BRIEFLY BAR IN NORTH HILLS TO BECOME A PARK.A long effort to create a North Hills park received approval on Wednesday from city parks officials. 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. Recreation and Parks Department approved spending more than $212,000 to purchase a shut-down bar at 8756 Parthenia Place so the land can be included in an adjacent three-acre park to be called Sepulveda Park West. Councilman Alex Padilla Alex Padilla is a politician in California. He was elected as the State Senator for the 20th District of California in November 2006 and was inaugurated in early December. In order to enter the Senate he had to resign as Councilman for the 7th District on the Los Angeles City has pushed the proposal to allow the installation of an athletic field and, possibly, a basketball court. Officials also are surveying residents to see if they want the park to have expanded hours, which would include lighting to keep it open at night. - Daily News Federal employee indicted INDICTED, practice. When a man is accused by a bill of indictment preferred by a grand jury, he is said to be indicted. in theft An employee of the U.S. Attorney's Office in Los Angeles was indicted Wednesday on theft and mail fraud charges for reportedly putting $100,000 in personal expenses on government credit cards. Dorothy Menyweather, 36, of Los Angeles was indicated on nine counts of wire and mail fraud and one count of theft of government property, said John Russell John Russell may refer to:
- City News Service Online thief posts credit card data A hacker infiltrated an Internet company's database of credit card numbers and posted them online in a failed extortion attempt. The FBI has launched an investigation into the attempt against Los Angeles-based Creditcards.com, FBI spokesman Matthew McLaughlin said Wednesday. The site has been taken down. It is the latest of several attacks against companies with online operations in which hackers sought money after stealing credit card information. More than 55,000 credit card numbers were swiped from Creditcards.com, which processes credit card transactions for online companies. The information later was posted online, said Laurent Jean, a company spokesman. - Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Smokers can join tobacco lawsuit SAN DIEGO San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. - An estimated 1.5 million Californians who smoked as minors will be eligible to join a lawsuit seeking $682 million from tobacco companies for allegedly marketing their products to teens, a judge ruled Wednesday. Superior Court Judge Ronald S. Prager ruled in favor of plaintiffs who say four companies - R.J. Reynolds, Lorillard Tobacco Co., Brown & Williamson and Philip Morris - violated the state's consumer protection laws consumer protection laws n. almost all states and the federal government have enacted laws and set up agencies to protect the consumer (the retail purchasers of goods and services) from inferior, adulterated, hazardous and deceptively advertised products, and and should forfeit profits earned from California minors between April 1994 and December 1999. It is the first case of its kind - attacking tobacco marketing to teens - to win class-action status in the nation, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. attorneys for the six San Diego plaintiffs. Without such status, the lawsuit could only seek the portion of profits due to individuals filing claims, said Dave Markham, an attorney for the plaintiffs. The lawsuit seeks to stop tobacco advertising aimed at minors and prohibit promotional practices, such as placing cigarettes on store countertops, which allegedly encourage children to shoplift shop·lift v. shop·lift·ed, shop·lift·ing, shop·lifts v.intr. To steal merchandise from a store that is open for business. v.tr. . Lawyers for the two sides now must agree on a way to notify eligible smokers of how to join the case. - Associated Press |
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