BRIEFLY : CAR HITS PEDESTRIAN, LEAVES INJURY SCENE.NORTH HILLS - A man walking across Sepulveda Boulevard south of Parthenia Street was hit Tuesday night by a car that then left the scene, 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. police said. The victim carried no identification. Police hope to gain more by interviewing the man after he has recovered enough from his injuries, said Detective Lydia Dillard of the Los Angeles Police Department's Valley Traffic Division. The victim was walking across the northbound lanes of the wide boulevard about 9:50 p.m. when the car hit him. He 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 in Mission Hills, where he is being treated for head trauma, cuts on the chin and forehead, and bruises on his knees, chest and face, Dillard said. -Daily News New court date set on lewdness Behavior that is deemed morally impure or unacceptable in a sexual sense; open and public indecency tending to corrupt the morals of the community; gross or wanton indecency in sexual relations. An important element of lewdness is openness. charge An arraignment A criminal proceeding at which the defendant is officially called before a court of competent jurisdiction, informed of the offense charged in the complaint, information, indictment, or other charging document, and asked to enter a plea of guilty, not guilty, or as otherwise permitted scheduled Wednesday for elected Los Angeles Charter Reform Commissioner Marcos Castaneda of Sylmar, accused of lewd conduct, was postponed until Nov. 18 at the request of his attorney, who is in trial defending Whitewater figure Susan McDougal Susan McDougal (born 1955 in Heidelberg, Germany) is one of the few people who served prison time as a result of the Whitewater controversy in the United States, though fifteen individuals were convicted of federal charges. She was born Susan Carol Henley, the daughter of James B. . Castaneda faces one count of misdemeanor lewd conduct and one count of loitering Loitering (IPA pronunciation: ['lɔɪtəˌrɪŋ] is an intransitive verb meaning to stand idly, to stop numerous times, or to delay and procrastinate. to solicit an act of prostitution after LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. officers allegedly found him in a car in Hollywood last month receiving oral sex from a prostitute. Castaneda, 39, was elected to the charter panel from the 7th Council District, which represents the northeast 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. . -Daily News City Council seeks advisory appointees The Burbank City Council is accepting applications for unpaid positions on a city advisory committee and a regional aviation task force. The council hopes to make 16 appointments to the city's Hillside Area Citizen Advisory Committee and one appointment to the Federal Aviation Administration Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), component of the U.S. Department of Transportation that sets standards for the air-worthiness of all civilian aircraft, inspects and licenses them, and regulates civilian and military air traffic through its air traffic control Southern California Task Force. All applicants must be Burbank residents. Applications for the advisory committee will be accepted through Dec. 14. Task force applications must be submitted by Monday. The committee will work with city staff and a traffic consulting firm to formulate a neighborhood protection plan. The task force will seek to balance the needs of Southern California communities with those of pilots and the FAA. Interested applicants can go to the the City Clerk's Office at Burbank City Hall, 275 East Olive Ave. -Daily News Telemarketer fined for not registering A Woodland Hills firm that sold investments in Holo-World entertainment centers was ordered Wednesday to pay $8,100 in fines and penalties for failing to register with the state as a telemarketer. Softnet Venture Capital Inc. pleaded no contest to one count of failing to register with the state Department of Justice as a telemarketer, said Deputy City Attorney Mark Lambert. Los Angeles Municipal Court Commissioner Kristi Lousteau placed the company on unsupervised probation for three years. She also ordered Softnet's sister company, Holo-World Inc., to register as a telemarketer and put up a $100,000 bond as required under consumer protection law, the prosecutor said. -City News Service Chick seeks better contractor records A Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. panel asked city analysts Wednesday to explore the feasibility of creating a database on city contractors that could be used to keep work away from poor performers. Councilwoman Laura Chick, a member of the council's Government Efficiency Committee, said her proposal could save the city money and grief by helping to identify contractors who frequently go over budget and miss deadlines on city projects. Chick made the proposal after the Parks Commission awarded a construction contract to a firm that had been charged with criminally bilking the city for work never done on a previous contract. -Daily News High court to review panhandlers' rights At a federal court's request, the state Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to examine free-speech issues raised in a challenge to an anti-begging ordinance in Los Angeles. The 1997 ordinance would outlaw begging near automated teller machines automated teller machine (ATM), device used by bank customers to process account transactions. Typically, a user inserts into the ATM a special plastic card that is encoded with information on a magnetic strip. or aggressively anywhere. Aggressive panhandling is defined as approaching someone who has already said no or asking for money in a way that would make a reasonable person fearful. -Daily News |
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