San Jose Escorts: Anti-crime plan s impact recognized

and gang fights. She helped the owner of the complex implement the program and got the property cleaned up and its troublemakers evicted, which resulted in a drop in criminal activity there.
The first phase of the program consists of a course for apartment employees in which Kovach and volunteer attorney Jane Creason present information on crime prevention.
The second phase includes an inspection of the property, and provides suggestions, such as better lighting and the removal of graffiti, broken-down cars or abandoned mattresses.
In the third phase, Kovach and Creason conduct a “safety social,” at which general crime prevention principles are discussed with tenants. Residents are asked to sign a lease addendum acknowledging that they can be evicted if they or their guests become involved in illegal activity, such as drug dealing, violence, prostitution or gang-related acts.

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San Jose Escorts: Authorities identify two Santa Cruz men slain in Lower Ocean shooting

By frequently calling police, neighbors pushed out heroin-dealing gang members several years ago after a triple homicide on Bixby Street. Although there continues to be drug dealing and prostitution, Lamkin said the neighborhood has otherwise improved a lot.
“I just hope this isn’t the beginning of another series of violence, because I love living in my neighborhood,” Lamkin said. “We just want to raise our children there and feel safe.”
Jeff Klakovich, a 21-year-old environmental studies student at UC Santa Cruz who has lived across the street for 18 months, said “It’s pretty lively over there.” But he said he never anticipated such violence in the area, including the Jan. 1 shooting death of a 7-Eleven clerk by an ex-boyfriend.

Klakovich said he witnessed a recent disturbance at the apartments involving a man yelling at two others, who quickly fled in a vehicle. He also said he often sees prostitutes getting in and out of vehicles on Barson Street but has never called police because what he’s seen didn’t seem violent.

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San Jose Adult Entertainment: Two men shot dead in Santa Cruz living room

The upstairs door of the apartment where the men were shot was open in the morning. A mountain bike, white plastic lawn chairs and bags of trash sat on the balcony next to the door.
Some neighbors said they didn’t hear the shooting, but said they woke to police knocking on their doors.
Leyla Hollingsworth, who has lived across from the apartments for 12 years, said the unit where the men were killed has had drug and prostitution problems.
“I’ve told the cops about this for the last three or four years,” the 38-year-old said. “I’m sick of what’s going on in my community.”
The lower-income neighborhood is comprised of apartments and older houses, most of which are rented to college students and families. It is known as a hot spot for prostitution and drug sales.

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San Jose Escorts: Two men shot to death in Santa Cruz early Saturday morning

The upstairs door of the apartment where the men were shot was open this morning. A mountain bike, white plastic lawn chairs and bags of trash sat on the balcony next to the door.
Some neighbors said they didn’t hear the shooting, but said they woke to police knocking on their doors.
Leyla Hollingsworth, who has lived across from the apartments for 12 years, said the unit where the men were killed has been mired with drug and prostitution problems.
“I’ve told the cops about this for the last three or four years,” the 38-year-old said. “I’m sick of what’s going on in my community.”
The lower-income neighborhood is comprised of apartments and older houses, most of which are rented to college students and families. It is known as a hot spot for prostitution and drug sales.

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San Jose Escorts: Mistress’ revenge billboard seen as sign of Tiger Woods times

Just a few weeks after scores of women stepped eagerly into the limelight to tell the world about their flings with the very married golf star Tiger Woods, YaVaughnie Wilkins, a 41-year-old writer and actor, went public with her romance with tech mogul Charles Phillips.
Wilkins purchased space on at least six billboards, in New York City, Atlanta and San Francisco, that show a smiling couple, in happier days, with a reference to a Web site that shows the pair relaxing on yachts and beaches, and seeing the sights in China and Australia. The site even includes images of the couples’ tickets to President Obama’s inauguration.
Phillips, 50, president of Oracle Corp., serves on Obama’s economic advisory council.
Even after a year with prostitutes becoming advice columnists and mistresses followed by paparazzi, Wilkins’ move has stunned many.

