BRIEFLY FINES CONSIDERED FOR NUISANCE CALLS.The Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. instructed its legal advisers
Wednesday to draft a potential ordinance to fine telemarketers for
unwanted calls.
Under a ``do not call'' program envisioned by Councilman Mike Feuer, telemarketers would be fined if they called 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. residents who signed a registry indicating they don't want such intrusions. The council called for a report to its Public Safety Committee in 30 days from the City Attorney's Office on a draft ordinance and the legality of enforcing it. - City News Service North Valley city seeks a Starbucks SAN FERNANDO San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. - The San Fernando City Council this week approved a $125,000 redevelopment loan to help subsidize a Starbucks coffee shop in the city. Although there are more than 200 Starbucks shops in the Los Angeles area, this would be the first for the coffee giant in 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. , where local officials claim it will help lure other businesses. The 1,500-square-foot shop is proposed at 1135 Truman Street once the long-defunct Rally's Burger building is demolished. - Daily News LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. substation sought for park City Councilman 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 on Wednesday requested that a new park planned for the North Hills area include a police substation. In a letter to the Department of Recreation and Parks, Padilla said the substation could help deter crime in the area surrounding the new Sepulveda Park West near the intersection of Sepulveda Boulevard and Parthenia Avenue. The park will be developed on land where there once was a topless bar and where one lot has been vacant for more than 50 years. ``A police substation would go a long way in providing a more permanent solution to crime in the area and would further enhance the city's Operation Healthy Neighborhoods Program,'' Padilla's letter says. - Daily News Late trucker leads officers on chase A Pomona trucker who bypassed a weigh station A weigh station is a checkpoint along a highway to inspect vehicular weights. Usually, trucks and commercial vehicles are subject to the inspection. Overview Weigh stations are equipped with scales, some of which permit the trucks to continue moving while being weighed, south of Bakersfield and led California Highway Patrol officers on a chase through three counties Tuesday night told officers he didn't stop because he was late. Calvin Hunter, 51, claimed he was overdue in returning the 18-wheeler to a freight services company in Ontario, CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan Officer Rosa Ray said Wednesday. - City News Service Man kills wife, self over money woes THOUSAND OAKS - A husband and wife were found dead early Wednesday in their apartment bedroom in what authorities called an apparent murder-suicide over financial problems. Herman Rudman, 77, and Joyce Rudman, 75, were found shortly after her co-workers became concerned when the woman, a draftsman, failed to show up for work. ``Each of them had a single gunshot wound to the head,'' said Craig Stevens, chief deputy medical examiner A public official charged with investigating all sudden, suspicious, unexplained, or unnatural deaths within the area of his or her appointed jurisdiction. A medical examiner differs from a Coroner in that a medical examiner is a physician. in the Ventura County Coroner's Office. ``It appears that he shot her and then shot himself.'' The Rudmans were last seen alive in the early evening of New Year's Day New Year's Day, among ancient peoples the first day of the year frequently corresponded to the vernal or autumnal equinox, or to the summer or winter solstice. In the Middle Ages it was celebrated among Christians usually on Mar. 25. , officials said. - Daily News Inteli Tools plans school program SIMI VALLEY - Suzanne Feit of Inteli Tools, an organization that assists special-education students with the use of technology, will make a presentation for parents and teachers at 7 p.m. Jan. 18. Others who work with children also may attend the free presentation that will be hosted by the Simi Valley Unified School District's special education advisory committee in the Floyd Binns Room at the district office, 875 E. Cochran Street. For more information, call (805) 522-7719 or (805) 520-6500 Ext. 580. - Daily News |
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