Bush makes L.A. appearance President Bush came
west Monday for his first California campaign appearance with GOP
gubernatorial candidate Bill Simon, the man he did not support in
last month’s primary. Simon met up with Bush in Albuquerque,
N.M., and traveled with him aboard Air Force One to Los Angeles,
where the president was marking the 10th anniversary of the 1992
riot with a round-table meeting with community leaders. More than
100 people cheered Bush’s arrival at Los Angeles
International Airport. The president immediately headed to the
First African Methodist Episcopal Renaissance Center in South
Central. Bush touted his stalled initiative to involve religious
groups in providing government social services. Bush’s fourth
visit to the state since taking office was key for Simon and
important for Bush, who lost California to Al Gore by 12 percentage
points in 2000. A Simon victory over Gov. Gray Davis in November
could help Bush in California in his 2004 re-election effort.
Court narrows disabilities act WASHINGTON “”mdash;
In a setback for disabled workers, the Supreme Court ruled Monday
those employees are not always entitled to premium assignments
intended for more senior workers. Justices said the landmark
Americans with Disabilities Act does not pre-empt company seniority
systems. The act forbids job discrimination against the disabled
Americans. Local cardinal hospitalized Cardinal
Roger Mahony, who leads the Catholic diocese in Los Angeles, has
been hospitalized for treatment of a blood clot in his lung.
Mahony, 66, was in good condition at Providence St. Joseph Medical
Center in Burbank, the archdiocese said. Mahoney, who just returned
from the Vatican, has supported a zero-tolerance policy against
abusive clergy members but is the target of two lawsuits filed
Monday in Los Angeles accusing him of covering up allegations of
priestly abuse over three decades. LAX partially
evacuated A security concern triggered a brief evacuation
of part of one terminal at Los Angeles International Airport on
Monday, but an investigation found no real problem, a spokesman
said. Some commuter flights, but no international flights, were
delayed, a spokesman said.
From The Associated Press