BRIEFLY CHIEF'S DAUGHTER CLEARED OF CHARGES.Felony drug charges against the daughter of 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 Bernard Parks were dismissed Tuesday in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. . Michelle Lynette Parks, 37, had faced charges of conspiring to sell cocaine, said Barbara Schell of the Clark County Clark County is the name of twelve counties in the United States of America:
``The case (against Parks) was dismissed by the court at the request of the prosecutor,'' Schell said. - City News Service LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. says victims of shootings armed A man and woman shot to death in separate confrontations with police Saturday and Monday threatened officers with weapons, senior personnel told the city's Police Commission on Tuesday. Assistant City Attorney Byron Boeckman, the commission's legal adviser, told the panel it can examine preliminary reports on the two confrontations, but may not discuss them, pending official inquiries. - City News Service Prosecutor details gang allegations VAN NUYS - A prosecutor Tuesday outlined the case against a group of reputed Asian gang leaders charged in a six-month rampage that left seven people dead in 1995. Dressed in neat, button-down shirts, the accused sat shoulder-to-shoulder as Deputy District Attorney Laura Baird detailed their alleged crimes, including seven murders and 18 attempted murders in the 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. and San Gabriel valleys. All the victims were rivals or bystanders mistakenly thought to be, the prosecutor said. - City News Service Airport noise grant given to Inglewood The Airport Commission on Tuesday awarded a $16 million grant to the city of Inglewood to insulate homes and acquire properties in neighborhoods near Los Angeles International Airport “LAX” redirects here. For other uses, see LAX (disambiguation). “KLAX” redirects here. For other uses, see KLAX (disambiguation). Los Angeles International Airport (IATA: LAX, ICAO: KLAX, FAA LID: LAX impacted by aircraft noise. ``This grant represents a major effort to fulfill our commitment to the communities surrounding the airport,'' said John J. Driscoll, executive director of Los Angeles World Airports Los Angeles World Airports or LAWA is the airport oversight and operations department for the city of Los Angeles, California. This department owns and operates Los Angeles International Airport, LA/Ontario International Airport, Palmdale Regional Airport, and Van . - City News Service Video slots halted at Indian casinos A federal judge Tuesday enjoined several Southern California Indian tribes from operating video slot machines in their casinos. U.S. District Court Judge Spencer Letts offered the tribes two options: terminate the gaming incrementally between now and Nov. 20; or, if they agree not to lay any workers off, operate until Dec. 4. - City News Service L.A. school board opposed to Prop. 8 Calling Proposition 8 a ``poorly crafted initiative'' that would hurt children and rob classrooms of millions in tax dollars, the Los Angeles school The Los Angeles School of Urbanism is an academic movement emerged during the mid-1980s, loosely based at the University of Southern California and UCLA, that poses a challenge to the dominant Chicago School of Urbanism. board on Tuesday voted to oppose the statewide ballot measure that would create a ``chief inspector of public schools'' among other goals. Slated for the Nov. 3 ballot, Proposition 8 calls for guaranteed funding for class-size reduction without increased taxes and mandatory expulsion for possession of dangerous drugs, in addition to the new chief inspector position. The board also voted to support Proposition 1A, which would provide $6.7 billion for school construction needs. Board members said they could use the $2.4 billion Proposition BB as matching funds to leverage state dollars for school construction in the Los Angeles Unified School District The Los Angeles Unified School District (the "LAUSD") is the largest (in terms of number of students) public school system in California and the second-largest in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population. . - Daily News |
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