Patt Morrison for Tuesday, June 1, 2010

PATT MORRISON SCHEDULE

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

1-3 p.m.

 

CALL-IN @ 866-893-5722, 866-893-KPCC; OR JOIN THE CONVERSATION ONLINE ON THE PATT MORRISON BLOG AT KPCC-DOT-ORG

 

FISCAL YEAR END PLEDGE DRIVE DAY#1

 

1:10 – 1:20

OPEN

 

 

1:25 – 1:52

Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s Toxic America

It seems that everyday we hear about some new product or chemical that is slowly poisoning us to death. Next week, CNN's chief medical correspondent and neurosurgeon, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, presents a two-part special investigation into toxic chemicals and public health, focusing on a small town in Louisiana where residents experience clusters of cancers, kidney and respiratory problems that they claim are caused by nearby plastics factories. And yet, two “granny Erin Brockovich” women at the center of this issue are fighting back against industry and government. Dr. Gupta is here with the story.

 

PATT: Toxic Towns, the documentary, will air on CNN Wednesday, June 2^nd. On Thursday, June 3^rd, Dr. Gupta will anchor a live discussion called Toxic Childhood, with experts in the science of toxic risk in foods, plastics and other common household items. Both programs air at 8pm Eastern time.

 

Guest: 

Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN's chief medical correspondent and a practicing neurosurgeon

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2:10 – 2:20

OPEN

 

 

2:25 – 2:52

Merchants of doubt: how a handful of scientists obscured the truth on issues from tobacco smoke to global warming

After global warming became mainstream fodder for political debate and the Prius became the celebrity vehicle of choice, scientists joined the anti-global warming campaign, and published a handful of scientific reports about human’s effect on the Earth’s climate.  But along came the spider of a well-established group of scientists, who planted the seed of doubt in the public mind about climate change.  Is global warming just a liberal ploy or a made-up Hollywood phenomenon à la “The Day After Tomorrow”?  Science historians Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway expose the politically-rooted discord amongst scientists about global warming in their new book, “Merchants of doubt: how a handful of scientists obscured the truth on issues from tobacco smoke to global warming.” Patt talks with Oreskes and Conway about this dirty, inconvenient truth and how these same scientific advisers continually distort the link between human actions and adverse environmental changes.

 

Guests:

Naomi Oreskes, Professor of History and Science Studies, University of California, San Diego

IN-STUDIO

 

Erik M. Conway, Science Historian at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory

IN-STUDIO

 

 

 

Jonathan Serviss

Producer, Patt Morrison Program

Southern California Public Radio

NPR Affiliate for Los Angeles

89.3 KPCC-FM | 89.1 KUOR-FM | 90.3 KPCV-FM

626.583.5171, office

415.497.2131, mobile

jserviss@kpcc.org / jserviss@scpr.org

www.scpr.org

 

Patt Morrison for Monday 5/31/2010 - Memorial Day - SHOW ON TAPE

PATT MORRISON SCHEDULE

Monday, May 31, 2010

1-3 p.m.

 

1:00 – 1:40

Female veterans: America’s forgotten daughters

Approximately 11% of the United States military is female and as that number increases, so does the need for tailored services for women returning from battle.  President Obama recently signed the Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act but will that expand the Office of Veterans Affairs (VA) enough to handle the growing cases of Military Sexual Trauma (MST), Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), the challenges of a diagnosis for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), as well as the other host of issues a soldier faces when reintegrating to a society with a harrowing jobless rate?  Today we discuss the unique problems that face female veterans and what the government is and is not doing to help them.

