BRIEFLY : EX-DEPUTY'S LAWSUIT SETTLED BY COUNTY.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:
Kathy Tinker contended that beginning in February 1994, a male deputy created a hostile work environment A hostile work environment exists when an employee experiences workplace harassment and fears going to work because of the offensive, intimidating, or oppressive atmosphere generated by the harasser. by making numerous crude and sexually suggestive remarks and saying women didn't belong in law enforcement. She also alleged that in October 1994 she was denied a transfer to the shooting range as a weapons instructor because she is a woman. Tinker left the department on stress leave in August 1995 and was granted a disability retirement in July 1996. - Daily News Charges filed after tot found in hot car A La Canada Flintridge man who allegedly left his 2-year-old son in a locked, parked car where the temperature exceeded 120 degrees was charged with child endangerment, the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office announced Tuesday. City attorney's spokesman Mike Qualls said his office filed two child-endangerment charges against Neil Arthur Jones, 51, who is scheduled to enter a plea Sept. 2 in Van Nuys Municipal Court. Jones is accused of leaving his son in the back seat of a vehicle in North Hollywood, outside the Home Depot store, Qualls said. - City News Service Second fire copter cop·ter n. Informal A helicopter. coming to airport Van Nuys Airport Van Nuys Airport (IATA: VNY, ICAO: KVNY, FAA LID: VNY) is a public airport located in Van Nuys, California in the San Fernando Valley, within the Los Angeles city limits. will be home to a second heavy-lift firefighting helicopter for the 1998 fire season, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors decided Tuesday. The board approved an exclusive lease with Oregon-based Erickson Air-Crane for the use of one of its firefighting helicopters, which can deliver more than 30,000 gallons of water or retardant per hour. - Daily News Man charged with slaying of spouse Murder and other charges were filed Tuesday in Los Angeles against a man accused of beating his estranged es·trange tr.v. es·tranged, es·trang·ing, es·trang·es 1. To make hostile, unsympathetic, or indifferent; alienate. 2. To remove from an accustomed place or set of associations. wife to death over the weekend and critically injuring her sheriff's deputy friend. Reuben Kenneth Lujan, 30, faces one count each of murder, attempted murder and stalking, according to the district attorney's complaint. He was brought to court Tuesday to enter a plea, but the proceeding was reset for Sept. 1. After a failed attempt to get a restraining order restraining order: see injunction. against her estranged spouse, Monica Lujan, 26, was killed early Sunday as she talked with Deputy Gilbert Madrigal madrigal, name for two different forms of Italian music, one related to the poetic madrigal in the 14th cent., the other the most common form of secular vocal music in the 16th cent. , 45, in front of his Norwalk home. - Associated Press |
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