BRIEFLY : FEE EXEMPTION OK'D FOR CONDO OWNERS.The Los Angeles City Council voted Friday to exempt owners of condominium units from paying a $13 brush clearance inspection fee. Instead, the homeowners' association at condominium complexes in the affected area will either pay a single $13 inspection fee covering all members or conduct its own inspection. - Daily News High school senior gets academic prize A Panorama City teen Friday became one of just 45 students nationwide to receive this year's Hispanic Heritage Awards. Mariela Sanchez, a senior at North Hollywood High School, was honored for her academic achievement. Sanchez, who hopes for a career in medicine, is taking six advanced placement courses this year and holds a 3.75 grade point average. - Daily News Teacher charged with touching teens LAKE VIEW TERRACE - A substitute teacher was charged Friday with molesting two 17-year-old boys at a drug-rehabilitation center, authorities said. Teri Roberts Franck Franck, family of painters: see Francken., 35, of Northridge, was charged with two counts of annoying or molesting a child under 18 and one count of indecent exposure, said Detective Corinne Malinka of the LAPD's Foothill Division. Franck is accused of inappropriately touching the boys in a classroom at the Phoenix Academy in Lake View Terrace, Malinka said. ``To a certain extent, (the boys) were consentual to the acts going on and I think that's why the DA's Office did not file it as felony sexual battery,'' said Deputy City Attorney David Knokey, of the San Fernando Valley office. - Daily News Found candy makes schoolchildren sick Thirty-four children became nauseated nau·se·at·ed (nô  z -  t Friday at the French American School after they ate gum and candy found in plastic containers tossed over the school fence, police said. The children, ages 6 to 11, were transported to area hospitals complaining of nausea and stomachaches stom·ach·ache (st  m k-k, said Jim Wells, spokesman for the Los Angeles City Fire Department. ``They don't appear to be in serious condition,'' said Steve Rutledge, spokesman for the Childrens Hospital Los Angeles. - Daily News Health care center ground is broken SAN FERNANDO - County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky and others broke ground Friday at the future site of the San Fernando Health Center, which will replace a facility damaged in the 1994 Northridge Earthquake. After the quake, medical staff provided care from a trailer. The new facility at 1212 Pico St., is expected to be completed by May 2000, Yaroslavsky said. - City News Service |
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