BRIEFLY $61 MILLION GIVEN FOR REGION SECURITY.The 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. region was awarded $61 million to pay for homeland security Noun 1. Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Department of Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States costs, more than doubling the amount of money the area has received since Sept. 11, 2001, city and county officials announced Friday. The new round of funding from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Urban Areas Security Initiative is the fourth and largest amount awarded to the Los Angeles Urban Area, which comprises 16 cities and the county. The city has spent more than $150 million on post-Sept. 11 security measures Noun 1. security measures - measures taken as a precaution against theft or espionage or sabotage etc.; "military security has been stepped up since the recent uprising" security . Funds from the initiative have been used to buy urban search and rescue The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. trucks and equipment, hazardous-materials apparatus, mobile command post vehicles, radiation detection equipment and bomb detection devices. - City News Service Treasurer resigns in San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. SAN FERNANDO - City Treasurer Elvira Orozco resigned this week after more than three decades in the elected position and with less than four months left in her term. Orozco, the mother of councilwoman Julie Ruelas and a longtime employee of the city, said she is considering a bid for the City Council. ``I just decided it was time. It was something I had been planning for a long time.'' Before the resignation becomes official, it must first go to the City Council. It is slated for a vote on Monday. - Daily News Deaton to speak at Valley meeting Ron Deaton, the new general manager of the Department of Water and Power, will be the keynote speaker Thursday at the Valley Industry and Commerce Association's annual meeting. Deaton, who has been the city's chief legislative analyst and adviser to the City Council, took over the new job Wednesday. The meeting, scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. at the Airtel Plaza Hotel The Plaza Hotel in New York City is a landmark 19-story luxury hotel with a height of 250 feet (76 m) and length of 400 feet that (122 m) occupies the west side of Grand Army Plaza, from which it derives its name, and extends along Central Park South in Manhattan. , 7277 Valjean Ave., Van Nuys, will feature Mayor James Hahn. Hahn is scheduled to give his ``State of the Valley'' address. Tickets are $55 for VICA VICA Vocational Industrial Clubs of America VICA Video Conferencing Alliance (UK) VICA Vocational Industrial Chapters of America VICA Vision Counsel of America members and $65 for nonmembers. For information, call (818) 817-0545. - Daily News New position OK'd to find cop funds A Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. committee voted Friday to assign an administrative analyst for six months to identify sources for a fund to hire as many as 1,740 new police officers. The council's Audits and Governmental Efficiency Committee unanimously approved the six-month position, which is expected to cost $34,264 to $52,711. - Daily News Musician charged in sexual assault BURBANK - A 41-year-old musician was charged Friday with six felony counts in connection with the rape of a 14-year-old Burbank girl at a North Hollywood recording studio, authorities said. Bail for John Armendariz, also known by his stage name ``Tristen,'' is set at $330,000, said Burbank police Sgt. Jay Jette. Armendariz was arrested Thursday afternoon near his residence in the 200 block of North Mariposa Street in Burbank, Jette said. Burbank police learned early yesterday that a girl had been raped at a music recording studio somewhere in the North Hollywood area, according to a statement police issued. - City News Service Woman assaulted outside hospital SIMI VALLEY - A woman sleeping inside a motor home in a parking area near Simi Valley Hospital Simi Valley Hospital (SVH) is a Seventh-day Adventist hospital located located in Simi Valley, California. SVH is a member of Adventist Health. New Construction Simi Valley Hospital is in the process of building a new wing to the hospital. was sexually assaulted by a man who entered the unlocked recreational vehicle, police said Friday. The attack occurred about 4:30 p.m. Thursday and police were unable to find the suspect, described as a Latino male about 35 years old. - Daily News Rampart officer must stand trial A Los Angeles police officer accused of accepting $500 from a Korean immigrant who wanted to file a police report must stand trial, a judge ruled Friday. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge David S. Milton found sufficient evidence to require Edwin Lee, 34, to stand trial on one felony count of filing a false police report and one misdemeanor count of ``receiving an unauthorized emolument The profit arising from office, employment, or labor; that which is received as a compensation for services, or which is annexed to the possession of office as salary, fees, and perquisites. Any perquisite, advantage, profit, or gain arising from the possession of an office. , gratuity Money, also known as a tip, given to one who provides services and added to the cost of the service provided, generally as a reward for the service provided and as a supplement to the service provider's income. or reward.'' Lee is accused of accepting $500 from Soon Hee Lee, who came to the Los Angeles Police Department's Rampart station May 4 to complain that she had paid more than $8,000 to a self-professed attorney to help her become a citizen, and got nothing in return. - City News Service |
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