BRIEFLY.Extortion charged in illegal towing The owner of a Van Nuys-based towing company was charged Wednesday with 57 counts of illegally towing vehicles and extorting money from their owners, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the 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. City Attorney's Office. Franklin Americo Rivera, 36, owner of Automotive Carrier Transport Inc., was charged with 24 counts of illegally taking a vehicle, 24 counts of attempted extortion and nine accounts of operating without a permit. Rivera could face a maximum of more than 50 years in jail and $38,250 in fines. The City Attorney's Office is also charging the company with the same crimes. The company cannot face jail time but could be forced to pay the fines, said Frank Mateljan, spokesman for the City Attorney's Office. - Daily News Pet shop owner gets probation A Tujunga pet shop owner pleaded guilty Wednesday in Van Nuys court to a misdemeanor charge of animal cruelty for mistreating animals in his store, according to the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals cruelty to animals n. the crime of inflicting physical pain, suffering or death on an animal, usually a tame one, beyond necessity for normal discipline. It can include neglect that is so monstrous (withholding food and water) that the animal has suffered, died or Los Angeles. Souren Minasyan was ordered to serve 36 months probation, 200 hours of community service and pay $1,326 restitution to the SPCA SPCA serum prothrombin conversion accelerator (coagulation factor VII). SPCA abbr. serum prothrombin conversion accelerator SPCA, n an acronym for serum p LA. Humane officers from the SPCA LA seized six dogs and a macaw macaw: see parrot. macaw Any of about 18 species of large tropical New World parrots (subfamily Psittacinae) with very long tails and big sickle-shaped beaks. Macaws eat fruits and nuts. suffering from various ailments from the Bird Island Pet Shop in December 2004. The animals were treated at SPCA LA. - Daily News 11 held in money laundering The process of taking the proceeds of criminal activity and making them appear legal. Laundering allows criminals to transform illegally obtained gain into seemingly legitimate funds. scam A Woodland Hills man and 10 other people were arrested Wednesday on suspicion of laundering the proceeds from a ring that imported opium. FBI officials said the ring was run by Mehrdad Lari, 47, a jeweler in downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or , and Ali Mojaddam, 32, who received opium that had been routed through Germany on its way from Iran. They were were arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to distribute opium, along with Kamran Atarzadeh, 53, and Faramarz Bokhour, 55, both of Los Angeles. - City News Service Fire panel cancels today's session Due to scheduling conflicts, the Fire Commission has canceled today's meeting with the city's Human Relations Development Oversight Committee to discuss allegations of hazing and harassment against women and minorities at the Los Angeles Fire Department The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), also known as the Los Angeles City Fire Department to distinguish it from the Los Angeles County Fire Department. It is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Los Angeles. . A new date for the meeting has not been set. The Daily News reported last week that 11 firefighters had been disciplined over the past year in four separate harassment incidents. - Daily News 2nd kids fitness event Saturday WOODLAND HILLS - The second annual Kids Fitness Challenge, a 5K race, will be held Saturday at Warner Ranch Park, Topanga Canyon Boulevard and Califa Street. More than 600 people biked, skated ran and walked the course during last year's inaugural event, sponsored by Assemblyman Lloyd Levine, D-Van Nuys, who is working with local schools to combat childhood obesity childhood obesity Public health Overweight in a child, an average BMI of ≥ 85% for age and sex; ≥ 95% for age and sex is very obese. See Body-mass index, Obesity. Cf Adult obesity. . Registration opens at 7 a.m., with a warm-up at 8:30 a.m. and the event beginning at 9. Admission is free. For more information or to register online, see www.fitnesschallengeinfo.com. - Daily News Metrolink fare hearing tonight CHATSWORTH - Metrolink will hold a public hearing at 6 tonight at the Chatsworth Station, 10038 Old Depot Plaza Road, on proposed fare hikes to cover soaring gas prices. The agency is seeking fare increases up to 9.25 percent to cover as much as $1.7 million in additional costs next year. The proposed increase would be in addition to previously approved fare hikes that take effect July 1. Comments also can be e-mailed to metrolinkfares(at)scraa.net; faxed to (213) 452-0421; or mailed to 700 S. Flower St., 26th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90017. Comments are due by May 13. For information, call (800) 371-LINK. - Daily News Sea lion caught, returned to sea A 300-pound sea lion was released into the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday after spending nearly 10 days inside a power plant's water intake tank. The mammal, which dodged previously rescue attempts and appeared comfortable in the tank, fell asleep on a cargo net inside a boat that rescue workers lowered into the tank at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) is the largest municipal utility in the United States, serving 3.9 million residents in 2006. It was founded in 1902 to deliver water and electricity supplies to residents and businesses in Los Angeles. plant in Playa playa or pan or flat or dry lake Flat-bottomed depression that is periodically covered by water. Playas occur in interior desert basins and adjacent to coasts in arid and semiarid regions. del Rey, authorities said. Rescue workers hoisted the sea lion out at daybreak Wednesday, said DWP DWP Department of Work and Pensions (UK) DWP Drinking Water Program DWP Dynamic Weapon Pricing (gamin, Counter-Strike: Source) DWP Department of Water & Power DWP Drinking Water Protection spokeswoman Kim Hughes. The sea lion became trapped April 18 in the 60-foot by 30-foot tank after it swam through a pipe that feeds into the ocean and squeezed through a gap in a fence designed to keep out large sea mammals. Water in the tank is used to cool turbines that generate electricity. - Associated Press |
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