BRIEFLY : LAPD GROWTH HITS BUDGET ROADBLOCK.The city's budget problems may force the 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 . to scale back its buildup next year, Chief Bernard C. Parks Bernard Parks (born December 7, 1943 in Beaumont, Texas) is a member of the Los Angeles City Council, representing the 8th District in South Los Angeles and former Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department.Parks attended Los Angeles City College, received his B.S. said Wednesday. Parks said the mayor's request to trim next year's budget proposal by $10 million may require the chief to hold off filling 50 vacant positions, saving $3.5 million. Under the new proposal, the police force would be 9,700 strong. Parks had asked for 9,750. - Daily News Councilman faces diaphragm surgery Councilman Richard Alatorre Richard Alatorre is a politician, and a member of the Democratic Party. Alatorre has served as a member of the Los Angeles City Council. He was the first Latino to serve on the council in 23 years. announced Wednesday that he will be undergoing surgery this week for a ruptured diaphragm which has caused problems to his esophagus and stomach. ``We are all human, and this is just a fact of life that I have to take care of before it gets worse,'' Alatorre said. ``I feel confident that my surgery will go well.'' Alatorre is scheduled to undergo his operation Friday. He is expected to be hospitalized for one week and to need a month to recuperate re·cu·per·ate v. To return to health or strength; recover. . - Daily News Hospital stays open on backup power An additional power source that can be used in the event of power failure. See UPS and backup.  A Half Minute of Backup This roomful of lead acid batteries stands ready to drain itself entirely in less than a minute. WEST HILLS - Columbia West Hills Medical Center told emergency crews Wednesday to reroute patients to other hospitals after the medical center lost its electricity and was forced to use backup power, officials said. ``It was a little bit of an explosion and then there was a lot of smoke,'' Lori Kapper, a hospital spokeswoman, said of the outage. Kapper said the emergency power kicked in almost immediately after the eight-hour outage started at 11:30 a.m., and few patients had to be rerouted. None on foot was turned away. Officials said a problem occurred at a main transformer vault that connects to the hospital's main panel, located next to the hospital in the 7300 block of Medical Center Drive. There were no injuries or evacuations, Kapper said, but the backup power was turned off in low-priority areas not used by patients, such as administrative offices. ``Patients and families were safe the whole time. There was never any danger,'' Kapper said. - Daily News Professor at Pierce wins state award Richard Follett, a Pierce College In 2006 the Library won a national Excellence award. Academics Pierce College offers associate's degrees, mainly in the arts and sciences. There are also certificate programs in early childhood education, social services, dental hygienist, and others. English professor, was recently awarded the 1998 Hayward Award for Excellence in Education by the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges. The Van Nuys resident was among four community college educators to earn the state honor. He was the only winner from the 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. . For his work, Follett received a plaque and $1,250 cash award. Follett began teaching at Woodland Hills-based Pierce in 1984, and has been active on numerous campus committees and governing boards. He has also sponsored student clubs. Before teaching at Pierce, he taught English at Granada High School Granada High School can refer to several different schools:
- Daily News Probation agency sued over the deaf A civil rights group sued Los Angeles County on Wednesday, claiming the probation department discriminates against deaf minors in its custody by relegating them to virtual solitary confinement solitary confinement n. the placement of a prisoner in a Federal or state prison in a cell away from other prisoners, usually as a form of internal penal discipline, but occasionally to protect the convict from other prisoners or to prevent the prisoner from causing . The Center for Law in the Public Interest filed an Americans with Disabilities Act Americans with Disabilities Act, U.S. civil-rights law, enacted 1990, that forbids discrimination of various sorts against persons with physical or mental handicaps. complaint on behalf of the Greater Los Angeles Council on Deafness. A spokesman for the county Probation Department and Probation Commission did not return phone calls seeking comment. According to the complaint, the probation department excludes deaf youths from rehabilitation programs routinely provided for other youths in custody, prevents deaf youths from participating in educational programs in juvenile hall, subjects deaf youths to medical treatments without their understanding or consent, and needlessly spends thousands of dollars sending deaf youths to out-of-state programs that do no comply with federal civil rights law. - City News Service |
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