BRIEFLY; SKINHEAD RECEIVES 2 YEARS IN PRISON.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. - A Glendale-area skinhead skinhead Member of an international youth subculture characterized by hair and dress styles evoking aggression and physical toughness. Typical skinhead style includes shaved heads, combat boots, tattoos, and prominent body piercings. was sentenced Monday to two years in federal prison for attacking and shouting racial epithets at a racially mixed couple and their son. U.S. District Judge Ronald S.W. Lew Ronald S.W. Lew (Chinese name: 刘成威; born 1941) is a U.S. District Court Judge for the Central District of California in the Ninth Circuit. Outside of Hawaii, Judge Lew was the first Chinese-American appointed to the federal bench after being appointed by rejected a request by Steven E. Alexander's lawyer to sentence him to time served. - City News Service COUNTY PAID FOR AIR CRASH RECOVERY VENTURA - Alaska Airlines Alaska Airlines, (NYSE: ALK) is an airline based in Seattle, Washington, United States. It operates hubs at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, Los Angeles International Airport, and Portland International Airport. has reimbursed Ventura County nearly $200,000 for costs incurred during recovery efforts of Flight 261 that crashed in the Pacific Ocean earlier this year killing all 88 on board, the Sheriff's Department said Monday. The airline paid the county $199,497.45 for expenses incurred by Sheriff's Department and other agencies - the bulk of the emergency response costs, said Sheriff's department spokesman Eric Nishimoto, adding the airline responded quickly to the county's request made earlier this month. - Daily News TOBACCO FIRMS TRY TO REVERSE VERDICT Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds asked a judge in San Francisco on Monday to throw out a jury's $21.7 million damage award to a dying ex-smoker from Ojai, arguing that she should have paid attention to the warning labels on cigarette packages. ``Despite the fact that (Leslie) Whiteley had an opportunity to view these warnings ... hundreds of thousands of times over the course of her smoking history ... she either ignored them or decided that she could disbelieve dis·be·lieve v. dis·be·lieved, dis·be·liev·ing, dis·be·lieves v.tr. To refuse to believe in; reject. v.intr. To withhold or reject belief. them,'' the nation's two largest tobacco companies said in court papers. The verdict was the nation's first in favor of a smoker who took up the habit after surgeon general's warnings started appearing on cigarette packs in the 1966. - Associated Press FIRED POLICEMAN SEEKS COURT COSTS court costs n. fees for expenses that the courts pass on to attorneys, who then pass them on to their clients or, in some kinds of cases, to the losing party. In a lawsuit filed in Superior Court, a former Los Angeles policeman fired in connection with the Rampart scandal claims the city refused to defend him in three cases stemming from allegations of malfeasance The commission of an act that is unequivocally illegal or completely wrongful. Malfeasance is a comprehensive term used in both civil and Criminal Law to describe any act that is wrongful. . Brian Hewitt wants the court to force the city to pay for his defense in three pending federal civil cases, and to reimburse him for legal fees he has already paid. - City News Service TRIAL ORDERED IN WOMAN'S DEATH SAN FERNANDO - A Van Nuys plumber was ordered Monday to stand trial on charges that he burned his ex-girlfriend alive in her car. A San Fernando Superior Court judge ruled there was enough evidence to require Donald Lewis Brooks Jr., 34, to stand trial in the March 1999 killing of Lisa Kerr, 32. - City News Service ALZHEIMER'S CENTER TO OPEN AT CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge NORTHRIDGE - An Alzheimer's Association Center will open next week at Cal State Northridge, marking the first partnership between an academic association and a major Alzheimer's Association chapter, officials said Monday. - City News Service |
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