Monday, July 18, 2011

Thousands Stolen From Elderly Woman By Burglars

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Thousands Stolen From Elderly Woman By Burglars

In the early morning hours of Friday, July 15, an elderly female was awakened by the sound of someone forcing open the rear door of her home.

The victim grabbed her purse containing $25,000 in cash and attempted to escape undetected. As she tried to exit through the front door, she dropped the purse, which was immediately retrieved by the suspects.

The victim went to a neighbor’s house and sought help as the suspects fled on foot. Witnesses saw the suspects drive away in a late model gray Chevrolet Malibu, prior to the arrival of Norwalk Sheriff’s Station deputies.

A neighbor found the victim’s purse in a nearby trash can, with the cash and a wedding ring missing from inside of it.

The victim told detectives she suffers from a severe medical condition and was saving the money to help pay for her anticipated funeral.

Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact Norwalk Sheriff’s Station at 562-863-8711. If you prefer to provide information ANONYMOUSLY, you may call "Crime Stoppers" by

dialing 800-222-TIPS (8477), texting the letters TIPLA plus your tip to CRIMES (274637), or using the website http://lacrimestoppers.org.
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Japan Wins Women’s World Cup Final

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Japan outshot the United States in penalty kicks to win the Women’s World Cup in Frankfurt, Germany. The Japanese twice rallied to tie the score before the shootout.

It was Japan’s first title and its first time in the final. The United States had been hoping to win its third world title.

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Cyberbullying

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Cyberbullying

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If you’re like most teenagers, you spend a lot of time on a cell phone or instant messenger chatting with friends and uploading photos, videos, and music to websites. You may have online friends whom you’ve never met in person, with whom you play games and exchange messages.

Teens’ lives exist in a variety of places such as school hallways, part-time jobs, and friends’ houses. Now many teens also have lives on the Internet. And bullying has followed teens online.

Online bullying, called cyberbullying, happens when teens use the Internet, cell phones, or other devices to send or post text or images intended to hurt or embarrass another person. Cyberbullying is a problem that affects almost half of all American teens.

Whether you’ve been a victim of cyberbullying, know someone who has been cyberbullied, or have even cyberbullied yourself, there are steps you and your friends can take to stop cyberbullying and stay cyber-safe.

* How Are Teens Cyberbullied?
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^ http://www.stopcyberbullying.org has a fun quiz to rate your online behavior, information about why some people cyberbully, and how to stop yourself from cyberbullying.
^ http://www.wiredsafety.com provides information about what to do if you are cyberbullied.
^ http://www.stopbullyingnow.com has information about what you can do to stop bullying.
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Saturday, July 16, 2011

Governor Signs Bill Giving Legislature Control over Social Science Curriculum from Public Policy Insights for the Archdioces​e of Los Angeles - California Catholic Conference

 Governor Signs Bill Giving Legislature Control over Social Science Curriculum


Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill Thursday allowing the legislature to set social science curriculum in the schools. A similar bill was vetoed by former Governor Schwarzenegger last year.

SB 48 (Leno, D-San Francisco) Instruction: prohibition of discriminatory content, was promoted as a way to prevent bullying, although many other laws address the situation. (See below.) It requires highlighting the contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals in history lessons, as well as disabled people and a host of cultural groups.

The need for special exceptions was questioned by opponents of the legislation, including the California Catholic Conference, who pointed out that anti-discrimination on sexual orientation and ethnicity is already law, the language is overly vague, and the measure (which will probably now be litigated in court) will continue to complicate the job of teachers.

Read We Need to Stand Up for Parents and Children where Archbishop Jose Gomez describes the measure as “another example of the government interfering with parents’ rights to be their children’s primary educators.” Thank you to all the Network members who responded to the Action Alert asking the Governor to veto the bill. For more information, contact Carol Hogan, chogan@cacatholic.org.

405 Freeway Demolition Unified Command Joint Information Center (JIC) Phone Contact List



 
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Friday July 15, 2011 12:58 PM PDT

405 Freeway Demolition Unified Command Joint Information Center (JIC) Phone Contact List
405 Freeway Demolition Unified Command
Joint Information Center (JIC) Phone Contact List

WHAT: Phone Contact List for the Joint Information
Center (JIC)
WHEN: Friday, July 15, 5:00 pm – 11:30 pm
Saturday, July 16, 5:00 am – 11:30 pm
Sunday, July 17, 5:00 am – 11:30 pm
Monday, July 18, 4:00 am – 12:00 pm

WHO: Representatives and Public Information Officers from the
various agencies supporting the Unified Command during
the 405 Freeway Expansion Project.

