BRIEFLY : TEACHER IMPROVING FROM GUNSHOT WOUND.The teacher who was shot in the head by a stray bullet six months ago thanked supporters Tuesday and is making an impressive recovery. Alfredo Perez, 30, held a news conference outside Martin Luther King/Drew Medical Center for the purpose of ``thanking you, all of you, and thanking you for, I guess, for your support and prayers.'' Educators said they are delighted with Perez's recovery. The fifth-grade teacher is talking and walking with the aid of a tripod. ``He's absolutely determined to make a full recovery. He's a very stubborn guy,'' said Helen Bernstein, a friend of Perez and his wife, Virginia, and ex-president of the teachers union, United Teachers-Los Angeles. Perez was hit by a bullet which strayed through a window in the library at Figueroa Street Figueroa Street is a street in Los Angeles County, California. It runs in a north/south direction for a length of more than 30 miles (48 km) between the Los Angeles communities of Eagle Rock and Wilmington. Elementary School elementary school: see school. . He returned to the hospital last week for a cranioplasty to repair a defect left by the bullet. He splits his time between home and a rehabilitation facility. SOURCE: - Daily News Actor's items taken from unlocked shed SUN VALLEY - Someone entered an unlocked shed on actor David Carradine's property and made off with a shotgun, a terra cotta cot·ta n. pl. cot·tae or cot·tas A short surplice. [Medieval Latin, of Germanic origin.] bust and a clock, authorities said. Police said that the theft occurred sometime in July, but was not reported until Monday. They said that the suspect entered a shed on the property on La Tuna Canyon Road. SOURCE: - Daily News County orders study on limiting services Still facing more questions than answers, 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:
Before the unanimous vote, American Civil Liberties Union American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), nonpartisan organization devoted to the preservation and extension of the basic rights set forth in the U.S. Constitution. attorney Daniel Tokaji warned the board that a federal district judge's court order blocking much of 1994's Proposition 187 remains in effect and blocks implementation of Wilson's order. Wilson maintained that the federal welfare reform bill signed by President Clinton enabled the state to cut off many services to illegal immigrants. Supervisors asked for a report back in one month on what will be possible or required under the welfare reform laws and Wilson's order. SOURCE: - Daily News Early arrival OK'd for SuperScoopers A contract to bring in two SuperScooper firefighting 1. firefighting - What sysadmins have to do to correct sudden operational problems. An opposite of hacking. "Been hacking your new newsreader?" "No, a power glitch hosed the network and I spent the whole afternoon fighting fires." 2. planes a month early, beginning this Friday, under a lease with the province of Quebec, Canada, was approved by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday. The deal moves up the annual two-month contract, so that it expires Nov. 5. The board also ordered Fire Chief P. Michael Freeman Michael Roy Freeman (born 9 December 1960, London, England) is a New Zealand chess player. He emigrated to New Zealand in September 1967. He was a pupil at Otago Boys High School, Dunedin from 1974 to 1978. to report back on whether the planes will be needed after that date. If so, it will cost the county an estimated $500,000 to $700,000 to extend the lease. Freeman arranged the early arrival of the SuperScoopers last week as wildfire conditions worsened to their most dangerous levels since 1987, in the middle of a six-year drought. SOURCE: - Daily News Flood-control project receives approval A massive flood-control project along the southern end of the Los Angeles River The Los Angeles River is an intermittent river flowing through Los Angeles County, California, from Canoga Park in the west end of the San Fernando Valley, 51 miles (82 km) southeast to its mouth in Long Beach. and its tributaries was reaffirmed Tuesday by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, which decided against strongly pursuing alternatives raised by environmentalists. The nearly four-hour hearing by the board was forced after a state judge this spring ordered more consideration of alternatives suggested by the Friends of the Los Angeles River. The Friends group has been calling for use of more natural approaches to controlling flooding along the river, with green belts, settling ponds and catch basins, instead of the 22 miles of raised levee levee (lĕv`ē) [Fr.,=raised], embankment built along a river to prevent flooding by high water. Levees are the oldest and the most extensively used method of flood control. walls and improved bridge structures called for in 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. County Drainage Area plan. SOURCE: - Daily News City trash collection delayed by holiday Los Angeles city refuse collection will be one day late this week because of the Labor Day Labor Day, holiday celebrated in the United States and Canada on the first Monday in September to honor the laborer. It was inaugurated by the Knights of Labor in 1882 and made a national holiday by the U.S. Congress in 1894. holiday, officials said. The regular collection schedule will resume next week. SOURCE: Daily News |
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