 

Guests:

Assistant Secretary Tammy Duckworth, Assistant Secretary of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs

 

Jennifer Hunt, two-tour Veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan and Project Coordinator for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans for America

• During her tour of Iraq she received a Purple Heart for sustaining shrapnel wounds and electrical burns when a roadside bomb struck her vehicle. In Afghanistan she earned her Combat Action Badge during enemy activities against the Zabol Provincial Reconstruction Team.
• Jennifer testified in front of the House Veterans Affairs Committee at the Military Sexual Trauma hearing last week “Healing the Wounds: Evaluating Military Sexual Trauma”

 

Diane West, ADVANCE Women’s Project Coordinator at the U.S. VETS Long Beach site

• ADVANCE Women’s Program is a 50 bed residential program for female veterans offering a comprehensive program for unemployed homeless women, and specialized sexual trauma treatment
• Nearly 100 women are provided housing, employment assistance and sexual trauma counseling in the ADVANCE women’s program

 

1:40 – 2:00

Tim O’Brien’s – The Things They Carried

Twenty years ago, years after returning home from his tour in Viet Nam, Tim O’Brien authored a book of short stories about a drastically unpopular war. Considered by many, to be the fiction counterpart to Michael Herr’s Dispatches O’Brien’s fictional account of Viet Nam serves as essential reading on the Viet Nam experience. As America finds itself deep into two wars Tim O’Brien joins us to discuss the “story truth” and “happening truth” of what his book says about where we were then and were we find ourselves now. 

Guest:

 

Tim O’Brien, author of The Things They Carried

 

 

2:00 – 2:30

Could the once unthinkable be possible? Progress in the prevention & treatment of cancer

It’s been 40 years since President Richard Nixon declared a war on cancer.  And yet, 40 years later, cancer remains with us.   The goal is still the same—to transform the disease into a curable or at least manageable chronic disease, but the methods of treatment are rapidly changing.  From a possible vaccine to various immunotherapies, the treatments are radically different and ever-changing, as an unprecedented new wave of candidates show real promise against cancer.  And it’s not just a cure for cancer that is close but the very prevention of a disease that takes on so many forms.  Patt checks in for the latest developments with two leaders in the field.

 

Panelists:

Suzanne Topalian, processor of Surgery and Oncology, Johns Hopkins University; Director, Melanoma Program, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center; Chief Science Officer, Melanoma Research Alliance

 

Andrew von Eschenbach, Senior Director for Strategic Initiatives, Center for Health Transformation; former Commissioner, U.S. Food and Drug Administration

 

 

2:30 – 2:40

The quest to treat and prevent Alzheimer’s disease

Can’t remember where you put your keys, forgot to take your morning vitamin, could it be early on-set Alzheimer’s? Maybe, the disease affects 13 percent of people over the age of 64, and 40 percent of those over the age of 85 in the United States. The cost to treat it is more than $148 billion each year. The Alzheimer Association is calling for a “Man on the Moon” plan--a national program to address the disease and its detrimental affects on society, including the increasing financial burden on Medicare and Medicaid.  So, will the U.S devise a plan now to prevent a disease that affects so many families and crippled a former President, or pay more later?

 

Guest:
Greg Simon, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Policy at Pfizer Inc. He also served as chief domestic policy advisor to Vice President Al Gore.

- Simon leads a global team of professionals in worldwide government, science, economic policy and research, and international policy.
Previously, Simon was president of FasterCures / The Center for Accelerating Medical Solutions, a center of the Milken Institute.
-Following his government service, Simon was CEO of Simon Strategies, a consulting firm focusing on clients in biotechnology, health care, technology and information technology. He serves as a trustee of the Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, the Leadership Council of the Life Sciences Institute at the University of Michigan and PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Montage Group.

-He chairs the Policy and Ethics Advisory Board for Navigenics and is a founding board member of SmartBrief, a news and information company. Simon received a B.A. from the University of Arkansas and a law degree from the University of Washington.

 

2:40 – 3:00

Africa—possibilities and promise, with U.S. Ambassador Michael Battle

The influence of China in the African continent; energy needs and political unrest of South Africa; elections in Nigeria—with 53 nations and a myriad of cultures and political identities, economic development and political progress remain constant challenges for the African Union.  U.S. Ambassador Michael Battle is at the fore-front of America’s efforts to help develop agriculture (that now employs 70% of working Africans directly or indirectly), infrastructure, technology, and investment partnerships.  He talks with Patt about the obstacle and successes of the African Union.

