BRIEFLY : L.A. COUNTY UNION FIRES GENERAL MANAGER, ASSISTANT.Gilbert Cedillo, general manager of 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. County's largest union local, was fired Sunday over what the union's board said were differences over priorities and organizing tactics. The board of Local 660 of the Service Employees International Union fired Cedillo on a 23-3 vote Sunday night Sunday Night, later named Michelob Presents Night Music, was an NBC late-night television show which aired for two seasons between 1988 and 1990 as a showcase for jazz and eclectic musical artists. . In a statement, the board said it took the action after Cedillo's ``relations with the union's 32-member elected board of directors had deteriorated to an untenable level.'' The board also fired Cedillo's assistant, Dan Savage Daniel Keenan Savage (born October 7, 1964[1] near Chicago, Illinois, United States) is an openly gay American sex advice columnist, author, media pundit, journalist, and newspaper editor. . Local President Alejandro Stephens did not return calls, but communications director Steve Weingarten said Annelle Grajeda, the assistant general manager, would run the organization until a permanent replacement is named. SOURCE: Daily News Smile patient leaves hospital WOODLAND HILLS - A 7-year-old Palmdale girl who is hoping to smile by her 8th birthday in June was released from the hospital Monday, after undergoing a second surgery last week to help her grin. Chelsey Thomas left Kaiser Permanente Kaiser Permanente is an integrated managed care organization, based in Oakland, California, founded in 1945 by industrialist Henry J. Kaiser and physician Sidney R. Garfield. Medical Center at noon Monday, six days after her second surgery to correct a birth defect birth defect Genetic or trauma-induced abnormality present at birth. A more restrictive term than congenital disorder, it covers abnormalities that arise during the formation of an embryo's organs and tissues and does not include those caused by diseases (e.g. that prevents her from smiling. The first operation on the left side of the girl's face was done in December and was successful, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Linda Quon, a Kaiser spokeswoman. SOURCE: Daily News Man gets jail term for souvenir fraud An ex-secret service agent who protected former President Reagan was sentenced Monday in Los Angeles to 16 months in jail for selling baseballs and other souvenirs with fake presidential autographs. Randolph Espinosa had pleaded guilty to charges he sold bogus signatures of Presidents Reagan, Bush and Kennedy and former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy. Espinosa, who was assigned to Reagan for 13 years, admitted selling nearly 300 baseballs with Reagan's signature. Some were forged, but some were signed by Reagan as he sat by the pool at his Rancho del Cielo Rancho del Cielo, or "Ranch of the Sky," is a 688 acre (2.8 km²) ranch located in the hills northwest of Santa Barbara, California. It served as a vacation home for the late President Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan. near Santa Barbara, Espinosa said. The scam unraveled when a collector noticed that Jacqueline Kennedy's ``signature'' was misspelled on a baseball, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Marc Harris. SOURCE: - Associated Press Child pornography Child pornography is the visual representation of minors under the age of 18 engaged in sexual activity or the visual representation of minors engaging in lewd or erotic behavior designed to arouse the viewer's sexual interest. suspect sentenced A Studio City man was sentenced Monday to a year in county jail in a case that changed directions after Los Angeles police discovered child pornography at his apartment during an unrelated narcotics narcotics n. 1) techinically, drugs which dull the senses. 2) a popular generic term for drugs which cannot be legally possessed, sold, or transported except for medicinal uses for which a physician or dentist's prescription is required. investigation. Edward Goldstein was sentenced to the maximum term after he entered a no contest plea in Los Angeles Municipal Court to one count of possessing materials that feature children under the age of 14 engaged in sexual conduct. SOURCE: - City News Service Radio station reporter slain A reporter for radio station KPFK-FM (90.7) in Studio City was killed execution-style in South Los Angeles South Los Angeles is the official name for a large geographic and cultural area lying to the southwest and southeast of downtown Los Angeles, California. The area was formerly called South Central Los Angeles, and is still sometimes called South Central. , Los Angeles police said Monday. The body of Michael Anthony Taylor, 45, was found April 23 in a dirt lot behind 6820 S. Victoria Ave. Some residents in the area reported the sound of shots being fired at 1:35 a.m., said homicide Detective Steve Watson of the Los Angeles Police Department's South Bureau. ``His hands were bound and he was found shot to death,'' Watson said. Taylor lived in South Central Los Angeles, had worked at the public radio station for several years and often had reported on local street gangs. 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