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Mar. 23, 2008

No Kidding

Although the cases before her don't rise to the level of felonies, Los Angeles juvenile court referee Pamala Matsumoto believes in the importance of early intervention in minors' lives.

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By Cortney Fielding
Daily Journal Staff Writer
This article appears on Page 5

      LOS ANGELES - A typical day for juvenile court referee Pamala Matsumoto begins and ends in much the same way.
      A teenager cited for a relatively minor violation like truancy will shuffle into her courtroom with his seriously annoyed mother in tow. The aggrieved parent then insists her darling had ... (continued)

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