 

Guest:

Michael A. Battle, U.S. Ambassador to the African Union

 

Patt Morrison for Friday, May 28, 2010

PATT MORRISON SCHEDULE

Friday, May 28, 2010

1-3 p.m.

 

CALL-IN @ 866-893-5722, 866-893-KPCC; OR JOIN THE CONVERSATION ONLINE ON THE PATT MORRISON BLOG AT KPCC-DOT-ORG

 

 

1:06 – 1:39

What’s does the BP spill mean, from the Gulf of Mexico to California?

Yesterday President Obama announced the results of his administration’s safety review of offshore drilling and extended a moratorium on new deepwater oil drilling permits for another six months while a commission investigates the causes of the April 20^th accident.  That moratorium will stave off controversial lease-sales off the coast of Alaska, the Western Gulf and Virginia, but how will it affect drilling sites off the California coast, such as the Venoco drilling plan up for vote on the June 8^th ballot in Carpentaria? And do President Obama’s announcements yesterday herald a sea-change in the administration’s stance on offshore drilling?

 

 

Guests:

UNCONFIRMED

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont; author of the “Clean Coasts & Efficient Cars Act of 2010” which will ban offshore drilling and increase fuel efficiency in cars

 

ON ENGINEERING

Iraj Ershaghi, Director of the Petroleum Engineering Program and the West Coast Petroleum Technology Transfer Council at USC,  and Executive Director of the Chevron–USC Center for Smart Oilfield Technologies.

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ON THE FUTURE OF THE OIL DRILLING INDUSTRY

Eric Smith, associate director of the Tulane Energy Institute & professor of clinical finance at the A.B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University

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ON CALIFORNIA’S OFFSHORE OIL DRILLING

Brian Baird, Assistant Secretary of Ocean and Coastal Policy for the Natural Resources Agency (NRA)

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ON THE SPILL’S IMPACT ON GASOLINE PRICES

NOT CONFIRMED

Sheridan Titman, director of the Energy Management and Innovation Center in the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas in Austin

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1:41 – 1:58:30

Tim O’Brien’s – The Things They Carried

Twenty years ago, years after returning home from his tour in Viet Nam, Tim O’Brien authored a book of short stories about a drastically unpopular war. Considered by many, to be the fiction counterpart to Michael Herr’s Dispatches O’Brien’s fictional account of Viet Nam serves as essential reading on the Viet Nam experience. As America finds itself deep into two wars Tim O’Brien joins us to discuss the “story truth” and “happening truth” of what his book says about where we were then and were we find ourselves now. 

 

Guest:

Tim O’Brien, author of The Things They Carried

IN STUDIO

 

 

2:06 – 2:58:30

Comedy Congress from the Crawford Family Forum!

The comedic material emanating from Washington D.C., and state capitols across the country, is enough to make any sitcom writer jealous, even if most of that comedy is unintentional.  Our motto on Comedy Congress is that just when politics makes you want to cry, it’s usually best to laugh.  Today we laugh at the asinine politics and blame game surrounding the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, we laugh at a Republican who thinks the Civil Rights Act was a bad idea and a Democrat who pretended to serve in Vietnam, and much more.  Tomorrow we’ll probably cry about our lost jobs, but today join us in laughing at the madness of it all—the truth hurts far less when it’s told by comedians.

 

 

Guests:

Greg Proops, regular actor & host of TV shows, movies and game shows—you can catch him on “Who Wants to be a Millionaire” on the USA Network; he is a regular performer on both the American & British-original version of “Whose Line is it Anyway?”; he plays a recurring character on the HBO series “Flight of the Concords”; and he is a regularly touring stand up comedian, coming to a comedy club near you!

