Conversation With Anthony Thigpenn : Policing 'Must Be Tailored to Each Community' As Los Angeles moves toward establishing a community policing policy, the conflicting ideas of two men, Deputy Chief Mark Kroeker and community activist Anthony Thigpenn, increasingly define the debate. In this first of a two-part series Thigpenn, chairman of the Board of AGENDA (Action for Grass Roots Empowerment and Neighborhood Development Alternatives), discusses community-based policing with James Blair. and
Youth Opinion : Song Strikes Wrong Chord KRISTIN PITMAN, Kristin Pitman, 14, is in eighth grade at Oakwood Secondary School in North Hollywood and lives in Encino. and
It's Not a Joke--She Loves the Viola PAMELA GOLDSMITH, Pamela Goldsmith, a free-lance violist, holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Stanford University and is on the faculties of USC and Cal State Northridge. She has been heard on numerous motion picture and recording scores, and has been honored by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, Hollywood Chapter. and