BRIEFLY VIOLENT CRIME RISE LEVELED OFF SLIGHTLY.Violent crime is higher so far in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. this year than for 2001, but has leveled off slightly after a significant spike in January and February, Police Chief Bernard C. Parks Bernard Parks (born December 7, 1943 in Beaumont, Texas) is a member of the Los Angeles City Council, representing the 8th District in South Los Angeles and former Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department. Parks attended Los Angeles City College, received his B.S. said Tuesday. As of Saturday, violent crime was up 19 percent over last year, Parks told the Police Commission, with 109 reported homicides compared with 89 in the comparable 2001 period. ``Since the January figures of significant violence, we're beginning to see that violence reduce somewhat,'' he said. Several weeks ago, year-to-date homicides totaled 50 more than the year prior, Parks said, but now the difference is 20. - City News Service Burbank, others sued for pollution Two environmental groups announced Tuesday that they have sued the city of Burbank, charging that it has violated the federal Clean Air Act by allowing its power plant to release more nitrogen oxides than the law allows. Our Children's Earth and Communities for a Better Environment filed the suits Monday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, charging Burbank and eight other alleged polluters. The suit says they polluted beyond their limits under a smog credit trading program run by the South Coast Air Quality Management District The South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD), formed in 1976, is the air pollution agency responsible mainly for regulating stationary sources of air pollution for most of Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Riverside County, and all of Orange county. . The lawsuit seeks to challenge the state agency's credit trading program, saying it violates federal law by allowing institutions that pollute less than their limit to sell the right to pollute more to other institutions. The law allows credit trading, but not from mobile sources, as the AQMD AQMD Air Quality Management District AQMD Action Quake Map Depot program allows. - Daily News Race assaults up following Sept. 11 NORTHRIDGE - Race-motivated assaults increased significantly after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, officials with several Asian-American advocacy groups said Tuesday. The study identified several incidents in Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, , including one in which a Northridge man, a Sikh, was beaten by two men with metal pipes. In another incident, a Pakistani had his Anaheim home burned to the ground after receiving an obscene phone call An obscene phone call is an unsolicited telephone call where the caller attempts to annoy or frighten the called party, usually by sexual or foul language. Note that solicited calls involving sexually explicit language are usually considered phone sex. . The study was prepared by the National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium, with assistance from the local Asian Pacific American Legal Center and other organizations. - City News Service High Desert faces 100-mph winds MOJAVE - Winds could gust up to 100 mph this afternoon in the Mojave and Ridgecrest areas, stirring up dust storms, endangering high-profile vehicles and even blowing around lawn furniture, the National Weather Service said. Winds were expected to gust to 55 mph in the Lancaster and Palmdale area, forecasters said in a high-wind watch issued Tuesday. The winds are expected to lessen by Thursday afternoon. The culprit is a cold weather system moving into Northern California Northern California, sometimes referred to as NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The region contains the San Francisco Bay Area, the state capital, Sacramento; as well as the substantial natural beauty of the redwood forests, the northern , the National Weather Service said. - Daily News LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. will revise immigrant stops The Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . is revising a policy banning
officers from stopping people based on their immigration immigration, entrance of a person (an alien) into a new country for the purpose of establishing permanent residence. Motives for immigration, like those for migration generally, are often economic, although religious or political factors may be very important. status, but the
core aspect will remain the same, the Police Commission was told
Tuesday.
Special Order 40, instituted in 1979, is undergoing minor changes but the ban against pursuing investigations based solely on someone's immigration status will remain, Cmdr. Dan Koenig told the commission. ``There are some other issues that have come up over the years, such as when it is and isn't appropriate to coordinate an investigation with (the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service Noun 1. Immigration and Naturalization Service - an agency in the Department of Justice that enforces laws and regulations for the admission of foreign-born persons to the United States INS ) where we have a legitimate federal investigation under way,'' Koenig said. - City News Service Mobile-home fire kills woman, cat SANTA PAULA - A woman was killed early Tuesday along with her pet cat in a fire in her mobile home, authorities said. The middle of three mobile homes at Ferris Drive and Telegraph Road caught fire about 6 a.m., officials said. - Daily News |
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