IN STUDIO

 

Alonzo Bodden, winner of season 3 of NBC’s “Last Comic Standing” and host of the Travel Channel show “Worst Drivers in America,” premiering on March 14; regular performer and field correspondent for “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” and guest star on several TV shows and movies

IN STUDIO

 

Ben Gleib, regular performer at the Hollywood Improv, on the CBS “The Late Late Show,” and on NBC’s “Last Call with Carson Daly”; named one of "Six Comedians who Could be Comedy’s Next Big Thing" in Esquire & a regular panelist on the E! Network’s “Chelsea Lately”

IN STUDIO

 

 

 

Jonathan Serviss

Producer, Patt Morrison Program

Southern California Public Radio

NPR Affiliate for Los Angeles

89.3 KPCC-FM | 89.1 KUOR-FM | 90.3 KPCV-FM

626.583.5171, office

415.497.2131, mobile

jserviss@kpcc.org / jserviss@scpr.org

www.scpr.org

 

Sexual Predator from Lancaster Arrested in Los Angeles

 

 

Lancaster Sheriff’s Station

501 West Lancaster Blvd.

661-948-8466

www.lasd.org

Press Release

Leroy D. Baca, Sheriff

Classification: SEXUAL PREDATOR ARRESTED Incident Date: 05-27-10

Author / Date / Time: M. RUST/05-27-10/1330 Incident Time:

Incident Location: LAPD PACIFIC DIVISION

C/P Location:

Victim(s): Suspect(s): OLSEN, DAREN MARVIN M/W 34

For Additional Information Contact:

Name Phone E-Mail Address

Narrative:

Registered sex offender and sexual predator Daren Olsen, who has been evading police

since removing his G.P.S. monitoring device over two weeks ago, has been captured.

Deputies from Lancaster Sheriff’s Station’s Target Oriented Policing (“TOP”) team, who have

been actively searching for Olsen received information that he was possibly traveling to the

Venice Beach area. Armed with informational fliers, the team of deputies canvassed the

Venice Beach area early this morning and distributed the fliers to several merchants and

Homeless people in the area.

Shortly after returning to Lancaster Station, the team received a call from LAPD Pacific

Division stating that they had captured Olsen.

Deputies from Lancaster Station are currently on their way to the Pacific Division Station to

arrest Olsen and return him to Lancaster Sheriff’s Station.

Approved by: Lt. Vaughan

Memorial Day activities -- compiled by County Military and Veterans Affairs

 

 

MEMORIAL DAY 2010

 

Prepared by

Los Angeles County

 Department of Military and Veterans Affairs

 

 

May 28    

 

6:00 p.m.  Memorial Day Tribute honoring all City of Carson Veterans who died in service to their Country at Veterans Sports Complex, 2400 Moneta Avenue, Carson, California. All ages welcome, entertainment and guest speakers. Call Veterans Park, (310) 830-9991 for more information.

 

May 29

 

10:00 a.m.   Supervisor Antonovich’s 13^th Annual “Remembering Our Veterans and Their Families, Past, Present and Future” Fair Day, Arcadia County Park, located at 405 S. Santa Anita Avenue, Arcadia, CA 91006.  Call (626) 967-1441 or (909) 394-2264 for more information. Bring a duplicate military photo to be placed on the “Wall of Remembrance”.

 

The Queen Mary will offer FREE admission to all U.S. active and retired military personnel for a special celebration honoring the military, and the ship's history as a military carrier over Memorial Day Weekend, May 29-31, 2010. Regular admission prices for all others. General Admission includes a self-guided tour and the Ghosts & Legends Show.  VALID Military ID MUST be provided during normal attraction operating hours from 10am to 6pm to receive this special discount.

 

May 30

 

10:00 a.m.  63^rd Annual Memorial Day observance and Commemoration of Medal of Honor Recipient PFC Eugene Obregon USMC. The event includes a 24-hour patriotic vigil at the Mexican All Wars Memorial at Cinco Puntos (Intersection of Lorena, Indiana, and Chavez). Anyone interested in participating is encouraged to contact Hector Elizalde (323) 770-3100, Danny Hernandez (323) 881-6565 or Tony Zapata (323) 261-8533.

