BRIEFLY REAGAN MAKING STRONG PROGRESS.SANTA MONICA Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. - Former President Reagan's progress after hip surgery has doctors discussing his release from the hospital, his spokeswoman said Wednesday. Reagan, 89, has been eating heartily - dining on meatloaf, his favorite meal - since surgeons pinned his hip during a 65-minute operation Saturday at St. John's Health Center, his chief of staff Joanne Drake said. Reagan fell and broke his hip Jan. 12 at his Bel-Air home. ``President Reagan is in good spirits Adv. 1. in good spirits - without losing equilibrium; "she took all his criticism in stride" in stride and he continues to progress in his physical therapy sessions, Drake said. - Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Bonuses coming for many schools More than 4,500 California schools improved their Academic Performance Index scores enough to earn awards of $63 per student, Gov. Gray Davis announced Wednesday. Some schools in nearly every county in the state, including Los Angeles County, earned the performance awards that will be paid in February. The money is awarded to a school that increases its average score by 5 percent of the difference between its score the previous year and the statewide performance goal of at least 800 out of 1,000 points. - Daily News Chief names top deputy for Valley Los Angeles 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. has introduced Ronald Bergmann as his new deputy chief in charge of policing services 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. . The promotion, announced Wednesday, makes Bergmann one of eight deputy chiefs outranked only by Parks in 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 . .
Bergmann, a U.S. Air Force veteran, rose through the ranks from patrol officer to detective, sergeant, lieutenant, captain, commander and administrative officer in his 28 years in the LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. . He earned a bachelor's degree in business from the University of Illinois University of Illinois may refer to:
- City News Service Heroin ring leader gets 30-year term A Chatsworth man convicted of running an international heroin distribution ring, laundering its profits and failing to pay taxes was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years in federal prison, U.S. Attorney Alejandro N. Mayorkas said. Solomon Tekle, 49, had been convicted on charges of conspiracy to import heroin, attempting to import heroin, laundering money, evading taxes, subscribing to false tax returns and structuring financial transactions to avoid federal reporting requirements. Tekle's wife, Lily Tekle, was sentenced last year to 21 months in federal prison after she was convicted of two counts of tax evasion The process whereby a person, through commission of Fraud, unlawfully pays less tax than the law mandates. Tax evasion is a criminal offense under federal and state statutes. A person who is convicted is subject to a prison sentence, a fine, or both. . - Daily News Tagger tag·ger n. 1. One that tags, especially the pursuer in the game of tag. 2. taggers Very thin sheet iron, usually plated with tin. Noun 1. sent to jail for 2nd offense A 21-year-old Van Nuys man was sentenced to three months in jail after his second conviction in six months for graffiti. Van Nuys Superior Court Judge Leland Harris also decided that, after Brent Alvarado gets out of jail, he will be kept on probation for the rest of a three-year period in which he is banned from associating with any known taggers or possessing any graffiti tools. - City News Service Young mother's killer sentenced VENTURA - Santa Paula gang member Alfredo Hernandez has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for the 1998 shooting death of a 25-year-old mother while he and another gang member were robbing a store. Hernandez, 23, and Jose ``Pepe'' Castillo each shot Mirna Regollar, a mother of two, after she reached for a silent alarm while they were holding up Junior's Market in Santa Paula, where she worked, prosecutors said. The two were trying to get money to buy drugs, according to Castillo, who testified against Hernandez to spare himself the death penalty. Hernandez, who was sentenced Tuesday, was convicted of first-degree murder in November. - City News Service |
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