BRIEFLY : HEALTH OFFICIAL PUT ON LEAVE IN PROBE.Los Angles County's top epidemiologist was put on 30-day administrative leave after investigators reported he improperly committed the health department's resources to a program designed to recruit volunteers for a federal HIV vaccine HIV vaccine AIDS As of mid-2005, there is no viable anti-HIV vaccine. See AIDS. study. In a report to the Board of Supervisors, Health Services health services Managed care The benefits covered under a health contract Department investigators said that Dr. Peter Kerndt did not request the required approval to conduct the federally funded project. ``It appears that Dr. Kerndt has misrepresented and misled community representatives, elected officials, department management and the federal government,'' the report said. ``Of particular concern is that the information provided to the community appears to have lacked complete disclosure of the fact that the vaccine could include components of the HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. virus.'' - 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. Developers close deal on Hope lands AGOURA HILLS - The Ahmanson Ranch development officially cleared a major hurdle Friday by closing a deal to buy two properties from entertainer Bob Hope. Ahmanson spokeswoman Mary Trigg said transfer of titles were recorded in 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. and Ventura counties since portions of the ranches lie in each jurisdiction. ``The deal did record and so it's final,'' she said. Ahmanson developers were required to buy the land, worth an estimated $30 million, and set it aside as open space. - Daily News 6th man convicted in El Monte El Monte (ĕl mŏn`tē), city (1990 pop. 106,209), Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1912. A residential, industrial, and commercial city in the San Gabriel Valley, El Monte manufactures furniture, electronic equipment, semiconductors, killings A sixth reputed Mexican Mafia The "Mexican Mafia" (MM) or "La eMe" (eMe) is a Mexican-American criminal prison gang in the United States. History It was formed in the late 1950s by Chicano street gang members incarcerated at the Deuel Vocational Institution, a youthful offender facility located in member was convicted of the execution-style slayings of five people, including two children, in an El Monte home in 1995. Luis Maciel, 28, could be sentenced to death when the penalty phase of his trial begins Monday. Prosecutors said Maciel recruited street gang members to kill Anthony Moreno, who died along with his sister, two of her children and a friend. Two men believed to be Mexican Mafia members were convicted in December and sentenced to death. A third man was sentenced to life in prison and two others were convicted as accomplices and sentenced to 129 years to life in prison. Associated Press |
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