BRIEFLY CUTTING OPPOSED IN SHERIFF'S FUNDS.Thousands of off-duty sheriff's deputies and community, church and school leaders are expected to walk today from the Men's Central Jail to the county Hall of Administration to protest proposed budget cuts. Sheriff Lee Baca Leroy David Baca (b. May 27 1942, East Los Angeles, California) is the Sheriff of Los Angeles County, California. After graduating from Benjamin Franklin High School (Los Angeles) in 1960, Baca worked his way through East Los Angeles College before starting with the L.A. has warned his employees that, with 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. County government facing its worst deficit in years, Chief Administrative Officer A chief administrative officer (CAO) is responsible for administrative management of private, public or governmental corporations. The CAO is one of the highest ranking members of an organization, managing daily operations and usually reporting directly to the chief executive David E. Janssen has proposed slashing $100 million from the sheriff's budget. Baca has said the cuts would mean pulling about 1,000 deputies off patrol. He would have to cut personnel and vital programs, he has said, or run out of bullets, gasoline and phone service by the end of the year. A public hearing on the matter is scheduled for 1 p.m. today. - Daily News Latinos schedule secession forum A coalition of Latino groups will sponsor a forum Saturday at Los Angeles Mission College Los Angeles Mission College is a two-year community college located in Sylmar, California neighborhood of Los Angeles in the San Fernando Valley, United States. It is part of the Los Angeles Community College District. on 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. secession. The panelists will include supporters and opponents of secession, as well as representatives of groups, such as the League of Women Voters League of Women Voters, voluntary public service organization of U.S. citizens. Organized in 1920 in Chicago as an outgrowth of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, it had as its original nucleus the leaders of the latter organization. and the Council of Religious Leaders, that have studied the issue without taking stands. The program will begin at 1 p.m. in the college's Guadalupe S. Ramirez Collaborative Studies Building, 13356 Eldridge Ave. For more information, call Irene Tovar of the Latin American Civic Association at (818) 361-8641 Ext. 118. - Daily News Whistle blower's claim supported The Los Angeles County Claims Board on Monday recommended a $450,000 settlement for a former investigator who claimed she was retaliated against after she blew the whistle on misconduct in the child-protection agency. The Board of Supervisors will vote June 4 whether to approve the settlement. - Daily News Car crash causes electricity failure WOODLAND HILLS - A car crashed into a power pole power pole Noun Austral & NZ a pole carrying an overhead power line in Woodland Hills on Monday, leaving a motorist with minor injuries and some Department of Water and Power customers without electricity. Pierce College In 2006 the Library won a national Excellence award. Academics Pierce College offers associate's degrees, mainly in the arts and sciences. There are also certificate programs in early childhood education, social services, dental hygienist, and others. and Taft High School were among customers that lost power. - Daily News Man sues county over palm frond VENTURA - A man whose ear was partially severed by a palm frond is asking Ventura County government for $1 million. His wife says he is no longer affectionate, so she wants $300,000. James Bond, 48, of Camarillo filed a claim with county officials last week. Bond said that, while he was in a county work-release program, he was stomping down palm fronds in a trash bin in Oxnard last November when one flew up and partially severed his ear. It was reattached at a hospital. - Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Man faces trial in hit-run case A man was ordered Monday to stand trial on charges that his car slammed into an elderly couple in a crosswalk outside the Beverly Center during a high-speed police chase in March. After a 90-minute preliminary hearing, Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner Mitchel Harris ruled there was enough evidence to order Tremine Tillman, 23, of Van Nuys to stand trial on hit-and-run and evading-arrest charges. - City News Service |
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