BRIEFLY : COUNTY MAY ISSUE BOND FOR SETTLEMENT.The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is the five member governing board of Los Angeles County, California. Members of the board of supervisors are elected by district, the current members as of April 2006 are:
``I don't believe we've ever issued a judgment bond in the past,'' county Treasurer-Tax Collector Mark Saladino said Monday. Although rare, bonds to pay large judgments have been issued by other jurisdictions, including the city of Los Angeles
The cost will be borne by all 40 cities that contract with the Sheriff's Department for police services, officials said. - Daily News Airline coffee attack lands man in prison A Santa Barbara Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. man was sentenced Monday in 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. to three years in prison for pouring coffee on a flight attendant and threatening to open an emergency door aboard a flight to Los Angeles. Thomas Kasper, 36, had pleaded guilty in January to charges of interfering with the duties of a flight crew and assault with a deadly weapon Assault with a Deadly Weapon is the term used to describe the act of threatening to harm one or more people by using a weapon (usually a firearm). Here, assault must be differentiated from battery as they are often confused. Assault is threatening to use force. . Kasper told the judge he felt ``really bad'' about what happened on the Continental Airlines flight from Houston to Los Angeles on July 14, 1997. - 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. Pot grower pleads not guilty, cites 215 A man arrested last year in a rented Bel-Air mansion full of marijuana plants pleaded not guilty Monday to federal allegations that he and others plotted to grow massive amounts of pot to sell to cannabis clubs. Todd McCormick claims Proposition 215 gives him the right to grow marijuana to treat his chronic pain brought on by several bouts of cancer and other illnesses. He denies he intended to sell narcotics narcotics n. 1) techinically, drugs which dull the senses. 2) a popular generic term for drugs which cannot be legally possessed, sold, or transported except for medicinal uses for which a physician or dentist's prescription is required. to Cannabis Buyer's Clubs. - City News Service Man shot walking on Van Nuys Blvd. VAN NUYS - A 33-year-old Los Angeles man was shot multiple times while walking shortly after midnight Monday, officials said. The man, who police declined to identify, was shot about 12:15 a.m. in the 8700 block of Van Nuys Boulevard, said Los Angeles police Detective Harvey Serrena. The motive for the shooting was not immediately clear and police did not know if it was gang related, Serrena said. - Daily News LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. may restrict off-duty club jobs Citing the possibility of increased liability, LAPD Chief Bernard Parks is opposing the idea of allowing police officers to work off-duty, in uniform, providing security at nightclubs and theaters in Hollywood. Parks said in a report to be considered by the Police Commission today that the current policy requires his office to review and approve specific locations for uniformed, off-duty officers. - Daily News Chief set to discuss community concern The Los Angeles Police Commission has called a special public meeting for Aug. 20 at the Parker Center Auditorium to allow Police Chief Bernard Parks to address community concerns about his plan to transfer senior lead officers back to patrol duties. The lead officers have served as the LAPD's liaison to the community, including Neighborhood Watch groups, but Parks wants to have that role filled by police sergeants so he can transfer the leads back to patrol duties. - Daily News Park Service to ease permits for movies The National Park Service announced Monday that it will make it easier for the movie industry to film in the Santa Monica Mountains The Santa Monica Mountains are a low transverse range in southern California in the United States. Geography They run for approximately 40 mi (64 km) east-west from the Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles to Point Mugu in Ventura County. . The park's Web site is being expanded to allow location managers to download and complete applications for use of Park Service locations, said Art Eck, superintendent of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area: see National Parks and Monuments (table). . Sample location photos will be added to the site, along with other pictures that can be electronically mailed, Eck said. - City News Service |
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