BRIEFLY SECESSION FORUM WILL FEATURE PARKS.A forum on 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. secession, featuring retired LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. 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. , will be held tonight in South Los Angeles South Los Angeles is the official name for a large geographic and cultural area lying to the southwest and southeast of downtown Los Angeles, California. The area was formerly called South Central Los Angeles, and is still sometimes called South Central. . Parks, who retired earlier this month after the city refused to renew his contract, has said he plans to study the secession issue, as well as a run for City Council. Also at the forum will be Richard Close, chairman of Valley Voters Organized Toward Empowerment, along with two academic experts. The event is the second in a series of town hall meetings on secession organized by Rev. Frederick Murph of Brookins Community AME See AIT. Church. Dinner will be at 6 p.m., with the town hall meeting at 6:30 p.m. at the church, 4831 S. Gramercy Place. For information, call (323) 296-5610. - Daily News Homeless man hit by Metrolink train NORTHRIDGE - Police on Tuesday were investigating the death of an apparently homeless man who was hit by a Metrolink train near the Northridge Station. Paramedics responded to the scene of the train crash a half mile east of the station in the 18000 block of Parthenia Street at 1:48 p.m. and found a body on the tracks, officials said. - Daily News Advisory council slates 1st meeting WOODLAND HILLS - The Woodland Hills-Warner Center Neighborhood Council will hold its first meeting at 6:30 p.m. today in the the Parkman Middle School auditorium, 20800 Burbank Blvd. Certified in March, the council will serve as a citizens advisory committee to the Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. .
Membership is open to anyone who lives, works or does business in the Woodland Hills-Warner Center community. - Daily News Holiday death toll down on highways Traffic crashes on 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 highways claimed one life during the 78-hour Memorial Day holiday, compared with six fatalities during the same period last year, authorities said Tuesday. Statewide, 40 people were killed in traffic crashes from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Monday, compared with 45 deaths during the same period in 2001, officials said. - City News Service Ventura lifeguards facing budget axe VENTURA - Ventura County officials are proposing to trim lifeguard patrols at three popular beaches to help close a multimillion-dollar budget deficit. Harbor Director Lyn Krieger is recommending that lifeguards be posted at Hollywood, Silver Strand Silver Strand is a name used for some beaches:
n. pl. kid·dies Slang A small child. kiddie Noun Informal a child beaches near Oxnard from Fridays through Mondays instead of every day. Midweek beach visitors who need help will have to call 911, she 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. Board meetings to go live on Net VENTURA - The Board of Supervisors meetings are going global. Starting June 4, anyone with an Internet connection can watch the five politicians hash out county policy, set sewer rates and, occasionally, trade insults. To find the link to live board meetings, the Web page is www.countyofventura.org - Associated Press Police ID man killed in struggle WINNETKA - A man killed May 19 in a struggle with several Los Angeles police officers was identified by police Tuesday as Fermin John Castro, 34. Castro was shot after he lunged at police with a pair of scissors scissors Cutting instrument or tool consisting of a pair of opposed metal blades that meet and cut when the handles at their ends are brought together. Modern scissors are of two types: the more usual pivoted blades have a rivet or screw connection between the cutting ends , cutting one officer in the head, officials said. - Daily News Supervisors vote to drop Andersen Though a quick look shows Los Angeles County has no contracts with Arthur Andersen accountants, the supervisors on Tuesday voted to sever all ties with the company. - Daily News Griffith Park scene of more brush fires Two small brush fires broke out Tuesday in Griffith Park, where a series of suspicious fires has erupted over the past seven weeks, officials said. None of the brush fires since April 6 has burned more than five acres. - Associated Press |
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