BRIEFLY MAN FOUND GUILTY OF MURDERS AGAIN.WEST HILLS - A man who masterminded the 1998 killings of two witnesses against him in a burglary case was convicted of murder Wednesday, nearly two years after a guilty verdict was thrown out because of evidence tampering. A 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 jury found Kenneth Leighton Kenneth Leighton (b. Wakefield, October 2, 1929, d. Edinburgh, August 24, 1988) was an English composer. Leighton was born in Wakefield, Yorkshire and was a chorister at Wakefield Cathedral from 1937 to 1942. He earned the LRAM Piano Performer's Diploma in 1946. guilty of first-degree murder in the Nov. 4, 1998, shootings of Jamie Navaroli and April Mahoney, who were supposed to testify against Leighton. Police said Navaroli and Mahoney were returning to their home in the 23000 block of Ingomar Street in West Hills, about to get out of a car in their driveway, when a gunman approached and opened fire. Navaroli died at the scene, and Mahoney died a few weeks later on Christmas Eve. - City News Service Global business help being offered 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. area businesses interested in getting involved in international trade will soon receive some help in a joint operation between the city and the Economic Alliance of the San Fernando Valley. City representatives will be available on the first Tuesday First Tuesday is a networking forum for technology entrepreneurs, companies seeking venture capital, investors and related service providers. Founded in 1998, First Tuesday now has 38,000 members and the 10 branches across Europe host meetings on the first Tuesday every month. of each month, starting April 8, to offer assistance to businesses. The representatives will be available at the Economic Alliance offices at 5121 Van Nuys Blvd., Sherman Oaks. - Daily News Clear up tickets at Internet site The city of Los Angeles
``This new service gives people an easy and quick option to paying a parking ticket,'' Mayor James Hahn For the Iowa politician, see . James Kenneth "Jim" Hahn (born July 3, 1950) is an American politician from the Democratic Party. He was the Deputy City Attorney (1975-1979), City Controller (1981-1985), City Attorney (1985-2001) and Mayor of Los Angeles, California said of the service available at www.lacity-parking.org. It will allow people to pay outstanding tickets with credit card over a secured network. Officials said there are 569,000 outstanding tickets valued at more than $35 million. Traffic officials said they hope to get some $2.5 million of that paid over the Internet. - Daily News Richman to take questions on TV Assemblyman Keith Richman, R-Granada Hills, will be the guest on a live cable public-affairs program Saturday. Richman, the top vote-getter in the race for San Fernando Valley mayor last November, currently serves as chairman of the Valley Group, which includes many of the former Valley candidates and other activists. He will be interviewed by Frank Sheftel, who also ran in the secession election and who serves as the Valley Group's spokesman. ``The Frank Sheftel Show'' airs at 4:30 p.m. Saturday on Adelphia East Valley Channel 25. Viewers will be able to call in to ask questions of Richman and Sheftel. - Daily News All horses should get vaccination California's horse owners should vaccinate vac·ci·nate v. To inoculate with a vaccine in order to produce immunity to an infectious disease such as diphtheria or typhus. vac their animals against the West Nile virus West Nile virus, microorganism and the infection resulting from it, which typically produces no symptoms or a flulike condition. The virus is a flavivirus and is related to a number of viruses that cause encephalitis. before the disease hits the state with full force this summer, according to veterinarians Veterinarians and veterinary surgeons (vets) are medical professionals who operate exclusively on animals. Well-known and notable veterinarians include:
While only 1 percent of humans infected with West Nile virus become seriously ill or die, the disease is fatal to as many as one-third of all horses that contract it, said Gregory Ferraro, director of the University of California, Davis The University of California, Davis, commonly known as UC Davis, is one of the ten campuses of the University of California, and was established as the University Farm in 1905. , Center for Equine Health. Those that survive can suffer from long-term or permanent disabilities. - Associated Press College president sorry about letters The head of Citrus College in Glendora sent a letter to President George W. Bush apologizing for anti-war missives that a part-time professor urged students to send to the White House for extra credit, an official said Wednesday. Language arts professor Rosalyn Kahn encouraged students in her ``Small Group Communications'' class to send the letters, said Michelle Small, a spokeswoman for the college. When a student asked whether he could write a letter in support of the possible war, Kahn told him no, Small said. Citrus College President Louis Zellers asked that the letters ``be retracted re·tract v. re·tract·ed, re·tract·ing, re·tracts v.tr. 1. To take back; disavow: refused to retract the statement. 2. .'' - City News Service |
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