BRIEFLY : COUNCIL SETTLES SUIT OVER GIRLS SOFTBALL.The Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. on Tuesday approved the settlement of a lawsuit filed by the West Valley Girls Softball League, which was not allowed to play on the same fields as boys' teams. The ACLU ACLU: see American Civil Liberties Union. of Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, , which represented the girls, said the details of the settlement will be disclosed today. But Mark Rosenbaum, the ACLU's legal director, said the settlement ``means, in very real terms, that the West Valley Girls Softball League and the generation of young women they represent will finally have their day on a truly level playing field See net neutrality. .'' - City News Service Gang member shot, killed while driving NORTH HILLS - A 21-year-old man died Tuesday morning after being shot several times while in his car that later collided into a wall and wrought iron wrought iron: see iron. wrought iron One of the two forms in which iron is obtained by smelting. Wrought iron is a soft, easily worked, fibrous metal. It usually contains less than 0.1% carbon and 1–2% slag. fence at a motel, police said. Jose Luis Hernandez, who police identified as a known gang member from Van Nuys, was driving a Nissan 280ZX The Nissan 280ZX (also known as the Datsun 280ZX) was a sports coupe produced from 1978 to 1983. It was the second generation Z-car, replacing the Datsun 280Z in late 1978. The 280ZX was replaced by the Nissan 300ZX in 1984. when he was shot about midnight Monday, said Detective Mike Oppelt of the LAPD's Devonshire Division. - Daily News Driver, 18, pleads not guilty to felonies An 18-year-old charged with using his vehicle to run down a 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 officer and two civilians last weekend in Sun Valley pleaded not guilty on Tuesday, officials said. Edgar Avitia is charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and causing injuries to three people, driving with a blood alcohol level above the legal 0.08 limit and leaving the scene of an accident - all felonies, said Victoria Pipkin, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office. - Daily News One person injured in nine-car crash LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE - Nine vehicles were involved in a chain-reaction, one-injury crash on the westbound Foothill (210) Freeway on Tuesday. The crash occurred west of the Angeles Crest (2) Highway at 2:11 p.m., said California Highway Patrol Officer Richard Perez. The injury reported was not believed to be severe, Perez said. Two lanes of the freeway were out of commission briefly as the crash was investigated, he said. - City News Service Warnings issued after sewage spill VENTURA - About 15,000 gallons of raw sewage were released Tuesday into the Arundell Barranca bar·ran·ca also bar·ran·co n. pl. bar·ran·cas also bar·ran·cos Southwestern U.S. 1. A deep ravine or gorge. 2. A bluff. channel that flows into Ventura Harbor, prompting warnings that residents stay away from the water and avoid eating shellfish, officials said. - Daily News Supervisor asks for race profiling study Responding to suspicions that law enforcement officers might target members of minority groups for questioning, Los Angeles County Supervisor Yvonne Brathwaite Burke introduced a motion Tuesday calling for a county study of the practice known as racial profiling The consideration of race, ethnicity, or national origin by an officer of the law in deciding when and how to intervene in an enforcement capacity. Police officers often profile certain types of individuals who are more likely to perpetrate crimes. . - Daily News Council committee to meet in Pacoima The second Los Angeles City Council committee in two weeks is moving outside of City Hall today to get the public's view on issues. The Information, Technology and General Services Committee, chaired by Councilman Alex Padilla, will meet at 6:30 p.m. today at the Ritchie Valens Recreation Center Gymnasium, 10736 Laurel Canyon Blvd., Pacoima, to discuss technical issues, including the city's readiness for Y2K problems and the issue of access to cable modems. - Daily News |
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