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Buena Park police said the man saw the snake Tuesday in the parking lot along the 8100 block of La Palma Avenue, and animal control officers arrived on scene and captured the python, KTLA-TV, Los Angeles, reported Friday.
Police said they believe the snake to be an escaped pet and they are trying to identify the owner.
San Diego marijuana stores face eviction
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 30 (UPI) — San Diego authorities said a North Park neighborhood building owner agreed to evict medical-marijuana dispensaries and massage parlors.
San Diego City Attorney Jan Goldsmith said the owner of the building, at 4009-4010 Park Blvd., agreed to evict four medical marijuana dispensaries and a dozen massage parlors after authorities determined the businesses were violating zoning laws, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday.
See the full article from “UPI.com”
Judge Andrew Sweet approved Naso’s motion to unshackle his left hand to allow him to write during court proceedings. The order applies up to his Jan. 10 preliminary hearing.
Sweet said the issue can be revisited then, and if the Marin County District Attorney’s Office wants Naso shackled it can file a motion to do so.
Naso’s next hearing is Oct. 11.
The Reno man is accused of murdering four prostitutes in the 1970s and 1990s throughout Northern California: Roxene Roggasch, Carmen Colon, Pamela Parsons and Tracy Tafoya. He has pleaded not guilty.
Authorities around the country are also looking at Naso as a suspect in more cold cases.
Authorities said Naso kept a numbered list of 10 women — including the four prostitutes he is charged with killing — and news clippings of the crimes in a safety deposit box.
After roughly two days of deliberations, a jury found Rushing’s testimony — denying he was involved in the crime — unbelievable and that the testimony of several witnesses told the true story about the death of Dawyone Taylor.
Taylor was killed about 3:30 a.m. on April 15 in the 8000 block of International Boulevard by a single gunshot to his chest, which a prosecutor argued in court was fired by Rushing who was upset because he believed Taylor stole his iPod.
While Rushing denied he killed Taylor, another witness identified the aspiring rap singer as the murderer. The witness said he heard Rushing point out Taylor as the person who stole his iPod minutes before Rushing jumped from a car and shot the 25-year-old.
That witness, however, was an admitted crack addict and another witness who saw the crime was an admitted prostitute who said she was smoking marijuana when she saw the murder occur.
Dolge said Monday that Rushing’s claim that he didn’t own an iPod and wasn’t knowledgeable about devices for listening to music wasn’t credible because he is in the music business and has recorded several rap videos.
One of the videos is titled “Get That Dough,” and most of it was filmed about a block away from where Taylor was killed. The video shows Rushing throwing money around, other people rolling and smoking marijuana joints and a man pointing a gun at the camera.
McDougall was not available for comment.
In his opening statement in the case, McDougall told jurors that there’s no direct evidence that Rushing is the person who killed Taylor and said the prosecution’s case is shaky because it’s based on the testimony of drug users and prostitutes whose credibility is suspect.
See the full article from “FoxReno.com”
… Stopping violence requires not just police, but police who interact with the community,” said Mayor Quan, who yet again pushed for the intervention and prevention strategies the COPS program is geared towards. Quan and Chief Batts said that OPD will begin focusing its officers around four middle schools to ensure the security of Oakland youth and focus on crimes that take place nearby.
Batts was careful to portray the effort as one of protection and mentoring, rather than targeting youth.
“We’re not saying schools are the problem, we’re not saying kids are the problem, but that’s where we’re focusing,” said Batts.
Other officers may be used to combat prostitution and human trafficking, which have long been a problem in East Oakland. Chief Batts also touted the effectiveness of “focused patrols” that OPD has been conducting over the past two months, which he credits with reducing the city’s crime rate recently.
Federal grant will pay for 25 new Oakland police officers
By Sean MaherOakland Tribune
Posted: 09/28/2011 12:14:17 PM PDT
Updated: 09/28/2011 12:38:43 PM PDT
Oakland’s shrinking police force will grow by 25 officers, thanks to a federal grant announced Wednesday.
