BRIEFLY MULTIPLE SHOOTING VICTIMS REPORTED.NORTH HILLS - More than half a dozen ambulances were sent Friday night to Noble Avenue at Nordhoff Street, where multiple people were hit with gunfire, authorities said. The call came in just after 9:45 p.m., and initial reports were that there were multiple people injured, authorities said. Authorities could not immediately detail the circumstances of the incident. - Daily News Reward offered for track vandals NORTHRIDGE - A $10,000 reward was offered Friday for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those who vandalized a section of Metrolink track. Investigators on Thursday found a large piece of concrete wedged under one of the rails after a train with about 300 people aboard started rocking just south of the Northridge Fashion Center Northridge Fashion Center is a large shopping mall located in Northridge, California. It opened in 1971. It was severely damaged during the Northridge Earthquake in 1994, but renovated extensively in 1995 and 1998. . Authorities asked that anyone with any information call the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department This article is about the Los Angeles County Sherriff's Department, not to be confused with the smaller Los Angeles County Police The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) is a local law enforcement agency that serves Los Angeles County, California. at (909) 392- 8413. - City News Service Olson to appeal her plea of guilty Former SLA fugitive Sara Jane Olson, who tried to withdraw the guilty plea that sent her to prison, has filed notice she will appeal it to a higher court. Olson's lawyer, Shawn Snider Chapman, filed the notice in the same Superior Court where Olson was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison last month for plotting to blow up a pair of Los Angeles police cars in the 1970s. A copy of the notice, filed Tuesday, was obtained Friday by The Associated Press. - Associated Press Santa Ana winds Santa Ana Winds may refer to: 1. Santa Ana wind, a local Southern California reference to Föhn winds, a meteorological phenomenon occurring as a layer of wind is forced over a mountain range -- drying the air -- which then passes over the crest and begins to move downslope -- spur fire warning Strong Santa Ana winds prompted the Los Angeles County Fire Department Not to be confused with Los Angeles Fire Department. The Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD), serves unincorporated parts of Los Angeles County, as well as 58 cities and towns that choose to have the county provide fire and EMS services, including the City of La to issue a red flag warning A Red Flag Warning is a forecast warning issued by the United States National Weather Service to tell area firefighting and land management agencies that conditions are ideal for wildland fire ignition and propagation. from late night Friday through Sunday over the mountains, and below passes and canyons, officials said. - Daily News Council considers barricade removal The Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. agreed on Friday to study lifting some
Civic Center security precautions in place after the Sept. 11 attacks -
such as the concrete barricades on streets outside and the closure of
the bridge connecting two buildings.
- City News Service Courts buildings renamed for Folz Los Angeles' downtown Criminal Courts building was renamed Friday in honor of California's first woman lawyer, Clara Shortridge Folz. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor Sandra Day O'Connor (born March 26 1930) is an American jurist who served as the first female Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1981 to 2006. She was considered a strict constructionist. , the first woman appointed to the high court, joined others for the ceremony renaming the building the Clara Shortridge Folz Criminal Justice Center. - Wire Services Freeway a tribute to rights activist A portion of the Santa Monica Freeway The Santa Monica Freeway is the westernmost segment of Interstate 10, beginning at the western terminus of I-10 at the Pacific Coast Highway in Santa Monica, California and ending southeast of downtown Los Angeles at the famous East Los Angeles Interchange. , from the Harbor Freeway in downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or to the San Diego Freeway on the Westside, was renamed Friday as the ``Rosa Parks Freeway'' in honor of the now-89-year-old civil rights activist. - City News Service Fee, inspection target billboards In an attempt to crack down on illegal billboards, the Los Angeles City Council on Friday unanimously approved a new fee and inspection program for billboards. The still undetermined fee will go to hire inspectors and allow the city to compile a database of legal billboards. Also, permits will be posted on the billboards to easily identify which are legal. - Daily News Speaker Wesson star of ceremony WESTWOOD - An inauguration ceremony was held Friday at the University of California, Los Angeles UCLA comprises the College of Letters and Science (the primary undergraduate college), seven professional schools, and five professional Health Science schools. Since 2001, UCLA has enrolled over 33,000 total students, and that number is steadily rising. , for newly sworn-in Assembly Speaker Herb Wesson, D-Culver City - the third consecutive lawmaker from Southern California and the second African-American to hold the speaker's title. - City News Service |
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