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Water-Quality Testing At California Beaches Down; Public Health At Risk?

Steve La
Health officials have reduced bacteria testing at California beaches, a move that has resulted in fewer closures, but one that could also be putting more beach-goers at greater risk when it comes to contaminated water, according to the Los Angeles Times. The number of annual tests has dropped by almost......
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Prank Calls To SWAT No Joke To L.A. County Sheriffs

Steve La
Swat Team members are fuming over two recent operations in the Los Angeles area that were the result of prank calls, part of what police say is a growing national problem known as "SWATing," the Long Beach Press-Telegram reports. In a "SWATing," pranksters, displaying fake phone numbers, call 911 dispatchers......
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40th Anniversary of the National Chicano Moratorium This Weekend

Steve La
A large crowd is expected to participate in a series of events across East Los Angeles this weekend to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the National Chicano Moratorium, a massive anti-Vietnam war protest that ended, in part, with the nearby death of a former Los Angeles Times columnist and KMEX-TV......
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Union Votes To Authorize Strike Against Westside Hyatt Hotels

Steve La
Unite Here Local 11, a union representing hotel workers at two Hyatt hotels on L.A.'s Westside, voted Thursday to authorize a strike, according to a statement from the group. The vote affected employees at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Century City and the Hyatt Andaz in West Hollywood. Last......
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ACLU: Sheriff's Heat-Beam Gun Is 'Tantamount To Torture'

Steve La
The American Civil Liberties Union this week denounced the sheriff's plan use of a heat-beam device to control violent inmates at Los Angeles County Jail. In a letter to Sheriff Lee Baca the organization employing the weapon would be "tantamount to torture." The weapon known as the Assault Intervention Device......
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Police Arrest 13 People At Janitors' Union Rally

Steve La
Police arrested 13 people Thursday during a rally in which union members were protesting the layoffs of 16 janitors. SEIU's United Service Workers West organized the march and rally that drew about 300 people outside the Century Plaza Office Building, which is where the laid off janitors worked......
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Protesters Blast Larry Flynt's Hustler For Unsafe Sex in Porn Films

Steve La
Given the subject matter, we're playing it safe: NSFW. Around two dozen protesters showed up at Larry Flynt Publications headquarters Thursday slamming Larry Flynt and his company Hustler Video for allegedly enforcing an unsafe work environment by not having their performers wear condoms. (Our post this morning summarizes the pro-condom......