BRIEFLY : VAN NUYS WOMAN KILLS CHILD, SELF, POLICE SAY.VAN NUYS - A woman in her 30s shot and killed her adopted 2-year-old daughter Friday night and then killed herself, police said. Police said a female friend of the woman discovered the bodies in the condominium home in the 13600 block of Valerio Street and called police at 5:40 p.m. An initial investigation indicated that the shootings stemmed from a domestic dispute. ``Apparently there was a quarrel, but I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. what the quarrel was about,'' said Sgt. Mike Long. Identities of the woman and the child were not available. - Daily News Center traffic to star in bird's-eye view bird's-eye view Noun 1. a view seen from above 2. a general or overall impression of something bird's-eye view n → vista de pájaro While traffic moved smoothly during the opening week of the Staples Center This article has multiple issues: * Its neutrality is disputed. * It may contain original research or unverifiable claims. * It does not cite any references or sources. , 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. officials remain concerned about what will happen during events with the popular Los Angeles Lakers basketball team. The Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. on Friday authorized traffic engineers
to take to the skies on the Lakers' home opener Nov. 3 to take
pictures and videos of traffic around the downtown arena to see what the
city can do.
Officials will take the pictures on an hourly basis beginning at 5:30 p.m., when the downtown commute is at its peak, up through 11:30 p.m., when Staples Center patrons leave the arena. - Daily News Hahn joins chorus against 11 digits City Attorney James Hahn on Friday urged the state Public Utilities Commission to suspend telephone area code splits or overlays until there is a statewide policy dealing with the number shortage. The legal brief filed by Hahn is one of several filed by cities across the state to prevent telephone companies from requiring users to dial 11 numbers, even if within their own area code. The PUC (Public Utility Commission) A regulatory body in every state in the U.S. that governs public utilities within its jurisdiction such as electricity, gas, oil, sewer, water, transportation and telephone service. Some states call it the Public Service Commission (PSC). this year suspended the practice for the 310 area code, but has yet to set a formal policy on the matter for the state. Pacific Bell and GTE GTE General Telephone & Electronics GTE Génie Thermique et Énergie (French) GTE Gas Turbine Engine GTE Global Tropospheric Experiment GTE Geothermal Energy GTE Gas Turbine Efficiency plc (Sweden & USA) are reconverting to seven-digit dialing in the 310 area code before a Nov. 15 deadline set by the PUC. - Daily News Council to discuss noise near airport Los Angeles Councilman Joel Wachs on Friday called for the City Council to meet outside of City Hall on the issue of noise at Van Nuys Airport Van Nuys Airport (IATA: VNY, ICAO: KVNY, FAA LID: VNY) is a public airport located in Van Nuys, California in the San Fernando Valley, within the Los Angeles city limits. . Wachs asked for the Nov. 23 council meeting to be held at the Airtel Hotel at Van Nuys Airport on the question of whether the city should ban additional noisy jets at the facility. - Daily News Proposal could fund small film projects In an effort to keep movie and television production in Los Angeles, a city official on Friday proposed creating a revolving fund to provide gap financing on low-cost projects. Councilman Mike Hernandez suggested a working group of city agencies meet to discuss the proposal, under which the city would provide funding for productions under $5 million. ``The funds would seek to equal the incentives provided by Canada and provide a mechanism to keep production in Los Angeles,'' Hernandez said. Gap financing refers to the difference between between the projected budget and what producers can hustle from sales of distribution rights. - Daily News 2 teens hurt as car hits telephone pole CALABASAS - Two 17-year-old Calabasas High School Calabasas High School is a four-year high school, freshman-senior, in Calabasas, California, United States. Calabasas High School, which serves portions of Calabasas and the West Hills, Los Angeles, California section of Los Angeles, is one of three high schools in the Las students were injured, one critically, during an off-campus noontime noon·time n. See noon. crash when their vehicle careened onto a dirt shoulder on Mulholland Highway and crashed into a telephone pole, authorities said. The passenger was in critical condition at UCLA Medical Center UCLA Medical Center is a hospital located on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California. It is rated as one of the top three hospitals in the United States and is the top hospital on the West Coast according to US News & World Report. , suffering from head trauma and massive internal injuries, said Lt. Greg Johnson of the Malibu-Lost Hills sheriff's station. The driver was able to pull himself out of the Ford Bronco and was taken to West Hills Hospital, where he was in stable condition, Johnson said. - Daily News Contractor gets jail term for no license VAN NUYS - A San Fernando man who worked as an unlicensed contractor and charged homeowners for work he didn't do was sentenced Friday to a year in jail and ordered to pay restitution to homeowners in Reseda and Northridge. Hector Perez Lopez, 44, pleaded no contest to two misdemeanor counts of working as an unlicensed contractor using the name HLR (Home Location Register) A database in a cellular system that contains all the subscribers within the provider's home service area. When a subscriber reaches a new service area, the data in the HLR is requested and transferred via SS7 to the VLR (Visitor Location Contractor Services, prosecutors said. - City News Service |
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