BRIEFLY OPPONENTS APPEAL OIL-PUMPING HOURS.A West Los Angeles
The Neighbors for a Safe Environment are asking the council to reject an application to increase the operation from three to 24 hours per day in the Pico-Doheny area. They also are seeking strict controls to prevent pollution, fumes or odors. - Daily News Padilla seeks funds for sewer hookups Councilman Alex Padilla proposed Tuesday that money from the city's Neighborhood Preservation Program be used to help low-income families install sewer line hookups. Padilla said about 2,000 of his constituents in the northeast 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. district still use septic tanks - and half of the residents live within 50 feet of a city line. The council will take it up next week. - City News Service U.S. jury convicts 9 in Mexican Mafia Nine members of the Mexican Mafia were convicted in federal court on Tuesday of such charges as racketeering Traditionally, obtaining or extorting money illegally or carrying on illegal business activities, usually by Organized Crime . A pattern of illegal activity carried out as part of an enterprise that is owned or controlled by those who are engaged in the illegal activity. , conspiracy to murder and drug trafficking. The government said the defendants carried out a criminal enterprise that controlled drug distribution and other illegal activities in Latino communities and inside prisons. The trial's first prosecution witness told jurors that defendant Frank Fernandez, 53, of Palmdale was in charge of operations in the San Fernando Valley. - Associated Press Ex-PTA president set for arraignment A criminal proceeding at which the defendant is officially called before a court of competent jurisdiction, informed of the offense charged in the complaint, information, indictment, or other charging document, and asked to enter a plea of guilty, not guilty, or as otherwise permitted THOUSAND OAKS - Arraignment is scheduled Monday for a former president of the Lang Ranch Elementary School PTA PTA or parent-teacher association: see parent education. , who was arrested on suspicion of embezzling $3,200 from the organization in 1999, authorities said Tuesday. Tracy Ross, 36, of Newbury Park was arrested Monday on suspicion of felony fraud and embezzlement embezzlement, wrongful use, for one's own selfish ends, of the property of another when that property has been legally entrusted to one. Such an act was not larceny at common law because larceny was committed only when property was acquired by a "felonious taking," i. , and freed after posting $10,00 bail, officials said. - Daily News EPA EPA eicosapentaenoic acid. EPA abbr. eicosapentaenoic acid EPA, n.pr See acid, eicosapentaenoic. EPA, n. crews check for nuclear residue SIMI VALLEY - EPA officials surveyed a building Tuesday at the Santa Susana Field Lab for any remaining signs of radioactive contamination as they prepared the structure for demolition. Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and contractors will continue their work today, verifying previous surveys that said portions of the building were free of nuclear residue and able to be hauled off as waste, said Boeing spokesman Dan Beck. Anti-nuclear activists had raised concerns that buildings were being removed before final safety checks. - Daily News 90-minute search nets theft suspect SUN VALLEY - LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. officers took a man into custody Tuesday night after scouring a Sun Valley neighborhood more than 90 minutes for a suspected carjacker. The unidentified man had led police on a short pursuit and fled into a mobile home park, where he was later found, said LAPD Sgt. Tom Toutant. LAPD officers had been notified that a green, 1991 Chevy Camaro had been stolen at gunpoint in the 10900 block of Victory Boulevard in North Hollywood, said LAPD Officer Jason Lee. - Daily News |
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