BRIEFLY : FALLEN LYNWOOD DEPUTY LAID TO REST.DIAMOND BAR - Emergency lights flashing on their vehicles, thousands of deputies and officers from across the state gathered Wednesday for the funeral of 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. lawman killed on duty. Family members and colleagues remembered Deputy Michael Hoenig - who worked in the Lynwood area - as a generous, friendly man who died a hero. The 32-year-old deputy was shot about 1:15 a.m. Oct. 30 by a man on a bicycle who used a handgun to fire through the window of the patrol car after Hoenig tried to pull him over for riding erratically. Deputies have arrested Enrique Parra Duenas, 25, in connection with the shooting. ?13- 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. Head of transit agency appointed Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. resident Tom Conner was appointed Wednesday as head of the Los Angeles Transportation Department. The Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. voted unanimously Wednesday to confirm
his appointment by Mayor Richard Riordan Richard J. Riordan (born May 1, 1930) is a Republican politician from California, U.S. who served as the California Secretary of Education from 2003–2005 and as Mayor of Los Angeles from 1993–2001. Riordan ran for Governor of California unsuccessfully in 2002. .
``He's respected by the people in his department and the members of this council,'' 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 during the confirmation hearing Wednesday. Conner, 54, has worked for the city for 30 years. ?13- Daily News Lengthy water slide proposed for park City officials are proposing to install a water slide in Hubert H. Humphrey Memorial Park as part of an effort to provide more recreational facilities for an area that has been plagued by gang violence. The city Recreation and Parks Department has proposed to apply for a competitive grant from Proposition K funds to install a 150-foot-long water slide in the Hubert Humphrey Hubert Horatio Humphrey, Jr. (May 27, 1911 – January 13, 1978) was the thirty-eighth Vice President of the United States, serving under President Lyndon Johnson. Humphrey twice served as a United States Senator from Minnesota, and served as Democratic Majority Whip. Aquatic Facility. ?13- Daily News Commission rejects mural at graffiti pit A divided Recreation and Parks Commission board on Wednesday rejected a proposed Venice graffiti pit mural painted by an Eagle Rock artist, because the majority was uncomfortable with the image of a pig chasing a family of illegal immigrants. ``This is not a story that I want to tell in my park,'' said commission President Steve Soboroff Steve Soboroff (born August 31, 1948) is a real estate developer and president of Playa Vista. Mr. Soboroff is the Chairperson of the Leavey Center for the Study of Los Angeles at Loyola Marymount University. . He was one of four panelists who voted to disallow To exclude; reject; deny the force or validity of. The term disallow is applied to such things as an insurance company's refusal to pay a claim. the painting of the sketch by Richard Taylor, 22, of Eagle Rock. Taylor said he was disappointed with the panel's decision. He said the mural was meant to ridicule authority figures. ?13- City News Service Girl, 2, survives 2-story plunge VAN NUYS - A 30-month-old girl who fell from a second-story window in Van Nuys on Wednesday was in good condition when admitted to Childrens Hospital Los Angeles for observation, a spokesman said. The child fell in the 12500 block of Vanowen Street about 2:45 p.m., said city Fire Department spokesman Bob Collis. Hospital spokesman Steve Rutledge said the girl suffered a couple of cuts on her head and likely will be released today. ?13- City News Service Alarcon wants tracks fenced off Concerned that two Upland children were recently killed by a train, City Councilman Richard Alarcon called Wednesday for the city Transportation Department to identify stretches of the Metrolink system in Los Angeles that are in most need of fences to keep pedestrians off tracks. ?13- Daily News |
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