BRIEFLY : MEDFLY DISCOVERY PROMPTS OFFENSIVE.Mediterranean fruit flies Mediterranean fruit fly: see fruit fly. Mediterranean fruit fly or Med fly Fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata) proven to be particularly destructive to citrus crops, at great economic cost. were discovered in 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 in recent days and an aggressive eradication effort has begun, agricultural authorities said Monday. The flies, two mated females and three unmated females, were found within a 1-square-mile area of Walnut Park between Friday and Sunday, the Cooperative Medfly Project said. The last previous Medfly detection in California was a single fly found in Burbank in June 1996. The Medfly, which is not indigenous to California, attacks more than 250 kinds fruits, nuts and vegetables, threatening the state's $24.5 billion agricultural industry. ?13Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Valley comes first in crash reports A pilot program that provides 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. residents with priority in getting copies of traffic crash reports has resulted in long delays for other residents, officials conceded Monday. About 3,000 people who paid around $13 each last year received crash reports from the Valley Traffic Division in about a week, under a pilot program also operating in Central Bureau to see if reports can be expedited. However, giving those reports priority has resulted in delays of up to 12 weeks in providing copies of reports to residents seeking them in other police divisions, 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. Cmdr. Rick Dinse. ?13- Daily News Lawyer gets jail for tax delinquency A Glendale attorney with a personal injury law practice on West Olympic Boulevard Olympic Boulevard may mean:
Adelaida Reyes, 64, pleaded guilty in March to one count of income tax evasion The process whereby a person, through commission of Fraud, unlawfully pays less tax than the law mandates. Tax evasion is a criminal offense under federal and state statutes. A person who is convicted is subject to a prison sentence, a fine, or both. for 1990. Then she resigned from the State Bar of California, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Alka Sagar Sagar (sä`gər), city (1991 pop. 257,119), Madhya Pradesh state, central India. Sagar is a regional market for wheat, cotton, and oilseed. Such industries as sawmilling, oil, and flour milling are important. . Reyes initially was charged with failing to report more than $2.5 million in income from her law office from 1989 through 1992. The lawyer ended up owing more than $700,000 in back taxes, Sager said. The judge ordered Reyes to file and pay taxes on the years in question. ?13- City News Service Local teen on trial in Missouri slaying A 16-year-old Granada Hills boy faces life in prison with no chance of parole if convicted in Missouri of killing a classmate at a Baptist boarding school for troubled youths there. Jury selection was completed Monday afternoon in the first-degree murder trial of Joseph Stanley Burris, 16, of Granada Hills. He is the second teen to stand trial in the death of William A. Futrelle II, 16, of Boca Raton Boca Raton (bō`kə rətōn`), city (1990 pop. 61,492), Palm Beach co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic; inc. 1925. Boca Raton is a popular resort and retirement community that experienced significant industrial development in the 1970s and 80s. , Fla. Anthony Gene Rutherford, 19, Siloam Springs, Ark., was convicted in a bench trial in May and sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole. Burris, who was 15 at the time of the killing, has been certified to stand trial as an adult. ?13- Associated Press 6 inmates injured in brief jail scuffle Six men suffered minor injuries Monday before deputies quickly broke up a fight involving 47 inmates in the downtown county jail, a sheriff's department spokeswoman said. The fight broke out about noon in the walkway walkway Rehabilitation medicine An instrument used to measure the timing of foot contact and or position of the foot on the ground in front of the cells in the Los Angeles County Men's Central Jail, said Deputy Benita Nichol. The fight lasted about two minutes and was stopped upon the deputies' commands, she said, adding that no shots were fired. The injured men were treated at the jail clinic, she said, and officials are investigating the cause of the fight. ?13City News Service |
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