BRIEFLY : COUNCIL TO SUPPORT SCHOOLS MEASURE.The Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. voted Wednesday to endorse a school bond measure on the November ballot that will provide money to repair unsafe playgrounds and other facilities in the Los Angeles Unified School District The Los Angeles Unified School District (the "LAUSD") is the largest (in terms of number of students) public school system in California and the second-largest in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population. . ``We have a lot of schools and they need a lot of work, and a lot of students now and in the future will benefit from it,'' said school board President Jeff Horton Jeff Horton, born (date?) in Arlington, Texas, is currently an assistant coach (Special Assistant/Offense) for the St. Louis Rams of the National Football League. He has also been active as an assistant coach at the collegiate level (Minnesota, Nevada, UNLV, Wisconsin) and as a about Measure BB. Councilman Hal Bernson Hal Bernson served as Los Angeles City Councilman for the 12th district. He was chair of the Transportation Committee. Prior to being on the City Council, he served in the Navy. Preceded by Robert M. said the state should be providing sufficient money to the schools. SOURCE: - Daily News Jury finds Encino man guilty of fraud A Los Angeles jury deadlocked Wednesday on murder charges filed against an Encino attorney for his role in a 1992 ``swoop and squat'' auto fraud scheme. The jury found Gary Miller guilty of insurance fraud and conspiracy, but voted 5-7 favoring acquittal on a murder charge filed under a legal theory called ``vicarious liability The tort doctrine that imposes responsibility upon one person for the failure of another, with whom the person has a special relationship (such as Parent and Child, ,'' according to the District Attorney's Office. Miller was accused of orchestrating a fraud ring that staged more than 100 accidents, including a forced collision with a big-rig truck on the Golden State Freeway The Golden State Freeway is a north-south freeway running through Kern County and Los Angeles County, California. Originally built as U.S. Highway 99, it was re-signed as Interstate 5 in 1964. in Sun Valley in June 1992. Passenger Jose Luis Perez, 29, died when an 18-wheeler flipped and landed on a car that had braked in front of the big rig. Two other passengers who were involved in the staged accidents were found not guilty of murder. Several others are awaiting trial. Miller faces up to 10 years in prison when he is sentenced in October. Prosecutors will announce then whether they will try him again on the murder charge. SOURCE: - Daily News |
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