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San Jose Adult Entertainment: Battle begins in San Mateo supervisor race

Stogner, who lives in San Carlos, will not be a major factor in the race but Stogner’s ability to raise concerns – and the occasional headline – may cause some additional headaches for Horsley. Two years ago, following the detention of San Mateo County Sheriff Greg Munks at a Las Vegas brothel – Horsley’s chosen successor – Stogner threatened to file recall papers against Munks and has lambasted the Sheriff’s office ever since. Horsley has a well-known and close relationship with Munks and may be compelled by Stogner to speak to the issue of his chosen successor’s leadership of Horsley’s former office. This will be particularly problematic for Horsley if he has taken large sums of campaign cash from Munks and Munk’s extended – and well known and wealthy – family. In the end, Stogner never followed through with his recall threat and will not likely impact the race beyond his ability to throw bombs.

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San Jose Escorts: Chinese Christians Are the Focus of Same-Sex Marriage Case

It includes a passage saying: “In a macro environment in which homosexuality is gradually accepted as being normal, child molesting by gays is gradually being viewed as normal in academia. Children who were subjected to sexual abuse only know to socialize with other men through sex. When they grow up, they would do the same to other children by molesting children of the same sex. Therefore, gay people grow in numbers even as most of them do not have children of their own.”
Last week the legal team led by David Boies and Theodore B. Olson presented a Chinese-language letter from Mr. Tam one of the official sponsors of Proposition 8 written to Chinese Christian churches in the Bay Area, warning them of a “gay agenda” that developed, he said, in the 1970s. The proposition’s failure, the letter said, could lead to further actions by the state, like the legalization of prostitution and pedophilia.

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San Jose Massage Parlors: Mt. Prospect Monitoring Massage Parlor Charges

Mt. Prospect Monitoring Massage Parlor Charges
By RICHARD MAYER Assistant Managing Editor
A Mt. Prospect massage parlor owner and a female associate were charged Wednesday, Jan. 13 for allegedly conspiring to extort thousands of dollars from a female foreign national who worked at the massage parlor and was reportedly threatened.
The defendants, Alex A. Campbell and Danielle John, were arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and Cook County Sheriff’s officers. According to federal authorities, Campbell, a resident of Glenview in his mid-40s, and John, 23, of Des Plaines, were each charged with conspiracy to commit extortion and attempted extortion in a criminal complaint.

In March 2009, Campbell allegedly told Victim 2 that she had to pay him an additional $10,000, later raised to $16,000, or she would have to work at one of his massage parlors from opening to closing seven days a week, the complaint said.

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San Jose Strip Clubs: Marty: Who’s to blame for the pot mess?

The driving force behind the increase in pot club activity is not compassion – it is money.  The operators see an opportunity for income and they are positioning themselves to make a lot more money in the future if the state legalizes marijuana.
Don’t let the term non-profit fool you, the key personnel of some non-profits make out very well indeed. The IRS is now certifying about 50,000 new nonprofits every year and the reason for that is not compassion – money trumps compassion on a regular basis.
The argument by the owner of Purple Cross Rx that they can open downtown because other non-profits are located there is foolish. Zoning ordinances are based on the nature of the business, not its IRS tax classification. What’s next, non-profit strip clubs?

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San Jose Strip Clubs: LOCAL MARCHERS HONOR KING’S LEGACY

… This is a milestone in the history of our community,” said the Rev. Alfred Carroll.Turner urged students to stay in school.“Keep your seat in the classroom,” he said. “To do that, you honor Martin Luther King Jr. He was all about education.”A collection for Haiti earthquake victims raised $300. The Rev. DeWitt Hill, pastor of First Trinity Church of God in Christ in Pine Bluff, will present the funds to Haiti pastors. He has been working with Haitian churches for about 40 years.Hill will lead a missions group scheduled to leave for Haiti on Jan. 28.News photos and videos of Haitian victims depict their suffering, said Carroll.
“These folks need our help,” he said. “These folks need our understanding. These folks need our compassion.”
Winning the parade banner contest was Greenville Gentlemans Club, with its theme of “Building Our Community One Gentleman at a Time.”

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