BRIEFLY ONE MAN ARRESTED IN BOY'S SLAYING.Police said Friday they arrested a man in connection with the death of a 14-year-old boy who was wounded by suspected gang members as he rode his bicycle, then shot 19 more times as he begged for his life. The man was arrested Thursday night for investigation of murder but his identity was not immediately released, police spokesman Jason Lee said. At least one more suspect was being sought, he said. Byron Lee Jr., a ninth-grader known to friends and family as ``B.J.,'' was shot in the alley behind his South Los Angeles South Los Angeles is the official name for a large geographic and cultural area lying to the southwest and southeast of downtown Los Angeles, California. The area was formerly called South Central Los Angeles, and is still sometimes called South Central. home shortly after 2 p.m. on Oct. 9. Lee was not believed to have gang connections. - Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Judge dismisses county seal suit A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by 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 employee who wanted to stop the Board of Supervisors from removing a cross on the official county seal. U.S. District Judge S. James Otero issued the decision late Wednesday. The ruling does not involve separate 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. filed in state court by the Claremont Institute The Claremont Institute is a conservative think tank based in Claremont, California. The mission of the Claremont Institute is "to restore the principles of the American Founding to their rightful, preeminent authority in our national life. Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence, which argued that adopting a new version of the seal, before knowing the outcome of a ballot initiative process, is a waste of public funds See Fund, 3. See also: Public . A campaign is under way to collect more than 341,000 signatures by a March 1 deadline to force a special election so voters can decide the issue. - Daily News Cardenas wants Arnold's apology Los Angeles City Councilman Tony Cardenas Tony Cardenas served in the California State Assembly. In the Assembly, he had the powerful position of chair of the Budget Committee. He is now a Los Angeles City Councilman, representing the 6th district, which includes parts of the San Fernando Valley. , a beneficiary of campaign contributions from California Indian tribes when he served in the state Assembly, said Thursday that he is leading an effort to persuade Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to apologize for a remark about Indians and gaming. Cardenas, who represents parts of the eastern 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. , said he was offended by Schwarzenegger's comments on Proposition 70, a tribe-backed tribal gaming initiative. Schwarzenegger was quoted as saying, ``The Indians are ripping us off.'' Cardenas said the comment was insulting to American Indians and other people of color Noun 1. people of color - a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks) people of colour, colour, color race - people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock; "some biologists doubt that there are important . Schwarzenegger has not offered to apologize. - Daily News Day made director of commission The Los Angeles Airport Commission appointed Kim Day as permanent director on Thursday, one day after she helped shepherd an $11 billion airport modernization plan through the City Council. Day has been interim director since December 2003 and been closely involved in the changes to the massive plan for Los Angeles International Airport “LAX” redirects here. For other uses, see LAX (disambiguation). “KLAX” redirects here. For other uses, see KLAX (disambiguation). Los Angeles International Airport (IATA: LAX, ICAO: KLAX, FAA LID: LAX , as well as overseeing the operations of LAX, Palmdale, Ontario and Van Nuys airports. Commission President Cheryl Peterson said Day, an architect by training, was selected from among 100 candidates. - Daily News Bartender enters new plea in crash VENTURA - A bartender pleaded no contest to manslaughter in a drunk driving crash last Thanksgiving that killed three of his friends. Tomas Mercer, 23, was charged in May with alcohol-involved vehicular manslaughter vehicular manslaughter n. the crime of causing the death of a human being due to illegal driving of an automobile, including gross negligence, drunk driving, reckless driving, or speeding. . He changed his not guilty plea to no contest on Wednesday, the scheduled start of his preliminary hearing. Mercer, who left the courtroom without comment, faces up to four years in prison when he's sentenced Jan. 5. On Nov. 27, Mercer left a Ventura bar and drove a pickup carrying six people when he lost control and it flipped, killing Rebecca Singer-Beilin, 22, Mike Frick, 23, and Tim Coultas, 23. - Associated Press Ex-actor to stand trial in shootings SIMI VALLEY - A 75-year-old former actor who appeared in TV Westerns will stand trial on murder and attempted murder charges in July shootings at a Simi Valley bar. At a preliminary hearing this week in Ventura, Robert Sorrells was shown on a surveillance video shooting two men at the Regency Lounge. One man died; the other was wounded in the bar incident. ``The judge found substantial evidence to support the case,'' said prosecutor Chris Harman. Sorrells was featured in shows and movies dating back to the 1950s. - Daily News |
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