WHY: To provide members of the media with contact phone
numbers for the various entities staffing the JIC. All
requests for information related to the 405 Freeway
Expansion Project should be routed through the JIC
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ORGANIZATION JIC PHONE
LAPD 213-484-4873
CALTRANS 213-484-4846
CHP 213-484-4865 LA EMD 213-484-5613
LADOT 213-484-4864 LACOEM 213-484-4857
LAFD 213-484-4872 CALEMA 213-484-5615
METROLINK 213-484-4849
LAWA 213-484-4850
METRO MEDIA RELATIONS 213-484-4874
JIC After Hours # 877-527-3247

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LAPD Valley Traffic Division is investigating a fatal hit and run on Saticoy St. at Jordan Ave., in Canoga Park

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Saturday July 16, 2011 12:53 AM PDT
LAPD Valley Traffic Division is investigating a fatal hit and run on Saticoy St. at Jordan Ave., in Canoga Park
On July 15th at approx. 11:15 PM a fatal hit and run occurred on Saticoy St. at Jordan Ave. in Canoga Park.

The suspect vehicle fled West on Saticoy St. and is described as a late model Dodge Durango white in color or a late model Toyota Tacoma with a camper shell white in color.

There is collision damage on the rear and front of the suspect vehicle.



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Thursday, July 14, 2011

Betty Ford Dies at 93

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Betty Ford Dies at 93

Betty Ford, the outspoken wife of President Gerald R. Ford who overcame alcoholism and an addiction to pills and helped found one of the most famous rehabilitation centers in the nation, has died at 93, according to a statement from Nancy Reagan.

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Protect your personal information! The IRS does not initiate taxpayer communications through email. Click the hyperlink here for information from the Internal Revenue Service:
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Ahmed Wali, Afghan president's brother, shot dead

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President Hamid Karzai's controversial brother, Ahmed Wali Karzai, was shot and killed Tuesday, according to a provincial government spokesman.

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Wednesday, July 13, 2011

"Gilligan's Island" creator Sherwood Schwartz dies

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July 12, 2011
9:58 a.m.

Sherwood Schwartz, the comedy writer and producer who created "Gilligan's Island" and "The Brady Bunch died today at age 94.

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U.S defeats France at Women's World Cup

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July 13, 2011
11:00 a.m.

The United States has reached the final of the Women's World Cup in Germany by defeating France, 3-1.
The U.S. goals were scored by Lauren Cheney, Abby Wambach and Alex Morgan.

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CA_DMV Changes Impacting Vehicle Registration Renewal Fees Due July 1, 2011 and Later

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Tuesday July 12, 2011 9:27 PM PDT

@CA_DMV Changes Impacting Vehicle Registration Renewal Fees Due July 1, 2011 and Later
News Release from the California Department of Motor Vehicles
Changes Impacting Vehicle Registration Renewal Fees Due July 1, 2011 & Later:

"...Law enforcement is aware and will not cite vehicles until the first day of the second month after the vehicle registration expires. For example: A vehicle with a registration expiration date of July 10th would not be cited for delinquent registration prior to September 1, 2011."

http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/newsrel/newsrel11/julyrenewals.htm

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News Release - California Department of Motor Vehicles

DMV has resumed normal processing timeframes for July 1, 2011, and later registration renewals. Vehicle registrations due in July, August and September, can be renewed now using DMV's online renewal program without waiting for a billing notice from DMV.

Billing notices are being mailed out as quickly as possible. NOTE: The late payment penalty amounts described on the notices do not apply. Vehicle owners are being provided a 30-day grace period for the remainder of the year. A special insert (see http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/newsrel/newsrel11/julyrenewals.htm#ISD94image ) in the billing notice provides more information about the grace period.

Fee changes include:

Vehicle License Fee rate decreased from 1.15% to 0.65%, and,
A $12 increase in the registration fee (from $34 to $46).
Customers are encouraged to utilize the renewal by mail or online Internet renewal program to renew their registration. These alternative service delivery options will automatically waive late fees for first 30 days after expiration date. New registration cards and stickers will be issued as quickly as possible.

Law enforcement is aware and will not cite vehicles until the first day of the second month after the vehicle registration expires. For example: A vehicle with a registration expiration date of July 10th would not be cited for delinquent registration prior to September 1, 2011.

http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/newsrel/newsrel11/julyrenewals.htm

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Cambios en la renovaciĂ³n de las matrĂ­culas de vehĂ­culos que se vencerĂ¡n el 1º de julio de 2011 y despuĂ©s de tal fecha
http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/newsrel/newsrel11/julyrenewals.htm?lang=es

El DMV ha reanudado los plazos normales de trĂ¡mites para las renovaciones de matrĂ­cula de vehĂ­culos que se vencen a partir del 1º de julio de 2011. Las matrĂ­culas de vehĂ­culos que se vencen en julio, agosto y septiembre pueden ser renovadas ahora usando el programa de renovaciĂ³n en el sitio de Internet del DMV sin tener que esperar por un aviso de cobro del DMV.

