BRIEFLY ENCINO TO REGAIN ITS POLICE LIAISON.ENCINO - Residents of the southern portion of Encino soon will have a Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . liaison to the community as part of a package of personnel funding approved Friday, Councilman Jack Weiss Jack Weiss, is a member of the Los Angeles City Council representing the 5th district. Weiss was elected in 2001 and reelected in 2005. The 5th district includes parts of the Westside and the San Fernando Valley. said. The area north of Mulholland Drive For the motion picture, see . Mulholland Drive is a very well-known road in Los Angeles, California named after engineer William Mulholland. A portion of it is also called Mulholland Highway. and south of Ventura Boulevard Ventura Boulevard is one of the primary east-west thouroughfares in the San Fernando Valley; as it was originally a part of the El Camino Real (the trail between Spanish missions), Ventura Boulevard is the oldest route in the San Fernando Valley. It was also U.S. between Sepulveda Boulevard and White Oak Drive, and between Ventura and Victory boulevards between White Oak Drive and Balboa Boulevard has been without a permanent senior lead officer in recent months because of budget cuts, officials said. Weiss, who represents the area, said the senior lead officer position will be restored as part of more than $2 million in Los Angeles Police Department promotions and backfills approved Friday. - Daily News Padilla asks city to finish project LAKE VIEW TERRACE - City Council President Alex Padilla Alex Padilla is a politician in California. He was elected as the State Senator for the 20th District of California in November 2006 and was inaugurated in early December. In order to enter the Senate he had to resign as Councilman for the 7th District on the Los Angeles City called on Friday for the city to provide an extra $480,000 for the Boundless Playground at Hansen Dam Hansen Dam in Los Angeles County, California was built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District in 1939 and 1940. The project is located near the northern edge of the San Fernando Valley on Tujunga Wash, about one mile below the confluence of the Big Tujunga Wash . The facility, designed to be used by disabled children, has been designated for the recreation area near the proposed Children's Museum site. The full City Council will consider his proposal next week. The funds would supplement more than $700,000 provided by the state for the 20,000-square-foot playground. - Daily News More meetings on TV under plan A motion was introduced Friday to televise tel·e·vise tr. & intr.v. tel·e·vised, tel·e·vis·ing, tel·e·vis·es To broadcast or be broadcast by television. [Back-formation from television. the board meetings of the Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency and commissions that oversee the Airport and Harbor Departments, and the Department of Water and Power. Councilmen Jack Weiss and Antonio Villaraigosa, the latter of whom is running for mayor, said they want the public to be able to monitor the work of the CRA See Community Reinvestment Act. and the three commissions. The motion will be scheduled for a committee hearing within 30 days. If approved, seven meetings a month would be aired on one of several city-owned government, education and public access channels. - City News Service Man gets 1-year bribery sentence CALABASAS - A 59-year-old Calabasas man has been sentenced to a year in jail after he pleaded guilty to commercial bribery involving a Northridge firm, the Ventura County district attorney announced Friday. An investigation revealed that Bahram Rafi Gholizadeh was employed by Pacific Bell, now SBC (1) (SBC Communications Inc., San Antonio, TX, www.sbc.com) A large, national telecommunications company that grew from a multitude of local and regional companies, including Southwestern Bell, Pacific Bell and Nevada Bell, into a single, unified brand by 2002. , in the 1990s when he was paid $154,000 by a Northridge-based company for inside information on competitors' confidential bids, District Attorney Gregory Totten said. Gholizadeh left Pacific Bell in June 2000. - Daily News Political forum slated for Oct. 24 THOUSAND OAKS - Candidates for the Thousand Oaks City Council, Conejo Valley school board and representatives from the Bush-Cheney and Kerry-Edwards campaigns are expected in a political forum at 4 p.m. Oct. 24 in the grand ballroom of the Hyatt Westlake Plaza Hotel at 880 S. Westlake Blvd. Reservations are recommended for the event, and people who wish more information can call (818) 540-6904 or go to www.conejoelection.org. - Daily News Cancer events set for Oct. 16-17 THOUSAND OAKS - Teams from Newbury Park and Thousand Oaks will meet Oct. 16-17 in the 24-hour Relay For Life Relay For Life (often shortened to Relay) is a fundraising event of the American Cancer Society, and is now held in many other countries. It is an overnight event designed to spread awareness of cancer prevention, treatments and cures, celebrate survivorship and raise money event to fight cancer, involving participants walking or running around the track at Newbury Park High School and joining other special events. The relay will begin at 10 a.m. the first day, and at 2 p.m. there will be a ``Locks of Love'' ceremony in which volunteers will have their hair cut to make wigs for cancer patients. - Daily News |
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