BRIEFLY DISCOUNT OFFERED FOR PET ADOPTIONS.Animal care and control centers in Chatsworth, North Hollywood and other areas today will be offering dogs and cats for adoption along with spay spay v. To surgically remove the ovaries of an animal. spay, spey to remove the ovaries. See also ovariohysterectomy. spay hook see spay hook. and neuter neu·ter adj. 1. Having undeveloped or imperfectly developed sexual organs. 2. Sexually undeveloped. n. A castrated animal. v. To castrate or spay. neuter 1. fees for $28, a savings of as much as $50 from normal rates. Adoptions may also require a $10 dog licensing fee. The Chatsworth shelter is at 20655 Plummer St. The North Hollywood shelter is at 13131 Sherman Way. For more information, call (888) 4LA-PET1. - Daily News Mayoral candidate names committee 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. mayoral candidate Steve Soboroff Steve Soboroff (born August 31, 1948) is a real estate developer and president of Playa Vista. Mr. Soboroff is the Chairperson of the Leavey Center for the Study of Los Angeles at Loyola Marymount University. on Friday named three 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 as vice chairmen of his 2001 election steering committee. The three are: Bill Allen, immediate past president of the Economic Alliance of the San Fernando Valley; Leroy Chase, who serves with Soboroff on the city Recreation and Parks Commission; and Jose Garcia of the North Hollywood United Nations Soccer League. Soboroff, a businessman and special adviser to Mayor Richard Riordan, has been endorsed by the mayor. - Daily News Truck crash kills man and his dog SYLMAR - A pickup truck careened off a freeway transition in Sylmar on Friday, killing the driver and his dog, authorities said. The crash occurred at 3:13 a.m. along the westbound Foothill Freeway transition to the northbound Golden State Freeway The Golden State Freeway is a north-south freeway running through Kern County and Los Angeles County, California. Originally built as U.S. Highway 99, it was re-signed as Interstate 5 in 1964. , said California Highway Patrol Officer Matthew Hill. The truck somehow went off the side of the transition road and nosedived into a center median, Hill said. The man was not identified. - Daily News Man, 80, sentenced as public nuisance public nuisance n. a nuisance which affects numerous members of the public or the public at large, as distinguished from a nuisance which only does harm to a neighbor or a few private individuals. An 80-year-old Tujunga man has been sentenced to 420 days in jail after his third conviction in less than four years for harassing his neighbors, often by reporting drug activity that cannot be substantiated, officials said. A San Fernando Superior Court jury convicted Ludovit Salka on Thursday of creating a public nuisance, violating probation and two counts of violating a restraining order restraining order: see injunction. obtained by his neighbors, said the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office. Salka has the option of spending time in jail or a lock-down mental facility. - Daily News City street-lighting program has begun Operation Bright Lights, sponsored by the Los Angeles Bureau of Street Lighting, begins today to coincide with the start of Daylight Savings Time, city officials said. The program aims to encourage Los Angeles residents to report nonworking streetlights. The 24-hour hotline number is (800) 303-5267. - Daily News Valley residents get special honors Residents of Valley Council Districts were among the ``Pioneer Women'' awarded for leadership and philanthropy Friday during a ceremony at City Hall. Honorees from each district included Gail Lippner of Joel Wachs' district; Ellie Vargas of Laura Chick's district; Barbara Eich of John Ferraro's district; Dorothy Green of Mike Feuer's district; Barbara Perkins of Alex Padilla's district; Flora Gil Krisiloff of Cindy Miscikowski's district; Mary Edwards of Hal Bernson's district; - City News Service Record promoter held without bail A Woodland Hills record promoter facing extortion and loan sharking Loan Sharking When a borrower is charged interest above an established legal rate. Depending on where you live, lenders typically cannot charge more than 60% interest per annum. Notes: For example, I lend you $10,000 today and you must pay me back $20,000 within 30 days. charges was ordered held without bail Friday, after prosecutors alleged that he is a soldier in the Gambino crime family The Gambino Crime Family is one of the "Five Families" that controls organized crime activities based in New York City, United States, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the Mafia (or Cosa Nostra). . Assistant U.S. Attorney Terri Law called Joseph Isgro ``a serious, serious danger to this community,'' and said people who owed him money fear for their lives because they talked to authorities and are potential witnesses at his trial. Isgro owns Tarzana-based Private I Records. He was arrested Saturday outside Le Grand Passage shopping center in Beverly Hills, where, prosecutors allege, he and his associates collected 5 percent interest weekly on loans. - City News Service |
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