BRIEFLY : HIGH SCHOOL DEAN CHARGED IN ATTACK.SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, - A dean at Sylmar High School Sylmar High School is a public school in the northeast San Fernando Valley in the Sylmar district of Los Angeles, California. Established in the 1950s, it is part of the Los Angeles Unified School District, District 2, and serves more than 3,600 students in grades 9-12. was charged Friday with attempted murder In the criminal law, attempted murder is committed when the defendant does an act that is more than merely preparatory to the commission of the crime of murder and, at the time of these acts, the person has a specific intention to kill. after authorities said he held a gun to his wife's head and then fired a shot into the ceiling during a struggle in their home. Robert Moss Robert Moss is an Australian journalist and author. Moss was educated at the Australian National University where he gained a BA (1st class Hons.) and subsequently gained an MA. He edited The Economist's weekly Foreign Report in the early 1970s. , 57, pleaded not guilty in Newhall Municipal Court to charges of second-degree attempted murder and 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. stemming from a Wednesday evening dispute at the couple's Saugus home. Deputy District Attorney Mike Noyes said Moss had become involved in a heated argument with his wife when he pointed the gun at her head. The shot was fired during an ensuing struggle, but his wife wasn't injured, Noyes said. Moss, who later said he had been drinking, claimed to have deliberately fired the shot into the ceiling and not to harm his wife, said sheriff's Detective John Bomben. Moss was ordered held on $550,000 bail, and a preliminary hearing was scheduled for July 2. He was placed on compulsory leave at work pending resolution of the criminal case. SOURCE: - Daily News Hearing set in hunt for superintendent A citizens panel of the Los Angeles Unified School District The Los Angeles Unified School District (the "LAUSD") is the largest (in terms of number of students) public school system in California and the second-largest in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population. will hold a public hearing Tuesday in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, 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. to learn what qualities and skills parents and community leaders want to see in the next superintendent. The hearing is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. and will be held in the multipurpose mul·ti·pur·pose adj. Designed or used for several purposes: a multipurpose room; multipurpose software. multipurpose Adjective room at Monroe High School For other uses, see James Monroe High School. Monroe High School may refer to:
The Citizens Committee on Superintendent Selection was appointed earlier this month by the school board and has been asked to provide the board with public input on the type of criteria the district should use in selecting its new superintendent. The group will also recommend to the board whether it should search locally or nationally for Superintendent Sid Thompson's successor. Thompson announced last month that he plans to retire at the end of next school year. SOURCE: - Daily News Probation officer probation officer n. 1. An official usually attached to a juvenile court and charged with the care of juvenile delinquents. 2. An official charged with supervising convicts at large on suspended sentence or probation. held in sex attack SANTA MONICA - Police arrested a probation officer at a camp for juvenile offenders near Malibu on suspicion of sexual assault. Ernest Pettway is charged with kidnapping and assault in the November 1995 attack on a 55-year-old female jogger in Santa Monica. Officials told Pettway's fellow workers at Camp David Gonzalez, one of the state probation department's 19 Los Angeles County facilities, that he would be arrested at work, but would not say when, to retain an element of surprise, said camp director Ruel Mizrachi. ``We were not in the dark about the entire affair, but we did not know that they were coming on Monday morning,'' Mizrachi said. Pettway, 37, of Pasadena was jailed in lieu of $1.5 million bail. SOURCE: - Associated Press Parks will provide free lunches to kids The Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks announced Friday it will provide free lunches for young people at 99 city parks and recreation centers for most of the summer, starting next month. The federal lunch program, sponsored by the Department of Agriculture, will provide nutritionally balanced meals through Aug. 23 for those up to 18 years old. In the San Fernando Valley, participating parks include: Branford Park at 13310 Branford St.; Fernangeles Park at 8851 Laurel Canyon Blvd.; Robert Jessup Memorial Park at 12467 W. Osborne St.; North Hollywood Park at 11430 Chandler Blvd.; David Gonzales Memorial Park at 10943 Herrick Ave.; Ritchie Valens-Paxton Park at 10731 Laurel Canyon Blvd.; and Lanark Park at 21816 Lanark St. For more information, call (213) 485-5555. SOURCE: - City News Service Los Feliz shooting kills 1, injures 1 LOS FELIZ - A shooting in Los Feliz on Friday left a 20-year-old man dead and a 25-year-old man critically wounded, a Los Angeles Fire Department The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), also known as the Los Angeles City Fire Department to distinguish it from the Los Angeles County Fire Department. It is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Los Angeles. spokesman said. The shooting occurred about 6:15 p.m. in the 1800 block of North Kingsley Drive, Bob Collis said. One man died at the scene, Collis said. The surviving victim was taken to Queen of Angels-Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center. SOURCE: - City News Service Council will meet on Sylmar campus For the second time in a year, the Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. will hold its regular meeting in the San Fernando Valley - this time at Mission College in Sylmar, the council decided this week. Councilman Richard Alarcon said the meeting at 10 a.m. July 16 in the Campus Center Building will give his Northeast Valley constituents a close-up view of their council. And to his colleagues, he added, ``It will give you a view of the Sylmar community at Mission College.'' The campus center address is 13356 Eldridge Ave., Sylmar. SOURCE: - Daily News Boy, 14, arrested in student shooting CANOGA PARK - Police arrested a 14-year-old boy Friday in connection with a suspected gang-related shooting Thursday that injured a Kennedy High School student, Los Angeles police Sgt. Dennis Feeley said. Witnesses told police the boy fired the shot that hit a 16-year-old boy in the neck at 1:30 p.m. Thursday on Simonds Street in Granada Hills, said Feeley of the Los Angeles Police Department's Devonshire Division. Officers from the LAPD's anti-gang unit - Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums, usually known as CRASH, was a special unit of the Los Angeles Police Department established in the early 1970s to combat the rising problem of gangs in Los Angeles, California. - arrested the 14-year-old suspect at 8 p.m. at his home in the 20400 block of Acre Street in Canoga Park. Officers also retrieved a .22-caliber handgun believed used in the shooting, Feeley said. The boy was being held at Sylmar Juvenile Hall on suspicion of attempted murder. The unidentified victim was treated for the minor wound Thursday and released from Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge Hospital Medical Center is a hospital in the Northridge town of Los Angeles, California, USA. It is currently operated by Catholic Healthcare West. History The hospital was founded in 1955 by Dr. . SOURCE: - Daily News |
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