BRIEFLY SMALL QUAKES JIGGLE AREAS OFF THE SHORE.PASADENA - Two earthquakes with estimated magnitudes of 4.4 and 4.2 and two smaller tremors struck beneath Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, coastal waters Thursday, but there were no reports of problems, authorities 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. Woman, 33, booked in death of child, 3 NORTH HOLLYWOOD - Resident Genara Valle, 33, was booked on suspicion of murder and held in lieu of $1 million bail Thursday in the death of her 3-year-old stepdaughter step·daugh·ter n. A spouse's daughter by a previous union. stepdaughter Noun a daughter of one's husband or wife by an earlier relationship Noun 1. who died the night before at Childrens Hospital 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. , police said. - City News Service Canoga Park library subject of meeting CANOGA PARK - City Councilman Dennis Zine announced a community meeting at 7 p.m. on Wednesday to discuss the design of the new Canoga Park Branch Library before plans are submitted in September. The meeting will be held at the present library at 7260 Owensmouth Ave. - Daily News Girl, 13, makes up kidnapping story SUN VALLEY - Police said Thursday a 13-year-old girl made up a story that she had been kidnapped and abandoned at an intersection in Sun Valley the day before. - City News Service U.S. Olympic group to make stop in L.A. The U.S. Olympic Committee will visit the Los Angeles area next week, the last stop in its summer tour of eight American cities vying among others worldwide for the 2012 games. - City News Service L.A. has the most uninsured in nation The Los Angeles region has the largest concentration of uninsured residents in the nation, though many may actually qualify for government aid, a congressional panel convened at the Hall of Administration was told Thursday. - City News Service Masry wants city's wash to all hang out 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. - Councilman Ed Masry wants clean laundry exposed. Masry asked city staff to determine whether a public nuisance public nuisance n. a nuisance which affects numerous members of the public or the public at large, as distinguished from a nuisance which only does harm to a neighbor or a few private individuals. ordinance can be revised to allow outdoor drying of laundry, as a way to conserve energy. - Associated Press ACLU ACLU: see American Civil Liberties Union. official gives apology to Romer The legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), nonpartisan organization devoted to the preservation and extension of the basic rights set forth in the U.S. Constitution. of Southern California apologized Thursday for suggesting to reporters that Los Angeles Unified Superintendent Roy Romer Roy R. Romer (born October 31, 1928 in Garden City, Kansas, United States) was the 39th governor of Colorado and served as the superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District from 2001 to 2006. should be removed for the LAUSD's alleged failings in special education. - City News Service Pair hurt in blaze caused by cigarette SIMI VALLEY - Two residents suffered minor injuries early Thursday morning after a lighted cigarette left in a garage set fire to a single-family home in the 2000 block of Brentwood Avenue, officials said. Officials estimated the damage at $100,000 to the structure and $30,000 to the contents. - Daily News 101 Freeway lanes set to be shut down CAMARILLO - All lanes of the northbound Ventura Freeway from Las Posas Road to Central Avenue in Camarillo will be closed from 5 to 10 a.m. Sunday so officials can continue investigating a fiery crash that occurred Tuesday. Traffic will be diverted at the Central Avenue off-ramp and back to the Central Avenue on-ramp to the northbound 101. - Daily News |
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