BRIEFLY SUPERVISORS SEEK FASTER TAX CREDITS.With more than 3,000 children waiting to be adopted in 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, the Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to send letters to President George W. Bush and Congress supporting legislation that would provide tax credits for families adopting this year. The existing adoption tax credit provisions approved in last year's federal tax relief bill do not take effect until 2003. As a result, some families who have waited years to complete an adoption may delay the adoption for another year in order to qualify for the increased tax credit. The tax relief bill increased the income limit for qualifying for the full adoption tax credit from $75,000 to $150,000 and also increased the tax credit for adopting children with special needs from $6,000 to $10,000. - Daily News Rapist sentenced to 80 years to life PASADENA - A Canoga Park man who sexually assaulted women he met through the Internet was sentenced Tuesday to 80 years to life in state prison. Pasadena Superior Court Judge Terry Smerling imposed the sentence on Daniel Zabuski, 42, of Canoga Park. Zabuski was convicted Feb. 11 of a half-dozen felony charges, including two counts each of forcible rape and forcible oral copulation copulation /cop·u·la·tion/ (kop?u-la´shun) sexual union; the transfer of the sperm from male to female; usually applied to the mating process in nonhuman animals. cop·u·la·tion n. 1. and one count each of forcible sodomy sodomy Noncoital carnal copulation. Sodomy is a crime in some jurisdictions. Some sodomy laws, particularly in Middle Eastern countries and those jurisdictions observing Shari'ah law, provide penalties as severe as life imprisonment for homosexual intercourse, even if the in connection with attacks that occurred between October 1999 and March 2000. - City News Service Victims fighting to alter DNA DNA: see nucleic acid. DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid One of two types of nucleic acid (the other is RNA); a complex organic compound found in all living cells and many viruses. It is the chemical substance of genes. rules Rape victims were among the protesters who rallied outside Los Angeles police headquarters Tuesday, urging the department to change the way DNA evidence Among the many new tools that science has provided for the analysis of forensic evidence is the powerful and controversial analysis of deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA, the material that makes up the genetic code of most organisms. is tested and preserved. Activists with several groups said the department needs to increase the space set aside for DNA analysis DNA analysis Any technique used to analyze genes and DNA. See Chromosome walking, DNA fingerprinting, Footprinting, In situ hybridization, Jeffries' probe, Jumping libraries, PCR, RFLP analysis, Southern blot hybridization. in the Los Angeles Regional Crime Lab Facility that is currently in the planning stages. - City News Service Rape suspect Noun 1. rape suspect - someone who is suspected of committing rape suspect - someone who is under suspicion still eluding police GRIFFITH PARK Griffith Park is a large public park at the eastern end of the Santa Monica Mountains. It is situated in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. The park covers 4,210 acres (17 km²) of land, making it one of the largest urban parks in North America. - A man suspected of kidnapping a woman in Murrieta, driving her to Los Angeles and raping her remained at large Tuesday despite a search of Griffith Park by police on foot, horseback and in helicopters. Authorities said the suspect carjacked her about 1 p.m. Monday and sexually assaulted her in the Lake Elsinore area on the way to Los Angeles. Authorities said the suspect abandoned the van he was driving at about 5:30 p.m., fleeing into brush near the park's Los Feliz Boulevard entrance. The suspect was described as Latino, about 5 feet 7 inches tall, with a shaved head, a goatee, a stocky build and silver teeth. He has numerous tattoos and was last seen wearing a white tank top and blue jeans blue jeans also blue·jeans pl.n. Clothes, especially pants, made of blue denim. blue jeans npl → tejanos mpl; vaqueros mpl . - City News Service Sex offender sex offender n. generic term for all persons convicted of crimes involving sex, including rape, molestation, sexual harassment and pornography production or distribution. : It was an 'accident' BURBANK - A registered sex offender is scheduled to be arraigned today at Burbank Superior Court after city police arrested him Monday on suspicion of fondling a library patron. Joseph Pedroza, 37, of Van Nuys, was arrested on Monday afternoon at the Burbank Central Library on suspicion of grabbing a woman's breast as she browsed through the book stacks, said Burbank Police spokesman Sgt. Bill Taylor. Pedroza told police because of a brace on his leg, he slipped and fell on the woman, accidentally touching her. - Daily News Two Pacoima men held in robbery PACOIMA - Authorities arrested two Pacoima men who allegedly robbed a Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. cash-and-carry store at gunpoint Tuesday. The heist at a Smart & Final, 1856 Erringer Road, was reported at 2:12 p.m., Simi Valley police said. Police alleged that Marco Miranda, 30, entered the store with a shotgun, took cash from two registers and fled in a vehicle driven by Jose Rojas, 23. The suspects ran, and officers apprehended Rojas inside the Mervyn's, and arrested Miranda behind a nearby Target store, officials said. Miranda and Rojas were booked at Ventura County Jail on suspicion of robbery and auto theft, police said. - City News Service Federal funding would clean water In the wake of a study showing it could cost up to $315 million to get chromium 6 and other pollutants out of county drinking water drinking water supply of water available to animals for drinking supplied via nipples, in troughs, dams, ponds and larger natural water sources; an insufficient supply leads to dehydration; it can be the source of infection, e.g. leptospirosis, salmonellosis, or of poisoning, e.g. , the Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to seek federal and state funds to do it. ``It is vital that the residents of Los Angeles County have water that is free of these contaminants,'' said Supervisor Michael E. Antonovich. - City News Service Election forum set in 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. THOUSAND OAKS - The first Candidates Forum for the Thousand Oaks City Council race will be held 7 p.m. Oct. 9 at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza The Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza is a performing arts and administrative center located in Thousand Oaks, California. It was built in 1994 on the former site of "Jungleland" at a cost of $63.8 million. , 2100 Thousand Oaks Blvd. Four seats are up for election. The Thousand Oaks-Westlake Village Regional Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring the event. - Daily News Blood drive to be in Moorpark area MOORPARK - A community blood drive will be held 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday at Moorpark City Hall, 799 Moorpark Road. Assemblyman Tony Strickland, R-Camarillo, is sponsoring the drive with The Moorpark Chamber and United Blood Services. - Daily News Voter seminar set in Ventura County THOUSAND OAKS - A seminar on campaign filing requirements will be held today for all candidates running for seats in local elections in Ventura County. The seminar is scheduled for 7 p.m. at the Thousand Oaks Library. - Daily News |
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