BRIEFLY : STATE COULD ACQUIRE CAPRA ESTATE LAND.SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS The Santa Monica Mountains are a low transverse range in southern California in the United States. Geography They run for approximately 40 mi (64 km) east-west from the Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles to Point Mugu in Ventura County. - A bill being considered by the Legislature would allow the state to acquire a piece of the Backbone Trail owned by the late director Frank Capra to forgive his tax debts. The Appropriations Committee In the United States government, the Appropriations Committee can refer to either:
Capra, who directed such classics as ``It's a Wonderful Life,'' owed the state $1.2 million when he died in 1991. The bill, SB 1155 by Assemblywoman Sheila Kuehl, D-Encino, must still be approved by the Senate and Assembly and signed by the governor. The governor's Finance Department has already indicated the state could earn more money by selling the land. Kuehl said the property, east of State Route 23, has priceless environmental value. The property is on the hiking trail that federal and state parks officials hope eventually will wind uninterrupted from Will Rogers State Historic Park Will Rogers State Historic Park is the former estate of American humorist Will Rogers. It lies in the Santa Monica mountains in Los Angeles, in the Pacific Palisades area. in Los Angeles County to Point Mugu State Park Point Mugu State Park is a large park located in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area in Southern California. It is in the Western Santa Monica Mountains. The park can be accessed from the north in the Satwiwa Native American Indian Culture Center and from the south in Ventura County. ``If this property doesn't come into public ownership, the Backbone Trail never gets completed,'' said Syrus Devers, an aide to Kuehl. - Associated Press Policeman attacked in yard shoots dog PACOIMA - A police officer looking in back yards for robbery suspects early Sunday shot a dog after it bit him on the lip. Officer Eric Bixler and the dog, a German shepherd-Great Dane mix, were recovering Sunday, said 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 . spokeswoman Charlotte Broughton. Officers responded around 2 a.m. to a report there were men armed with guns on the 13000 block of Kagel Canyon Street. The first officers to reach the scene were told that the group included armed robbery suspects, Broughton said. The police called for backup and when more officers arrived began looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. the suspects through the neighborhood. The dog leapt at Bixler as he ran through a yard, Broughton said. The officer fired once, wounding the dog. - Daily News LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. to get award as sharpest dressed The LAPD is getting the nod as the nation's nattiest police force. In a report to the civilian Police Commission last week, Chief Bernard C. Parks Bernard Parks (born December 7, 1943 in Beaumont, Texas) is a member of the Los Angeles City Council, representing the 8th District in South Los Angeles and former Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department. Parks attended Los Angeles City College, received his B.S. said the National Association of Uniform Manufacturers and Distributors will name the LAPD as the best-dressed department in the United States. The official announcement is expected to be made in the Aug. 17 edition of Law and Order magazine. LAPD officers sport sharply creased, dark blue uniforms with matching ties, silver badges, silver insignia and black gun belts and shoes. - Associated Press |
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