BRIEFLY LAPD OFFICER HURT IN MOTORCYCLE FALL.ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST The Angeles National Forest (ANF) was established by executive order on December 20, 1892 as the San Gabriel Timberland Reserve. It covers over 2,600 km² (650,000 acres) and is located in the San Gabriel Mountains of Los Angeles County, just north of the metropolitan area of Los - A motorcycle officer with the Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . was seriously hurt after running over a rock and being thrown off the vehicle Friday afternoon, the CHP CHP ChapterCHP 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 reported. The officer, whose name was not immediately released, was headed down the highway just north of Big Tujunga Canyon Road when the 1:35 p.m. incident occurred, said California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. Officer Karen Faciane. It was unclear whether he was on- or off-duty at the time. - City News Service Simi man denies molesting 6 kids VENTURA - A Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. man pleaded not guilty to nine felony counts of child molestation Child molestation is a crime involving a range of indecent or sexual activities between an adult and a child, usually under the age of 14. In psychiatric terms, these acts are sometimes known as pedophilia. involving six youngsters who attended his wife's home day-care center day-care center: see day nursery. , authorities said Friday. Kenyon Niedert, 63, entered the pleas Thursday and remained in Ventura County Jail with bail set at $500,000. - Associated Press Book fund asked for ailing schools WATTS - While visiting a Watts school Friday, Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante said Jordan High and other low-performing schools in the state need a one-time, $100 million dose of textbooks. The lieutenant governor said he and Assemblyman Carl Washington, D- Paramount, have asked state lawmakers to include a one-time augmentation. - City News Service 'Friends' TV star in fender-bender A car driven by a woman who ran a stop sign collided with ``Friends'' star Matthew Perry's silver BMW BMW in full Bayerische Motoren Werke AG German automaker. Founded as an aircraft engine manufacturer in 1916, the company assumed the name Bayerische Motoren Werke and became known for its high-speed motorcycles in the 1920s. at a Westside intersection, police said. Neither Perry nor the 75-year-old woman was injured. Officer La Donna Cissell said neither drugs nor alcohol was involved in the Wednesday morning crash. - Associated Press Davis announces court promotions Two longtime Los Angeles Superior Court commissioners were appointed to serve as judges, and three attorneys were appointed to serve as court commissioners, Gov. Gray Davis announced Friday. Commissioners Norman Tarle and Allen J. Webster will be elevated to the position of judge. Harvey Giss, Kenji Machida and Margaret Henry were appointed to serve as commissioners. - City News Service Chevrolet dealer settles civil suit EL MONTE - California's largest Chevrolet dealer agreed to pay $2.5 million to settle a civil case alleging that 1,500 customers who purchased new vehicles were misled, officials said Friday. Gunderson Chevrolet in El Monte is expected to pay $1.5 million in restitution to customers as well as a total of $1.1 million in civil and administrative penalties to the state Department of Motor Vehicles In the United States of America, Department of Motor Vehicles (or DMV) is a commonly used name of the government agency of a U.S. state which administers the registration of automobiles (e.g., by issuing license plates), and/or the licensing of drivers (e.g. and the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office, officials said. Gunderson Chevrolet spokesman Oscar Suris said most of the allegations stem from the activities of two rogue employees who have not worked for the firm for almost a year. The alleged problems occurred between February 1999 and May 2000. - Associated Press Music-industry leader paroled IONE - Marion ``Suge'' Knight, the imprisoned im·pris·on tr.v. im·pris·oned, im·pris·on·ing, im·pris·ons To put in or as if in prison; confine. [Middle English emprisonen, from Old French emprisoner : en- co-founder of rap-music label Death Row Records, has been paroled, officials said Friday. Knight left Mule Creek State Prison Mule Creek State Prison is a prison which opened in 1987, located in Ione, California. This prison is the current home of Lyle Menendez, Patrick Kearney, Robert John Bardo, Herbert Mullin, and Charles "Tex" Watson. External links [1] in Amador County after serving half of a nine-year term for violating probation on assault charges. He hopes to serve the remaining few months of a federal sentence in a halfway house halfway house /half·way house/ (haf´wa hous) a residence for patients (e.g., mental patients, drug addicts, alcoholics) who do not require hospitalization but who need an intermediate degree of care until they can return to the community. . - Associated Press Disney parks hire own paramedics ANAHEIM - Two teams of paramedics will be stationed at the two Disney theme parks beginning May 1, the company said. The 12 paramedics are expected to shave precious minutes off response time to any incident in the parks. The city receives two to five emergency calls a day from Disney, officials said. The Sept. 22 incident in which 4-year-old Brandon Zucker suffered brain damage after being pinned underneath a Roger Rabbit car was not a factor, said Disney spokesman Ray Gomez. - The Orange County Register Court challenge by teachers loses SACRAMENTO - A judge ruled Friday against teachers who challenged the rules for Gov. Gray Davis' most lucrative rewards program for test-score improvements, authorities said. The lawsuit led the state to hold up the rewards, which range from $5,000 to $25,000 per teacher. Superior Court Judge Gail Ohanesian gave the teachers from Jedediah Smith Elementary in Sacramento time to appeal, so the money cannot be distributed for the next 60 days. - Associated Press Marine sergeant dies in shooting CAMP PENDLETON - Authorities said they were hunting Friday for a suspect who shot and killed a 23-year-old Marine from Houston. Sgt. Brian G. Castellano-Reyes died Thursday from gunshot wounds to the head and chest, according to Lt. Greg Scott, a Marine spokesman. - Associated Press |
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