BRIEFLY COURT WON'T HALT MARCH PRIMARY.A three-judge panel on Tuesday denied a request by a Latino organization, which is fighting newly drawn lines in four congressional districts in Southern California, to temporarily suspend the March primary elections. U.S. District Judges Margaret Morrow and Christina Snyder and 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Stephen Reinhardt denied the temporary restraining order temporary restraining order: see injunction. sought by the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund. But the panel, which heard arguments last week from MALDEF MALDEF Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund lawyers and from attorneys for state politicians and the Governor's Office, found that questions raised by MALDEF are sufficiently serious to make the case fair ground for litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. . MALDEF attorneys argue that the 27th and 28th congressional districts in the 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. unlawfully divide the Latino community, thus preventing establishment of a majority-Latino district. In the 26th congressional district of Rep. Howard Berman, D-Mission Hills, Latinos were 60 percent of the voting-age population before the final redistricting redistricting: see legislative apportionment. plan was drawn and 49 percent afterward, according to MALDEF. - City News Service Charges trimmed against dentist A judge Tuesday granted a defense request to drop 11 insurance-fraud charges against a Pasadena pediatric pediatric /pe·di·at·ric/ (pe?de-at´rik) pertaining to the health of children. pe·di·at·ric adj. Of or relating to pediatrics. dentist who is still awaiting trial on child endangerment charges. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Lance Ito sided with the defense in dismissing the insurance-fraud charges, stemming from prosecution claims that unlicensed employees performed dental work on patients. The judge previously refused to dismiss 24 other counts against Drueciel Ford that allege child endangerment and conspiracy. - City News Service Land-buy funds less than in past WOODLAND HILLS - Rep. Brad Sherman, D-Woodland Hills, on Tuesday announced a $1 million appropriation for land acquisition in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area: see National Parks and Monuments (table). . ``In the past we have gotten larger amounts, but the extraordinary costs of waging a war on terrorism Terrorist acts and the threat of Terrorism have occupied the various law enforcement agencies in the U.S. government for many years. The Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, as amended by the usa patriot act and providing relief to those whose lives and livelihoods were devastated (on Sept. 11) made it more difficult to secure money for the Santa Monica Mountains The Santa Monica Mountains are a low transverse range in southern California in the United States. Geography They run for approximately 40 mi (64 km) east-west from the Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles to Point Mugu in Ventura County. this year,'' Sherman said. - City News Service CSUN gets grant to train teachers California State University, Northridge CSUN offers a variety of programs leading to bachelor's degrees in 61 fields and master's degrees in 42 fields. The university has over 150,000 alumni. It's also home to a summer musical theater/theater program known as TADW (TeenAge Drama Workshop) that leads teenagers through an , has received $742,515 from the U.S. Department of Education to train bilingual teachers in the Los Angeles area, officials said Tuesday. The program will educate 40 bilingual teachers fluent in Armenian, Korean, Spanish, Chinese, Tagalog, Vietnamese or Cambodian over the course of three years, officials said. - Daily News Park funds doled in Ventura County VENTURA - County supervisors on Tuesday approved allocating $4 million in state money to improve local parks, including several in Camarillo. The revenue was generated by Proposition 12, a park bond initiative approved by voters in March 2000. The county will contribute an additional $500,000 toward the improvements. The allocation includes $275,000 for Santa Rosa Park Santa Rosa Park is a thoroughbred race track at Arima, Trinidad and Tobago. It is currently the country's only race track and hosts all of Trinidad's major races, including the The Royal Oak Derby, Guineas, President's Cup and Midsummer Classic. External links Home page in Camarillo, $670,000 for Camarillo Grove Park, $680,000 for Steckel Park in Santa Paula and $200,000 for landscaping and playground equipment at Tapo Canyon Community Park in Simi Valley. - Daily News 'Psycho' double's killer sentenced A man convicted of murdering two women, including Janet Leigh's body double in the movie ``Psycho,'' was sentenced Tuesday in Los Angeles to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Kenneth Dean Hunt, 35, killed Jean Orloff, 60, in 1998 and 71-year-old Myra Davis, who was Leigh's body double in the classic Alfred Hitchcock film, in 1988. - Associated Press Ex-TV reporter faces gun charge A former television helicopter reporter has been arrested and charged with illegally possessing two automatic weapons, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced Tuesday. Robert Pettee, 51, a former reporter for KNBC-TV of Los Angeles, was arrested Monday near his Los Angeles home on one count of unlawful possession and/or transfer of a machine gun, said spokesman Thom Mrozek. Pettee, who is free on $25,000 bond, is due back in federal court Nov. 26 for a preliminary hearing. According to an affidavit, Pettee is accused of providing the automatic weapons to a friend who sold them to an undercover agent of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms on Aug. 20. Pettee's attorney, Charles T. Mathews, said the situation is a ``colossal misunderstanding'' and his client is innocent. In a statement, KNBC said Pettee has not been with the company since Sept. 28 and denied having any prior knowledge about the alleged crime. Mathews said Pettee, a decorated Vietnam War Veteran who flew helicopters for the U.S. Army, will resume his television career after he recovers from shoulder surgery. Pettee's friend, Jeff Miller, was arrested Oct. 16 and has been indicted INDICTED, practice. When a man is accused by a bill of indictment preferred by a grand jury, he is said to be indicted. on the same charge as Pettee, Mrozek said. His 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 is scheduled for Monday. - Associated Press |
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