City councilors take up Asian Longhorned Beetles tonight, at a hearing at Franklin Park.

The session starts at 6 p.m. at the Franklin Park Clubhouse, 1 Circuit Dr.

The hearing is by the council's Committee on Environment and Health, which will review work done to keep the tree-killing alien bugs from spreading past the grounds of Faulkner Hospital, where six infested trees were found last year. Federal officials immediately imposed a quarantine area around the hospital - residents are not allowed to bring any tree limbs outside the area. The latest plans call for injecting trees - or in some cases, the ground around trees, with insecticide in the area surrounding the hospital.

At he hearing, experts will explain how to identify possible evidence of beetle infestation.

"Among the strengths of West Roxbury, Jamaica Plain, and Roslindale are the parks and open space areas," City Councilor Matt O'Malley (West Roxbury, Jamaica Plain) says. "Anything that could threaten that warrants immediate attention, education, and prevention."

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WBUR reports on a legislative effort to redefine pimps as human traffickers:

Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel Conley regrets that his staff used to arrest and charge young women for prostitution while pimps and johns went free. He is also troubled by the fact that in the United States, on average, girls get into prostitution between the ages of 12 and 14. Boys and transgendered youth usually start between 11 and 13. ... "I concluded that the best way to deal with this problem is to treat the prostitutes, especially the young ones, as victims," Conley said.

For the second time in three days, somebody smashed the front door to Liquor Land, 1033 Mass. Ave. And for the second time in three days, police report making an arrest, shortly after midnight today:

Shortly after establishing the perimeter, officers observed a liquid trail leading from the store, to the sidewalk and into a baseball field in the park behind the store. As officers made their way, following the path, toward the infield they observed an individual walking along the left side of the field. As officers approached the suspect, he quickly exited the fenced in area of the field and started walking away. Officers stopped the suspect and during the threshold inquiry of the suspect, officers observed shards of glass on the suspect's clothing and noted that his clothing was wet with some type of liquid.

Henry Soto, 30, was charged with breaking and entering in the nighttime.

Innocent, etc.