BRIEFLY : OFFICIALS IDENTIFY MAN FATALLY SHOT AT UCLA.A man killed by a gunman in a failed robbery attempt at the University of California, Los Angeles UCLA comprises the College of Letters and Science (the primary undergraduate college), seven professional schools, and five professional Health Science schools. Since 2001, UCLA has enrolled over 33,000 total students, and that number is steadily rising. , was identified Monday as a campus employee named Kevin Jeske, officials said Monday. Jeske, 37, was gunned down Sunday night while delivering receipts from an event at the Wadsworth Theater and later died at UCLA Medical Center UCLA Medical Center is a hospital located on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California. It is rated as one of the top three hospitals in the United States and is the top hospital on the West Coast according to US News & World Report. , said university spokeswoman Linda Steiner Lee. Jeske, a UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX ticket office staffer for 11 years, made the money drop before being shot, Lee said. Jeske was struck once in the chest by a round from a semiautomatic handgun, she said. SOURCE: - Associated Press Eastwood testifies he backed Locke deal BURBANK - Testifying in a lawsuit brought by ex-lover Sondra Locke, actor Clint Eastwood said Monday that he agreed to pay more than $1 million to Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) . to back a movie deal for her. Locke's suit against Eastwood, 66, accuses the actor-director of fraud and contractual interference. She contends that Eastwood's involvement in her $1.5 million deal with Warner Bros. was an attempt to destroy her career. Eastwood's attorney, Raymond C. Fisher Raymond C. Fisher (b. 1939 in Oakland, CA) is a federal appeals judge who has served on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals since 1999. Education and Legal Training Fisher earned his B.A. , said last week that his client did not knowingly and intentionally defraud Locke. Eastwood respected Locke's talents and hoped to help her directing career, he said. SOURCE: - Associated Press Police seek suspects in Van Nuys drive-by VAN NUYS - Police were searching for suspects Monday in a weekend drive-by shooting in Lennox Park. Lt. Richard Blankenship of the Van Nuys Division said Elmer Enriquez, 20, was with his friends at the corner of Tyrone Avenue and Vanowen Street when the shots were fired at 4:11 a.m. Saturday. Enriquez died after the attack. No description of the suspects was provided by police. SOURCE: - Daily News Bill OK'd on breakup of L.A. County library Gov. Pete Wilson signed legislation Monday allowing cities to leave the Los Angeles County library system and take their share of property taxes with them. Senate Bill 1998 by Sen. Dick Mountjoy, R-Arcadia, is designed to give more local control to cities whose libraries fall under the county system - allowing them to set their own hours and decide services. Agoura Hills, Calabasas, La Canada Flintridge, Westlake Village, Hidden Hills and San Fernando would be eligible now to leave the county system. Santa Clarita and Lancaster also would be able to leave starting July 1997. Under previous law, cities could leave but wouldn't be allowed to take their share of property taxes. SOURCE: - Daily News Modular units backed for Valley LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. site Citing overcrowded o·ver·crowd v. o·ver·crowd·ed, o·ver·crowd·ing, o·ver·crowds v.tr. To cause to be excessively crowded: a system of consolidation that only overcrowded the classrooms. conditions, the Los Angeles Board of Public Works approved a ``declaration of urgency'' Monday that will expedite the installation of modular buildings at the LAPD's West Valley station. SOURCE: - Daily News City leaders support berry workers union Los Angeles City officials joined with the United Farm Workers The United Farm Workers of America (UFW) is a labor union that evolved from unions founded in 1962 by César Chávez, Philip Vera Cruz, Dolores Huerta, and Larry Itliong. This union changed from a workers' rights organization that helped workers get unemployment insurance to that of on Monday to support efforts to unionize strawberry workers across the state. Councilman Richard Alatorre, who was the author of the state's Agricultural Labor Relations Act Labor Relations Act: see National Labor Relations Board; Taft-Hartley Labor Act. , said he will call on the full City Council to back the union's efforts. He was joined by council members Ruth Galanter, Jackie Goldberg and Mike Hernandez as well as City Attorney James Hahn and Controller Rick Tuttle. SOURCE: - Daily News |
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