BRIEFLY : TAFT PUPILS ARRESTED IN HOME INVASION.WOODLAND HILLS - Two students were arrested at Taft High School on Friday for their suspected role in a Feb. 19 home-invasion robbery in Canoga Park, officials said. The two 17-year-old girls, who were not identified because of their age, and four other suspects allegedly burst into the apartment of 46-year-old Ezzat Fahem and robbed him of $4,000 worth of stereo and other equipment, 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 Detective Greg Derousseau of the West Valley Division. The two 17-year-olds were booked into Sylmar Juvenile Hall on suspicion of robbery, he said. Four adults have already been arrested and are being prosecuted for committing a home-invasion robbery in concert, he said. - Daily News Tow-truck operator killed on freeway AGOURA HILLS - A tow-truck driver was killed early Friday morning when he lost control of his vehicle, hit a mud embankment and crashed, landing upside down on the freeway shoulder, officials said. The male victim was identified as Pat Weddel, 26, of Port Hueneme, according to the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office. The crash occurred at 3:35 a.m. on the westbound Ventura Freeway, near Chesebro Road, said California Highway Patrol Officer Dorian Simpson. The crash involved only Weddel's vehicle. - Daily News Colleges announce possible layoffs Officials of the three 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. community colleges - Pierce, Mission and Valley - said Friday they may have to lay off about 300 temporary employees, the majority of them student workers, by March 12. On Wednesday, the Los Angeles Community College Board of Trustees board of trustees Politics The posse of thugs who oversee an institution's administration. See Board of directors. ordered the layoffs to shave up to $2 million from a projected $13 million year-end deficit in the the district's unrestricted general fund. Mission may have to lay off 70 employees, including up to 65 student workers. Valley estimates about 50 people could face layoffs, and Pierce expects to dismiss 70 employees - 40 of them students. - Daily News Lee pleads not guilty to abusing wife, son MALIBU - Rocker Tommy Lee pleaded not guilty Friday to charges of abusing his wife, actress Pamela Anderson Lee, and their baby son. A judge reluctantly cut Lee's $1 million bail in half, despite a plea relayed through an attorney who said Pamela Lee was fearful. The Motley Crue drummer was soon released and left with his lawyer. Lee is on probation after pleading no contest to attacking a photographer in 1996. He also pleaded innocent earlier this month in Phoenix to misdemeanor assault for allegedly attacking a concert guard and was supposed to have been in court there Friday. - Associated Press Menendez retrial retrial n. a new trial granted upon the motion of the losing party, based on obvious error, bias or newly-discovered evidence. (See: newly-discovered evidence) bid struck down An appellate court A court having jurisdiction to review decisions of a trial-level or other lower court. An unsuccessful party in a lawsuit must file an appeal with an appellate court in order to have the decision reviewed. found that the judge in the retrial of Erik and Lyle Menendez did not err in a series of rulings opposed by the brothers' lawyers, according to an opinion filed Friday. The 2nd District Court of Appeal affirmed Van Nuys Superior Court Judge Stanley Weisberg's decisions in the case, nixing the siblings' chance to get a new trial. Erik, 27, and Lyle, 30, were sentenced July 2, 1996, to life prison terms without parole for the shooting deaths of their mother, Kitty, and entertainment executive father, Jose, in the family's Beverly Hills home. - City News Service DWP DWP Department of Work and Pensions (UK) DWP Drinking Water Program DWP Dynamic Weapon Pricing (gamin, Counter-Strike: Source) DWP Department of Water & Power DWP Drinking Water Protection seeks more time to build plant Los Angeles Department of Water and Power The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) is the largest municipal utility in the United States, serving 3.9 million residents in 2006. It was founded in 1902 to deliver water and electricity supplies to residents and businesses in Los Angeles. officials said Friday they have asked for a six-year extension to 2004 to build a water treatment plant at Lower Stone Canyon Reservoir in the 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. . The municipal utility originally agreed to construct the filtration plant by April. Delays in finding a site and accommodating nearby residents caused the agency to miss the deadline, said Bob Yoshimura, director of the DWP Water Supply Division. The reservoir, which services most of West Los Angeles
- Daily News LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. submits plan for LAX bomb unit Responding to a federal mandate to increase airport security, the LAPD proposed Friday to assign a police K-9 unit, with eight police officers and support workers, to handle bomb detection and threats at Los Angeles International Airport “LAX” redirects here. For other uses, see LAX (disambiguation). “KLAX” redirects here. For other uses, see KLAX (disambiguation). Los Angeles International Airport (IATA: LAX, ICAO: KLAX, FAA LID: LAX . Using funds from the Federal Aviation Administration Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), component of the U.S. Department of Transportation that sets standards for the air-worthiness of all civilian aircraft, inspects and licenses them, and regulates civilian and military air traffic through its air traffic control , the city Airport Department will reimburse the LAPD for the cost of the additional officers. - Daily News |
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