BRIEFLY : OFFICER SUES ACTOR OVER ARREST BATTLE.SANTA MONICA Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. - A 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 . officer has filed a lawsuit against Christian Slater Christian Slater (born August 18, 1969) is an American actor. BiographyEarly life Slater was born Christian Michael Leonard Hawkins in New York, New York, the son of Mary Jo Slater, a casting executive, and Michael Hawkins, an actor who was also known as , claiming he was injured in a struggle with the actor during an arrest. Slater was arrested Aug. 11 after police were called to a posh Wilshire Boulevard Wilshire Boulevard is one of the principal east-west arterial roads in Los Angeles, California, United States. It was named for H. Gaylord Wilshire (1861-1927), an Ohio native who made and lost fortunes in real estate, farming, and gold mining. condominium where a fight broke out. Slater battled so furiously with officers that they used a control hold to knock him out so he could be handcuffed, 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. police. Officer Julio Flores Flores, town, Guatemala Flores (flōrəs), town (1990 est. pop. 2,200), capital of Petén department, N Guatemala. Flores was built on an island in the southern part of Lake Petén Itzá and on the site of the said he was hospitalized and unable to work for a time because of his injuries, according to the complaint filed by his lawyer. ?13- Associated 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. Boomers' kids may boost crash rate As the children of baby boomers See generation X. reach driving age, Californians can expect to see a boom in traffic accidents, officials said. The number of teen drivers - the most accident-prone driving group - is expected to increase by one-third over the next decade, according to a study released by the California Office of Traffic Safety. ?13- Associated Press Fake bomb causes traffic disruptions NORTH HILLS - California Highway Patrol officers closed the northbound and southbound off-ramps at Roscoe Boulevard on the San Diego Freeway The San Diego Freeway (Interstate 405, and the part of Interstate 5 south of the El Toro Y[1]) is one of the principal north-south highways in Southern California, and the major beltway of I-5 running through Southern California. after a device feared to be explosive was found Thursday, authorities said. The device, which was later declared safe by a Los Angeles Police Department bomb squad, was at the northeast corner of Roscoe Boulevard and Orion Street, authorities said in a news release. The device was found at about 12:30 p.m. Authorities closed off the surrounding area at 1:20 p.m. Soon northbound traffic on the San Diego Freeway was also stopped at Saticoy Street. After the device was found to be safe, the freeway and off-ramps were reopened at 2:08 p.m. Earlier, there was a 5-1/2-hour shutdown of the San Diego Freeway in the Torrance area when power lines were snagged by a construction crane boom. ?13- Daily News Unasked un·asked adj. 1. Not asked: Several unasked questions remain. 2. Not invited: Unasked guests arrived at the party. 3. extension given on water bills SAN FERNANDO - San Fernando's city attorney Thursday released a report concluding that City Councilwoman Joanne Baltierrez received preferential treatment from the city in multiple extensions on overdue water bills. City Attorney Arnoldo Beltran also found that Baltierrez had not asked for the extensions. Using an unwritten policy that predates his tenure, Finance Director Steve Klotzsche exercised more discretion regarding delinquent accounts than is authorized by the city code, according to the report. Beltran recommended the City Council instruct Klotzsche not to grant extensions to council members or city employees, except as provided in the ordinance, and give the staff directions on how to apply the billing procedures of the city's water rate ordinance. ?13- Daily News Quake-safety work set for freeway Portions of the Ventura Freeway will be closed from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. for earthquake retrofitting, a Caltrans spokeswoman said. The work will continue until Dec. 14. The purpose of the closures is for work including installation of cable and pipe restrainers, spokeswoman Judy Reynolds said. The first and second lanes, as well as the car-pool lane on the eastbound side of the freeway, will be closed from Patrician Way to Fair Oaks Avenue in the Eagle Rock-Pasadena area, she said. The same three lanes will be closed on the westbound side, from Lake Avenue on the Foothill Freeway to Patrician Way, Reynolds said. |
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