The city won $10.7 million from Community Oriented Policing Services, or COPS, which is part of the U.S. Department of Justice.
Oakland Police Chief Anthony Batts said he hopes to center the officers around four middle schools in the city’s highest crime neighborhoods. The specific schools have not yet been chosen, Batts said.
Additionally, some of the officers will be used to fight prostitution and human trafficking, especially as it impacts teenage girls, Batts said.
Despite the reduced federal grant money available this year for the COPS program, Oakland fared better than most communities that applied for the two-year grant.
The story about former CNET Commander Norman Wielsch and Concord Private Investigator Christopher Butler, who are alleged to have engaged in a spectrum of corrupt activities, including stealing methamphetamine and marijuana from evidence and selling it for profit, protection of a prostitution establishment, and armed robberies of prostitutes, was on the American Life radio program over the weekend.
The hosts of the program worked with Peter Crooks at Diablo Magazine, who wrote a story called ”The Setup”, which was about Wielsch & Butler and their failed reality show about the group of Private Investigator Moms. The radio program adds in additional voices who were not on the record at the time of Diablo Magazine’s story. It’s definitely worth a listen!
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The story about former CNET Commander Norman Wielsch and Concord Private Investigator Christopher Butler, who are alleged to have engaged in a spectrum of corrupt activities, including stealing methamphetamine and marijuana from evidence and selling it for profit, protection of a prostitution establishment, and armed robberies of prostitutes, was on the American Life radio program over the weekend. [...] Read More
OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) — Oakland pastors are joining with city leaders to push for better street lighting in higher crime areas, but the issue is more complicated than switching on a few light bulbs.
Zachary Carey, pastor at True Vine Ministries in West Oakland, says his neighborhood around West Grand Avenue is relatively quiet during the day.
“At night, it gets really busy around here,” Carey said, pointing out the drug deals, prostitution and even murders.
“If they increase the light, then it would be easier for everybody,” said Carey. “You could see people, not like you’d have to get out of your car looking over your shoulder.”
Carey and others partially blame the lack of street lighting in the neighborhood: Not only are there too few lights, but the ones that are around aren’t very bright.
See the full article from “KGO-TV”
I hate spending money on consultants because they’re so expensive. We’ve got two reasons why we use them. The first is to avoid paying employee pension and health benefits, and to fill short term stop gaps. These are really independent contractors and this is really out sourcing which unions dislike us doing. But when you look at our pension premiums that were zero, that’s zero dollars in 2001 and this year will be about $4 million out of a $30 million General Fund Budget it makes sense. Still these independent contractor/consultants charge $50 to over $100 an hour so it’s still very expensive. The second reason we use consultants, and this is the real problem area, is to fill voids in our expertise in areas. I’ll give you an example. Remember three years ago when there was the attempt to put in a “gentlemen’s club”. The City needed someone with very specific constitutional knowledge on strip club ordinances because no one wants one in their cit …
See the full article from “Patch.com”
But it’s true. You legally can walk San Francisco streets, parks and even restaurants while au naturel. You can even sit down bare-bottomed at the restaurants. Four things immediately come to mind: 1) tourism-killer; 2. appetite-killer; 3) yeww; and 4) disinfectant.
However, a city supervisor with the unfortunate name of Scott Wiener is trying to fix that. He has proposed an ordinance that would ban nudity in restaurants and require nudists to place a towel before plopping down on public seating.
Thankfully for residents, visitors, environmentalists and owners of 20-20 vision, Grand Forks has an indecent exposure/nudity ordinance. Ordinance No. 9-0111 even bans bare butts, in addition to the usual body part suspects.
Grand Forks cops write a fair amount of citations written for this offense. But don’t envision beads-seeking Mardi Gras revelers, Girls Gone Wild or male strippers performing outdoors at a bachelorette party.
