BRIEFLY MORE WANT REFORM ON BUSINESS TAX.A health care workers union, an association representing apartment owners and a west 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. business group joined a coalition calling for reforms to the 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. city business tax, officials announced Tuesday. Advocates for rolling back the business tax - long considered a drag on Verb 1. drag on - last unnecessarily long drag out last, endure - persist for a specified period of time; "The bad weather lasted for three days" 2. the local economy - hailed the endorsements of Service Employees International Union Local 434B, the Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles and the Warner Center Association as evidence that their coalition is broadening. Groups such as the Valley Industry and Commerce Association and the Greater Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce The Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce is southern California's largest not-for-profit business federation, representing over 1,500 businesses. Mission "By being the voice of business, helping its members grow and promoting collaboration, the Los Angeles Area Chamber of are calling for city officials to lower and simplify the business tax by Oct. 31. - Daily News Burglary alarms still mostly false Burglary alarm calls declined 28 percent in June 2004 from June 2003 in Los Angeles, a statistic city officials attributed Tuesday to a policy of not responding to false alarms. But the vast majority of alarm calls - 97 percent in June 2004, compared with 98 percent in June 2003 - were still false alarms, 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. information presented Tuesday to the Los Angeles Police Commission. Last year, the commission and City Council approved a policy of not sending police to addresses with two or more false alarms in a 12-month period. The City Council is scheduled on Sept. 10 to consider fines of $115 for the first false alarm in a year, escalating by $50 for each subsequent false alarm. - Daily News West Nile cases keep increasing Health authorities have confirmed 27 more human cases of 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. in California, the state Department of Health Services Department of Health Services may refer to:
So far this year, the state has confirmed 370 human cases of the mosquito-borne virus, an increase of nearly 8 percent since Friday - the most recent date that statistics were released. Health authorities have said they expected the number of human cases to increase through September and October. So far this year, the virus has killed 10 people in the counties of Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino and Riverside. In addition, 82 horses have been euthanized or died from the infection after contracting West Nile. As of this week, authorities have detected West Nile fever West Nile fever West Nile meningoencephalitis Infectious disease An acute, mosquito-borne flaviviral infection endemic–rarely, epidemic–in the Near East, Africa, former Soviet Union, India Clinical After a 3-6 day incubation, children present with a in birds in 52 of California's 58 counties. Nationwide, West Nile has infected 1,053 people and killed 28, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), agency of the U.S. Public Health Service since 1973, with headquarters in Atlanta; it was established in 1946 as the Communicable Disease Center. . The virus infected 9,862 and killed 264 people last year. - Associated Press Permits proposed for Venice Beach Seeking to impose some order on the famously chaotic Venice Beach Boardwalk, city officials are proposing permits for people who perform, play music or create art for money. Los Angeles city officials would reserve 44 spaces for performers and 62 spaces for vendors whose messages are protected by the First Amendment, such as people selling bumper stickers and other political messages. People who want a spot on the west side of the boardwalk would submit $25 to the Department of Recreation and Parks and be entered into a random monthly lottery for a space. - Daily News Boy in hospital; condition critical NORTH HOLLYWOOD - A 12-year-old boy was in extremely critical condition Tuesday night after nearly drowning in a backyard plastic pool at a North Hollywood home, officials said. Paramedics called to the home in the 13100 block of Welby Way at 7:38 p.m. applied cardiopulmonary resuscitation cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), emergency procedure used to treat victims of cardiac and respiratory arrest. CPR can be done in a hospital with drugs and special equipment or as a first-aid technique. and finally got a pulse as they took the boy to Pacifica Hospital of the Valley, said Bob Collis of the Los Angeles City Fire Department. - City News Service |
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