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La Caņada property crimes on the rise
La Caņada Flintridge has seen a nearly 40% increase in burglaries compared to last year, and city officials believe statewide changes to the justice system are to blame. On Monday, Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Capt. Dave Silversparre reported 17...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Jerry Brown, Google Inc.
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Antonovich blasts governor's tax plan
Los Angeles County Supervisor Mike Antonovich criticized Gov. Jerry Brown’s tax plan and his recent realignment initiative to release nonviolent inmates from state prisons during an address to the La Caņada Flintridge Republican Club last week....Tags: Joe Biden, Mitt Romney, Democratic Party, Executive Branch, Regional Authority
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Portantino concerned about released prisoners
Los Angeles County will be seeing an influx of criminals as part of the state’s prison realignment plan, and state Assemblyman Anthony Portantino (D-La Caņada Flintridge) told the LCF City Council Monday night that he is concerned about the plan&...Tags: Jerry Brown, Career and Workplace, Layoffs and Downsizing, Government, Executive Branch
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Dems say they'll cut Portantino's budget
The only Democratic state Assembly member to oppose his party’s budget plan last month says that Democratic leaders have threatened to lay off his entire staff in retaliation for that vote.
Assemblyman Anthony Portantino (D – La Caņada...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Budgets and Budgeting, Chicago Hotels
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Former NASA investigator guilty of tax fraud
A former NASA investigator who had worked at JPL in La Caņada Flintridge pleaded guilty this week to filing a fraudulent federal tax return that failed to report nearly $300,000 he stole from a Lancaster church.
Alvin Danielle Allen, 42, was a special...Tags: Fraud, Justice System, Punishment, Court Preliminary, NASA
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Around Town: Nurturing a fragile system
We live in an age of unprecedented freedom. Freedom of speech, for example. The United States Supreme Court has spoken. Loud and clear. The Westboro Church has a First Amendment right, subject to reasonable local ordinances, to picket military funerals...Tags: Justice System, Human Interest, Freedom of the Press, Politics, Stanford University
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With Costa trial over, what will be done about Crest safety?
While the memories of the deadly runaway truck collision on the Angeles Crest Highway that killed two, injured several and left a 25-ton big rig sitting inside a local bookstore have begun to fade for some, life will never be the same for the family of...Tags: Missing Persons, Justice System, Social Issues, Disasters and Accidents, Murder
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Laws redirect thieves from prison to jail
Recent changes to state law will result in many theft-related crimes formerly charged as felonies to be handled as misdemeanors. Locally, this means many thieves who commit property crimes in La Caņada Flintridge and surrounding areas will be spending...Tags: Social Issues, Carol Liu, San Diego (San Diego, California), Democratic Party, Executive Branch
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Budget would shift burden to local government
Calls for billions in cuts to programs and services and for continuing temporary tax hikes aren't the only reasons Gov. Jerry Brown's state budget proposal was turning heads Monday. Brown's plan also calls for a reorganization of the state bureaucracy...Tags: University of California, Carol Liu, Democratic Party, Local Government, Executive Branch
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Questioning the endorsements
The Valley Sun on Feb. 3 reported that the La Caņada Flintridge Republican “committee” endorsed three City Council candidates (“Republicans endorse three for council” by Joe Piasecki). Al Restivo and his La Caņada Flintridge...Tags: Judges, Justice System, Human Interest, Parties and Movements, Executive Branch
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Portantino announces prison reform bill
Billed as a money-saving alternative to sentencing reduction and the early release of state prison inmates, newly proposed legislation by state Assemblyman Anthony Portantino (D- La Caņada Flintridge) would require prison officials to instead focus on...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Government, Human Interest, Crimes, Substance Abuse
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Local chosen for mentorship honor
With its high hopes and unrivaled support for local public education, La Caņada Flintridge is known as a community that cares deeply about its children. Over the years, a number of La Caņadans who support L.A.’s Catholic Big Brothers Big Sisters...Tags: Roman Catholicism, Crime, Law and Justice, University of Southern California, Texas, Glendale (Los Angeles, California)
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