BRIEFLY CHIEF'S RAISE LESS THAN MAYOR URGED.The 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 Commission approved a raise Tuesday for Police Chief Bernard C. Parks Bernard Parks (born December 7, 1943 in Beaumont, Texas) is a member of the Los Angeles City Council, representing the 8th District in South Los Angeles and former Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department. Parks attended Los Angeles City College, received his B.S. - but not as big as the one Mayor Richard Riordan Richard J. Riordan (born May 1, 1930) is a Republican politician from California, U.S. who served as the California Secretary of Education from 2003–2005 and as Mayor of Los Angeles from 1993–2001. Riordan ran for Governor of California unsuccessfully in 2002. mistakenly awarded him earlier this month. The commission approved a raise of 1 percent instead of the 3 percent Riordan's office awarded in December. In a preliminary estimate, Police Commission spokeswoman Tammy Catania said the chief's pay will be about $247,312. Catania said the commission had the option of approving a raise in the range of zero to 3 percent. Riordan last week rescinded the raise he had recently given Parks after his staff discovered that under the new City Charter, which the mayor backed, only the Police Commission is authorized to hike the chief's salary. - City News Service Lawyer to head city police panel The Los Angeles Police Commission on Tuesday elected attorney Raquelle de la Rocha as its president. De La Rocha, 42, had been acting president of the five-member panel after Mayor Richard Riordan fired Gerald Chaleff in what the mayor described as an effort to bring in fresh leadership. De La Rocha is an attorney at the law firm of Ballard, Rosenberg & Golper, specializing in labor and employment laws. Before serving on the Police Commission, she served on the city Ethics Commission In the United States, an Ethics Commission is a commission established by State law to discourage dishonest practices by their public employees and elected officials. Almost all American states have such a commission. and on the state Fair Political Practices Commission. This week, Riordan named Rebecca Avila, former executive director of the city Ethics Commission, to take the fifth seat on the Police Commission. - Daily News Man killed wife, self, police say OXNARD - A 72-year-old man fatally shot his 45-year-old wife before committing suicide, officials said Tuesday. Terry Riley Terry Riley (born 24 June 1935) is an American composer associated with the minimalist school. Life Born in Colfax, California, Riley studied at Shasta College, San Francisco State University, and the San Francisco Conservatory before earning an MA in composition at the and Mary Riley each died Monday of a single gunshot wound to the head, officials said. The bodies were found about 6:30 p.m. Monday by the couple's sons, 12 and 14, when the boys returned to their Isle Way home, officials said. The boys were placed in the custody of their 25-year-old sister. - Daily News Building may be named for Corman WASHINGTON - The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to give quick approval today to a bill that would name the Van Nuys federal building in honor of the late Democratic Rep. James C. Corman James Charles Corman (October 20, 1920-December 30, 2000) was the Democratic Representative from the 22nd district and later 21st district. Prior to serving in Washington, he served on the Los Angeles City Council from July 1 1957 to January 3 1961. , who died Jan. 2 at age 80. Rep. Howard Berman, D-Mission Hills, the bill's author, called Corman a talented and principled member of Congress and noted that he was instrumental in gaining approval for construction of the federal building at 6230 Van Nuys Blvd. in the 1970s. Before it was built, 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. residents had to travel to downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or to conduct any business with federal agencies. Corman represented the Valley in Congress from 1960 to 1980 and played a key role in passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. - Daily News |
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