BRIEFLY REAL ESTATE AGENT GUILTY IN SLAYING.NORWALK - A real estate agent was convicted of second-degree murder Wednesday for killing his wife, the daughter of a former state senator Noun 1. state senator - a member of a state senate senator - a member of a senate . Jurors deliberated less than five hours before reaching a decision against Bruce Koklich, who faces 15 years to life in prison. Sentencing was set for Dec. 4. Koklich, 44, of Lakewood reported his wife, Jana Carpenter Koklich, missing Aug. 20, 2001. He said they both had left home that morning and he became concerned when she did not arrive at their real estate office in nearby Long Beach where they both worked. - 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. LAUSD LAUSD Los Angeles Unified School District (Los Angeles, CA) gets grant for crisis plans 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. received $500,000 as part of $38 million in federal grants given to 134 districts to improve emergency response and crisis management plans, the U.S. Department of Education announced Wednesday. In addition, the 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. County Office of Education will get $503,400. The money can be used to train school personnel, parents and students in crisis response, buy equipment and improve coordination with fire, police and other emergency responders. - City News Service Five men charged in bank robbery The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. Bank robbery is the crime of robbing a bank. THOUSAND OAKS Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. - Five Los Angeles men have been charged in connection with a Thousand Oaks bank robbery that authorities believe was planned by affiliates of the Rollin' 60s street gang, authorities said. Three men with firearms escaped Western Financial with an undisclosed amount of money after a shot was fired into the bank. - Associated Press Courtney Love faces drug count Singer-actress Courtney Love was charged with a misdemeanor drug count Tuesday, less than a week after she reportedly tried to break into a Los Angeles home. Love is scheduled to be arraigned Friday in Los Angeles, said Frank Mateljan, spokesman for the City Attorney's Office. Love's drug tests were still pending, he said. Love, 39, was arrested Oct. 2 outside a Los Angeles home where she had broken the windows in an attempt to enter, according to police. - Associated Press Lessons offered in terror attacks GLENDALE - Almost 200 pharmacists and health care providers gathered in Glendale on Wednesday to learn how to distribute antibiotics and vaccines in the event of a bioterrorist attack. Experts from the Los Angeles County Public Health Department and Pharmacists Association, as well as from Riverside and Orange counties and the cities of Tucson and Mesa, Ariz., offered insight into lessons learned from similar exercises in those communities. - Daily News Lauritzen slates office open house Los Angeles school The Los Angeles School of Urbanism is an academic movement emerged during the mid-1980s, loosely based at the University of Southern California and UCLA, that poses a challenge to the dominant Chicago School of Urbanism. board member Jon Lauritzen, who represents the west 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. , will hold an open house from 3 to 5:30 p.m. today at his Constituent Services Office. The office is located at 10045 Jumilla St., Chatsworth. - Daily News |
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