BRIEFLY : LAPD ARRESTS 10 AFTER INVESTIGATION.VAN NUYS - Ten people were arrested at an apartment Wednesday on suspicion of various drug-trafficking offenses after a monthlong undercover operation by Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . 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. officers, authorities said.
Officers from the LAPD's Narcotics Division Valley Bureau Unit arrested three women and seven men shortly before 6 p.m. at a small apartment where a music studio was also set up in the 7400 block of Kester Avenue, said Detective Ed Auerbach. Those arrested included suspected sellers and buyers of marijuana and cocaine, Auerbach said. Only small amounts of the drugs were seized, along with some drug paraphernalia drug paraphernalia Controlled paraphernalia Substance abuse As defined in a regulatory context, DP is a hypodermic syringe, needle, metal or plastic (snorting) tube, or other instrument or implement or combination adapted for the administration of controlled . - Daily News Kanan Dume Road to reopen Monday MALIBU - Kanan-Dume Road is scheduled to reopen at 11 a.m. Monday, some 18 months after it was closed due to slope failure and a landslide, officials said Wednesday. The roadway, an important link between the Ventura Freeway The Ventura Freeway is a freeway in southern California running from Ventura to Pasadena. It is the principal east-west route through Ventura County and in the southern San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County. and the Pacific Coast Highway Pacific Coast Highway may refer to:
They run for approximately 40 mi (64 km) east-west from the Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles to Point Mugu in Ventura County. or make much longer drives on roads further east and west of Kanan Dume. The landslide area has been a chronic problem for the city of Malibu. A repair job in February 1996 didn't hold and the road was closed with the discovery of an accelerating landslide. - Daily News L.A. votes to fight state on blowers The sharp divisions over the city's leaf blower A leaf blower is gardening tool that propels air out of a nozzle to move yard debris such as leaves. Leaf blowers are usually powered by two-stroke engine or an electric motor, but four-stroke engines were recently introduced to partially address air pollution concerns. law continued to draw debate Wednesday as the City Council narrowly voted to oppose state legislation that would block the city's ban on gasoline-powered blowers. With its 8-4 vote, the bare majority needed, the council put itself on record in opposing a measure by state Sen. Richard Polanco Richard G. Polanco, is a former California State Senate Majority leader and member of the California State Assembly. He is known for his significant efforts in increasing Latino representation in the California Legislature. , D-Los Angeles, that would have the state take over regulation of the machines. ``The essence of the Polanco bill is local preemption preemption U.S. policy that allowed the first settlers, or squatters, on public land to buy the land they had improved. Since improved land, coveted by speculators, was often priced too high for squatters to buy at auction, temporary preemptive laws allowed them to acquire against us and many other cities in the state,'' said Councilwoman Cindy Miscikowski, who has taken over pushing the ban from her predecessor, Marvin Braude. ``This bill would take our law away and give all power to the state.'' But Councilmen Mike Hernandez and Richard Alarcon said the city should consider supporting the measure, with some amendments. Alarcon said the city should support adoption of statewide standards as proposed in the measure, but it should be changed to allow Los Angeles or other cities to have their own local ordinances. - Daily News Council might ask county for dam aid Attempting to resolve delays and funding problems dogging the restoration of Hansen Dam, Councilman Richard Alarcon has proposed asking the Los Angeles County for $1.8 million in park funding to get the project back on track. In addition, Alarcon's proposal, which will be heard by the full City Council next week, would formalize an oversight committee that has been meeting on its own to keep tabs on the project. ``What we have to do is get this moving again,'' Alarcon said. ``We've had enough delays and overrun. Now it's time to get it done.'' - Daily News Minor earthquake hits Redlands REDLANDS - A moderate, magnitude-4.5 earthquake that shook a wide area of Southern California early Wednesday morning was so deep that it rattled little more than nerves. The quake, at 4:18 a.m., was centered 4 miles west-southwest of Redlands, according to Egill Hauksson, a seismologist seis·mol·o·gy n. The geophysical science of earthquakes and the mechanical properties of the earth. seis with the California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology, at Pasadena, Calif.; originally for men, became coeducational in 1970; founded 1891 as Throop Polytechnic Institute; called Throop College of Technology, 1913–20. in Pasadena. It struck at a depth of 10 miles, he said, which explains why people who felt the quake described a jolt rather than a rolling motion. - Associated Press Grocery manager asks for new trial VAN NUYS - A supermarket manager recently convicted of attacking a fellow employee requested a new trial Wednesday, forcing a delay in his sentencing, his attorney said. Charles Sheardown, a night manager at a Ralphs supermarket in Canoga Park, asked for a new trial on grounds he was wrongly convicted by a jury last week on misdemeanor counts 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. and battery causing great bodily injury. - Daily News |
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