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Andrew Westall.

City Councilman Herb Wesson's Deputy To Go For Open Assembly Seat

Andrew Westall, a 36-year-old senior deputy to Los Angeles City Councilman Herb Wesson, announced Monday that he would run for the state assembly seat left vacant by Paul Krekorian, who was elected as an East Valley representative of the council last week. "I have worked for three successful speakers of......
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Company To Conduct Marijuana 'Research' In SoCal

A company called Medical Marijuana Inc. announced that it has purchased 20 acres of "prime mountain valley property" somewhere in Southern California in order to conduct research on which strains of marijuana are better for certain ailments. The company states the grounds will be "used within strict governmental guidelines as......
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Full Marijuana Legalization Headed For 2010 Ballot, Group Says

A pro-marijuana group funded in part by Oakland coffee shop entrepreneur Richard Lee says it has more than enough signatures to put a full-legalization initiative on the November, 2010 ballot. Associated Press reports that Lee's group says it has way more than the 434,000 signatures it needs to put the......
Dennis Zine.

Councilman To Take Down Taggers In The Valley

Councilman Dennis Zine will put on his Los Angeles Police Department reservist's uniform and participate in a task force targeting graffiti taggers in his own district in the West Valley Tuesday morning. The task force, which will include Gang Intervention Team officers, will check up on people "who are on......
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LAPD Chief Lobbies For Gang Intervention

New Los Angeles police Chief Charlie Beck appeared before a City Council committee Monday to lobby for cash to fund gang intervention, which he has painted as a key element in dealing with a flood of inmates set to be released by the state of California. Beck has said that......
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Credit Union Near LAPD Headquarters, Times Building Held Up

A credit union about a block away from the new Los Angeles Police Department headquarters downtown was robbed Monday, police said. The holdup was reported at 10:30 a.m. at the Southland Credit Union at 200 S. Spring St.A suspect handed a teller a note and escaped with an undisclosed amount......
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Audit Finds LAPD Hasn't Been Policing Own Spending Very Well

An report by the Los Angeles Police Department's Internal Audits and Inspections Division (PDF) found that the department has been looser with spending than a sailor on payday. Among the audit's findings, after looking at more than 100 expenditures for the 2007/2008 fiscal year: One in ten purchases did not......