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December 11, 1991
A New York lawyer who has long been an advocate for improved AIDS health care will become executive director of AIDS Project Los Angeles, officials of the nonprofit service agency announced Tuesday. Leonard H. Bloom, who served as health commissioner under former New York Mayor Ed Koch, succeeds Stephen Bennett as chief administrator of the county's largest community-based AIDS agency. APLA has a $14-million annual budget and provides services to 3,200 people with AIDS.
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September 17, 2008 | My-Thuan Tran
Two San Diego men face trial today on charges they killed a suspected drug dealer on Super Bowl Sunday two years ago. Stephen Bennett, 37, and Bernard Smith, 44, of Vista are charged with felonies related to a plan to steal money and cocaine on Feb. 5, 2006, from Brian Gray of Irvine. Smith is accused of shooting Gray. The men allegedly stole cocaine from Gray's home. If convicted, each faces a maximum sentence of life without the possibility of parole, according to the Orange County district attorney's office.
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April 6, 2001 | TINA DIRMANN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
A retirement perk for elected department heads that will cost Ventura County government nearly $1 million over the next 10 years is being challenged by Supervisor Steve Bennett. Elected on a reform platform last fall, Bennett said he plans to bring a letter before the board next month asking members to reconsider the benefit, which he likened to a retirement giveaway that past review committees have openly condemned.
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September 20, 2008 | Mike Anton
A 22-year-old man was sentenced Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the 2006 killing of a suspected drug dealer at his Irvine home. An Orange County Superior Court jury in April found Brandon Turner of Oceanside guilty of murder and three other felonies. Prosecutors say he and two other men shot and killed Brian Gray as part of a plot to steal money and cocaine from him on Super Bowl Sunday. Stephen Bennett, 37, and Bernard Smith, 44, both of Vista, are still on trial.
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October 11, 1994 | IRA E. STOLL
The Ventura City Council Monday approved a $215,000 upgrade of the council chamber's sound system and television cameras, part of a new public awareness program. City Clerk Barbara J. Kam said the sound system now in the council chamber is 21 years old and rapidly failing. However, the new audio-visual system will do more than end the era of broken microphones.
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August 23, 1991
I was deeply troubled by your article. As chief executive officer of AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA), the largest AIDS service organization in California, I can attest to Mayor Bradley's unwavering support of people impacted by HIV. He was one of the first politicians in California to speak out about this disease and put the city's money at the disposal of homeless people with AIDS. Since the position of AIDS program coordinator was created in 1988, we've seen the city spend millions of dollars to fund a variety of programs for people with HIV. The city's AIDS office also created and adopted what has been called the nation's most comprehensive AIDS policy.