BRIEFLY : 680-POUND TEEN'S MOTHER CONVICTED.MARTINEZ, Calif. - With a slight smile and a quiet, ``I can live with it,'' a mother whose 13-year-old daughter died weighing 680 pounds was convicted Friday of misdemeanor child abuse. The verdict by Contra Costa Contra Costa can refer to:
``It's a victory,'' said defense attorney Michael Cardoza, who predicted Corrigan will likely get nothing more serious than probation and possibly some community service when she is sentenced Feb. 27. - Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Actor Slater must report for jail time Christian Slater Christian Slater (born August 18, 1969) is an American actor. Biography Early life Slater was born Christian Michael Leonard Hawkins in New York, New York, the son of Mary Jo Slater, a casting executive, and Michael Hawkins, an actor who was also known as lost a bid Friday to get jail time credit that would have kept the actor from having to serve a 90-day term for misdemeanor battery and drug convictions. West Los Angeles
- City News Service Pair of gunmen rob Chatsworth store CHATSWORTH - A clerk at a check-cashing store was bound and gagged Friday by two armed robbers who escaped with $15,000, police said. The robbery occurred shortly before 10 a.m. when the suspects entered Cash for Checks 2 at 20867 Lassen St. and bound and gagged a female clerk, Sgt. Dennis Feeley said. ``They took everything,'' said Soofia Ahmed, whose husband owns the business. The men were armed with small-caliber handguns, Feeley said. The victim was not physically hurt. - Daily News Former official gets 15 days for bribery A former county Chief Administrative Office manager was sentenced Friday to 15 days in jail for soliciting bribes from vendors who provided him gifts and free meals to protect their county contracts. Rudy Alvarez, 48, must also stay on probation for three years, perform 500 hours of community service and pay nearly $6,500 in restitution, 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. the sentence imposed by 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. Superior Court Judge Terry Green. ``It's very important that you become L.A.'s best citizen the next three years,'' Green told Alvarez. - City News Service Business owners hail Valley leaders VAN NUYS - The United Chambers of Commerce of the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. on Friday honored Assemblymen Robert Hertzberg Robert Myles Hertzberg was born on November 19, 1954 in Los Angeles, California, was an attorney and businessperson, and served in the California State Assembly from 1996-2002. and Tom McClintock Thomas Miller "Tom" McClintock (born July 10, 1956 in White Plains, New York) is a California State Senator. He ran for Governor of California in the 2003 California recall election of Gray Davis and finished third out of 135 candidates with 13.5% of the overall vote. , three businesses and other individuals at the 22nd Annual Recognition and Installation dinner at the Airtel Hotel. Hertzberg, D-Van Nuys, and McClintock, R-Granada Hills, were given awards for their efforts in providing assistance to small businesses, while Jane and Bert Boeckmann won awards for helping small businesses succeed in the Valley. The United Chambers of Commerce is an umbrella organization representing 23 chambers of commerce in the Valley. The individual chambers represent 8,000 businesses. The President's Award went to Ross Hopkins of Chatsworth, who served as chair of the Governmental Affairs Committee for UCC An abbreviation for the Uniform Commercial Code. last year and will be the new executive vice president for 1998. Additionally, Daily News Publisher Larry Beasley and Managing Editor Ron Kaye were recognized for providing a ``keystone of communication'' for the Valley. - Daily News Area alumni among top students in U.S. Four North Hollywood High School North Hollywood High School, originally called Lankershim High School when it opened in 1927, is a secondary school in North Hollywood in Los Angeles, California. The school mascot is the husky, and the school colors are blue, white, grey. graduates, who ranked among the top 10 National Scholars the past school year, were honored Friday in Sacramento during a state Board of Education meeting. George Lee, Howard Chong and Manish Singh, who all attend UC Berkeley, and Carmel Levitan, who attends Stanford University, made up the largest group of National Scholars from one state. The ranking is based on test results in the College Board's Advanced Placement Program, which allows high school students to take college-level courses and to receive credit or advanced placement in college. The four students attended the North Hollywood Highly Gifted Center. - Daily News |
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