BRIEFLY GLENDALE SUED BY 5 FORMER CITY WORKERS.GLENDALE - Five current or former city of Glendale employees sued the city for failing to take action in response to complaints of sexual harassment sexual harassment, in law, verbal or physical behavior of a sexual nature, aimed at a particular person or group of people, especially in the workplace or in academic or other institutional settings, that is actionable, as in tort or under equal-opportunity statutes. and violence, their attorney said Friday. The plaintiffs claim unwanted sexual advances created a hostile work environment A hostile work environment exists when an employee experiences workplace harassment and fears going to work because of the offensive, intimidating, or oppressive atmosphere generated by the harasser. . One of the women claims a rape committed by a Glendale police officer went virtually unpunished unpunished Adjective without suffering or resulting in a penalty: the guilty must not go unpunished, such crimes should not remain unpunished Adj. 1. . No one from the city was available to respond to the charges in the 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. Superior Court lawsuit. - City News Service Former bagel exec surrenders to feds The former chairman of a bagel company surrendered to federal authorities Friday in connection with an alleged scheme to inflate revenues. Allan Boren, who was chairman of I&J, a subsidiary of the Manhattan Bagel Co., is scheduled for a bail hearing on Tuesday. Boren and Eric Cano, I&J's former president, are accused of inflating revenues by falsely recording thousands of dollars in sales weekly. - City News Service Glendale man held in burglary case A 27-year-old Glendale man suspected of burglary and possession of stolen property was detained after he was found in a La Verne La Verne (lə vûrn), city (1990 pop. 30,897), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a suburb of Los Angeles; inc. 1906. La Verne, which began as a citrus-processing center, now has varied manufacturing, including electronic components, apparel, hand man's garage and held by the resident and a neighbor until police arrived, authorities said. Ayk Dilibiyan was detained on a parole and INS INS abbr. 1. Immigration and Naturalization Service 2. International News Service Noun 1. INS hold without bail at La Verne Jail after officers found stolen credit cards, police said. Dilibiyan had been deported to Moscow in 1999. - San Gabriel Valley The San Gabriel Valley is one of the principal valleys of southern California. It lies to the east of the city of Los Angeles, to the north of the Puente Hills, to the south of the San Gabriel Mountains, and to the west of the Inland Empire. Tribune No-smoking areas sought for parks The Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. on Friday voted 11-0 to take the next
step in developing a law that would ban smoking in certain areas of city
parks.
The council asked the City Attorney's Office to draft the measure that would create ``smoke-free'' zones in all sports fields, courts and picnic areas. - Daily News Owner enters plea in fatal hotel fire The owner of a Hollywood hotel
Juan Ortiz, 44, and his stepfather, Joseph Lewellen, 67, both of North Hills, each face charges that would make them eligible for the death penalty. However, prosecutors have not decided whether to seek it. Killed were a mother who fell to her death after lowering her two children to firefighters, and Ortiz's brother, whose body was found near the ignition point. - Associated Press Hahn taps Wiggs for 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 manager Los Angeles Mayor James Hahn announced on Friday the appointment of David Wiggs as general manager of the Department of Water and Power. Wiggs has been acting general manager since May, when David Freeman left to work for Gov. Gray Davis. He is a utility regulatory lawyer who had served as chief adviser to Assembly Speaker Bob Hertzberg, D-Van Nuys, on energy issues. He is to be paid $284,866. - Daily News Man to face trial in death of boy, 4 A Pacoima man must stand trial on charges that he beat his girlfriend's 4-year-old son to death while baby-sitting in May, a judge ruled Friday. A Van Nuys Superior Court Judge found enough evidence to require Jose Cruz, 24, to stand trial on charges of murder, torture and assault on a child causing death. - City News Service |
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