BRIEFLY 4 COUNCILS READY TO BE APPROVED.The first four neighborhood councils Neighborhood councils are governmental or non-governmental bodies composed of local people who handle neighborhood problems. They can be found in many cities throughout the world. in 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. should be certified by mid-December, officials said Tuesday, and the city department overseeing the process expects more applications for the panels to be filed within the next several weeks. Applications have been received from the Granada Hills, Glassell Park, San Pedro and Wilmington areas and are now being processed, said Greg Nelson, general manager of the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment. - Daily News Board demands list of purchases In a bid to assert more control over the purchase of major assets after the Sheriff's Department acquired a $2.4 million airplane, 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:
The supervisors also called for all departments to submit lists within two weeks showing all assets valued at more than $5,000 to be purchased this fiscal year, such as vehicles, airplanes, boats, computer systems and landscaping equipment. - Daily News Israeli visitor chased, arrested RESEDA - An Israeli in the country on a tourist visa and suspected of dealing drugs led police on a chase Tuesday after detectives tried to serve a search warrant at his Reseda home, authorities said. After the chase over 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. surface streets and freeways, the suspect, identified as Alen Amor, 45, was brought back to his home in Reseda, where officers confiscated con·fis·cate tr.v. con·fis·cat·ed, con·fis·cat·ing, con·fis·cates 1. To seize (private property) for the public treasury. 2. To seize by or as if by authority. See Synonyms at appropriate. adj. 30 pounds of marijuana, rock cocaine and heroin, said Detective Robert Holcomb of the Los Angeles Police Department's Valley Bureau Narcotics narcotics n. 1) techinically, drugs which dull the senses. 2) a popular generic term for drugs which cannot be legally possessed, sold, or transported except for medicinal uses for which a physician or dentist's prescription is required. Division. - City News Service Driver in custody in cyclist's death VAN NUYS - A 21-year-old motorcyclist was killed Tuesday after a driver lost control of his speeding car and slammed into the cycle on Burbank Boulevard, police said. Police arrested one man in connection with the death, and were investigating the possibility that the suspect may have been racing another unidentified motorist. Police arrested Sebastian Rodriguez, 24, of Winnetka on suspicion of murder in connection with the death of the unidentified motorcyclist after the 11:50 a.m. crash. He was being held without bail Monday at the Van Nuys jail, police said. - Daily News Pair found dead linked in romance TUJUNGA - Police said Tuesday that a man and woman found dead in a Tujunga home last week were romantically involved and had been staying at the location when they were killed. Kimberly Michelle Crayton, 20, of Tujunga and Arthur Davodian, 22, of Glendale were found inside a home in the 10100 block of Commerce Avenue Thursday afternoon, after the couple's friend and the homeowner discovered them, said LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. robbery-homicide Detective Mike Berchem. Crayton's 2-year-old daughter was found in another room unharmed, and was placed in the custody of the Department of Children and Family Services, officials said. - Daily News Deputies on leave after man's death THOUSAND OAKS Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. - Six sheriff's deputies have been placed on administrative leave after the shooting death of a man with a knife. Thomas Patton, 56, was killed outside him home Saturday as he approached Ventura County deputies with a knife, authorities said. Deputies tried to subdue Patton with pepper spray and knock the knife from his hand before they fired as many as 11 bullets, authorities said. - Associated Press LAUSD LAUSD Los Angeles Unified School District (Los Angeles, CA) releases new safety guide The Los Angeles Unified School District The Los Angeles Unified School District (the "LAUSD") is the largest (in terms of number of students) public school system in California and the second-largest in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population. on Tuesday unveiled its new safe school manual to go out to all campuses this month, including the district's new asbestos management plan. The manual condenses 12 separate safety handbooks, including everything from playground safety to hazardous waste Hazardous waste Any solid, liquid, or gaseous waste materials that, if improperly managed or disposed of, may pose substantial hazards to human health and the environment. Every industrial country in the world has had problems with managing hazardous wastes. management. - Daily News |
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