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Partnership Builds Police, Community Relationships

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To build relationships between law enforcement and their communities, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles is engaging the Los Angeles Police Department in its mentorship program. We cannot sit on the sidelines,” BBBSA President and CEO Pam Iorio said in a press release.

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ACLU Campaign Introduces Californians to Their District Attorneys

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“Many DAs aren’t used to voters paying attention to them,” Ana Zamora, the ACLU of Northern California’s criminal justice policy director, said in an interview with NBC Los Angeles. The ‘Hey DA Campaign’ in California will change that. DAs in California should expect to start hearing a lot more from their communities.”.

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Labor Tensions Cause Port Headaches for Retail, Manufacturing Industries

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A shipping consultant told The Los Angeles Times that the stoppage was so painful that it took 100 days for ports on the West Coast to resume normal operations. In 2002, after a 10-day work stoppage at the ports, President George W. “Enough is enough,” NRF said in a statement last week. The time for action has come.”.

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Can You Better Serve Your Tradeshow Market?

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So, he started throwing small industry festivals in his Los Angeles warehouse. I have a deep-rooted, organic friendship with the industry,” he said. They don’t want their exhibitors or attendees going out and starting a tradeshow simply because the organization is not serving them how they’d like it to. .

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Innovation: Key to Boosting Meeting Attendance

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Earlier this week, it announced it would postpone its 2013 Publishing Conference scheduled for later this month in Los Angeles. Over the past few weeks, the organization had contacted members and former attendees to see why they weren’t registering. Take the Western Publishing Association.