BRIEFLY PADILLA PRESSES FOR VALLEY BUSWAY.A city councilman called on Wednesday for 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. to begin explore developing a special busway for the 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. as well as new bus service lines to work with the Red Line subway system. Councilman Alex Padilla said the city should begin working with the Metropolitan Transit Authority on creating a special busway similar to those in other countries that would provide a dedicated lane in a north- south route. Padilla said he also wants to see if new bus service can be created from Van Nuys Boulevard at Ventura Boulevard to Glenoaks Boulevard, Lankershim Boulevard at the Red Line Subway Station to San Fernando Road San Fernando Road is a major street in the city and county of Los Angeles. It starts off in Castaic as The Old Road, passing through Santa Clarita and the Newhall Pass, where upon its intersection with Sierra Highway near the junction of the Golden State (I-5) and the , and San Fernando Road from the Burbank Multimodal Two or more modes of operation. The term is used to refer to a myriad of functions and conditions in which two or more different methods, processes or forms of delivery are used. On the Web, it refers to asking for something one way and receiving the answer another; for example requesting Center to Sylmar. - Daily News Web sex offender sex offender n. generic term for all persons convicted of crimes involving sex, including rape, molestation, sexual harassment and pornography production or distribution. confined to home A former Disney Internet executive was sentenced Wednesday to nine months home detention and five years probation for crossing state lines intending to have sex with a minor contacted by e-mail. Patrick J. Naughton was arrested at the Santa Monica Pier The Santa Monica Pier is located at the foot of Colorado Avenue in Santa Monica, California and is a prominent landmark. Attractions The pier contains Pacific Park, a family amusement park with a large ferris wheel. in September 1999 after arranging to meet an Internet e-mail correspondent who was an FBI agent pretending to be a 13-year-old girl. The judge noted in imposing the light sentence that since Naughton pleaded guilty in the case he has provided cooperation that is expected to help catch Internet sex criminals in the future. - Associated Press Quake victims sue insurance group A group of homeowners sued Farmers Insurance on Wednesday, claiming the company failed to pay for repairs made to their homes after the Northridge Earthquake. The lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, lists 49 residences that allegedly were not covered not covered Health care adjective Referring to a procedure, test or other health service to which a policy holder or insurance beneficiary is not entitled under the terms of the policy or payment system–eg, Medicare. Cf Covered. by the company's Protector Homeowners Package Policy during the Jan. 17, 1994, quake. - City News Service Pier 400 lease set for city approval The Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners approved a 25-year lease Wednesday with Maersk Pacific Ltd. for the 485-acre Pier 400 container terminal at the Port of Los Angeles The Port of Los Angeles is located on San Pedro Bay in the San Pedro neighborhood of Los Angeles, approximately 20 miles (30 km) south of downtown. Also called Los Angeles Harbor and WORLDPORT LA . If approved by the City Council, the lease for the Pier 400 facility will bring the world's largest shipping line to the port to operate the world's biggest proprietary container complex, said Port Director Larry Keller. - City News Service Path along river opened to cyclists Mayor Richard Riordan Wednesday officially opened a new stretch of the Los Angeles River The Los Angeles River is an intermittent river flowing through Los Angeles County, California, from Canoga Park in the west end of the San Fernando Valley, 51 miles (82 km) southeast to its mouth in Long Beach. Bike Path in Atwater Village. The new $2.2 million segment runs 1.38 miles - from Fletcher Drive to Los Feliz Boulevard - along the west bank of the river and will eventually connect with Griffith Park. Riordan said the path gives cyclists a safe, picturesque roadway to ride for recreation or commuting. - City News Service 2-day-old corpse found off freeway The body of a 20-year-old Agoura man fatally injured when a 1993 Toyota pickup truck he was driving ran off the westbound Ventura Freeway was found Wednesday - two days after the crash. The discovery was reported about 11:15 a.m., just west of Reseda Boulevard, said California Highway Patrol Officer Karen Faciane. But the crash occurred sometime Monday, Faciane said. - City News Service |
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