BRIEFLY THOUSANDS LATE ON PROPERTY TAXES.About 220,000 notices are in the mail to 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 property owners, informing them that their property taxes for the 2003-04 tax year are delinquent and will be in default July 1, an official said Wednesday. At that time, a $15 redemption fee Redemption fee A fee some mutual funds charge when an investor sells shares within a specified short period of time. will be assessed and the taxes will be subject to additional penalties of 1.5 percent a month, county Treasurer and Tax Collector Mark Saladino said. If property remains in a tax-default status for more than five years, it can be sold at public auction, he said. Any taxpayer needing additional assistance can call the Proptax line at (888) 807-2111 or log on to http://ttax.co.la.ca.us. - City News Service Time running out for Baca tax plan Sheriff Lee Baca Leroy David Baca (b. May 27 1942, East Los Angeles, California) is the Sheriff of Los Angeles County, California. After graduating from Benjamin Franklin High School (Los Angeles) in 1960, Baca worked his way through East Los Angeles College before starting with the L.A. is running out of time and is 41,000 signatures short as he tries to place a half-cent law enforcement sales tax sales tax, levy on the sale of goods or services, generally calculated as a percentage of the selling price, and sometimes called a purchase tax. It is usually collected in the form of an extra charge by the retailer, who remits the tax to the government. on the November ballot. Baca and other supporters of the measure have until June 21 to collect 171,000 signatures to qualify the initiative. Steve Whitmore, a Baca aide, said the sheriff was optimistic that the deadline for collecting signatures will be met. - 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. Streetlight votes easier but costly Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. members on Wednesday approved a measure to make it easier, although not cheaper, for residents of unlit neighborhoods to get new streetlights. The council unanimously ordered the city's Bureau of Street Lighting to simplify ballots for residents to form assessment districts to pay for new streetlights. The council also instructed city officials to inform advisory neighborhood councils Neighborhood councils are governmental or non-governmental bodies composed of local people who handle neighborhood problems. They can be found in many cities throughout the world. of proposed assessment districts in their areas. Homeowners of unlit neighborhoods vote by mail whether to form assessment districts, which cost about $1,600 per home to install new lights and $53 per year thereafter to maintain the lights. - Daily News Tougher fire rules to go into effect New restrictions are being placed on smoking, campfires and use of motor vehicles, stoves and guns in the Los Padres National Forest Los Padres National Forest is a forest located in southern and central California, which includes most of the mountainous land along the California coast from Ventura to Monterey, extending inland. Elevations range from sea level to 8,831 feet. in response to increasing fire danger, officials announced Wednesday. The restrictions will go into effect Friday and extend until the close of the official fire season. People can contact Forest Service offices or visit the Los Padres National Forest Web site at www.fs.fed.us/r5/lospadres for more information. - Daily News Simi crash injures woman critically 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. woman was critically injured early Wednesday morning when her eastbound car was rear-ended by another vehicle while she was stopped in freeway traffic, authorities said. Joanne Novak, 46, was taken to Simi Valley Hospital Simi Valley Hospital (SVH) is a Seventh-day Adventist hospital located located in Simi Valley, California. SVH is a member of Adventist Health. New Construction Simi Valley Hospital is in the process of building a new wing to the hospital. after the 6:45 a.m. crash on the Ronald Reagan Freeway east of Stearns Street, California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. Officer Stan Dragun said. She was listed in critical condition, a hospital spokeswoman said. Claus Jacobsen, 38, of Simi Valley was driving 45 to 50 mph when his car hit Novak's and pushed it into another vehicle, Dragun said. Neither Jacobsen nor the driver of the third vehicle was injured. - Daily News Stroke victim, 80, missing for week GLENDALE - An 80-year-old woman who has been in a confused mental state since suffering a stroke has been missing since June 3, Glendale police reported Wednesday. Sogom Akopyan was last seen about 4:30 p.m. June 3 at her daughter's home in the 300 block of North Belmont Street, said Kristina Peterson of the Glendale Police Department's Robbery Homicide Unit. Akopyan, who suffered a stroke in November, has been taking medication for heart and blood pressure problems, Peterson said. She frequents local bus lines, the detective said. Akopyan is 5 feet 1 inch tall and weighs 120 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. When last seen, she was wearing a brown shirt with circles, black pants, black shoes and a gold cross necklace. Anyone with information on her whereabouts is asked to call Peterson at (818) 548-3987. - City News Service |
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