BRIEFLY HOT DOGS RECALLED BY UTAH COMPANY.About 5,360 pounds of hot dog products distributed in seven states are being recalled by a Salt Lake City company because they may be contaminated with listeria Listeria /Lis·te·ria/ (lis-ter´e-ah) a genus of gram-negative bacteria (family Corynebacterium); L. monocyto´genes causes listeriosis. Lis·te·ri·a n. , the Agriculture Department said Wednesday. The products from Hi-Grade Meats Inc. were produced July 16 and distributed throughout the West, in California, Hawaii, Idaho, Minnesota, Texas, Utah and Washington state, the USDA USDA, n.pr See United States Department of Agriculture. said. The recall, covering 10-pound boxes bearing a ``made on'' date of July 19 and labeled as ``bulk pak,'' includes hot polish sausage, beef franks, bratwurst and franks. Also recalled are 10-pound packages that read ``Hi-Grade wieners, nonfat dry milk Noun 1. nonfat dry milk - dehydrated skimmed milk dried milk, dry milk, milk powder, powdered milk - dehydrated milk added'' with case code 00268. - Associated Press Yahoo! Inc. sued over harassment A proposed class-action lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday against Yahoo! Inc. alleges the search engine shelters people who anonymously post defamatory comments about others on message boards. A message left with a Yahoo representative was not immediately returned. According to the suit, attorney Stephen H. Galton sued Yahoo after being harassed on a message board. - City News Service Trial is ordered in fraud, tax case A Valley Village man accused of credit card fraud Credit card fraud is a wide-ranging term for theft and fraud committed using a credit card or any similar payment mechanism as a fraudulent source of funds in a transaction. The purpose may be to obtain goods without paying, or to obtain unauthorized funds from an account. , money laundering The process of taking the proceeds of criminal activity and making them appear legal. Laundering allows criminals to transform illegally obtained gain into seemingly legitimate funds. and tax evasion The process whereby a person, through commission of Fraud, unlawfully pays less tax than the law mandates. Tax evasion is a criminal offense under federal and state statutes. A person who is convicted is subject to a prison sentence, a fine, or both. was ordered Wednesday to stand trial on 55 felony charges, state Franchise Tax Board officials said. Pasadena Superior Court Judge Judson Morris found sufficient evidence to bind Michael Sharopetrosian, 31, over for trial, according to a statement released by the board. - City News Service Ventura bicyclist is fatally injured SANTA PAULA - One woman died and another was injured Wednesday when they were struck by a hit-and-run driver while riding their bicycles on Telegraph Road west of Santa Paula, authorities said. Darlene Bryant, 54, of Ventura was pronounced dead at a hospital more than two hours after the 8:15 a.m. crash, a coroner's investigator said. An autopsy was scheduled for today. The California Highway Patrol was searching for the driver of a dark metallic-green 1997 Honda sedan with windshield damage and a missing passenger-side mirror. - Daily News Firefighters can't save stuck horse SANTA CLARITA - A 2,500-pound horse whose right rear leg became stuck in a septic tank died Wednesday during a rescue attempt by Los Angeles County firefighters, officials said. Firefighters were called to 16726 Solana Lane in Canyon Country at 5:17 p.m. and used a crane in the rescue attempt. - City News Service Services changed for LAUSD LAUSD Los Angeles Unified School District (Los Angeles, CA) exec Funeral services for Theodore T. Alexander Jr., the Los Angeles Unified School District The Los Angeles Unified School District (the "LAUSD") is the largest (in terms of number of students) public school system in California and the second-largest in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population. administrator who died of leukemia Saturday at the age of 67, have been changed to 11 a.m. Monday at Trinity Baptist Church, 2040 W. Jefferson Blvd. Alexander was a champion of racial integration in Los Angeles public schools. His family asks that donations be made to the Theodore T. Alexander Jr. Scholarship Fund. They can be mailed to the Los Angeles Alumni Chapter of the Kappa Alpha Psi Kappa Alpha Psi (KAΨ) is the second-oldest collegiate Greek-letter fraternity with a predominantly African American membership and the first black intercollegiate fraternity incorporated as a national body. Fraternity Inc., 1846 South Crenshaw Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90019. For more information, call the LAUSD at (213) 241-6933. - Daily News Ventura County law review sought VENTURA - Ventura County supervisors will ask a state appellate court A court having jurisdiction to review decisions of a trial-level or other lower court. An unsuccessful party in a lawsuit must file an appeal with an appellate court in order to have the decision reviewed. to review a judge's decision that upheld a controversial public safety funding law, county officials said. Supervisors voted unanimously in closed session Tuesday to ask the 2nd District Court of Appeal in Ventura to consider Ordinance 4088 after a judge ruled two weeks ago that it was constitutional. - Daily News |
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