BRIEFLY SHOOTER SOUGHT IN TEEN'S ATTACK.NORTH HOLLYWOOD - Police were searching Friday for a male who they said shot a teen in the chest shortly after 1 p.m. in the 7100 block of Case Avenue. The 18-year-old, who was not identified, was listed in serious condition at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Providence Holy Cross Medical Center is a hospital in Mission Hills, California, USA. The hospital has 254 beds, and is part of Providence Health & Services. History in Mission Hills, a spokeswoman said. The assailant shot the teen and fled, police said. The victim managed to make his way to a nearby business, where workers called 911. - Daily News Trip forces panel to cancel meets The Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. canceled its meeting Friday and one
this Tuesday because four members are in Washington, D.C., attending the
National League of Cities The National League of Cities is the oldest and largest organization in the United States devoted to strengthening and promoting cities as centers of opportunity, leadership and governance. conference.
Council members Nate Holden, Nick Pacheco, Ed Reyes and Dennis Zine were all scheduled to attend the annual event on municipal issues. The council temporarily has only 14 members, and 10 are needed for a quorum. - Daily News Millions available for river projects A total of $23.2 million in competitive grant funds will be awarded for river and stream projects in the Los Angeles area, the director of the California Resources Agency The California Resources Agency is a top-level executive branch agency in the state government of California. The institution and jurisdiction of the Resources Agency is provided for in California Government Code sections 12800 and 12805, et seq. announced Friday. Of that, $9.3 million is available for the Los Angeles River The Los Angeles River is an intermittent river flowing through Los Angeles County, California, from Canoga Park in the west end of the San Fernando Valley, 51 miles (82 km) southeast to its mouth in Long Beach. Parkway, and $13.9 million for the San Gabriel River San Gabriel River is the name of watercourses in two states:
The funds come from Proposition 12, the 2000 Parks Bond. Cities, counties and various regional districts are eligible to apply for the grant money. The deadline is July 3. - City News Service Updates made to offender system WEST HOLLYWOOD - Attorney General Bill Lockyer demonstrated improvements in the system that provides local law enforcement information on registered sex offenders during a presentation Friday. The new technology will let law enforcement agents obtain daily updates. It replaces a CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). that had been produced by the Attorney General's Office every month, then distributed to law enforcement agencies A law enforcement agency (LEA) is a term used to describe any agency which enforces the law. This may be a local or state police, federal agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). around the state. ``Daily updates mean that citizens looking up sex offenders in their communities will see information gathered the previous day, rather than information on CD-ROMs gathered the month before,'' Lockyer said. The new technology also makes available Megan's Law information in 12 additional languages. - City News Service Moorpark mayor seeks training MOORPARK - Mayor Patrick Hunter plans to ask the City Council to provide training to all full-time and part-time employees as part of Moorpark's ongoing emergency preparedness efforts. Hunter proposes the city contract with the American Red Cross American Red Cross: see Red Cross. for training at a cost of $4,000. - Daily News 250 left without power in Valencia VALENCIA - Power was out Friday evening for nearly 250 Southern California Edison customers mainly in an industrial park area, officials said. Officials could not immediately say what caused the outage about 5:40 p.m. in the area bound by Magic Mountain Parkway, Avenue Scott, Avenue Stanford and Avenue Rockefeller. - Daily News Suspect awaiting trial gets arrested A Los Angeles sheriff's employee awaiting trial in connection with an alleged credit card scam was arrested Friday on charges that he sexually assaulted two female inmates at a county jail facility, prosecutors said. Meko Goodley, 28, is scheduled to be arraigned Monday, said Deputy District Attorney Elizabeth Munisoglu. He was indicted last year along with three other Sheriff's Department employees and four civilians in what authorities called a credit card scam. - City News Service |
|
||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion