BRIEFLY; MAN MAY BE KEPT FROM ADVISORY PANEL.The Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. is scheduled Tuesday to consider confirming results of the northeast Valley redevelopment Project Area Committee election - with the exception of one candidate. A report from the City Clerk's Office recommends that attorney Glenn W. Hoiby not be seated on the panel because he sent out what were perceived as threatening letters (Law) letters containing threats, especially those designed to extort money, or to obtain other property, by menaces; blackmailing letters. See also: Threatening to candidates from community organizations. Hoiby denied doing anything improper and said he was exploring options on how to challenge the recommendation. He said he had written to several agencies advising them of the Internal Revenue Service code that prohibits nonprofit charitable groups from becoming involved in the election. Hoiby also said he has made no secret of his dislike of the city Community Redevelopment Agency and wanted to serve on the Northeast Valley panel to slow down its work. - Daily News NET BETTING FIRM SETTLING LAWSUIT A 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. company offering horse track betting on the Internet has agreed to pay $1.3 million to settle a lawsuit claiming it violated state anti-bookmaking laws. Youbet.com Inc. agreed to move its computer equipment outside the state and bar California residents from using its service. It did not admit wrongdoing wrong·do·er n. One who does wrong, especially morally or ethically. wrong  do . The company allowed customers to wager on horse races Flat races Argentina
``You can't do it in California. It's betting (and) it's simply wrong,'' District Attorney Gil Garcetti Gilbert "Gil" Garcetti (b. August 5, 1941) served as Los Angeles County's 39th District Attorney for two terms, from 1992 until November 7, 2000. Background Gil Garcetti received a bachelor's degree in Management from the University of Southern California and a Juris said Friday. The suit claimed the company violated state unfair competition laws by running afoul of a·foul of prep. 1. In or into collision, entanglement, or conflict with. 2. Up against; in trouble with: ran afoul of the law. a penal code section against bookmaking bookmaking Gambling practice of determining odds and receiving and paying off bets on the outcome of sporting events and other competitions. Horse racing is perhaps most closely associated with bookmaking, but boxing, baseball, football, basketball, and other sports have , Deputy District Attorney Thomas Papageorge said. It also claimed the company told customers its service complied with California law, according to the settlement. - Associated Press MUNICIPAL, SUPERIOR COURTS TO MERGE Judges in the world's largest court system voted Friday to nearly double the system's size by unifying the Superior and Municipal courts into one giant system in which 563 judges will operate under Superior Court rules and titles. About 260 Municipal Court judges will join 303 Superior Court judges as one court on Jan. 22 in a swearing-in ceremony that will elevate the Municipal judges to the Superior Court. ``As of Jan. 24, there will no longer be a Municipal Court in Los Angeles County, and the judges cannot preside unless they have been sworn in to the Superior Court,'' said court spokeswoman Jerrianne Hayslett. - Associated Press MAN SENTENCED FOR PORNOGRAPHY A transient who allegedly used a Los Angeles Central Library computer to distribute child pornography Child pornography is the visual representation of minors under the age of 18 engaged in sexual activity or the visual representation of minors engaging in lewd or erotic behavior designed to arouse the viewer's sexual interest. on the Internet was sentenced Friday to three years and eight months in state prison. Van Nuys Superior Court Judge Michael Harwin sentenced Jack Hornbeck, 46, for possession of child pornography and an attempted lewd act upon a child. The unemployed laborer, who pleaded no contest to the single counts, used the library computer to set up his own Web site to display child pornography, prosecutors said. - City News Service |
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