BRIEFLY : PANEL SCREENING L.A. CHIEF HOPEFULS.A committee of prominent Los Angeles-area residents met Friday to begin screening the 32 applicants for the police chief's job, but another meeting will be necessary to complete the job, 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. personnel director William Fujioka. The committee, including Sheriff Sherman Block, will screen the field of candidates down to six finalists to be considered by the Police Commission, Fujioka said. By the end of next month, the commission will screen the list to three ranked finalists. Mayor Richard Riordan Richard J. Riordan (born May 1, 1930) is a Republican politician from California, U.S. who served as the California Secretary of Education from 2003–2005 and as Mayor of Los Angeles from 1993–2001. Riordan ran for Governor of California unsuccessfully in 2002. will then appoint one of the three as the new chief, who sources say will likely be either Deputy Chief Bernard Parks or Deputy Chief Mark Kroeker. ?13- Daily News Mom sentenced in child endangerment A Panorama City woman who left her three children alone in a parked car for nearly 30 minutes in the midday sun has been sentenced to 15 days on a Caltrans work crew and ordered to attend parenting education classes. Sherry Diane Fears, 25, pleaded no contest to a single count of child endangering, according to the 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. City Attorney's Office. A security guard called police and reported seeing the children - a 2-month-old baby and tots 1-1/2 and 3 years old - in a car parked outside a Panorama City market, prosecutors say. Witnesses told police the children had been in the car 20 to 30 minutes. After being placed in custody of the Los Angeles County Department of Children's Services, the children are now in the care of their father. ?13- Daily News School's ex-finance manager arrested A former Los Angeles Unified School District The Los Angeles Unified School District (the "LAUSD") is the largest (in terms of number of students) public school system in California and the second-largest in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population. financial manager was arrested Friday on suspicion of taking more than $150,000 from his adult school's coffers. Rudolfo Boquiren, 47, was arrested at his brother's Los Angeles home and held on $150,000 bail. Boquiren will be arraigned Monday on charges of misappropriation misappropriation n. the intentional, illegal use of the property or funds of another person for one's own use or other unauthorized purpose, particularly by a public official, a trustee of a trust, an executor or administrator of a dead person's estate, or by any of funds and evading state income taxes from 1995-1997. He was the financial manager at Banning-Carson Adult School in Wilmington, where he handled funds from fees, sales in the student store and other sources. He was charged with taking money from the school from January 1992 through November 1996. Boquiren resigned from the school district in November, after an audit and investigation were triggered when a school employee's check bounced. ?13- Daily News Mental patient dies in fight with police A Los Angeles police officer fatally shot a 37-year-old man during a struggle at a mental health care treatment center near Hancock Park
Hancock Park is a park in Miracle Mile, Los Angeles, California which is the location of the La Brea Tar Pits, the George C. Page Museum of La Brea Discoveries, and LACMA. on Friday, authorities said. After receiving reports about a ``violent male mental patient,'' LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. officers were sent to an inpatient facility for the mentally ill in the 200 block of North Oxford Avenue at about 6 p.m., said Officer Don Cox, an LAPD spokesman. A confrontation ensued inside the building, and the suspect tried to take an officer's gun, Cox said. The officer shot the man, who died at the scene, Cox said. The man was not immediately identified, pending notification of family members. ?13- Daily News Staff and Wire Motorcyclist killed in vehicle collision SIMI VALLEY Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. - A motorcyclist was killed after crashing into a vehicle along Walnut Street at Dalhart Avenue on Friday, authorities said. Charles Schulthies, 24, of Simi Valley was pronounced dead at Simi Valley Hospital Simi Valley Hospital (SVH) is a Seventh-day Adventist hospital located located in Simi Valley, California. SVH is a member of Adventist Health. New Construction Simi Valley Hospital is in the process of building a new wing to the hospital. shortly after the 6:54 p.m. collision, said Sgt. Randy Foushee of the Simi Valley Police Department The Simi Valley Police Department (SVPD) is the police department of the city of Simi Valley, California. The department currently has over 120 sworn officers, and more than 65 support personnel[1]. The department has a patrol area that covers over 39 square miles. . The driver of the other vehicle suffered minor injuries. ?13- Daily News |
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