Los avisos de cobro estĂ¡n siendo enviados por correo lo mĂ¡s pronto posible. NOTA: Las multas por pagos atrasados publicadas en los avisos no corresponden. A los dueños de vehĂ­culos se les estĂ¡ dando 30 dĂ­as de perĂ­odo de gracia por el resto del año. Un aviso especial http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/newsrel/newsrel11/julyrenewals.htm?lang=es en la factura de cobro le proveerĂ¡ mĂ¡s informaciĂ³n sobre el perĂ­odo de gracia.

Los cambios en los pagos incluyen lo siguiente:

ReducciĂ³n de la tasa de pago de la licencia vehicular de 1.15% a 0.65% y
Aumento de $12 en el pago de matrĂ­cula (de $34 a $46).
Se les recomienda a los clientes utilizar la renovaciĂ³n por correo o el programa de renovaciĂ³n por Internet para renovar su matrĂ­cula. Estas opciones alternativas de servicio perdonarĂ¡n automĂ¡ticamente las multas por pagos atrasados durante los primeros 30 dĂ­as despuĂ©s de la fecha de vencimiento. Nuevas tarjetas de matrĂ­cula y calcomanĂ­as serĂ¡n expedidas lo mĂ¡s pronto posible.

Las autoridades policiales estĂ¡n conscientes y no multarĂ¡n a los vehĂ­culos hasta el primer dĂ­a del segundo mes despuĂ©s que la renovaciĂ³n de la matrĂ­cula se haya vencido. Por ejemplo: la renovaciĂ³n de una matrĂ­cula de vehĂ­culo que se venza el 10 de julio no estarĂ¡ sujeta a multas antes del 1º de septiembre de 2011.


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Rescued horse "Ladybug" delivers filly early


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Rescued horse "Ladybug" delivers filly early (photos)
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Sheriff's Department's rescued horse delivers filly early;...born with a "star" on her forehead.

In February 2011, Sergeant John Hargraves from the Parks Bureau of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, adopted two horses, Miss Ladybug and Dude from an animal shelter.

Both horses had been abandoned by their owners and were found starving. It became John’s goal to get the horses back to a healthy condition so they could be trained to work Mounted Enforcement Detail.

John began a feeding and training program for both horses. They both began gaining weight. As time went by, John noticed that Miss Ladybug’s belly was larger than normal.

Suspecting that she may be pregnant, John had the veterinarian check on Ladybug. It was confirmed she was pregnant with a due date of October 2011.

Well, the veterinarian was off by a few months. On July 7, 2011, John was walking out to his corral at 4:50 in the morning, when he heard Ladybug whining. He shined his light towards her corral and saw an extra pair of eyes looking back. It was a little filly, red like her mom, with a large white star on her forehead.

The veterinarian said she was born early because Ladybug had been starved by her previous owners; which often results in premature births. Both mom and baby are doing fine.

John has not come up with a name yet but is considering either “Star” or “Diamond.” In a few years, she may be John’s primary horse for mounted enforcement work.

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The Parks Bureau of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is responsible for general law enforcement within Los Angeles County's more than 140 county parks.

For additional information regarding this story, please contact Sergeant John Hargraves, at (562) 299-2535.

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Animal cruelty or neglect is a crime. A conviction for felony animal cruelty can result in a sentence of up to 3 years in prison. The LA County 24-hour Dog Fighting Tipline is: 877-NO2FITE (877-662-3483), and is funded in part by the Humane Society of the U.S. Up to $5,000.00 is offered for information that leads to an arrest or conviction of people engaging in the training or fighting of dogs. The identity of callers will remain confidential.

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Wimbledon 2011

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Petra Kvitova defeats Maria Sharapova in straight sets to claim her first Wimbledon singles title.

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Vaccination Without Parent Knowledge Bill's Opposition Growing from Catholics for the Common Good

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Vaccination Without Parent Knowledge Bill's Opposition Growing
the bill which permits 12 year old children to give consent, without their parents' knowledge, for vaccines or other medication to prevent sexually transmitted diseases, was surprisingly pulled from the Senate floor July 7 and referred to the Senate Appropriations Committee. A new hearing has been scheduled for August 15.

