BRIEFLY FOSTER CHILD CARE SETTLEMENT OK'D.A federal judge on Wednesday approved a landmark settlement of a class-action lawsuit requiring 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. County to provide better mental health services health services Managed care The benefits covered under a health contract to foster children, prevent unnecessary placement of children in foster care and make other improvements in the child protective system. Critics of the settlement, which also forced the county to close the long-troubled MacLaren Children's Center in El Monte El Monte (ĕl mŏn`tē), city (1990 pop. 106,209), Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1912. A residential, industrial, and commercial city in the San Gabriel Valley, El Monte manufactures furniture, electronic equipment, semiconductors, , said it creates the illusion of reforms but delivers little more than a six-member advisory panel to recommend improvements and no time line for implementation. ``The lawyers get $525,000, the advisers get $375,000 and the kids get zero and a promise,'' said attorney Sanford Jossen, who had filed a lawsuit in 2000 alleging workers at MacLaren broke children's bones. - Daily News Recall opposition is urged by panel A Los Angeles city panel on Wednesday recommended that the City Council take a position against the recall of Gov. Gray Davis, based on the election's estimated cost of $35 million or more to taxpayers. The council's committee on Rules, Elections and Intergovernmental Relations unanimously passed the motion by 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. . Councilwoman Cindy Miscikowski Cindy Miscikowski represented the 11th District on the Los Angeles City Council for two full terms from 1997 through 2005. Previously, she was an aide to Councilman Marvin Braude and the Executive Director of the Skitball Cultural Center in its beginning stages. voiced some reservations because the issue already appears headed to the ballot. - Daily News Feinstein seeks probe of ethanol As the Los Angeles region copes with its worst ozone pollution in years, U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein on Tuesday requested an investigation into the impact of ethanol-blended gasoline on air quality. Feinstein suspects that ethanol - which is replacing the groundwater- polluting MTBE MTBE Methyl-tert-butyl-ether Surgery An aliphatic ether that rapidly dissolves cholesterol stones in vivo, introduced under local anesthesia via a percutaneous transhepatic cholecystectomy catheter, as a non-invasive method for treating gallstones; after injection, additive in gas - is at the heart of the smog spike. - Daily News Restaurant attack suspects arrested THOUSAND OAKS - Two suspected gang members accused of attacking customers at a fast-food restaurant late last month have been arrested, investigators said Wednesday. William Urrea and Joseph McVay, both 22 and both of Thousand Oaks, were being held on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon Assault with a Deadly Weapon is the term used to describe the act of threatening to harm one or more people by using a weapon (usually a firearm). Here, assault must be differentiated from battery as they are often confused. Assault is threatening to use force. , battery and participation in a criminal street gang in connection with June 28 attacks on three bystanders at a restaurant in the 1600 block of Brazil Avenue, authorities said. - Daily News Game-field entry costs Dodger fan A Panorama City factory worker who ran onto the field during a Dodgers-Colorado Rockies game May 21 to shake outfielder Brian Jordan's hand was sentenced Wednesday to 30 days in jail. Oscar Villanueva, 26, also was ordered to stay away from Dodger Stadium for a three-year probationary period. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Dennis Aichroth also gave Villanueva 30 days on a Caltrans work crew and barred him from going near the Dodger left-fielder, who recently underwent surgery and is out for the season. - City News Service No contest plea in child porn case RESEDA - A Cleveland High School art teacher pleaded no contest Wednesday to possession of child pornography Child pornography is the visual representation of minors under the age of 18 engaged in sexual activity or the visual representation of minors engaging in lewd or erotic behavior designed to arouse the viewer's sexual interest. and contributing to the delinquency of a student, officials said. Christopher John Biron, 53, of Reseda was accused of paying a 10th-grade male art student $20 an hour to pose in his underwear on several occasions. City Attorney's officials said the teacher made inappropriate sexual advances toward the boy at least once. - Daily News L.A. gang program changes advised A Los Angeles gang-intervention program generally works well but is underfunded un·der·fund tr.v. un·der·fund·ed, un·der·fund·ing, un·der·funds To provide insufficient funding for. underfunded adj → infradotado (económicamente) while gang crime continues to rise, according to a study released Wednesday. The study by consulting firm Vital Research LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control recommended minor changes such as more staff development and clearer goals for the program known as L.A. Bridges II. It noted that though overall crime has decreased since the program began six years ago, gang-related crime increased by 63 percent. Last year, however, gang-related crime in the program's areas decreased by 8 percent. - Daily News DWP DWP Department of Work and Pensions (UK) DWP Drinking Water Program DWP Dynamic Weapon Pricing (gamin, Counter-Strike: Source) DWP Department of Water & Power DWP Drinking Water Protection backs a plan for Baja California The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) is the largest municipal utility in the United States, serving 3.9 million residents in 2006. It was founded in 1902 to deliver water and electricity supplies to residents and businesses in Los Angeles. announced Wednesday that it is the first California water utility to join in a statewide initiative aimed at enhancing the quality of water service in Baja California. - City News Service |
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