BRIEFLY COUNCIL WILL FORM WOMEN'S AGENCY.GLENDALE - The City Council has allocated nearly $110,000 to create a commission on women's issues that will promote equal rights and opportunities for women in Glendale. The seven-member Commission on the Status of Women Noun 1. Commission on the Status of Women - the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with the status of women in different societies is expected to tackle issues including representation of women among police, fire and city department managers, domestic violence, sexual assault and sexual harassment sexual harassment, in law, verbal or physical behavior of a sexual nature, aimed at a particular person or group of people, especially in the workplace or in academic or other institutional settings, that is actionable, as in tort or under equal-opportunity statutes. . The group will meet at least once a month and the meetings will be televised. Members will be appointed by a minimum of three votes of the City Council. - Daily News Suspect charged in station arson VAN NUYS - A 43-year-old transient accused of using flares to set fire to two dozen vehicles at 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 Department's Van Nuys station has been charged with arson Ask a Lawyer Question Country: United States of America State: Michigan Approximately 6 weeks ago, my boyfriend broke it off and proceeded to return a gift bag full of cards and letters I had sent. , officials said Thursday. Arraignment A criminal proceeding at which the defendant is officially called before a court of competent jurisdiction, informed of the offense charged in the complaint, information, indictment, or other charging document, and asked to enter a plea of guilty, not guilty, or as otherwise permitted for Richard Cross, also known as Kevin Cross, is set for today in Van Nuys Superior Court. He was being held at the county jail in lieu of $1.27 million bail. Authorities allege Cross entered the parking garage under the LAPD's Van Nuys Jail and caused $1 million damage to six squad cars, six patrol motorcycles, 12 bicycles used by the bike patrol, three storage sheds and the ceiling of the garage. The criminal complaint places the fire loss at more than $1 million. - Daily News Jail for ex-worker who sent e-mails MOORPARK - A former employee of Special Devices Inc., a Moorpark-based company specializing in air-bag initiators, was sentenced to 30 days in jail for sending threatening and obscene e-mails to his boss. Eugene Connell, 36, sent at least 100 obscene, threatening and annoying e-mails to the company. The former Simi Valley resident resigned from the firm several months before he went on an e-mailing spree from his home in Arizona. Judge Rebecca Riley ordered Connell to complete an anger-management course and placed him on three years' probation. - Daily News Tower controllers fight privatization privatization: see nationalization. privatization Transfer of government services or assets to the private sector. State-owned assets may be sold to private owners, or statutory restrictions on competition between privately and publicly owned VAN NUYS - Local air traffic controllers on Thursday urged Congress to keep the control tower at Van Nuys Airport Van Nuys Airport (IATA: VNY, ICAO: KVNY, FAA LID: VNY) is a public airport located in Van Nuys, California in the San Fernando Valley, within the Los Angeles city limits. from being operated by a private business, arguing that that would jeopardize safety and cost taxpayers more money. ``As federal workers, we are accountable solely to the flying public,'' said John Goodin, the local chapter president of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association The National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) is a labor union in the United States. It is affiliated with the AFL-CIO, and is the exclusive bargaining representative for air traffic controllers employed by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). at Van Nuys Airport. ``Privatizing air traffic control will put companies focused on cutting corners in charge of landing planes. That's clearly an unacceptable option for the flying public.'' Of the 69 air traffic control towers the government is considering turning over to private contractors, 11 are among the nation's 50 busiest, according to the NATCA NATCA National Air Traffic Controllers Association NATCA National Association of TAFE Councils & Associates . Van Nuys is the eighth-busiest, handling more than 500,000 takeoffs and landings annually. - City News Service Sanitation worker probed in dumping WINNETKA - The LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. is investigating a city sanitation worker who was operating a street sweeper after he allegedly dumped liquid waste from the sweeper near a youth baseball park. A witness spotted the worker making the dump Wednesday in the 6400 block of Winnetka Avenue about 1:30 p.m., said LAPD Sgt. Andre Risse. Patrol officers arrived before the man could finish unloading, he said. The worker apparently didn't want to drive to the proper dumping site to save time, Risse said. The liquid is believed to be largely runoff water collected by the cleaner as it picks up debris from the road, Risse said. - Daily News |
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