BRIEFLY DOBROTH NAMED JUDGE OF THE YEAR.VENTURA - Juvenile Court juvenile court Special court handling problems of delinquent, neglected, or abused children. Two types of cases are processed by a juvenile court: civil matters, often concerning care of an abandoned or impoverished child, and criminal matters, arising from antisocial Judge John Edward Dobroth was named Judge of the Year on Tuesday by the Ventura County Trial Lawyers Association. Dobroth was initially elected as a judge to the Ventura County Municipal Court in 1986. He had served as a deputy district attorney in Ventura County. - Daily News Sylmar man faces trial in kin's death SYLMAR - A Sylmar man must stand trial on charges that he killed his 19-year-old daughter and 8-year-old grandson in the family's home last summer, a judge in San Fernando ruled Tuesday. San Fernando Superior Court Judge Elizabeth Lippitt found sufficient evidence to require Claude Wright, 61, to stand trial on two counts of murder in the July 12 shooting deaths of his daughter Elizabeth and grandson Kyle. Wright pleaded not guilty. - City News Service Trio held in scam to bilk bilk tr.v. bilked, bilk·ing, bilks 1. a. To defraud, cheat, or swindle: made millions bilking wealthy clients on art sales. b. immigrants A government employee and three others were arrested Tuesday in connection with a scheme to defraud immigrants who paid them thousands of dollars to become U.S. citizens, officials said. Two of the four defendants reportedly masqueraded as federal jurists The following lists are of prominent jurists, including judges, listed in alphabetical order by jurisdiction. See also list of lawyers. Antiquity
- City News Service Angel art project to expand in L.A. Beginning in June, 200 decorated angel statues will be delivered to the city of Los Angeles
n. 1. Music a. A repetition of a phrase or verse. b. A return to an original theme. 2. A recurrence or resumption of an action. tr.v. of last year's ``A Community of Angels'' public art project, it was announced Tuesday. The fiberglass statues, which will each be decorated in a unique manner by a different artist, will be placed in various areas of the city, depending on who underwrites them, officials said. - City News Service Boy badly burned treated at hospital SYLMAR - A 2-year-old boy who was burned when a fire broke out in the garage of his home Monday night was in critical condition Tuesday at Los Angeles County USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. Medical Center, officials said. The boy's 28-year-old mother, who was outside when the blaze broke out, also suffered second-degree burns to her left shin when she apparently ran inside the home on Phillipi Avenue, officials said. - Staff and Wire Services Ex-shelter worker plans federal suit A former food services food services Hospital services A 24/7 department in a hospital that provides for the nutritional needs of inpatients–eg, those needing special diets, preparing meals and transporting them to the floor and, through the cafeteria, the hospital staff and worker at MacLaren Children's Center who claimed he blew the whistle on alleged abuse at the facility has withdrawn the appeal of his termination before the county Civil Service Commission. Los Angeles resident Greg Lyons, 39, filed a withdrawal motion Tuesday stating the county had provided him with valuable documents and he intended to file a federal lawsuit instead. - Daily News White teachers complain of bias Four teachers filed suit Tuesday against the Los Angeles Unified School District The Los Angeles Unified School District (the "LAUSD") is the largest (in terms of number of students) public school system in California and the second-largest in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population. alleging harassment and racial discrimination by school administrators at Charles Drew Middle School in Los Angeles. The suit claims that the teachers - all of them Caucasian - were harassed, refused administrative support and punished with more limited opportunities for professional advancement than their nonwhite non·white n. A person who is not white. non  white adj. counterparts.
- Daily News Mistaken ID case results in chase ENCINO - A man in an SUV mistaken for one involved in a ``road rage'' incident led police on a chase from 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. to Hollywood on Tuesday before running into Griffith Park and being arrested by police. Officers were called to the 5200 block of Hayvenhurst Avenue in Encino at 1:28 p.m. by someone who said a man had spit on him, said Los Angeles police Officer Jack Richter. Officers followed and caught a West Hills man scrambling on a Griffith Park hillside at 2:25 p.m., but apparently the spitter An individual or organization that sends spam to VoIP subscribers. See SPIT. got away, officials said. - City News Service |
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