This move is no doubt in response to letters and phone calls of opposition flooding state senators' offices as the awareness of this sinister bill is increasing all over the state. Because the bill was crafted to avoid key words used in such medical legislation, organizations like the National Vaccine Information Center, a watch-dog group that is concerned with educating the public on problematic vaccines, was completely unaware of the bill, as were a number of other interested groups. Thanks to CCG's outreach efforts, these organizations are now becoming actively engage.
Bill's Author Responds to CCG on Pharmaceutical Blog


The fact that the California Catholic Conference and CCG have been leading the way on this bill has come to the attention of the pharmaceutical trade press. An article in the award winning pharmaceutical trade blog Pharmalot quoted CCG and gave credence to arguments of an end run that drug companies and providers are trying to make through this bill. They will profit from by-passing parents and coercing children into receiving the vaccines for certain STDs. The article is linked to others reporting how similar efforts have backfired in the past.

The bill's author, Toni Atkins of San Diego, apparently felt she needed to respond but did so in a most disingenuous way. She indicated that she was approached to author the bill by the American College of Gynecology (ACOG), not the drug company Merck, the manufacturer of controversial vaccine Gardasil. Some of the readers of the blog called her on this fact by pointing out that Merck had given almost $500,000 in funding to ACOG last year and another $100,000 in the first quarter of 2011. In an effort to dismiss the critical issue of parents' rights and a child's right to the counsel of her parents on grave matters concerning health, Atkins then responded a second time by saying that Catholic opposition to the bill was really just an extension of our opposition to abortion and "reproductive health of women".

Talking points, extensive background, my testimony at the Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing, and a copy of the letter that CCG sent to members of the Judiciary Committee are available for your reference.

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ACT NOW - Urge Governor Brown to Veto SB 48 - Keep Lawmakers Away from Textbooks

URGE Governor Brown to Veto SB 48 - Keep Lawmakers Away from Textbooks

Take Action!

Professionals, Teachers, Historians Should Determine Curriculum

Politicians are not the right people to determine school curricula – whether in science or social studies. Educational professional, working with teachers and parents and school boards, are better able to instruct our children.

SB 48 (Leno) Instruction: prohibition of discriminatory content would be yet another political idea imposed on the public school curriculum—a mandate "prohibitingdiscriminatory content" in history lessons. Laws promoting acceptance and tolerance of those with diverse heritage, racial identity, sexual orientation, religious conviction or physical ability are already in statute. A law which micromanages the study of history for political correctness is both unwise and dangerous.

As the Los Angeles Times editors wrote on April 12, 2011, letting politicians write our history could lead students to a skewed perception of historical reality: "Minority groups, the elderly and the disabled must be represented proportionally and never portrayed in a bad light. People in poor countries aren’t supposed to be show as poor, lest they be stereotyped… So poor people aren’t poor and the elderly are physicallyfit and financially sound, according to the textbooks…Fables don’t make for solid instruction. History is the great story of people, groups and movements—their faults aswell as their accomplishments—shaping the world up through the events of today. It is a story best told by historians, not by politicians."

TAKE ACTION now to ask Governor Brown to veto SB 48.

Sunday, July 3, 2011

Masked woman arrested for breaking into home & attempted murder of mom & toddler in Lancaster

Community Message has been issued by the LASD - HQ Newsroom (SHB), Los Angeles County Sheriff.


Friday July 1, 2011 10:06 PM PDT

Masked woman arrested for breaking into home & attempted murder of mom & toddler in Lancaster

A female (suspect) arrived at the Lancaster home of a 40-year old Hispanic woman on Friday morning, July 1. The suspect was wearing white construction coveralls and a face mask.



Suspect Dierdre Allen, a 49-year old African-American woman who resides in Los Angeles, knocked on the door of the home on the 43000 block of Gadsden Ave.



At about 10:30 AM, when the door was answered by a relative of the intended victim, the suspect forced her way inside and brandished a replica handgun. A struggle ensued between the suspect and several of the victim’s family members. The suspect was wrestled to the ground and held until Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies arrived minutes later.



Lancaster Sheriff’s Station deputies searched the suspect and found a digital recording device. The recording included messages by the suspect wherein she provides step by step instructions to herself. They include what to do to kill the victim and her toddler child, and making it appear to be a murder suicide.

The intended murder weapon appears to be poisoning by an unknown chemical. A jar containing a chemical substance was also located at the scene.
Deputies arrested the suspect and booked her at Lancaster Sheriff’s Station for attempted murder. They discovered a warrant for her arrest as a parolee at large from San Diego. She is being held without bail. No one else has been implicated in the alleged attempted murder.



The victim was home at the time the suspect forced entry inside, but was not involved in the altercation. The husband lives with the victim at the residence where the incident occurred. The suspect and the victim’s husband know each other.



Anyone with information about this crime is encouraged to contact Detectives Simon & Feehan (661) 948-8466 of the Los Angeles County