BRIEFLY QUAKE VICTIMS CALL FOR PROTEST RALLY.NORTHRIDGE - Victims of the Northridge Earthquake are expected to rally today at an apartment complex damaged in the quake, calling for the impeachment impeachment, formal accusation issued by a legislature against a public official charged with crime or other serious misconduct. In a looser sense the term is sometimes applied also to the trial by the legislature that may follow. of state Insurance Commissioner Charles Quackenbush. Quackenbush is alleged to have diverted quake relief funds from victims. Residents and consumer advocates will meet at 17800 Devonshire St., Northridge, at 11 a.m. For information, call (310) 392-0522, Ext. 309. - Daily News Vons ice cream could be tainted ARCADIA - Vons announced Wednesday that it is voluntarily recalling half-gallon Jerseymaid Old Fashioned Real Vanilla Ice Cream because it might contain ammonia. The ice cream is sold in round containers and identified with the code number 011001, which is located on the bottom of the container, and ``is likely to have a detectable odor.'' Customers who purchased ice cream between April 13 and April 21, with the code in question can return a clean, empty carton to their local store for a refund. - City News Service City delays stand on profiling limits The Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. decided Wednesday to do further study before taking a position on state legislation aimed at curbing racial profiling by police officers. The council asked its Intergovernmental Relations Committee to examine Senate Bill 1389, which would require police officers to undergo diversity training and to provide business cards with complaint numbers to drivers they stop. The bill's critics, including the American Civil Liberties Union American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), nonpartisan organization devoted to the preservation and extension of the basic rights set forth in the U.S. Constitution. of Southern California, contend the measure has been weakened to the point that it would be ineffective. The council also directed Police Chief Bernard C. Parks Bernard Parks (born December 7, 1943 in Beaumont, Texas) is a member of the Los Angeles City Council, representing the 8th District in South Los Angeles and former Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department. Parks attended Los Angeles City College, received his B.S. to study ways to collect data about drivers who are pulled over by police to try to determine whether racial profiling takes place in Los Angeles. - Daily News Judge off the case in loan shark trial A federal judge in Los Angeles voluntarily took herself off the loan sharking case against record promoter Joseph Isgro on Wednesday because she was the U.S. attorney when he was previously prosecuted. ``I think it would be foolish for me to go down this road and then find out later that there is a problem,'' said U.S. District Judge Lourdes G. Baird. She added that she thought she could be impartial, but wanted to avoid the ``appearance of impropriety Appearance of impropriety is a term often used in reference to a situation whose ethics is deemed questionable. It means that any layperson, without knowledge of the facts, would assume that something he/she saw or heard was inappropriate or a violation of a rule/regulation. .'' Baird was the U.S. attorney in Los Angeles in the early 1990s, when Isgro was unsuccessfully prosecuted twice on payola pay·o·la n. 1. Bribery of an influential person in exchange for the promotion of a product or service, such that of disc jockeys for the promotion of records. 2. charges. Prosecutors withheld evidence from the defense in that case. - City News Service GOP head blasts Playboy party plan California Republican Party The California Republican Party is the California affiliate of the national Republican Party. Its chairman is Ron Nehring and is based in Burbank, California, a suburb of Los Angeles. Chairman John McGraw on Wednesday criticized Rep. Loretta Sanchez, D-Garden Grove, for her plans to hold a Latino leadership event at the Playboy Mansion this summer. The event is planned during the Democratic National Convention, which will be held in downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or on Aug. 14-17. - City News Service Van Nuys collision kills Nissan driver VAN NUYS - A 45-year-old motorist was killed Tuesday when her vehicle swerved into oncoming traffic and collided head-on with another car in a Van Nuys intersection, police said Wednesday. It is still unclear why Guadalupe Avila of Burbank drove her 1985 Nissan into oncoming traffic on Van Nuys Boulevard at Delano Street, according to 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 . . Avila's car ran head-on into one driven by Thomas Martorano, 81, of Sherman Oaks, police said. Martorano, driving a 1996 Saturn sedan, was not seriously injured The casualty status of a person whose injury may or may not require hospitalization; medical authority does not classify as very seriously injured, seriously injured, or incapacitating illness or injury; and the person can communicate with the next of kin. Also called NSI. See also casualty status. . - Daily News Tobacco license plan gets final OK The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday issued final approval to require retailers who sell tobacco products to apply for licenses that can be revoked if they are caught selling to minors. The council unanimously voted to enact the program, which is expected to cost about $750,000 a year, after tentatively approving the measure a week ago. The license applications are expected to be sent to an estimated 11,000 supermarkets, gas stations and other stores in June. - Daily News Crash of car, bus injures Valley man GLENDALE - A 51-year-old North Hills man suffered minor injuries when his car was involved in a crash with an MTA bus Wednesday, officials said. The injured man was taken to County/USC Medical Center following the 11:30 a.m. crash at 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 Goodwin Avenue, said Rick Jager, spokesman for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Officials said the cause of the crash was under investigation. - Daily News Student, 11, loses consciousness WEST HILLS - An 11-year-old boy apparently fainted Wednesday and hit his head on a computer in a classroom at Welby Way Elementary School. The youngster was later put aboard a Los Angeles Fire Department The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), also known as the Los Angeles City Fire Department to distinguish it from the Los Angeles County Fire Department. It is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Los Angeles. helicopter for transport to Childrens Hospital Los Angeles. - City News Service Bill would block felons from profit PASADENA - A key state Senate committee approved a bill to close a loophole that allows felons and third parties to profit from the sale of memorabilia and artwork, a Southland legislator said Wednesday. Sen. Adam B. Schiff, D-Pasadena, said his measure passed the Senate Judiciary Committee The U.S. Senate established the Committee on the Judiciary on December 10, 1816, as one of the original 11 standing committees. It is also one of the most powerful committees in Congress; among its wide range of jurisdictions is investigation of federal judicial nominees and oversight of on an 8-0 vote. The bill was inspired by a loophole in California's ``Son of Sam'' law, and would allow for the seizure of profits from the sale of memorabilia by a convicted felon's representative or a third party. Current state law allows only for the seizure of profits of items sold by a felon. Recent items for sale have included paintings by serial killers Henry Lee Lucas Henry Lee Lucas (August 23, 1936 – March 13, 2001) was an American criminal, convicted of murder and once listed as America's most prolific serial killer. However, he later recanted his confessions. and John Wayne Gacy John Wayne Gacy (b. March 17 1942, Chicago, Illinois - d. May 10 1994, Crest Hill, Illinois), also known as The Killer Clown, was an American serial killer. He was convicted and later executed for the rape and murder of 33 boys and young men, 29 of whom he buried in a , signed letters by ``Night Stalker'' Richard Ramirez and hair from ``cannibal killer'' Arthur J. Shawcross, Schiff said. - City News Service |
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