BRIEFLY : VAN NUYS PLAYER SHARES LOTTO PAYOFF.A lucky lottery player bought a winning ticket in Van Nuys but hasn't claimed part of the $32 million midweek Super Lotto jackpot, California Lottery officials said late Thursday afternoon. The only other player to guess six numbers right is from Westminster and also hasn't been identified. The winning numbers - 3, 4, 20, 31, 39 and 42 - were drawn Wednesday night. The Super Lotto jackpot for Saturday is set at $3 million. - Daily News Little Tujunga Wash Tujunga Wash is a stream in Los Angeles County, California. It is a tributary of the Los Angeles River, providing about a fifth of its flow, and drains about 225 square miles. now ready for rains 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. said Thursday the city has completed dredging Little Tujunga Wash in preparation for heavy rains possible from the El Nino weather phenomenon. Riordan said city crews excavated 150,000 cubic yards of material from an earthen earth·en adj. 1. Made of earth or clay: an earthen fortification; an earthen pot. 2. Earthly; worldly. channel bottom between 100 and 120 feet wide from the Foothill Boulevard The following streets are named Foothill Boulevard:
``This work was important to the entire city, but especially to the property owners in the Lake View Terrace area who live directly near Little Tujunga Wash,'' Riordan said, adding that the properties have experienced flood damage in the past. - Daily News L.A. attorney to get No. 3 Justice post Ray Fisher Ray Lyle Fisher (October 4 1887 in Middlebury, Vermont -November 3 1982 in Ann Arbor, Michigan) was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball. His debut game took place on July 2, 1910. His final game took place on October 2, 1920. , a 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. attorney and former president of the Police Commission, was confirmed Thursday by the U.S. Senate as associate attorney general. Fisher will be the No. 3 official at the Justice Department under Attorney General Janet Reno Janet Reno (born July 21, 1938) was the first and to date only female Attorney General of the United States (1993–2001). She was nominated by President Bill Clinton on February 11, 1993, and confirmed on March 11. . He will oversee much of the civil branch, including the antitrust, environment, tax, civil and civil rights division. The Sherman Oaks resident was in Washington, D.C., and could not be reached for comment. In Los Angeles, Fisher was one of the attorneys who served on the Christopher Commission, which recommended sweeping reforms within the Police Department in the wake of the Rodney King beating. Mayor Richard Riordan named Fisher, a prominent trial attorney, to the civilian Police Commission in 1995 and led the five-member panel, as it denied Chief Willie Williams a second term. Fisher resigned shortly after the panel recommended 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. to be chief. - Daily News Guilty plea entered in strawberry case SAN DIEGO - The former president of a company that supplied Mexican strawberries that caused an outbreak of hepatitis A Hepatitis A Definition Hepatitis A is an inflammation of the liver caused by a virus, the hepatitis A virus (HAV). It varies in severity, running an acute course, generally starting within two to six weeks after contact with the virus, and lasting no among Michigan schoolchildren schoolchildren school npl → écoliers mpl; (at secondary school) → collégiens mpl; lycéens mpl schoolchildren school pleaded guilty Thursday to three counts in a federal indictment. With his hands folded in front of him and his head bowed, Frederick L. Williamson pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to conspiracy, making false statements and making a false claim. He could be sentenced to up to five years in prison and fined $250,000 for each count. Williamson, 60, also pleaded guilty on behalf of Andrew & Williamson Sales Co. of San Diego, which could be fined up to $500,000 per count. - Associated Press Home surrounded in hunt for gunman STUDIO CITY - Los Angeles police officers surrounded a home Thursday night near Tujunga Avenue and Moorpark Street, where they believed a gunman was hiding. Officer Don Cox, a spokesman for the 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 . ,
said police were "pretty sure" they found the man who collided
with another vehicle at Chase Street and Lennox Avenue in Panorama City
on Tuesday and then got out and fired several rounds at another driver.
A stray bullet grazed a pedestrian nearby. The driver of the other vehicle was uninjured. After the collision Tuesday, the gunman fled over a fence and shot one backyard dog to death and wounded another before escaping, authorities said. Late Thursday night, police were trying to communicate with the man in the home by way of telephone and public address system. - Daily News |
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