BRIEFLY CELEBRITY ARRESTED IN FORGERY CASE.A 27-year-old Latino celebrity was being held Thursday in lieu of $3.5 million bail after his arrest on suspicion of forgery and identity theft, authorities said. Omar Adalberto Arroyo, known in the Hispanic community as Luis Omar, was apprehended in Costa Rica Costa Rica (kŏs`tə rē`kə), officially Republic of Costa Rica, republic (2005 est. pop. 4,016,000), 19,575 sq mi (50,700 sq km), Central America. two months ago, and was being held in a jail there until he could be extradited to the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , officials said. Nearly 150 felony counts related to identity theft and fraud have been filed against Arroyo, authorities said. Police contend Arroyo targeted Latinos by calling and advising that their child had won free music lessons. The suspect got the parents' credit card and other financial information, and then made numerous unauthorized credit card purchases and used the financial information to commit identity thefts, police said. - Daily News $3 million granted to L.A. for security U.S. Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard Lucille Roybal-Allard (born June 12 1941), an American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1993, representing the 33rd and 34th District of California (map), which includes downtown Los Angeles. , D-Los Angeles, joined Mayor James Hahn and Police Chief William Bratton Thursday in announcing $3 million in federal grants for the 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 . under the Urban
Area Security Initiative of the Department of Homeland Security Noun 1. Department of Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland securityHomeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States . ``I am extremely pleased that Los Angeles, which is one of the high risk areas in our nation, has received money critical to effectively protecting our community against terrorist attacks,'' Roybal-Allard said. The funding will help to ensure that the LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. has the resources to handle emergencies. Hahn said the funds will play an important role in protecting the city. To date, Los Angeles has been awarded more than $58 million in urban area grants. - Daily News Beachfront beach·front n. A strip of land facing or running along a beach. adj. Situated along or having direct access to a beach: beachfront hotels; beachfront property. Noun 1. lot to provide access A new public beach access will be available in Malibu thanks to Thursday's decision by the State Coastal Conservancy to spend $1.25 million on a vacant beachfront lot. The narrow property is adjacent another conservancy-owned parcel and is near the border of the Carbon and La Costa beaches as well as the intersection of Pacific Coast Highway Pacific Coast Highway may refer to:
Together, the two properties include nearly 400 feet of shoreline and are the only spot for the public to access the beach within a three-mile length of coastline. The conservancy said it will buy the property early next year, after which it expects to sign a contract with local government or a nonprofit to manage the parcel. - City News Service Flight restrictions sought by Schiff PASADENA - U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Pasadena, wants to close a loophole in flight restrictions over the annual Rose Parade that he says allows small planes pulling banners to fly over the parade route. Schiff wrote a letter to Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta about the issue recently and said he plans to propose an amendment to an aviation security bill that would make the change for the New Year's Day New Year's Day, among ancient peoples the first day of the year frequently corresponded to the vernal or autumnal equinox, or to the summer or winter solstice. In the Middle Ages it was celebrated among Christians usually on Mar. 25. Rose Parade as well as the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . Most planes are restricted from flying over the Rose Parade under a management plan negotiated between the Federal Aviation Administration Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), component of the U.S. Department of Transportation that sets standards for the air-worthiness of all civilian aircraft, inspects and licenses them, and regulates civilian and military air traffic through its air traffic control and local officials, but Schiff said the banner planes pose a danger if allowed to fly directly over the parade as they have been in years past. - Associated Press Dodgers sue firm over flight dispute The Dodgers on Thursday sued a jet charter company for about $220,000, contending that the firm failed to provide the baseball team with flights for the last two months of the season. The Dodgers say Ascend Aviation Marketing ``failed, neglected or refused to provide'' an aircraft or flight for road trips from Aug. 17 through Sept. 28, according to the Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit. Ascend Aviation, which is incorporated in Florida, could not be reached to comment on the allegations. The team hired Ascend in January, paying the company more than $1.3 million to charter a Boeing 727-200 jumbo jet for the 2003 season. - City News Service |
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