BRIEFLY BRATTON: INCREASE POLICE FORCE 30%.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. police Chief William J. Bratton William Joseph 'Bill' Bratton is currently the 54th Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), and was formerly Commissioner of the New York City Police Department, the only person to hold both positions. says the city needs to boost its police force 30 percent - to at least 12,000 officers - to properly patrol the streets of the nation's second-largest city. ``Shame on Los Angeles. You only have 9,000 cops and a lot of your issues have been a reluctance to invest - and I use that word strongly - invest in public safety,'' Bratton told Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce The Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce is southern California's largest not-for-profit business federation, representing over 1,500 businesses. Mission "By being the voice of business, helping its members grow and promoting collaboration, the Los Angeles Area Chamber of board members on Thursday. It costs $100,000 to hire and train each new police officer, putting an initial $300 million price tag on tag on Verb to add at the end of something: a throwaway remark, tagged on at the end of a casual conversation Verb 1. Bratton's vision. Bratton told the business leaders Thursday that a major investment in local policing would more than pay for itself. - City News Service Six people injured in NoHo car crash NORTH HOLLYWOOD - Six people were injured, one critically, in a three-vehicle crash in North Hollywood on Friday night, authorities said. The crash at Magnolia Boulevard and Vineland Avenue was reported at 5:40 p.m., said Bob Collis of the Los Angeles Fire Department The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), also known as the Los Angeles City Fire Department to distinguish it from the Los Angeles County Fire Department. It is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Los Angeles. . Of the six people taken to hospitals, one had critical injuries, one had serious injuries and four patients sustained minor injuries. KABC KABC Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (Channel 7) reported that at least some of the patients were on foot when they were hit by one or more the involved vehicles. The cause of the crash was under investigation. - City News Service Man gets 29 years for drive-by role SAN FERNANDO San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. - A man involved in a failed gang-retaliation drive-by attack in March in Pacoima was sentenced Friday to 29 years and four months in prison. Juan Lara Juan Manuel Lara (b. January 26, 1981 in Azua, Dominican Republic) is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher who plays for the Cleveland Indians. He was signed by Cleveland as an amateur free agent in May 1999 and called up to the Major League club on September 5, 2006. , 20, entered his no contest plea to attempted murder as his trial was about to get under way in San Fernando Superior Court. He was immediately sentenced by Judge Shari Silver, said Deputy District Attorney Paul Nunez. Lara was the getaway driver in the St. Patrick's Day attack on a Pacoima house, the prosecutor said. The alleged gunman, Rafael Macias, 19, is still at large. No one was hit, but an occupant in the house came out and sprayed rifle fire toward a fleeing brown Oldsmobile, authorities said earlier this year. Ernesto Gallegos Robles Robles is a common surname in the Spanish language meaning oaks, and may refer to:
- City News Service Crash on I-5 jams traffic, injures 2 SYLMAR - Traffic backed up on the northbound Golden State Freeway The Golden State Freeway is a north-south freeway running through Kern County and Los Angeles County, California. Originally built as U.S. Highway 99, it was re-signed as Interstate 5 in 1964. through Sylmar on Friday afternoon, as medics attended two patients and crews cleared an SUV crushed between a big rig and a concrete median. The crash near Roxford Street was reported at 1:39 p.m., said Bob Collis of the Los Angeles Fire Department. The driver of the truck and someone who was in the SUV were taken to Providence-Holy Cross Medical Center for treatment of serious injuries, Collis said. About 25 gallons of diesel fuel spilled from a tank on the big rig, prompting authorities to shut down the two left lanes until at least 3:30 p.m., said California Highway Patrol Officer J. Seumanutafa. The cause of the crash was under investigation. - City News Service Hundreds turn out for nurses march Hundreds of registered nurses held a march Friday in Los Angeles before a public hearing on a new law requiring safe nurse-to-patient ratios, though conflicting opinions were offered on the law's effect. The California Department of Health Services Department of Health Services may refer to:
DHS Department of Human Services DHS Department of Health Services DHS Demographic and Health Surveys DHS Dirhams (Morocco national currency) to set minimum staffing levels for hospital RNs. Carrying signs declaring ``Safe staffing saves lives,'' many nurses represented by the Service Employees International Union urged DHS to set higher standards than have been proposed. The union has recommended a ratio of one registered nurse for every four patients in medical-surgical hospital units, while the DHS has proposed a 1-to-6 ratio, which many RNs said will spread them too thin. Also, the DHS proposal sets one nurse for four pediatric patients, while the union suggests one for every three patients; and the DHS proposes six psychiatry patients for each nurse, and the union recommends anywhere from two to five patients per nurse. - City News Service Leaf cleanup work ends with tragedy ENCINO - A 19-year-old man operating a leaf blower was killed Friday morning when he stepped in front of a moving car. The man was hit by a southbound vehicle as he stepped out in the 4600 block of White Oak Avenue between two parked cars about 9 a.m., said Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . Lt. Steven Allen.
``The leaf blower was on him, that might have made him unaware of any traffic around him,'' Allen said. The driver of the vehicle stopped after the incident and attempted to render aid, he said. The victim died shortly after arriving at the hospital, he said. - Daily News |
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