Topic: Howard Berman

The acting police chief in San Fernando personally asked the courts to dismiss a running-a-stop-sign citation that one of his officers had issued ...

IE police chief caught in ticket fixing probe

San Fernando's acting police chief is under investigation over allegations that he fixed a traffic ticket for a local congressman's aide. . . . The ...

San Fernando ticket scandal roils city, residents

When Nancy Dominguez de Garrido was caught running a stop sign in San Fernando, she knew of no other choice but to pony up for the $234 ticket. |...
The acting police chief in San Fernando has been placed on leave after the city launched an investigation into whether he tried to a fix a traffic...
The city of San Fernando has formally asked for an independent probe into alleged traffic ticket fixing by its acting police chief on behalf of an ...
Rep. Howard Berman, locked in a contentious race with fellow Democratic Rep. Brad Sherman for the same San Fernando Valley congressional district...
The United States is seeking international support for fresh sanctions against the Central Bank of Iran, a Treasury official said Friday following an alleged plot to kill the Saudi envoy in Washington."We are engaging in an effort to develop the multilateral ...

Lawmakers seek to strengthen Iran sanctions

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers said on Monday they were seeking to stiffen sanctions on Iran to pressure it to give up its nuclear program and stop alleged abuses of human rights.Representatives Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Howard Berman, the top Republican and ...

US lawmakers mulling tighter aid controls

Two weeks after protesters in Egypt choked angrily on "Made in USA" tear gas, US lawmakers on Friday were weighing tighter controls on exports that can help repressive regimes cling to power.The US Congress, which cheered anti-government protests in Iran last ...

US lawmaker praises global pressure on Gbagbo

A foreign policy leader in the US Congress welcomed on Friday all global sanctions and pressure on Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo, whom the congressman urged to end the "political thuggery" and step down."President Gbagbo personifies the kind of dictator that ...