 

 4:00 p.m. Project: Hollywood Cares will host a Memorial Day Service sponsored by Fountain of Life at the Fountain of Life Church, 13518 Biola Avenue, La Mirada, CA 90638.  Following the program will be a fun filled evening with complementary food, music, contests and games. For more information, contact (818) 655-5566 ext.5000.

 

 

 

 

 

 

6:00 p.m.   Candlelight Vigil, Joshua Memorial Park and Mortuary, 808 East Lancaster Boulevard, Lancaster, CA 93535. 

 

May 31     Memorial Day Observed

 

ALL DAY   Knott’s Berry Farm and Knott’s Soak City will offer  FREE admission to active and retired United States Military personnel on Sunday and Monday of the Memorial Day weekend.  In addition, these military

            personnel will be able to purchase up to six discounted admission tickets for Knott’s Berry Farm for only $29.99 for each regular adult ticket and $23.99 for each regular adult Knott’s Soak City ticket.  VALID military ID must be presented.

 

9:00 a.m.   Memorial Day Ceremony at Memorial Park, 1301 Foothill Blvd., La Canada Flintridge, CA 91011. Call (818) 790-4289 for more information.

 

 10:00 a.m. City of Cerritos Memorial Day Ceremony at              the Cerritos Civic Center, 18125 Bloomfield Avenue, Cerritos, CA 90703.  Call (562) 860-0311 for more information.

                                       

            25^th Annual Memorial Day Observance at Green Hills Memorial Park, 27501 S. Western Avenue, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275.  Call (310)831-0311 for more information.

                          

            The Canoga Park Memorial Day Festival will take place on Sherman Way (between Topanga and Canoga avenues).  Features will include music, food, a children’s playground, vendors, community groups and military equipment.  It will also display a memorial wall naming each veteran from the San Fernando Valley who died in military service.

 

            63^rd Annual Memorial Day Ceremony at Cinco Puntos in East Los Angeles, intersection of Lorena, Indiana & Chavez.  For more information, contact Hector Elizalde (323) 770-3100, Danny Hernandez (323) 881-6565 or Tony Zapata (323) 261-8533.

 

             Memorial Day Ceremony, Joshua Memorial Park and Mortuary, 808 East Lancaster Boulevard, Lancaster, CA 93535. 

 

           

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 10:00 a.m. Memorial Day Ceremonies, Forest Lawn-Covina Hills, Christian Heritage Mausoleum Forecourt, Covina, CA, patriotic musical tributes.  Other highlights include a wreath placement ceremony, color guards, Presidential Proclamation, and rifle salute.  Call (800) 204-3131 or visit www.ForestLawn.com for more information.

          

Memorial Day Ceremonies, Forest Lawn-Hollywood Hills, Court of Liberty, 6300 Forest Lawn Drive, Los Angeles, CA. Highlights include a wreath placement ceremony, color guards, Presidential Proclamation, and rifle salute.  Call (800) 204-3131 or visit www.ForestLawn.com for more information.

              

            Memorial Day Ceremonies, Forest Lawn - Long Beach, Paradise Mosaic Forecourt, Long Beach, CA. Highlights include color guards, bagpiper, a wreath placement ceremony, roll call of deceased veterans, Presidential Proclamation, a parade of flags by local veterans, and patriotic music.  Call (800) 204-3131 or visit www.ForestLawn.com for more information.

 

            Memorial Day Ceremonies, Forest Lawn – Cypress, Ascension Mausoleum Forecourt, Cypress, CA. Highlights include color guards, bagpiper, wreath            placement ceremony, roll call of deceased veterans, Presidential Proclamation, a parade of flags by local veterans, and patriotic music.  Call (800) 204-3131 or visit www.ForestLawn.com for more information.

 

22^nd Annual Memorial Day Ceremony at Eternal Valley Memorial Park, 23287 Sierra Highway, Newhall, CA 91321. 

              

The Elks Club and the City of Paramount will host a Memorial Day Ceremony at Paramount City Hall, 16400 Colorado Avenue, Paramount, CA 90723.  For more information call (562) 220-2121.

