BRIEFLY JEWISH GROUP GETS $12 MILLION GIFT.Representatives for the Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles announced Monday that the organization had received the largest, single permanent gift in its history - a $12 million bequest from the estate of a Holocaust survivor and his wife. The gift will serve as the cornerstone of the newly created Werner and Ellen Lange Endowment Fund, which is expected to generate about $500,000 a year to support initiatives and seed new projects. Werner Lange, who died last year - three years after his wife - immigrated to the United States from Germany in the 1930s to escape Nazi persecution. The couple married in 1941. Following Werner's service in the U.S. Army during World War II, he and his wife relocated to Los Angeles, where he established and built a substantial optical-instruments business. - City News Service Man admits con against minister ENCINO - An Encino man admitted Monday that he had conned a Baptist minister and other victims out of a total of about $4.8 million, then used part of the money to finance an adult film business. Nicholas Roblee, also known as Nicholas Richmond, pleaded guilty to four counts each of wire fraud and 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. . His plea agreement recommends that he get 5-to-6 1/2 years in prison when he is sentenced Sept. 13 by U.S. District Judge Lourdes Baird. - City News Service Beach shut down after sharks seen PACIFIC PALISADES Palisades, cliffs along the west bank of the Hudson River, NE N.J. and SE N.Y., extending from N of Jersey City, N.J., to the vicinity of Piermont, N.Y., with a general altitude of from 350 ft to 550 ft (107–168 m). - Los Angeles County lifeguards A division of the County of Los Angeles Fire Department, the Lifeguard operations safeguard 31 miles of beach and 70 miles of coastline, from San Pedro in the south, to Malibu in the north; Protecting about 55 million beach patrons annually. closed Will Rogers State Beach to swimmers after three or four sharks swam as close as 100 yards to shore Monday. Authorities have not determined the species of shark sighted off the coast, but there were concerns that the animals may be potentially dangerous mako mako (mä`kō), heavy-bodied, fast-swimming shark, genus Isurus, highly prized as a game fish. Also known as the sharp-nosed mackerel shark, it is a member of the mackerel shark family, which also includes the great white shark and the or great white sharks. - City News Service MTA (1) (Message Transfer Agent or Mail Transfer Agent) The store and forward part of a messaging system. See messaging system. (2) See M Technology Association. 1. (messaging) MTA - Message Transfer Agent. to give riders of bikes a break The Metropolitan Transportation Authority will offer free bus and rail rides on May 20 to commuters who participate in Southern California's Bike to Work Day, the transit agency announced Monday. Nearly all Metro buses are equipped with bike racks in the front. Cyclists always can ride for no additional charge anytime on MTA buses equipped with bike racks. On May 20, their Metro bus ride also will be free. Cyclists also can bring their bikes on Metro Rail and Metrolink trains for no additional charge, but since Metro Rail trains may be full during weekday rush hours, the MTA does not allow bikes on its trains from 6:30 to 8:30 a.m. and from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. - unless trains are moving in a direction opposite the peak hour flow of commuter traffic on the Blue and Green lines or either direction on the Gold Line. On Red Line subway trains, bikes are not allowed in either direction during peak hours from Union Station to Wilshire/Vermont. For more information on Bike to Work Day and MTA-supported bike programs, go to www.metro.net or call (213) 922-2811. - City News Service Ex-con to face shooting charges An ex-con accused of wounding a Los Angeles police officer in a shooting April 29 near downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or was charged Monday with attempted murder and other counts. Kevin Brian Haynes, a 39-year-old parolee pa·rol·ee n. One who is released on parole. Noun 1. parolee - someone released on probation or on parole probationer released from state prison last August, is scheduled to be arraigned today at the downtown Los Angeles courthouse, said Deputy District Attorney Darren Levine. - City News Service Teen on probation for violence threat SYLMAR - A 16-year-old boy who allegedly threatened to shoot up Birmingham High School Birmingham High School is a public coeducational high school in the neighborhood/district of Lake Balboa in the San Fernando Valley section of the city of Los Angeles, California. The school is a part of District One of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). in the 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. was ordered Monday to serve a term of probation at home and undergo counseling, officials said. Sylmar Juvenile Court juvenile court Special court handling problems of delinquent, neglected, or abused children. Two types of cases are processed by a juvenile court: civil matters, often concerning care of an abandoned or impoverished child, and criminal matters, arising from antisocial Judge Morton Rochman ordered the teen to serve an as-yet undetermined amount of time on probation at home, and the teen was barred from owning or possessing weapons, said Jane Robison of the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office. A police official was quoted shortly after the boy's arrest March 16 as saying that the youth had warned a group of classmates Classmates can refer to either:
``He told them something to the effect, 'Don't come to school tomorrow. I am going to shoot up the place,''' LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. Capt. Jim Miller said. - Staff and Wire Services |
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