3 BARS CLOSED AFTER RAIDS BY SPECIAL FORCE.Byline: Jaxon Van Derbeken Daily News Staff Writer Three west San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. bars - targeted as part of a one-year LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. pilot project - have been closed temporarily after being accused of violating health or workers' compensation workers' compensation, payment by employers for some part of the cost of injuries, or in some cases of occupational diseases, received by employees in the course of their work. laws, officials say. Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. police Sgt. Steve Merrin said the bars targeted in raids conducted Friday are suspected of repeatedly violating a broad spectrum of state and local laws, from serving alcohol to obviously drunk patrons to vermin vermin /ver·min/ (ver´min) 1. an external animal parasite. 2. such parasites collectively.ver´minous ver·min n. pl. infestation infestation /in·fes·ta·tion/ (-fes-ta´shun) parasitic attack or subsistence on the skin and/or its appendages, as by insects, mites, or ticks; sometimes used to denote parasitic invasion of the organs and tissues, as by helminths. . ``Basically they want to run the way they want to run,'' said Merrin of the Los Angeles Police Department's West Valley vice unit. Police are working together with state, city and Los Angeles County officials to target bars that authorities believe contribute to wider crime problems in the pilot project being financed by a $100,000 state grant. The three bars closed Friday were the Don Tomas Bar at 19243 Saticoy St., Reseda; El Caballo Loco, 21211 Sherman Way, Canoga Park; and La Herradura, 7249 Canoga Ave., also in Canoga Park, officials said. In addition, El Caballo Loco was fined $33,500 after officials accused the operators of health and workers' compensation violations, while La Herradura was fined $12,000 after being accused of similar violations. Bars and liquor stores along Van Nuys Boulevard in Pacoima already are facing stepped-up enforcement of liquor laws under the yearlong test program. In addition to the LAPD, participating agencies are the county Health Department, State Workers' Compensation Insurance Fund, the city building and safety department, and the state Alcohol Beverage Control board. |
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