BRIEFLY PEREZ WINS HELM IN TEACHERS UNION.A former high school teacher won a runoff election Tuesday to succeed Day Higuchi as president of the Los Angeles teachers union. John Perez received 4,966 votes, or 50.5 percent, of the ballots cast, according to Steve Weingarten of United Teachers Los Angeles. Perez is a 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. resident, who has been a National Education Association vice president for the last six years. UTLA UTLA United Teachers of Los Angeles (California) represents 48,000 teachers, librarians, counselors, school nurses and other school employees in the Los Angeles Unified School District The Los Angeles Unified School District (the "LAUSD") is the largest (in terms of number of students) public school system in California and the second-largest in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population. . - City News Service Suspect identified in fatal car crash PACIFIC PALISADES - Police on Tuesday identified the driver suspected of causing a fatal head-on crash in Pacific Palisades and fleeing the scene on Friday. Officer Ed Funes, a spokesman for the Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . , said Edward Contreras, 31, of Arleta is suspected of fleeing on foot after the crash that occurred at about 10 p.m. on Pacific Coast Highway Pacific Coast Highway may refer to:
Killed in the crash was Lidia Reyes, 33, of Riverside, a passenger in the 1992 Honda Civic driven by Contreras, Funes said. The Honda was headed north on the highway when it crossed the double yellow lines double yellow lines double npl (Brit) (Aut) → double bande jaune marquant l'interdiction de stationner into the path of a southbound Chevrolet occupied by four people, all of whom were seriously injured, Funes said. Contreras is 5 feet 6, weighs 180 pounds and has black hair and brown eyes. He also has numerous tattoos on his back, arms and left leg. Anyone knowing his whereabouts is urged to call police. - City News Service Hacker sentenced in 1-day shutdown SAN FERNANDO - A former worker for a Valencia defense contractor was sentenced Tuesday to 16 months at a state restitution center for hacking into the company's computer system and shutting it down for 24 hours Adv. 1. for 24 hours - without stopping; "she worked around the clock" around the clock, round the clock . San Fernando Superior Court Judge Robert Schuit also ordered Armen Oganesyan, 26, to pay $50,000 in restitution to a defense-contractor unit of Massachusetts-based Textron Systems. - City News Service Officers to speak to Winnetka group WINNETKA - Officers from the West Valley Property Crimes Detail of the Los Angeles Police Department will speak at 7 p.m. Thursday when the Winnetka Neighborhood Watch meets at the Demirdjian School Auditorium, 6844 Oakdale Ave. For more information, call Senior Lead Officer Karen Widman at (818) 756-9891. - Daily News |
|
||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion