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Actor Edward Furlong charged in domestic violence assault Actor Edward Furlong was charged today with assaulting his girlfriend and threatening her if she called police, the District Attorney’s Office announced. Furlong, 35, was arraigned at the Los Angeles Superior Court, Airport Branch, and pleaded not guilty in case SA084407, said Deputy District Attorney Linda Loftfield. He was being held on $100,000 bail. Furlong, who had two pending misdemeanor battery cases, allegedly violated a restraining order when he returned to the Please see page 4
Rep. Schiff has “grave concerns” about U.S. providing arms to Syrian Rebels Rep. Adam Schiff (DCA), a senior Member of the Intelligence Committee, issued the following statement in response to published reports that the U.S. may provide weapons to the Syrian opposition: “What began as an expression of the legitimate aspiration of the Syrian people for better governance has now become a sectarian civil war in which extremist forces like Hezbollah and Iran fight on one side, and groups linked to al Qaeda commit atrocities on the other. “I have grave concerns about the United States becoming an arms provider in this civil war. Supplying small arms and ammunition to certain rebel elements may help to stabilize the situation on the battlefield in the near term, but it will not alter the strategic balance. If and when this proves to be insufficient to affect the outcome, we will undoubtedly be called upon to provide even more powerful weaponry, to establish a no fly zone, or to risk American lives. “The President is right to condemn the Assad re-
Los Angeles Superior Please see page 7 Court Governor Brown seeks budget cuts stay of federal judges order affect 431 to release 10,000 inmates Los Angeles Superior Court Presiding Judge Lee Smalley Edmon announces that “431 court employees will be adversely affected as reductions in state financial support for the California judicial branch force us to cut our budget by $30 million.” These actions will affect nearly 1 of every 10 employees of LASC, the largest trial court in the nation. The latest cuts are part of an ongoing series of reductions that began in April of 2010 and that will continue. Please see page 7
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Federal judges on Thursday ordered California Gov. Brown to directly begin releasing inmates from the state’s over-crowded prisons. Governor Brown reacted swiftly and decisively saying: “The state will seek an immediate stay of this unprecedented order to release almost 10,000 inmates by the end of this year.” The order was signed by U.S. District Judges Stephen Reinhardt, Lawrence Karlton and Thelton Henderson, the court ordered Brown to ‘expand good-time
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credits’ The judges demanded that the state commence immediately regardless of any laws that might prevent those releases.
GWP’S 2013 annual water quality report Glendale Water & Power (GWP) mailed the 2013 Water Quality Report to all customers. This report contains important information on the monitoring and maintenance of Glendale’s water quality during 2012. The 2013 Water Quality Report assures our community their water continues to meet and exceed requirements set by state and federal safety standards,” stated Ramon Abueg, Chief Assistant General Manager for Electric and Water Services. Each year, the water quality staff conducts thousands of sample tests to ensure water quality meets all standards. Water sampling and testing is done on a regular basis throughout the City to ensure a safe and healthy water system. Staff reports the results to the State Health
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Metro gates now latched It has been a long time coming: The gates are now latched full-time at both entrances to the Red/Purple Line at Union Station. In order to get through the gates, all patrons need to have a TAP card — either the plastic kind or the paper tickets that are TAP enabled. In order to help get the word out, Metro held a news conference on the subway’s mezzanine. Metro Board Chair Mike Antonovich, Metrolink Board Chair Patrick Morris and Metro Board Members Zev Yaroslavsky, Richard Katz and Antonio Please see page 7
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