BRIEFLY MAYOR LOBBYING FOR CELL-PHONE BILL.Mayor Jim Hahn urged the governor on Friday to sign a bill that would create a statewide recycling program for cell phones to safely dispose of toxic chemicals that would otherwise end up in the air and groundwater. Californians discard some 44,650 cellular phones each day, and if incinerated or sent to landfills, each handset releases chemicals such as arsenic and lead, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Mayor's Office. AB 2901 would require that cell-phone retailers take back old phones at no charge for recycling. In urging Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (German pronunciation (IPA): [ˈaɐ̯nɔlt ˈaloɪ̯s ˈʃvaɐ̯ʦənˌʔɛɡɐ] to sign the bill, Hahn said the program would ``easily and efficiently reduce the risk that cell-phone chemicals pose to our health and environment.'' - City News Service Man, teenage boy jailed in slaying RESEDA - A Canoga Park man and a 16-year-old boy have been arrested in connection with the slaying of a 17-year-old motorist earlier this month, authorities announced Friday. The suspects, Joel Castaneda and the boy, whose name was not released because of his age, are believed to be responsible for the Aug. 11 shooting of Carlos Manuel Carlos Manuel Correia dos Santos (born Moita, 15 January 1958), commonly known just by Carlos Manuel (pron. IPA: ['kaɾluʃ mɐnu'ɛɫ] Guevara, who had been driving his car with two friends in the 18300 block of Victory Boulevard Victory Boulevard is a major thoroughfare on Staten Island, measuring approximately 8.0 miles (12.87 km) and stretching from the west shore community of Travis to the upper east shore communities of St. George and Tompkinsville. . One of Guevara's passengers, a 22-year-old man, was also injured. Castaneda was booked on suspicion of murder at the Van Nuys Jail and was being held without bail. The boy was booked on suspicion of murder and is being held without bail at the Sylmar Juvenile Hall. - Daily News L.A. prosecutor's work recognized 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. County prosecutor who helped send a gang member to Death Row for the 1994 shooting deaths of three men has been honored by a national attorneys association, officials said Friday. The Association of Government Attorneys in Capital Litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. presented its Trial Advocacy Award to Deputy District Attorney Patrick Sequeira at its annual conference in Portland, Ore., this month. Sequeira was singled out for his work on the case against Marcus Dorwin Adams, who was sentenced to death in July 2003. Adams was convicted of capital murder for the Sept. 7, 1994, shooting deaths of Dayland Hicks Hicks , Edward 1780-1849. American painter of primitive works, notably The Peaceable Kingdom, of which nearly 100 versions exist. , 22, and Trevon Boyd, 20, both of Los Angeles, and Lamar Armstrong, 18, of Inglewood. - City News Service |
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