BRIEFLY : FORMER BOARD HEAD GETS CONSULTING JOB.The 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. Public Works public works pl.n. Construction projects, such as highways or dams, financed by public funds and constructed by a government for the benefit or use of the general public. Noun 1. Board voted Wednesday to approve a $26,400 consulting contract with former board President J.P. Ellman, who was not reappointed to the board last month 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. . Ellman will be paid $60 an hour to advise the board through Oct. 31 on development of strategic plans for the Public Works Department Many governments worldwide have had departments or ministries referred to as the Public Works Department either formally or informally. In Australia: - New South Wales -
The contract has been criticized by some City Hall observers as another ``golden parachute golden parachute, a contract given to top executives of a corporation to provide benefits in case of job loss due to a takeover by another firm or a merger. The unusually generous benefits may include substantial severance pay, a one-time bonus payment when .'' ?13- Daily News Man shoots himself at Northridge range A 39-year-old West Hills man fired a fatal bullet into his head Wednesday afternoon at a Northridge shooting range, police said. The man, whose identity had not been disclosed, walked into the Firing Line Indoor Shooting Range, 18348 Eddy Street, around 2:15 p.m., and rented a handgun for target practice, police said. ``He was in on the firing line,'' said Sgt. Kirk Wilder of the Los Angeles Police Department's Devonshire Division, ``then all of a sudden he shot himself in the head.'' ``No doubt, it was a suicide,'' Wilder said. ?13- Daily News Group says agency had role in death Environmentalists accused state regulators Wednesday of contributing to the death of a Toluca Lake woman by keeping under wraps a 1996 study that found gas from a fumigated building can drift through pipes to a neighboring home. A coalition of anti-pesticide groups claimed that had the Department of Pesticide Regulation's findings been made public, precautions could have been taken that might have prevented the death in March of Sandra Mero, 36. Mero collapsed during the fumigation fumigation: see disinfectant. of a building connected to her rented home by several old pipes. But department officials rejected the groups' charges, noting that regulations already require fumigators to seal all openings before using pesticides. ?13- Daily News King serving 90-day term in hit-and-run Rodney King is serving out a 90-day sentence at the Men's Central Jail, after he was convicted of misdemeanor hit-and-run involving his ex-wife, Crystal, authorities said Wednesday. King, who gained worldwide attention from a 1991 videotaped beating by Los Angeles police officers, turned himself in to the Inmate Reception Center on Aug. 4, said Deputy Angie Prewett of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department This article is about the Los Angeles County Sherriff's Department, not to be confused with the smaller Los Angeles County Police The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) is a local law enforcement agency that serves Los Angeles County, California. . According to prosecutors, King tried to force 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 from their car during a July 1995 argument. Prosecutors argued that she suffered injuries to her head and arm when she resisted. ?13- Daily News |
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