 

Memorial Day Mass, All Souls Cemetery, 4400 Cherry Avenue, Long Beach, CA.  For more information call (562) 424-8601. 

 

10:30 a.m.   Memorial Day Ceremonies, Forest Lawn-Cathedral City, Mausoleum Courtyard, Cathedral City, CA, patriotic musical tributes.  Other highlights include a wreath placement ceremony, color guards, Presidential Proclamation, and rifle salute.  Call (800) 204-3131 or visit www.ForestLawn.com for more information.

 

           

 

 

 

 

         

             121^st Annual Memorial Day Program - Los Angeles National Cemetery, 950 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90049. For more information call (310) 268-4675 or 4494.

                                    

11:00 a.m.   Lakewood Memorial Day Ceremony at Del Valle Park, 5939 Henrilee Street, Lakewood.  Contact Elizabeth Ruiz at (562) 866-9771, ext. 2123 for more information.

                    

             Memorial Day Ceremony, Desert Lawn Memorial Park, 2200 E. Avenue S. Palmdale, CA. Ruben Trejo will be the speaker.

 

              Memorial Day Service, Valley Oaks Memorial Park, 5600  N. Lindero Canyon, Westlake Village. For more information call (818) 889-0902 or visit www.piercebrothersvalleyoaks.com

 

     Memorial Day Observance, sponsored by the San Fernando Valley Historical Society, Pioneer Memorial Cemetery, 14400 Foothill Blvd., Sylmar.  Flag raising and 21-gun

           salute at noon by the All Veterans Burial Squad.  Call (818) 365-5860 or visit www.sfvhs.com for more information.

 

           City of Montebello Memorial Day Program at City Park, 115 S. Taylor Avenue, Montebello, CA 90640.  For more information call (323) 887-4575.

 

            Memorial Day Ceremony at Serbian Cemetery in East Los Angeles.  The location is across the street from 183 N. Humphreys Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90022. Since the cemetery has no address, it is bounded by Eastern Ave (on the west), N. Humphreys Ave. ( on the east), E. 2nd St. (on the north), and E. 3rd St. ( on the south) This is very close to the 710 Long Beach Freeway and E. 3rd St. in East L.A.

 

            Memorial Day Ceremony hosted by City of Burbank and the Veterans Commemorative Committee at McCambridge Park War Memorial. For more information call (818) 238-5300.

 

            Memorial Day Ceremony, Freedom Square, Norwalk City Hall, 12700 Norwalk Blvd., Norwalk, CA.  For more information call (562) 929-5700.

 

11:30 a.m.  Elks Lodge 1378 and the City of Redondo Beach will sponsor the Redondo Beach Memorial Day Tribute at  Veterans Park, 300  Esplanade (corner of Torrance Blvd and Catalina near the Pier) Redondo Beach, CA 90277.  Call 208-473-6626 or e-mail kkbhb@hotmail.com  for more information.

 

 

 

 

 

 

12:00 p.m. Evergreen Memorial Cemetery presents its 4^th Annual Memorial Day Event with the American Legion Post 635 Memorial Day Ceremony, 204 N. Evergreen Ave., Los Angeles, CA. For more information call 827-6950

  

  1:00 p.m.  Memorial Day Ceremonies, Forest Lawn-Glendale with patriotic musical tributes.  Other highlights include a wreath placement ceremony, color guards, Presidential Proclamation, and rifle salute.  Call (800) 204-3131 or visit www.ForestLawn.com for more information.

            

             Seal Beach Memorial Day Commemoration at Eisenhower Park, Main Street and Ocean Avenue, Seal Beach, CA 90740.

 

2:00 p.m.   Memorial Day Service Sponsored by NVCC Post 3670 at Westminster Memorial Park, 14801 Beach Blvd., Westminster, CA 92683.

 

            Puente Hills Memorial Day Concert at the Puente Hills Mall.  Call (909)594-6561 for more information.

