BRIEFLY BODY DISCOVERED ON 405 FREEWAY.NORTH HILLS - A body was discovered on the southbound San Diego Freeway The San Diego Freeway (Interstate 405, and the part of Interstate 5 south of the El Toro Y[1]) is one of the principal north-south highways in Southern California, and the major beltway of I-5 running through Southern California. in North Hills on Friday night, forcing the closure of two lines and snarling snarl 1 v. snarled, snarl·ing, snarls v.intr. 1. To growl viciously while baring the teeth. 2. To speak angrily or threateningly. v.tr. traffic, according to authorities and a broadcast report. California Highway Patrol and Los Angeles firefighters arrived at the slow lane of the freeway, north of Parthenia Street, about 8:20 p.m., CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan Officer Charles Chu said. It was not clear whether the person had been in a vehicle or got on the freeway some other way, a broadcast report said. - City News Service Gunshot wounds claim life of boy CANOGA PARK - A 16-year-old who was shot in the head in a gang-related incident has died of his wounds, police said Friday. David Zapata, wounded about 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, was pronounced dead late Thursday. His 15-year-old brother, Miguel Zapata, was also killed in the shooting in the 20900 block of Sherman Way. Two unidentified 16-year-old boys have been arrested on suspicion of murder in the slayings. - Daily News Council hopefuls won't be on ballot GLENDALE - Two Glendale City Council hopefuls failed to get 100 valid signatures needed for nomination and will not be on the April 5 ballot, officials said Friday. Chahe Keuroghelian and Aram Barsoumian failed to qualify for the ballot, leaving 18 candidates vying for four seats on the City Council. - Daily News Software change could benefit city Three Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. members said Wednesday that the city
could save as much as $5.8 million a year by switching from brand-name
computer software to free ``open-source'' programs.
Council members Eric Garcetti, Wendy Greuel and Jack Weiss proposed directing the savings to a special fund earmarked to hire more police officers. The fund now has about $500,000 from consolidating toll-free city telephone numbers. To develop open-source software, programmers can see the software code and propose changes and freely distribute programs on the Internet. - Daily News AIDS drive targets black collegians Responding to growing numbers of HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. infections among black college students, the Black AIDS Institute and Magic Johnson Foundation on Friday in Los Angeles unveiled a nationwide mobilization effort to combat the epidemic. L.I.F.E. AIDS, which stands for Leaders in the Fight to Eradicate AIDS, is aimed at educating black college students to respond to the devastating dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. effects of HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome on black communities. ``AIDS in America is rapidly becoming a black disease. Nowhere is that more apparent than among young African-Americans,'' said Phill Wilson, executive director of the Black AIDS Institute. - City News Service New Internet site to aid commuters A new Web site was announced Friday to provide Southland commuters and businesses with easy access to ride-sharing information in five counties. The Web site - www.commutesmart.info - brings together several key services for ridesharing ride·shar·ing n. The act or an instance of sharing motor vehicle transportation with another or others, especially among commuters. ride , traffic monitoring, transit and bicycling. ``Commutesmart.info gives users a single online location to solve commuting problems throughout Southern California,'' said David Sutton of 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. . Users can access resources to find car-pool and bicycle lanes, park-and- ride lots and van-pool leasing companies. - City News Service Mayoral debate to be on television As part of March 8 elections coverage for the city of Los Angeles
kcal abbr. kilocalorie kcal kilocalorie. (Channel 9). The 90-minute debate also will be aired live on KFWB-AM radio (980). Mayor James Hahn, former Assembly Speaker Bob Hertzberg, Councilmen Antonio Villaraigosa and Bernard Parks and state Sen. Richard Alarcon will be participating. The debate will be moderated by KCAL news anchors Pat Harvey and David Jackson. - Daily News Human smugglers face sentencing Four defendants charged with human smuggling smuggling, illegal transport across state or national boundaries of goods or persons liable to customs or to prohibition. Smuggling has been carried on in nearly all nations and has occasionally been adopted as an instrument of national policy, as by Great Britain and kidnapping after 70 immigrants were discovered in a filthy Canoga Park house last year face up to a year in prison when they are sentenced Monday. Luis Lopez Bautista, 47, David Gonzalez-Gonzalez, 35, Luciano Hernandez Puac, 32, and Alicia Gonzalez-Gonzalez, 24, pleaded guilty to one count of alien smuggling. Two other defendants, Rolando Alvarado and Marvin Reyes-Campos, 33, will be sentenced during hearings scheduled in the next few weeks. Charges against a seventh defendant were dismissed because he was a minor at the time of the incident. - Daily News |
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