BRIEFLY DRIVER SURRENDERS AFTER VALLEY CHASE.SYLMAR - A motorist surrendered to police late Thursday after leading officers on a chase that zigzagged through the northeast 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. and area freeways. The man, who had called a California Highway Patrol dispatcher Software that determines what pending tasks should be done next and assigns the available resources to accomplish it. It may execute other programs or generate a list for human operators to follow. See scheduler. to discuss how despondent de·spon·dent adj. Feeling or expressing despondency; dejected. de·spon  dent·ly adv. he was, eventually got out of his car about 9 p.m. near the intersection of Harding and Knox streets and was subdued after officers fired a beanbag bean·bag n. 1. A small bag filled with dried beans and used for throwing in games. 2. A small folded bag filled with lead pellets, used as ammunition in a stun gun. 3. projectile projectile something thrown forward. projectile syringe see blow dart. projectile vomiting forceful vomiting, usually without preceding retching, in which the vomitus is thrown well forward. . The chase began on surface streets near San Fernando at 8:34 p.m., then continued on the Ronald Reagan Freeway and the westbound Foothill Freeway before returning to surface streets in Sylmar. - Daily News Gangster wanted in wife's shooting Los Angeles police Thursday asked for the public's help in finding a gang member suspected of trying to kill his wife. Enrique Campos allegedly shot his wife in the abdomen about 3 p.m. Wednesday at her Tujunga home, said Los Angeles police Officer Renee Montoya. Detectives believe Campos is headed either to Pomona, where he is a documented gang member, or to Oregon, where he has family, Montoya said. His wife was in stable condition at a hospital, a detective said. Campos is 28 years old, 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighs 175 pounds, and has tattoos on his back, right arm, left arm, hand and wrist. He was driving a white four-door 1994 Toyota Corolla with Oregon license plate YLN YLN Yue Loong Motor Company Ltd (Taipei) 093. Anyone with information on Campos' whereabouts is asked to call Foothill detectives at (818) 834-3115 or (877) 529-3855. - City News Service Count of failing schools wrong California Department of Education The California Department of Education is a California agency that oversees public education. The Department oversees funding, testing, and holds local educational agencies accountable for student achievement. officials said Thursday they have miscalculated the number of public schools that will be placed on a watch list because of their failure to meet federal academic targets. Officials announced Aug. 15 that 345 schools in California had been identified for Program Improvement - a designation that requires them to either offer their students the right to transfer to better schools or to get tutoring help. But they have since withdrawn that list, citing computer programming errors. State officials are now trying to compile an accurate list. - Daily News Chamber backs Hahn's LAX plan The Westchester/LAX/Marina del Rey Chamber of Commerce on Thursday announced its endorsement of Mayor James Hahn's renovation plan for Los Angeles International Airport “LAX” redirects here. For other uses, see LAX (disambiguation). “KLAX” redirects here. For other uses, see KLAX (disambiguation). Los Angeles International Airport (IATA: LAX, ICAO: KLAX, FAA LID: LAX ``Alternative D is a positive step in the right direction in balancing the interests of the community with modernization of LAX,'' said chamber president David Voss. The plan anticipates about 78.9 million annual passengers and 3.1 million annual tons of cargo, and would be designed and constructed in phases over an 11-year period beginning in late 2004. - Daily News Mayor announces Valley nominees Three San Fernando Valley residents were nominated Thursday by Mayor James Hahn among a group of 15 to serve on city commissions. The nominees include Ernesto Cardenas of Sylmar to the Board of Transportation Commissioners; John James of Canoga Park to the Disability Commission; and Manuel Salas of Granada Hills to the Los Angeles Housing Authority. Hahn also announced the reappointment reappointment Hospital practice The renewal of medical staff membership and privileges of a practitioner whose previous service on the medical staff has met the staff's standard of Pt care. See Appointment. of Valley residents James Acevedo to the Harbor Commission and Greta Hutton to the South Valley Area Planning Commission. - Daily News |
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