For those outline left at conclude home, some will be anxious and others less so. The Los Angeles City Council pulled rank on the civilian Police Commission on Tuesday, moving to review a controversial policy that requires hundreds of anti-gang and narcotics police officers to disclose detailed information about their personal finances. The council's unanimous vote to assert jurisdiction adds to an already fiery debate over the financial disclosure plan, which has angered LAPD officers and their union leaders. The action effectively delays the implementation of the financial disclosure plan until the council decides in coming weeks whether to overturn it. "This policy raises a number of questions," said Councilman Jack Weiss, who sponsored the motion "Will it do much of anything to detect bad cops and. There were a lot of people who had theater backgrounds, people transplanted from New York or who had done theater. "It's about having a story and a willingness to want to be involved in doing the things you need to do, about having an impact on young kids' lives and about wanting to give back to your sport. Nine hikers were evacuated by helicopter Sunday afternoon after a chaparral fire broke out below them at the edge of the Angeles National Forest, authorities said. Authorities said perhaps 40 to 70 more hikers and campers were evacuated on foot from the popular recreational area after the fire was reported at 1:18 p. m. 21 and heads for Broadway next spring. His own big shoes to fillIs Broadway ready to give another of Waters' funky valentines a sloppy wet kiss? "Hairspray," based on Waters' 1988 hit movie, netted eight Tonys in 2003, is currently running in New York, London and South Africa, and this year spawned its own movie adaptation.

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