BRIEFLY REDISTRICTING HEARING SET.SAN FERNANDO San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. - A public hearing on the Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. redistricting redistricting: see legislative apportionment. process will be held 6-8 p.m. on Tuesday at San Fernando
Valley San Fernando ValleyValley, 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. High School 11133 O'Melveny St. For more information, call (213) 473-4595; or visit www.cityofla.org/redistricting. - Daily News Police seeking fatality witnesses SUN VALLEY - Police were seeking the public's help Thursday in the fatal shooting Wednesday of a 23-year-old gang member in a parking lot in the 8400 block of Laurel Canyon Boulevard Laurel Canyon Boulevard is a major street in the city of Los Angeles, California. It starts off at Polk Street in Sylmar in the northern San Fernando Valley near the junction of the San Diego (Interstate 405) and the Golden State Freeways (Interstate 5). , officials said. Miguel Palomera may have been the victim of a drive-by shooting drive-by shooting Public health A phenomenon in which one or more persons–commonly members of street gangs, open fire à la Al Capone from moving vehicles, often in retaliation for an alleged wrong-doing by a rival gang , but police said witnesses have not provided information about any possible suspects. Anyone with information is asked to contact detectives at (818) 623-4075. - Daily News Airport workers file suit over new law Nine airport security screeners who could lose their jobs under a new federal law that says only U.S. citizens can do the work filed a lawsuit Thursday claiming it is unconstitutional and discriminatory. In what lawyers called the first such case in the nation, the screeners are suing Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta and the undersecretary of transportation for security, who are responsible for carrying out the new airport security law. A transportation security administration spokesman could not comment. - 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. Palmdale deputy wins in U.S. court PALMDALE - A federal jury Thursday found that a Palmdale sheriff's deputy was demoted in retaliation for taking issue with an illegal order to write 100 traffic citations a month. The jury awarded Deputy Steven Box $37,967 in damages and ordered defendants Lt. Robert Rifkin and Capt. Terence Judge to pay $5,000 and $10,000 in punitive damages Monetary compensation awarded to an injured party that goes beyond that which is necessary to compensate the individual for losses and that is intended to punish the wrongdoer. , respectively. The judge dismissed a third defendant, Lt. John Crab, for lack of evidence. County Counsel Calvin House didn't comment on the verdict. - City News Service School expansion hearing to be held VAN NUYS - A public hearing on plans to expand Hillcrest Christian School Hillcrest Christian School is a private school that was founded in 1971,was formally MCLEUR ACADEMY of the White Citizens Council of Jackson, and was opened in 1968, title was transferred to Hillcreat Baptist Church just after integration laws came into effect, and is situated on in Granada Hills will be held at 9 a.m. today at the Airtel Hotel Plaza, 7277 Valjean Ave. The meeting, originally planned for last Friday, was rescheduled after a crowd of 450 was unable to fit in the room. - Daily News Theft suspects to be sentenced Two men are scheduled to be sentenced next month on theft charges for using stolen credit card numbers to buy jewelry and designer clothes at a Camarillo factory outlet center, authorities said Thursday. Tigran Petrosyan, 31, of Burbank, and Gregor Babayan, 27, of Reseda, pleaded guilty Wednesday to felony charges, the Ventura County District Attorney's Office said. - City News Service Driver wounded by freeway gunfire NORTH HOLLYWOOD - A motorist shot four times at another car on the Hollywood (170) Freeway and slightly wounded a woman before speeding away, police said Thursday. Two women were traveling north at 11:10 p.m. on Wednesday when an unidentified man flashed his brights, pulled along the car's right side and fired as they approached the Roscoe Boulevard exit, police said. - City News Service County practices criticized in suit Los Angeles County's practice of collecting Social Security benefits for dependent children who are wards of the court is illegal, a proposed class action lawsuit class action lawsuit A lawsuit in which one party or a limited number of parties sue on behalf of a larger group to which the parties belong. For example, investors may bring a class action lawsuit against a brokerage firm that has actively promoted a tax filed Thursday said. County representatives could not be reached for comment. - City News Service |
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