California allows color options for patrol cars
The California Highway Patrol announced new rules permitting a rainbow of door colors for traffic enforcement vehicles while keeping white doors with agency decals. The CHP will preserve its iconic black-and-white scheme for patrol cars but allows colored accents following a hearing prompted by local agencies and Bay Area police groups. San Francisco police already trialed blue cars as replacements for old black-and-whites, though crash investigation units stay black and white.
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al Cooper
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San Francisco
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Ward defends Bellino report amid county assessor criticism
Supervisor Baxter Ward defends Carmine Bellino over a report criticizing Los Angeles County assessment practices. Ward accuses unseen interests of attacking Bellino and notes two assessment figures leading the primary critique while Bellino is away on a spring holiday. The memo emphasizes support for Bellino despite the controversy.
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Carmine Bellin
Los Angeles County
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Los Angeles
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San Diego County
William Bennett
State Board of Equalization
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Bellino report sparks clash over access and confidentiality
Ward supported Bellino’s investigation while faulting the State Board of Equalization for withholding back-up materials. County officials note that confidential materials may be accessed by the Board of Supervisors under legal rulings. Critics say the assessor scandals show broader political influence and denounce Bellino’s work as partisan.
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Ward
State Board of Equalization
Board of Supervisors
Pete Schabarum
James Hayes
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FBI
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Delia's halfway house shut by Los Angeles council
The Los Angeles City Council unanimously denied a zoning variance for the Get Going halfway house in East Los Angeles. Run by Michael Delia, the facility faced neighbor complaints and law enforcement probes tied to murders and alleged Mexican Mafia links. Delia will be arraigned April 12 on murder charges. his estranged wife Ellen Anne was killed in Sacramento February 17 in a related corruption probe.
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Associated Press
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East
Michael Delia
Delia
Ysidro Trujillo
Robert Lewis
Alex Garcia
Lewis
Garcia
Get Going
Projet
Ellen Anne
Sacramento
Mayer and Ballance firm plans Long Beach hotel complex
Mayer moved to Pasadena in 196A and worked as a consultant on several landscaping jobs with Ballance. The Coppedige Ballance firm relocated to Long Beach in 1971. Mayer reportedly became planting director, but the first major Long Beach project stalled when bid requirements delayed a 400 room hotel and five-restaurant complex at the Catalina Terrace site proposed by developer Mr. Brock.
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Mayer
Pasadena
Ballance
Coppedige-Ballance
Long Beach
Brock
Real estate bribery trial opens over six multimillion developments
On Page 1, Mayer faces two bribery counts tied to more than $50,000 in payoffs from two architects. Ballance recalls efforts to push coastal commission permits before Proposition 20. The loss of the Sheraton Hotel antitrust tie led to Brock exiting the project as the trial began.
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Sheraton Hotel
Brock
Mayer
Harvey Byron
Fire erupts on 32 foot motor launch at Wilmington harbor
A 32 foot twin engine launch named Mai Tai owned by Edward Kay of Ontario exploded into flames at 6 p.m. on Monday at Berth 203 on the Wilmington waterfront. No one was aboard and no injuries were reported. Fire units extinguished the blaze after about 20 minutes, with damage estimated at 25,000 dollars. The cause remains under investigation.
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Wilmington
Los Angeles
Edward Kay
Ontario
Gene Schmitz
Tragedy in Buena Park: Six Die in Two Auto Crashes
In two crashes on Beach Boulevard near the Sunta Fe crossing, three teens Raymond Ezzell 12 Tracy Bowers 17 Tim Bowers 18 and 66 year old driver Charles E Tarlacky 60 of La Mirada died after a head on collision. Also Buena Park police veteran Ralph Selby 67 died when his driverless car backed over him at his home.
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Ralph Selby
Beach Boulevard
Sunta Fe Railway Crossing
Raymond Ezzell
Tracy Allen Bowers
Tim Bowers
Charles E. Tarlacky
la Mirada
Selby
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