BRIEFLY : CHECKOUT SCANNER CRACKDOWN OK'D.An Assembly committee voted Thursday to endorse a watered-down version of a bill intended to crack down on retailers whose checkout scanners overcharge customers. Assemblywoman Susan Davis Susan A. Davis (born April 13, 1944), is an American politician who has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 2001, representing California's 53rd congressional district (map). , D-San Diego, won passage of AB 1830 in the Appropriations Committee In the United States government, the Appropriations Committee can refer to either:
Two lawmakers who had not voted on the measure Wednesday when it failed an initial vote, 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. , D-Van Nuys, and Joe Baca This page is about Joe Baca, the California Congressman. For his son, see former Assemblyman Joe Baca, Jr. Jose "Joe" Baca (born January 23 1947), an American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1999, , D-San Bernardino, voted in favor of the measure. - Daily News Lobbyists raked it in, panel indicates Lobbyists for the downtown sports arena and the proposed development for Hollywood were among the highest-paid in the city for the first three months of the year, the city Ethics Commission reported Thursday. Majestic Realty paid more than $99,000 to its team of lobbyists to win approval of the Staples Center project on the site of the North Hall of the Convention Center. Another ambitious project, to build a commercial and entertainment complex to serve as the home of the Oscars, saw developer TrizecHahn Centers pay $98,000 to its representatives. - Daily News Sheriff busts bogus credit card scheme SANTA CLARITA - An eight-month investigation has led to the end of a counterfeit credit card scam operating out of several homes in 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. , Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department This article is about the Los Angeles County Sherriff's Department, not to be confused with the smaller Los Angeles County Police The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) is a local law enforcement agency that serves Los Angeles County, California. officials announced Thursday. Detectives at the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. station said two groups - involving six men and one woman - are responsible for bank losses of $12 million since 1995. Two homes in North Hollywood and one in Reseda were among the five addresses where sheriff's officials seized 14,000 credit card account numbers. Since the arrests, four defendants have been convicted of felonies, according to a Sheriff's Department press release. - Daily News Gangster suspect charged in shooting VAN NUYS - A suspected gang member was charged with attempted murder Thursday for allegedly shooting at two young men, wounding one of them in the neck, at a Cleveland High School track meet earlier this month. Lafayette Hudspeth, 22, of Culver City was due to be arraigned in Van Nuys Municipal Court. Bail was recommended at $550,000, said Deputy District Attorney John Morris. The May 1 shooting at the school was prompted by a dispute between rival gangs, Morris said. - City News Service Pager service goof getting worked out Southland companies out of the pager business since Tuesday's satellite glitch A temporary or random hardware malfunction. It is possible that a bug in a program may cause the hardware to appear as if it had a glitch in it and vice versa. At times it can be extremely difficult to determine whether a problem lies within the hardware or the software. See glitch attack. are getting connected again, a spokeswoman for a Connecticut firm that operates the out-of-position Galaxy IV said Thursday. About 90 percent of the nation's estimated 45 million pagers stopped working after the Galaxy IV rotated out of position Tuesday afternoon, said Rebecca Tetruck of Greenwich-based PanAmSat. The company started moving its pager clients onto a Galaxy III-R satellite Wednesday, paving the way for pager service to resume, she said. - City News Service Copter cop·ter n. Informal A helicopter. pulls biker from forest crash ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST The Angeles National Forest (ANF) was established by executive order on December 20, 1892 as the San Gabriel Timberland Reserve. It covers over 2,600 km² (650,000 acres) and is located in the San Gabriel Mountains of Los Angeles County, just north of the metropolitan area of Los - A motorcyclist who ran off a highway in the Angeles National Forest on Thursday tumbled down a rocky incline and had to be rescued by a county Fire Department crew that hoisted him into a helicopter. The call came in about 5 p.m. from 14831 Little Tujunga Road, county fire Inspector Henry Rodriguez said. The victim was alert and was airlifted to Holy Cross Medical Center in Mission Hills, police officials said. - Daily News Staff and Wire Services |
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