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BRIEFLY POLICE INVESTIGATE SHOOTING ATTACK.


SYLMAR - Los Angeles police were investigating the shootings of two men Friday night in Sylmar.

Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).

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 Sgt. Gabe Kearney said the men were shot outside in the 15000 block of Paddock Street about 10:30 p.m.

There was no word on the victims' conditions late by late Friday.

- Daily News

County may have to return millions

Los Angeles County may have to return $142 million in federal funding, according to a draft audit released Friday by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Noun 1. Department of Health and Human Services - the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare; created in 1979
Health and Human Services, HHS
.

The state received more federal health care funding than it was entitled to in 1997-98 and distributed $142 million of it to five county-run hospitals, according to a draft of a Health and Human Services Noun 1. Health and Human Services - the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare; created in 1979
Department of Health and Human Services, HHS
 audit.

The federal funds at issue were supposed to help the state and the county cover costs for treating Medicaid patients and other ``vulnerable populations,'' said John Wallace of the county Department of Health Services Department of Health Services may refer to:
  • Los Angeles County Department of Health Services
  • California Department of Health Services a California state agency
.

- City News Service

Air quality board shies off perc ban

DIAMOND BAR - Southern California air quality regulators on Friday backed away from a proposed ban on the most commonly used dry-cleaning solvent.

If adopted by the board of the South Coast Air Quality Management District The South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD), formed in 1976, is the air pollution agency responsible mainly for regulating stationary sources of air pollution for most of Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Riverside County, and all of Orange county. , the plan would have made the Greater Los Angeles region the first jurisdiction in the nation to ban perchloroethylene, or perc.

The AQMD staff had recommended that the board approve the ban Friday. Instead, board members introduced two alternative perc measures but delayed a possible vote until Dec. 6.

- Associated Press

LAUSD LAUSD Los Angeles Unified School District (Los Angeles, CA)  sued over book, band fees

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.  was sued Friday by two parents who say the school district is charging students ``illegal'' fees for textbooks, gym clothes, band uniforms and ID cards.

Carlos and Suellen L'Dera filed the multimillion-dollar, class-action suit in Los Angeles Superior Court. They also want the LAUSD barred from collecting the fees.

The LAUSD said it was ``surprised'' by the filing and has been ``actively implementing policies and procedures Policies and Procedures are a set of documents that describe an organization's policies for operation and the procedures necessary to fulfill the policies. They are often initiated because of some external requirement, such as environmental compliance or other governmental  to address'' the issue.

According to the suit, the LAUSD is violating the state's free-public-education guarantee by requiring students to purchase items for curricular and extracurricular activities.

- City News Service
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