BRIEFLY : ENTERPRISE ZONE EXPANSION SOUGHT.Seeking to expand development, the Los Angeles City Council The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. on
Wednesday asked the state to approve increasing the size of the
Northeast Valley Enterprise Zone.
The council asked that the zone be enlarged by 15 percent to include the areas around the Panorama Towers and San Fernando Road San Fernando Road is a major street in the city and county of Los Angeles. It starts off in Castaic as The Old Road, passing through Santa Clarita and the Newhall Pass, where upon its intersection with Sierra Highway near the junction of the Golden State (I-5) and the in Sun Valley. Under the program, businesses that locate within an enterprise zone and hire local residents are eligible for tax breaks. - Daily News Burbank to appeal decision on airport With no end in sight for the legal battle over Burbank Airport's expansion, the city of Burbank announced Wednesday that it will appeal a judge's ruling that the city forfeited its veto power over the new terminal project. The city disputes Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Carl J. West's Feb. 11 ruling that Burbank gave up its right to review expansion when it approved the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority's formation in the late 1970s. Attorneys filed the appeal with the Second District Court of Appeal this week, but it may take months before the appellate court rules on West's decision, said Peter Kirsch kirsch n. A colorless brandy made from the fermented juice of cherries. [French, short for German Kirschwasser; see kirschwasser. , special counsel to the city on airport matters. - Daily News LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. to intensify focus on recidivism recidivism: see criminology. The LAPD will intensify its focus on arresting career criminals involved in violent crime, and step up efforts to reduce traffic accidents, according to an administrative order released Wednesday by Police Chief Bernard C. Parks Bernard Parks (born December 7, 1943 in Beaumont, Texas) is a member of the Los Angeles City Council, representing the 8th District in South Los Angeles and former Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department. Parks attended Los Angeles City College, received his B.S. . The 1998 Department Initiatives report also calls for the department to continue community policing efforts, improve relationships with other agencies in the criminal justice system and improve productivity by expanding the use of modern technology. ``It's basically a guideline for our civilian and sworn personnel about what our priorities are,'' Parks told reporters at his monthly media open house. Parks also said he is ``very pleased,'' with the mayor's proposed budget for the Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . for
next year, adding ``we believe it is more than adequate.''
- Daily News Council OKs plan for police parking The City Council voted Wednesday to approve a proposal to spend $400,000 per year to lease parking spaces for LAPD employees being displaced by the construction of a dispatch center on the site of a parking garage next to Parker Center police headquarters. Although City Councilwoman Laura Chick has questioned the additional cost of building the dispatch center downtown instead of in Westchester, the council granted the General Services Department authority to execute the leases. - Daily News Student to compete in St. Louis debate Ryan Hayden, a Tarzana resident and senior at Loyola High School There are many Loyola High Schools: In Colombia
Hayden, a graduate of St. Mel School in Woodland Hills, was undefeated in all six rounds of the competition. - Daily News Center event puts spotlight on kids PACOIMA - The Hillery T. Broadous Children's Center held an open house Wednesday to celebrate the Week of the Young Child. More than 60 school children, elected leaders and community activists attended the daylong event, which featured skits and presentations by children at the center. The center, next door to Broadous Elementary, serves 125 children ages 2 through 8. Fees are based on family income. Principal Barbara Malone said recognizing children and their accomplishments are key to their emotional and physical development. - Daily News Authorities pursue spouse in stabbing PANORAMA CITY - A man is suspected of stabbing his estranged es·trange tr.v. es·tranged, es·trang·ing, es·trang·es 1. To make hostile, unsympathetic, or indifferent; alienate. 2. To remove from an accustomed place or set of associations. wife in a hallway of an apartment building Wednesday morning, leaving the woman hospitalized in critical condition. Witnesses told officers the suspect stabbed the woman about 2 a.m. in the 14800 block of Parthenia Street, said Sgt. Paul McMillin of the Los Angeles Police Department's Van Nuys Division. The man, whose name was not released, fled before officers arrived. The woman was taken to Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Providence Holy Cross Medical Center is a hospital in Mission Hills, California, USA. The hospital has 254 beds, and is part of Providence Health & Services. History . - City News Service Cosby blackmailer begins prison term DUBLIN, Calif. - Autumn Jackson, convicted of trying to extort To compel or coerce, as in a confession or information, by any means serving to overcome the other's power of resistance, thus making the confession or admission involuntary. To gain by wrongful methods; to obtain in an unlawful manner, as in to compel payments by means of threats of $40 million from comedian Bill Cosby by claiming to be his out-of-wedlock daughter, reported to a federal prison Wednesday to begin serving a 26-month sentence. Jackson, a Canyon Country resident six months' pregnant with twin boys, turned herself in at the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin at about 1:20 p.m., said Dominic Gutierrez Sr., executive assistant at the three-tiered prison. She will remain there for 30 days before moving to a prison maternity program in San Francisco, about 30 miles to the west, said her New York attorney, Robert Baum. - Associated Press |
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