BRIEFLY : DETENTION CENTER INMATE RECAPTURED.SAUGUS - An inmate who escaped by walking away from a work crew filling sandbags sandbags small sacks containing sand used to support an anesthetized animal in dorsal recumbency and prevent it from rolling sideways during anesthesia or surgery. near a county jail was captured Saturday by a sheriff's detective, a spokeswoman said. David Slager, 23, was arrested about 5:20 p.m. on Parker Road near 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 Saugus by a special-investigations detective, sheriff's Deputy Angie Prewett said. Slager, part of a work crew at the Peter J. Pitchess Detention Center's south facility, took advantage of the chance to slip away at about 2 p.m. Friday, she said. ?13- City News Service Pacoima unity walk held despite storms The Pacoima Community Youth Culture Center held its Legacy and Unity Walk despite stormy weather that forced some changes in the festivities fes·tiv·i·ty n. pl. fes·tiv·i·ties 1. A joyous feast, holiday, or celebration; a festival. 2. The pleasure, joy, and gaiety of a festival or celebration. 3. Saturday. The walk was scheduled to begin at Hubert H. Humphrey Park and end at Hansen Dam Hansen Dam in Los Angeles County, California was built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District in 1939 and 1940. The project is located near the northern edge of the San Fernando Valley on Tujunga Wash, about one mile below the confluence of the Big Tujunga Wash , but instead it stopped at David Gonzales Park, said the Rev. Zedar E. Broadous, a spokesman for the center's 20th anniversary celebration. ``They modified everything because of the weather,'' Broadous said, but dancers, singers and speakers just held the community fair at the other park. Awards were given to three Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . officers and community leaders who
have put extraordinary effort into improving the community.
``It was a unity march to show the unity that Pacoima Community Youth Culture Center has brought to this community for the last 20 years,'' Broadous said. ?13- Daily News L.A. AIDS projects get private grants The Bienestar Latino Aids Project has been awarded a $5,000 grant stemming from a fund-raising event organized by the Foundation for Educational Research, a nonprofit organization Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. staffed by volunteers. It was the second consecutive year that the project has received a grant from the event that the foundation calls Labor Day L.A. The Bienestar program, based in North Hollywood, was one of 36 AIDS organizations whose grants were announced in a ceremony Friday at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood. Bienestar will use the grant to fund its newly opened La Casa center for gay Latino youths in East Los Angeles East Los Angeles, uninc. city (1990 pop. 126,379), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a residential suburb of Los Angeles, in an industrial area. It has a large Mexican-American population. There is a performing arts center and a cultural center. A junior college is there. . |
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