BRIEFLY : PIERCE SCHEDULES FEWER SPRING UNITS.Pierce College In 2006 the Library won a national Excellence award. AcademicsPierce College offers associate's degrees, mainly in the arts and sciences. There are also certificate programs in early childhood education, social services, dental hygienist, and others. will offer 1,373 courses in the spring semester. That's fewer than last spring - but the number of courses cut remained unclear Thursday. College President E. Bing Inocencio said administrators were still calculating the cuts. Administrators who oversee school finances and curriculum gave conflicting statistics to the Daily News and other media Tuesday and Wednesday. Inocencio said Thursday the school ``typically'' offers 2,000 courses in the spring. He also said an administrator told him that the school started last spring with 2,097 classes but ended with some undetermined smaller number as students dropped out and classes were consolidated. ?13- Daily News Pepperdine school honors Jack Kemp  The neutrality and factual accuracy of this article are disputed.Please see the relevant discussion on the . MALIBU - Jack Kemp, the 1996 Republican Party vice presidential candidate, has been named the Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Pepperdine University's School of Public Policy, it was announced Thursday. In that role, Kemp will make appearances on campus each year to present lectures and interact with students in Pepperdine's public policy program. ?13City News Service Promoter, 18, slain in freeway shooting A car-to-car shooting on the northbound Hollywood Freeway in 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. Thursday left a hip-hop record promoter dead, officials said. Josiah Brocks, 18, died shortly after 2 p.m. at Los Angeles County/USC Medical Center, where he had been on life-support systems life-support system n. 1. Equipment that creates a viable environment under conditions otherwise incompatible with life. 2. , said 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 . Detective Andy Cicoria of the Rampart
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According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. police, Brocks was shot in the head about 2 a.m. by a suspect in a burgundy car with four other males. ?13- City News Service Man who threw cat gets public service A Van Nuys man was ordered to work 300 hours at an animal shelter "Dog Pound" redirects here. For the rap group, see Tha Dogg Pound. An animal shelter is a facility that houses homeless, lost or abandoned animals; primarily a large variety of dogs and cats. for throwing his family cat against a wall three times during an argument with his wife. Leon Hardin, 26, pleaded no contest Wednesday to one count of animal cruelty before being sentenced by Van Nuys Municipal Court Judge Lloyd Nash, said city attorney's spokesman Mike Qualls. Hardin also was placed on three years probation for the Sept. 28 crime. ?13- City News Service Association to host diabetes seminar November is American Diabetes Month and the American Diabetes Association The American Diabetes Association, or the ADA, is an American health organization providing diabetes research, information and advocacy. Founded in 1940, the American Diabetes Association conducts programs in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, reaching hundreds of will present ``Diabetes Is An Equal Opportunity Disease,'' an all-day seminar and workshop at Universal Hilton in Universal City on Saturday. The event will run from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. and will be presented in English, Spanish and Korean. According to the ADA Ada, city, United States Ada (ā`ə), city (1990 pop. 15,820), seat of Pontotoc co., S central Okla.; inc. 1904. It is a large cattle market and the center of a rich oil and ranch area. , diabetes affects more than 16 million people in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and 1 million in Los Angeles County. To register for the seminar, call the ADA at (213) 966-2890. The association has established a Diabetes Information and Action Line, a toll-free 24-hour hotline. The 24-hour line can be accessed for diabetes information and literature by calling (800) DIABETES. ?13- Daily News In-line skater, 17, injured by auto GLENDALE - A 17-year-old in-line skater was critically injured after a car hit him as he was skating in traffic Thursday evening, police said. The boy, who police did not immediately identify, was skating alongside southbound traffic on Pacific Avenue, said Sgt. Alan Frazier of the Glendale Police Department. A vehicle northbound on Pacific, turning westbound onto Glenwood Road, hit the skater at 6:10 p.m. The skater was transported with head injuries to Los Angeles County/USC Medical Center. ?13Daily News |
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