BRIEFLY : SUSPECT IN TRAVEL FIRM THEFTS PLEADS.VAN NUYS - One of two men accused of masterminding a string of travel agency robberies in the 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. pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiracy. Manuel Ernesto Echeverria, 24, entered the plea during a court appearance in Van Nuys with co-defendant Oswaldo Arevalo, 34. Two other suspects were killed by police after an Aug. 15 holdup that led to the arrests. The men were charged with two counts of robbery and one count of conspiracy. They were arrested after robbing two employees and stealing airline tickets and vouchers from the Fly Moon Travel Agency in Chatsworth, officials said. - City News Service Hit-and-run driver hit-and-run driver n → conductor que tras atropellar a algn se da a la fuga hit-and-run driver n → chauffard m hit-and-run driver hit n subject of search VAN NUYS - Police were looking Thursday for a hit-and-run driver of a white cargo van who struck and severely injured a man walking across Hazeltine Avenue on Wednesday night. A man in the crosswalk at Hazeltine and Sylvan sylvan emanating from or pertaining to woods. See also sylvatic. Street sustained head injuries in the 9:05 p.m. collision, said 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. police Officer M. Ponce. The victim, described as a Van Nuys resident in his late 40s to early 50s, underwent surgery at Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge Hospital Medical Center is a hospital in the Northridge town of Los Angeles, California, USA. It is currently operated by Catholic Healthcare West. History The hospital was founded in 1955 by Dr. . Ponce said a white mid-1980s model Ford Econoline van without windows struck the man as it made a right turn from northbound north·bound adj. Going toward the north. northbound Adjective going towards the north Adj. 1. lanes of Hazeltine and continued driving east on Sylvan. Anyone with further information about the driver's whereabouts is asked to call (818) 756-8391. - Daily News Board may study vitamin purchases The chairman of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is the five member governing board of Los Angeles County, California. Members of the board of supervisors are elected by district, the current members as of April 2006 are:
Supervisor Don Knabe Donald R. Knabe (born October 15, 1943 in Illinois) is a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, serving the Fourth District, a crescent shaped district that covers the coastline from Marina Del Rey southward to Long Beach, and southeastern Los Angeles County to plans to offer a motion Tuesday at the supervisors' meeting for the county to review its purchases of vitamins during the last 10 years and recommend whether to sue manufacturers. In a case brought by the U.S. Department of Justice, two of the world's largest bulk vitamin manufacturers pleaded guilty to antitrust charges and paid record criminal fines of $725 million for leading a worldwide conspiracy to raise and fix vitamin prices, Knabe said. - Daily News Tax shift may mean millions for county In what could turn into a financial windfall for Los Angeles County, a Sonoma County judge has issued a tentative decision that the state must reimburse the county for potentially hundreds of millions of dollars in property taxes shifted from the county to schools. Los Angeles County Counsel Lloyd Pellman sent a memorandum to county supervisors Thursday informing them that oral arguments in the county's early 1990s lawsuit against the state will be heard Monday. If the tentative decision holds, the matter will be remanded to the Commission on State Mandates to determine the amount to be reimbursed, he said. Pellman did not say how much Los Angeles County stands to potentially gain, but in fiscal year 1998-99, the total amount of the property tax shift was $3.6 billion statewide, of which $428 million was Los Angeles County money, he said. Suffering from financial problems in the wake of Proposition 13, the county filed suit against the state in the early 1990s to stop the state from shifting $2.6 billion in local property taxes to schools. - Daily News Program to provide job help unveiled SYLMAR - County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky Zev Yaroslavsky (born December 21, 1948) is a Los Angeles County politician. He served on the Los Angeles City Council from 1975 until 1994, when he was elected to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. He was preceded in both offices by Edmund D. Edelman. unveiled a program Thursday aimed at getting jobs for juvenile and adult probationers from the northeast San Fernando Valley. ``The best weapon against crime is a good job,'' Yaroslavsky said at a news conference with other officials at Barry J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall in Sylmar. The Jobs First! program is a first-of-its-kind collaboration in Los Angeles County, between the county, neighborhood-based groups, job centers, unions and employers, Yaroslavsky said. Services will be provided through one-stop centers at Mission College and El Proyecto del Barrio bar·ri·o n. pl. bar·ri·os 1. An urban district or quarter in a Spanish-speaking country. 2. A chiefly Spanish-speaking community or neighborhood in a U.S. city. , a neighborhood group. After completing a training program, probationers will be placed on union hiring lists for entertainment industry craft jobs. In its first six months, the program will help 100 unemployed and underemployed un·der·em·ployed adj. 1. Employed only part-time when one needs and desires full-time employment. 2. Inadequately employed, especially employed at a low-paying job that requires less skill or training than one possesses. probationers, 16 to 24 years old, living in Pacoima, Arleta, Panorama City, Van Nuys, Sun Valley and North Hollywood, Yaroslavsky said. - City News Service |
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