BRIEFLY WOMAN PERISHES IN HOME'S SHOWER.GRANADA HILLS - A woman was slain Sunday in the shower of her Woodley Avenue apartment, and police said they were searching for a suspect. The woman, who was in her mid-20s, apparently died of blunt-force trauma, said Sgt. John Armour of the 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. Police Department's Devonshire Division. Her body was discovered just before 2 p.m., and police said she was killed several hours earlier. - Daily News Feinstein wants answers from FBI U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein (born June 22, 1933) is the senior U.S. Senator from California, having held office as a senator since 1992. She is a member of the Democratic Party. has sent a letter to the FBI asking whether the federal agency is currently conducting unlawful intelligence activities at the University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). . The letter, dated June 18, 2002, comes as the Bush administration and Congress are expanding the FBI's domestic intelligence powers to prevent terrorist acts. In the letter, Feinstein - a Democrat who is California's senior senator and a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee - said she was concerned by court findings that the FBI had repeatedly violated the Freedom of Information Act by delaying the release of bureau records on the University of California, and by blacking out public information on its activities. Feinstein added that she was especially concerned now, following Attorney General John Ashcroft's new policy allowing the Justice Department to defend federal agencies seeking to deny freedom of information requests. - Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Man fatally shot in East L.A. attack A man was fatally shot in East Los Angeles East Los Angeles, uninc. city (1990 pop. 126,379), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a residential suburb of Los Angeles, in an industrial area. It has a large Mexican-American population. There is a performing arts center and a cultural center. A junior college is there. on Sunday, a sheriff's deputy said. The shooting was reported at 5:18 p.m. in the 4500 block of East Second Street, said Deputy Richard Westin of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department This article is about the Los Angeles County Sherriff's Department, not to be confused with the smaller Los Angeles County Police The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) is a local law enforcement agency that serves Los Angeles County, California. . The victim was pronounced dead at a hospital, Westin said. - City News Service Pride parade has gay police officers WEST HOLLYWOOD West Hollywood A community of southern California northeast of Beverly Hills. It is mainly residential. Population: 36,600. - Southland police officers were among those who came out of the closet during Sunday's 32nd annual Los Angeles Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender transgender or transgendered adj. Transsexual. Pride Parade and Celebration. Actors Peter Paige of ``Queer as Folk'' and Doris Roberts of ``Everybody Loves Raymond'' served as grand marshals for the parade, which drew an estimated 250,000 people, making it the largest gay pride celebration in the city's history. Among the 134 parade entries were law enforcement personnel who marched behind a banner reading, ``Gay & Lesbian Peace Officers - serving with pride.'' - City News Service |
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