BRIEFLY : HEARING TO ADDRESS PLANNED COLLEGE TAX.VAN NUYS - Los Angeles Community College District The Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) is the community college district serving Los Angeles, California and some of its neighboring cities. In addition to typical college aged students, the LACCD also serves adults of all ages. trustees tonight will hear what the public thinks of a $12-per-home assessment aimed at paying for improvements at Valley, Mission, Pierce and six other campuses. College officials say the assessment is necessary to offset the decline in funding to community colleges. The three Valley colleges have developed wish lists that include new gymnasiums, bigger swimming pools, more threes and better lighting. The trustees are scheduled to hold a public hearing on the levy at 7 p.m. at Valley College, 5800 Fulton Ave., in Van Nuys. The hearing will be held in Monarch Hall. SOURCE: Daily News Woman dies after being struck by car GLENDALE - An elderly woman who stumbled on a parking garage driveway was run over and fatally injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. Tuesday, police said. Betha Davis, 89, died shortly afterward at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center (also known as County USC) is an 800-bed teaching hospital located in East Los Angeles in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. , said Sgt. Bill Halvorsen of the Glendale Police Department. The woman had fallen on Broadway, just west of Brand Boulevard, where the sidewalk A Microsoft service that was launched in 1997 to provide online arts and entertainment guides on the Web for major cities worldwide. In 1999, Microsoft sold Sidewalk to Ticketmaster, which continued to provide guides, ticketing and other information to the MSN network. crosses the driveway. A compact car struck her about 5:45 p.m., Halvorsen said. ``A car coming up and over that driveway ran over her. There's just a little bit of an upgrade,'' Halvorsen said. The driver's name was unavailable. The incident is under investigation. SOURCE: - Daily News Man shot in parking confrontation dies A man shot three weeks ago in a dispute over a parking space died Tuesday, elevating an assault case against the suspect to murder, authorities said. Stacy Foster, 30, was shot repeatedly May 6 after what authorities believe was a dispute with London Lee Washington over a parking space in a Sepulveda Boulevard apartment complex. Washington, 19, was scheduled to appear today for a preliminary hearing on charges of assault with a deadly weapon Assault with a Deadly Weapon is the term used to describe the act of threatening to harm one or more people by using a weapon (usually a firearm). Here, assault must be differentiated from battery as they are often confused. Assault is threatening to use force. . But a murder charge is expected to be filed today in the case, officials said. Deputy District Attorney Ron Smalstig said that Foster drove up and found the space for his apartment taken by someone else and yelled at Washington about parking there. Washington moved his car, and Foster parked his car in the space. When Foster returned to the car hours later, Washington allegedly opened fire, Smalstig said. SOURCE: - Daily News City offers reward in attack on girl The Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. voted Tuesday to offer a $25,000
reward for information leading to the conviction of the person who
sexually assaulted an 11-year-old girl who was walking to school in the
north San Fernando Valley San Fernando ValleyValley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. . Councilman Richard Alarcon said police need help in finding the attacker, who struck May 23 in the 15000 block of Parthenia Street and may be a serial molester mo·lest tr.v. mo·lest·ed, mo·lest·ing, mo·lests 1. To disturb, interfere with, or annoy. 2. To subject to unwanted or improper sexual activity. . SOURCE: - Daily News Teens found guilty in stabbing death MALIBU - Four teen-agers face life in prison without parole after a Malibu Superior Court jury Tuesday found each guilty of first-degree murder in the stabbing death of an Agoura Hills youth a year ago. Returning after the Memorial Day weekend for a sixth day of deliberations, the panel convicted each defendant in the stabbing death of James P. Farris III. The jury found Farris was stabbed May 22, 1995, during an attempt by the defendants to steal marijuana from his friend Michael McLoren's backyard fort - an offense carrying a minimum sentence of life without the possibility of parole, attorneys said. Convicted of murder were Jason Holland For the Jason Holland convicted of killing Jimmy Farris in 1995, see . Jason Holland (born April 30, 1976, in Morinville, Alberta, Canada) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenseman. , 19, of Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. ; his brother Micah Holland, 16; Brandon Hein, 19, of Oak Park; and Tony Miliotti, 18 of Westlake Village. They face sentencing on July 15. SOURCE: - Daily News Civilian may head LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. criminal lab The Police Commission voted Tuesday to order a review of putting a civilian scientist in charge of the LAPD's Crime Lab, which was attacked by O.J. Simpson's attorneys as a ``cesspool cesspool: see septic tank. of contamination.'' As part of an effort to restore the lab's reputation, the commission agreed as an interim measure to leave the Scientific Investigation Division in the hands of a police captain, but asked that a study be conducted looking into the feasibility of having a civilian take over. SOURCE: - Daily News |
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