BRIEFLY BRATTON JOINS FIGHT AGAINST GUN BILL.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 Bratton has lent his name and face to a campaign against a bill coming up for a vote in the U.S. Senate that would immunize im·mu·nize v. 1. To render immune. 2. To produce immunity in, as by inoculation. im the gun industry from lawsuits arising from the use of weapons in crimes. ``We need to get the word out on this latest piece of insanity coming from the U.S. Senate,'' Bratton said Wednesday at a press conference with Richard Aborn of StoptheNRA.com and members of the Million Mom March The Million Mom March had its roots in August 1999, when Donna Dees-Thomases, a New Jersey mom with a public relations background and political connections, was horrified that a gunman shot at children in Granada Hills, California. . - 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. Police seek help identifying robber Police were seeking the public's help Wednesday in identifying a man who has robbed a number of banks recently. The robber, dubbed Dr. Evil, has a faded blue tattoo on his left hand, no eyebrows, no facial hair Noun 1. facial hair - hair on the face (especially on the face of a man) hair - a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss; "he combed his hair"; "each hair and is bald. He is described in his early 50s, 160 to 170 pounds, and between 5 feet 9 and 5 feet 11 inches tall. The bank robber has struck over the past couple of weeks in West Covina, Beverly Hills and Baldwin Park, and most recently at 10 a.m. Tuesday at California National Bank, 14545 Victory Blvd. in Van Nuys. Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Maria Tomes of the Los Angeles Police Department's Robbery Homicide Division Robbery Homicide Division (RHD) was an American police procedural television series on CBS, created by Barry Schindel with famed executive producer Michael Mann. at (213) 485-2511. - Daily News DWP DWP Department of Work and Pensions (UK) DWP Drinking Water Program DWP Dynamic Weapon Pricing (gamin, Counter-Strike: Source) DWP Department of Water & Power DWP Drinking Water Protection to let water into Owens River Environmentalists and the city of Los Angeles
Under the agreement, which must be approved by a Superior Court judge, the DWP expects to finish environmental reviews of the project by June, start releasing water into the lower Owens by September 2005 and gradually increase flows to the desired level by April 2006. To do that, the city will modify the original diversion facility built by William Mulholland in 1913 to send the river's water into the Los Angeles Aqueduct This article has multiple issues: * It needs to be expanded. Please help [ improve the article] or discuss these issues on the talk page. for a 200-mile trip south to city faucets. - City News Service Cardenas brother to be city planner The Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. on Wednesday appointed Ernesto
Cardenas, a real-estate project manager and brother of Councilman Tony
Cardenas, to the city Planning Commission.
Cardenas, who lives in the northeastern 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. , will serve through June 2008 on the panel that rules on planning and land-use matters throughout Los Angeles. He has served as a Los Angeles transportation commissioner and a member of the North Valley Area Planning Commission. - Daily News Man struck, killed by Metrolink train OXNARD - A man was hit and killed by a Metrolink train early Wednesday morning, authorities said. The unidentified 49-year-old man was hit about 6:20 a.m. while walking to work near Rose Avenue and 5th Street in Oxnard, coroner's investigator Mike Feiler said. An eastbound train hit the man after he crossed in front of another train stopped on a siding, Feiler said. The running engine of the idling train prevented the man from hearing the one that struck him, Feiler said. - Daily News McKeon will lead Harrier jet inquiry Rep. Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon, R-Santa Clarita, was chosen Wednesday to head a congressional task force investigating a rash of Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier jet crashes. Five such attack jets crashed last year, despite repeated assurances by Marine officials that the Corps had taken steps to lower the Harrier's historically high crash rate. All of the pilots in last year's crashes survived, but the value of the destroyed and damaged aircraft exceeds $100 million, officials said. - Daily News Montanez tapped to lead rules panel SAN FERNANDO - Cindy Montanez became the first Latina and the youngest woman appointed to chair the Assembly Rules Committee, it was announced Wednesday. The assemblywoman from San Fernando was appointed by newly inaugurated Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez, D-Los Angeles. The Assembly Rules Committee is responsible for administering the Assembly's $114 million operating budget. - City News Service IRS An abbreviation for the Internal Revenue Service, a federal agency charged with the responsibility of administering and enforcing internal revenue laws. sharing leads about tax avoiders Internal Revenue Service officials have announced that they have started sharing leads on more than 20,000 taxpayers engaged in abusive tax avoidance The process whereby an individual plans his or her finances so as to apply all exemptions and deductions provided by tax laws to reduce taxable income. Through tax avoidance, an individual takes advantage of all legal opportunities to minimize his or her state or federal with tax agencies in 45 states, including California. The sharing of leads was the first large transfer of information under the terms of the new IRS-state partnership unveiled in September. More than 20,000 audit leads and other information have been shared with the states, and more information will be shared in the future. - Daily News |
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