 

5:00p.m.   The Rock Club in partnership with the Long Beach VA   Healthcare System will present a Memorial Day benefit concert at the Walter Pyramid at C.S.U.L.B., 1250 Bellflower Blvd., Long Beach, CA 90804.  To purchase tickets visit www.therockclub.net

 

ANTONOVICH TO HOST 13th ANNUAL "REMEMBERING OUR VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES"

 

 

       

PRESS RELEASE

Contact:  Tony Bell, Communications Deputy Office:     (213) 974-5555  Cell: (213) 215-5176 E-mail:     tbell@bos.lacounty.gov

         May 27, 2010                                                                                   For Immediate Release

 

SUPERVISOR ANTONOVICH TO HOST 13^th ANNUAL “REMEMBERING OUR VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES”

 

 

WHO:                     Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich

                                KNBC-4 Weatherman Fritz Coleman

 

WHAT:                   13^th Annual “Remembering Our Veterans and Their Families”

 

WHEN:                   Saturday, May 29, 2010 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

WHERE:               Arcadia County Park

                                405 S. Santa Anita Avenue

                                Arcadia, CA 91006

                                (Thomas Guide p. 567, C5)

 

ARCADIA – The 13^th Annual “Remembering Our Veterans and Their Families” event is a day-long tribute to our armed forces and a presentation of free services to veterans and their families from numerous agencies, including County departments and governmental, independent and private agencies.  These organizations will provide an abundance of information and resources regarding health, employment, child support, legal services, etc. 

 

A special ceremony at 11:30 a.m. will include a presentation of colors, a 21 gun salute, playing of Taps, skydivers, flyovers by vintage World War II aircraft, and more.  There will also be a “Wall of Remembrance” for veterans (bring copies of photos of your loved ones to place on the wall), displays of military vehicles and equipment, a children’s area (face painting, arts and crafts, games and free popcorn), free vaccinations, free haircuts and manicures, food booths, live music, and more.  

 

For additional information, contact Cindy Duarte at (909) 394-2264 or (626) 967-1441.

 

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Baca comments on audit of reserve program

(323) 267-4800

www.lasd.org

News Advisory

 

AUDIT OF RESERVE FORCES BUREAU COMPLETE:

RESULTS CALL FOR RETRAINING OF SOME RESERVES

 

A Statement from Sheriff Lee Baca: The Executive Offices for the California Commission on Peace Officers Standards and Training (P.O.S.T.) provided me with the audit report of the Sheriff’s Department’s training of the reserve peace officer program.

 

The majority of the audit focuses on what is known as a Level III Reserve Deputy Sheriff, who is trained as a peace officer with limited authority and is required to work in support positions under the direct supervision of a fully trained, paid deputy sheriff. Moreover, reserve deputy sheriffs are volunteers who are paid one dollar a year.

 

The audit revealed good and bad leadership on the part of the Sheriff’s Department. The good is that the Department recruited 99 sincere and patriotic men and women who were willing to sacrifice time, money and energy to become a member of the public safety community.

 

The bad is the Sheriff’s Department failed to certify with P.O.S.T. the training locations, provide an account for the training in a proper manner, and uphold the high standards expected by P.O.S.T., as well as the Sheriff’s Department.

 

The good is, while working closely with P.O.S.T. officials, the Sheriff’s Department has corrected the errors and will proceed to retrain those individuals who are presently not eligible and certified to be level III peace officers.

 

Moreover, during the Sheriff’s Department’s lapse of performance, each recruit did their best, and the audit focused on the Department’s failures. The Sheriff’s Department, in correcting its errors with the help of P.O.S.T., commenced a new class of level III reserves in January 2010, which graduated March 10, 2010. All training and certification requirements were followed, and will continue to be followed hereafter.

 

It is my hope that this retraining of affected individuals will be understood and welcomed by them.

 

Furthermore, I want to apologize to the men and women who sincerely worked hard to serve the people of Los Angeles County as a reserve member of the Sheriff’s Department.

 

For further information, contact Steve Whitmore at (323) 573-2387.

 

SHB-46M-10 X X X May 26, 2010