BRIEFLY AIRPORT, HARBOR TAX RELIEF ON TAP.Airport- and harbor-related businesses that operate on public property may qualify for immediate property tax relief under the state tax code because of the security clampdown clamp·down n. An imposing of restrictions or controls: "Advertisers and broadcasters would raise howls of protest against any strong clampdown" Wall Street Journal. following Sept. 11, the county assessor said Thursday. Forms are available at all assessor offices, by calling (213) 974-8658 or from the Web site at www.assessor.co.la.ca.us. - City News Service Man to stand trial in deaths of pair SYLMAR - Israel Cebrera Pulido, 22, of Sylmar must stand trial in the beating and stabbing deaths of the owners of the popular Sabatino Italian Restaurant and Bakery in North Hollywood, a judge ruled Thursday. Van Nuys Superior Court Judge Lloyd Nash found sufficient evidence to require Pulido to stand trial in the deaths of Sabato ``Sabby'' Russo and his wife, Eugenia, both 73, found dead in their home a few blocks from the restaurant Nov. 22. Pulido is charged with two counts of murder, along with special circumstance allegations that could make him eligible for the death penalty. - City News Service New MTA (1) (Message Transfer Agent or Mail Transfer Agent) The store and forward part of a messaging system. See messaging system. (2) See M Technology Association. 1. (messaging) MTA - Message Transfer Agent. Valley route requested 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. Councilman Hal Bernson Hal Bernson served as Los Angeles City Councilman for the 12th district. He was chair of the Transportation Committee. Prior to being on the City Council, he served in the Navy. Preceded by Robert M. , a board member of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, asked MTA officials Thursday to start drafting plans for a public transit route along Canoga Avenue between the Chatsworth Metrolink station and Warner Center. The MTA acquired the right of way along Canoga Avenue a decade ago, but does not have a plan to link the areas, he said. - Daily News Courthouse hit by brief scares A portion of the downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or County courthouse was briefly evacuated Thursday morning while hazardous-material teams checked a powdery pow·der·y adj. 1. Composed of or similar to powder. 2. Dusted or covered with or as if with powder. 3. Easily made into powder; friable. Adj. 1. substance found on a door knob, officials said. The powder turned out to be harmless, a court spokeswoman said. A second scare - an envelope to a judge without a return address and with something inside - also turned out to be a false alarm - it contained raffle tickets, she said. - Daily News Anthrax anthrax (ăn`thrăks), acute infectious disease of animals that can be secondarily transmitted to humans. It is caused by a bacterium (Bacillus anthracis claims result in charge An allegedly disgruntled dis·grun·tle tr.v. dis·grun·tled, dis·grun·tling, dis·grun·tles To make discontented. [dis- + gruntle, to grumble (from Middle English gruntelen; see employee of the Queen Mary tourist attraction was charged Thursday with creating an anthrax scare that caused authorities in Long Beach Harbor to seal off the historic ocean liner for several hours. Dionicio Garcia, 20, pleaded not guilty to two felony charges, and was held in lieu of $500,000 bail. - Associated Press Property tax bills will be in the mail VENTURA - More than 231,000 tax bills will begin going out today to Ventura County property owners, with the first installment due on Nov. 1, officials said. Property tax owners will have until Dec. 10 to pay the bill before a 10 percent late penalty is imposed. The second installment is due on Feb. 1. Call (805) 654-3744, or visit www.ventura.org/taxcollector. - Daily News High court now MTA's last resort PASADENA - Rebuffed again Thursday, the MTA board will decide next week whether to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to consider a challenge to a 1996 consent decree A settlement of a lawsuit or criminal case in which a person or company agrees to take specific actions without admitting fault or guilt for the situation that led to the lawsuit. A consent decree is a settlement that is contained in a court order. aimed at reducing bus crowding. Metropolitan Transportation Authority lawyers asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to shield the agency from a judge's order to buy and deploy 350 new buses. But in August a three-judge panel affirmed the lower court order, and on Thursday the full circuit court refused the MTA's request to rehear re·hear tr.v. re·heard , re·hear·ing, re·hears 1. To hear again. 2. Law To give a new hearing to (a case) by the same court. Verb 1. the case. - City News Service |
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