BRIEFLY MAN IS WOUNDED DURING WALK HOME.CANOGA PARK - A man was hit by gunfire Thursday while walking home with dinner from a fast-food restaurant. The man, believed to be about 20 years old, was near Hart Street and Alabama Avenue about 8:30 p.m. when he was struck by three bullets. Neighbors said they heard six to seven shots and saw a white Toyota Corolla with four men inside flee the scene. The victim's injuries are not believed to be life-threatening, police said. - Daily News Driver found dead near Zoo Drive A woman in her 30s was killed Thursday when her 1997 Jeep Cherokee plunged off a connector road from the Golden State Freeway The Golden State Freeway is a north-south freeway running through Kern County and Los Angeles County, California. Originally built as U.S. Highway 99, it was re-signed as Interstate 5 in 1964. to the Ventura Freeway, and rolled down an embankment before coming to a rest on its side, police said. The unidentified woman was found inside the Cherokee shortly before 9 a.m. by a freeway service patrol A freeway service patrol, alternatively known as a motorist assistance patrol, roadway service patrol, or a courtesy patrol, is the umbrella term for a variety of programs implemented by government agencies, typically state Highway Patrols or Departments of worker who happened upon the scene in the Zoo Drive area near the Ventura Freeway. It was unclear whether there were any other motorists involved or whether it was a sole-vehicle crash. California Highway Patrol officers were investigating the crash and seeking information as to how it occurred. Anyone with information to offer is asked to call the CHP CHP Chapter CHP 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 at (213) 897-2929. - Daily News Verdugo Hills High has truancy court TUJUNGA - 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. has chosen Verdugo Hills High School Verdugo Hills High School (VHHS) is a public school located in Tujunga, Los Angeles, California within the Los Angeles Unified School District. The school serves students from several areas of Los Angeles, including Sunland, Tujunga, Lake View Terrace, and portions of North in Tujunga for the debut of a new truancy program that will have students face their peers in a school court. Before the introduction of the Village Policing Truancy Intervention Prevention Program, or TIPP TIPP Taxe Interieure Sur Les Produits Petroliers (French: National Tax on Petroleum Products) TIPP Targeted Infrastructure Protection Program (US Department of Homeland Security program) , teachers either dealt out detention or suspension, said Verdugo Hills Vice Principal John Plevack.. ``We don't want an at-home suspension,'' Plevack said. ``We want them to go to class.'' Now, students on campus and more than 30 minutes late to a class can be given a citation for truancy, he said. Under the new program, truant students will be judged by their peers. Students serving on a moot court A method of teaching law and legal skills that requires students to analyze and argue both sides of a hypothetical legal issue using procedures modeled after those employed in state and federal appellate courts. will hear the case of the truant student and - with adult supervision - issue a penalty such as Saturday school or detention, Plevack said. - City News Service Bill would hike penalties for DUI A Southland lawmaker unveiled a bill Thursday that would toughen penalties for people repeatedly caught driving while under the influence of alcohol or drugs. It also would take away a judge's power to decide whether to impound impound v. 1) to collect funds, in addition to installment payments, from a person who owes a debt secured by property, and place them in a special account to pay property taxes and insurance when due. vehicles. Sen. Jack Scott, D-Pasadena, said that under SB 1127 those convicted of repeated DUIs - or for killing someone while driving in that condition - would have their vehicles impounded and sold by the state. In addition, when victims are involved, the bill would require a portion of the vehicle sale's proceeds to go to their families. - City News Service |
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