BRIEFLY : MURDER, WEAPONS CHARGE FILED IN RESEDA SHOOTING.A Sylmar man was charged Tuesday in the fatal shooting of a Reseda auto mechanic An auto mechanic or motor mechanic in Australian English is a mechanic who specialises in automobile maintenance, repair, and sometimes modification. A mechanic may be knowledgeable in working on all parts of a variety of car makes or may specialize either in a specific area who was slain after he tried to break up a street fight between two men.Eugenio Rodriguez, 32, of Sylmar was charged with murder and the special allegations of firing a gun from a car and being an ex-felon with a gun, said Deputy District Attorney Bob Cohen cohen or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. . Rodriguez had been convicted of assault with a firearm in 1992, Cohen said. Witnesses led police to Rodriguez who was arrested several hours after the shooting of Mario Montano, 27, of Reseda. Montano had tried to break up a fight at a 7-Eleven in Reseda early Saturday, but was told by Rodriguez to mind his own business. Rodriguez's girlfriend, Sucette Lucinda Gallo, 36, was also arrested on suspicion of murder. No charges were filed against her because there was no evidence she knew Rodriguez was actually going to kill Montano, Cohen said. SOURCE: -Daily News Commission will consider charging for false alarms 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. Fire Commission voted Tuesday to look at whether the city should impose penalty fees on the owners of automatic fire alarms who have more than two false alarms in a year. Commission President David Fleming voiced concern that 85 percent of the automatic alarms to which Los Angeles firefighters respond are false. ``It's a real shame we have this problem, but it's important we correct it,'' Fleming said. ``To tie up personnel and equipment with false alarms is a terrible waste of money, and also it imperils public safety.'' Fire Chief William Bamattre won commission approval of a report that called for the city to look at ways to reduce false alarms, including education and the possibility of imposing fees for multiple false alarms. Bamattre said that based on the Los Angeles Fire Department The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), also known as the Los Angeles City Fire Department to distinguish it from the Los Angeles County Fire Department. It is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Los Angeles. costs, the chief said the fee might be $82 per response to a dwelling and $203 for a business. SOURCE: -Daily News Council OKs pact giving raises to DWP DWP Department of Work and Pensions (UK) DWP Drinking Water Program DWP Dynamic Weapon Pricing (gamin, Counter-Strike: Source) DWP Department of Water & Power DWP Drinking Water Protection workers The Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. approved a contract Tuesday granting
Department of Water and Power employees a 2.9 percent raise for the year
beginning Oct. 1 and raises of between 7 percent and 16 percent in the
next three years, depending on inflation rates.
The contract with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) is a labor union which represents workers in the electrical industry in the United States and Canada, particularly electricians, or Inside Wiremen, in the construction industry and linemen and other employees of public , Local 18, covers two-thirds of the DWP's work force, which waged a long strike three years ago during a contract dispute. SOURCE: -Daily News U.S. civil rights panel will hold L.A. hearings The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights will hold public hearings in Los Angeles on Thursday and Friday to receive testimony about the state of relations between local law enforcement agencies A law enforcement agency (LEA) is a term used to describe any agency which enforces the law. This may be a local or state police, federal agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). and the communities they serve. Mayor Richard Riordan and 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 . Chief
Willie L. Williams Willie L. Williams (born 1 October, 1943) was chief of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) from 1992 to 1997, taking over after chief Daryl Gates' resignation following the 1992 Los Angeles riots. are among those scheduled to testify at the hearings,
which also will seek to gauge the enactment of Christopher Commission
reforms, and allegations of racial and sexual bias in law enforcement
agencies.
The hearings will be held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 3540 S. Figueroa St. in downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or . SOURCE: - Daily News Two killed when car hits stalled van on freeway MISSION HILLS - Two people were killed Tuesday night when the car they were in ran into a stalled moving van and became pinned underneath, officials said. The crash happened about 9:25 p.m. on the southbound San Diego Freeway The San Diego Freeway (Interstate 405, and the part of Interstate 5 south of the El Toro Y[1]) is one of the principal north-south highways in Southern California, and the major beltway of I-5 running through Southern California. just south of Devonshire Street. Both people killed were in a two-door Acura that apparently ran into the back of the truck, which was stalled on the freeway, officials said. Three lanes of the southbound freeway were closed as a result of the crash, California Highway Patrol officials said. SOURCE: - Daily News North Hollywood man, 70, killed in 2-vehicle collision NORTH HOLLYWOOD - A 70-year-old North Hollywood man was killed Tuesday when his car was broadsided as he tried to make a U-turn on a residential street, police said. Harold Thompson was driving a two-door 1981 Datsun north in the 6400 block of Tujunga Avenue about 7 a.m., when he tried to make a U-turn from the far right lane, and his car was hit by another northbound car, said Officer Chris Cortijo, of the Los Angeles Police Department's Valley Traffic Division. The driver of the other northbound car was taken to the Medical Center of North Hollywood for treatment of serious injuries, Cortijo said. SOURCE: - Daily News |
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