BRIEFLY : MAN FATALLY SHOT BY LAPD OFFICER.CANOGA PARK - A 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. policeman shot and killed a 56-year-old Canoga Park man holding a metal rod and threatening to kill the police Tuesday, authorities said. Gustavo H. Woods was pronounced dead at a hospital shortly after the 2 a.m. shooting in the 6800 block of Shoup Avenue, only a few homes away from his house in the 22300 block of Vanowen Street, said Lt. Anthony Alba, a spokesman for 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 . .
Police were called out on reports that Woods was vandalizing cars. ``For about 15 minutes, the officers tried to calm him down and comply with his requests,'' Alba said. As the officers tried to detain de·tain tr.v. de·tained, de·tain·ing, de·tains 1. To keep from proceeding; delay or retard. 2. To keep in custody or temporary confinement: him, he raised a 10-inch long metal object over his head and advanced toward them, threatening to kill them, officials said. -Daily News Analysis will focus on Valley secession secession, in art secession, in art, any of several associations of progressive artists, especially those in Munich, Berlin, and Vienna, who withdrew from the established academic societies or exhibitions. A study of possible 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. cityhood and its effect on Los Angeles should not include other areas also looking at secession, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is the five member governing board of Los Angeles County, California. Members of the board of supervisors are elected by district, the current members as of April 2006 are:
In a unanimous vote, the board recommended that the agency overseeing the study - the Local Agency Formation Commission - should conduct a fiscal analysis focused solely on the Valley secession. Also, the board postponed for 30 days a separate vote on possible county funding to pay a portion of the study's cost because officials have not determined the study's scope and its expense. -Daily News City to start paying phone bills on time A Los Angeles city panel on Tuesday asked for more information on steps being taken to correct a problem that resulted in the city paying $500,000 in fees for failing to pay its telephone bills on time. At the same time, John Hwang, head of the Information Technology Agency, took responsibility for the problem and told the City Council's Budget and Finance Committee all bills would be paid on time from existing funds. An audit from city Controller Rick Tuttle Rick Tuttle (born 1940) was Los Angeles City Controller from 1985 to 2001. He stressed the importance of creating a strong democratic influence at UCLA, which was in his words "the best large public university in a major city. said the agency failed to properly analyze telephone bills to pay them on time and had been unable to develop a system to prevent improper use of city phones. -Daily News |
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