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October 2010

Federal judge upholds subpoena in Rwandan genocide case

donal brown October 25, 2010

A U.S. district judge  refused to quash a subpoena to the Human Rights Watch and an author who invoked the First Amendment in refusing to turn over notes with accounts of the Rwandan genocide. -db The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press October 21, 2010 By Rosemary Lane A U.S. district judge in Kansas refused last week to quash a subpoena issued to a human rights group and an author who claimed a First

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District Attorney looking into alleged open meeting violation by Rose Bowl officials

donal brown October 25, 2010

The Los Angeles District Attorney’s office is investigating a compaint that the Rose Bowl Operating Company violated the Brown Act, California’s open meeting law, in failing to list an agenda item concerning  the financing of a $152 million stadium renovation. -db Pasadena Star-News October 22, 2010 By Brenda Gazzar Prosecutors said Friday they’ve opened a probe into an alleged Brown Act violation committed by the Rose Bowl Operating Company when the agency considered a $152

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Group opposing secession of Santa Clarita library from county system raises privacy issues

donal brown October 25, 2010

An attorney representing a group of Santa Clarita residents opposed to the city councils 4-1 vote to secede from the Los Angeles county system says that putting the library into the hands of a private company will put patrons’ privacy at risk.  -db KHTS October 21, 2010 By Christopher Glotfelty While a nonprofit group dedicated to keeping the Santa Clarita libraries within the Country Library system continues to subpoena former and present City officials in

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Press Freedom Index: U.S. remains in 20th place

FAC October 22, 2010

Amplify’d from voices.washingtonpost.com Reporters Without Borders, the journalism watchdog group, released its Press Freedom Index for 2010, tracking media freedom across 178 countries. The report measures the violations of press freedom in the world, taking into account murders, imprisonment, physical attacks and threats as well as censorship, confiscation, searches and harassment. The United States remained in the same position as it occupied last year: No. 20 on the list, behind most of the Northern European

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LA Times says Netflix CEO drops $400,000 into CA school superintendent race.

FAC October 22, 2010

Netflix Chief Executive Reed Hastings, a former member of the state board of education, has opened up his wallet to help Larry Aceves in the race for state superintendent of public instruction. Hastings contributed $400,000 to an independent committee to promote Aceves in the closing days of the campaign. The nonpartisan race features two Democrats — Aceves, a former school superintendent, and Assemblyman Tom Torlakson (D-Antioch). Torlakson’s campaign has been buoyed by millions of dollars

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