Puzzle and Best Writing. to the development are in Los Angeles County. - Daily News Marijuana crop in forest seized VENTURA - A marijuana crop valued at $500,000 to $1 million - using water from a U.S. Forest Service line for irrigation irrigation, in agriculture, artificial watering of the land. Although used chiefly in regions with annual rainfall of less than 20 in. (51 cm), it is also used in wetter areas to grow certain crops, e.g., rice. - was discovered north of the Wheeler Gorge campground in the Los Padres National Forest Los Padres National Forest is a forest located in southern and central California, which includes most of the mountainous land along the California coast from Ventura to Monterey, extending inland. Elevations range from sea level to 8,831 feet. . The 254 marijuana plants, ranging from 3 to 6 feet high, was the eighth crop discovered this year in Los Padres, officials said. No arrests have been made. What made this crop unusual, officials said, was that the grower tapped into a Forest Service water line, using a battery-operated timer to control the irrigation of the plants. - Daily News Simi public works director named SIMI VALLEY - The chief engineer for San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo (săn l  `ĭs ōbĭs`pō), city (1990 pop. 41,958), seat of San Luis Obispo co., S Calif., near San Luis Obispo Bay; inc. 1856. County has
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Timothy Nanson, 53, will be responsible for a department of 224 employees and an annual operating budget of $36 million. He succeeds Ron Coons, who recently was hired as Ventura County's director of Public Works. - Daily News Thousand Oaks, Simi set forums Election forums have been scheduled for the Simi Valley and Thousand Oaks city council and school board elections. Candidates for Simi Valley mayor and council will present their views, 7-9:30 p.m. Thursday at City Hall, 2929 Tapo Canyon Road, Simi Valley. For information, call (805) 527-4446. Simi Valley school board candidates have been invited to address parents and teachers of special-needs children at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Simi Valley Unified School District A unified school district is a school district which includes both primary school (kindergarten through middle school or junior high) and high school (grades 9-12). In Illinois, these districts are called unit school districts. Office, 875 E. Cochran St. Call (805) 522-7719 or (805) 520-6191. The first of two Thousand Oaks council forums is scheduled for 7-9 p.m. Monday at Monte Vista Presbyterian Church, Lynn and Reino roads, in Newbury Park. Questions can be submitted in advance to Richard Vickers, (805) 498-0401 or rvick(at)arrowweb.com. A televised forum will be held, 6-9:30 p.m., Oct. 20 at St. Paschal Baylon Church, 155 E. Janss Road, Thousand Oaks. For information, call (805) 499-5126. - Daily News Major endowment to boost museum A $100 million endowment was established for the Autry Museum of Western Heritage, officials said. The gift is ``founded on the vision that the Autry Museum will become a more public and self-supporting institution,'' said Jackie Autry, widow of museum namesake Gene Autry, who chairs the board that runs the institution. - City News Service |
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