BRIEFLY.Antonio preparing for State of Valley UNIVERSAL CITY - 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. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Antonio Ramon Villaraigosa (born Antonio (Tony) Ramon Villar, Jr. on January 23, 1953) is the mayor of Los Angeles, California. He is the first Latino mayor of Los Angeles since Cristobal Aguilar in 1872. will give his first State of the Valley address on Dec. 8 during a meeting of the Valley Industry and Commerce Association. The luncheon will be from noon to 2 p.m., with a new member reception at 11:15 a.m., at the Hilton Hotel, 555 Universal Hollywood Drive. Admission is $55 for VICA VICA Vocational Industrial Clubs of America VICA Video Conferencing Alliance (UK) VICA Vocational Industrial Chapters of America VICA Vision Counsel of America members, $65 for nonmembers. For reservations and information, call (818) 817-0545 or see www.vica.com. -Daily News LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. opens gym with Weiders' aid The LAPD opened a new gym Thursday stocked with equipment donated by Woodland Hills-based fitness legend Joe Weider. Weider, whose fitness empire has encompassed publishing, nutritional supplements Nutritional Supplements Definition Nutritional supplements include vitamins, minerals, herbs, meal supplements, sports nutrition products, natural food supplements, and other related products used to boost the nutritional content of the diet. , and bodybuilding bodybuilding Developing of the physique through exercise and diet, often for competitive exhibition. Bodybuilding aims at displaying pronounced muscle tone and exaggerated muscle mass and definition for overall aesthetic effect. contests, donated $35,000 to refurbish a police gym at Parker Center. Weider and his wife, Betty, whose Weider Health and Fitness company was one of the first to establish a presence at Warner Center, made the donation through the Los Angeles Police Foundation and the Los Angeles Police Relief Foundation. The LAPD also announced Thursday the release of an official 2006 calendar. The $15 calendar can be purchased at the LAPD Academy Store at Amazon.com, or at the Web site of photographer Natalie Bopp at boppphotography.com. -Daily News Oxnard sailor, 28, killed in Iraq blast OXNARD - A 28-year-old sailor from Oxnard was killed Tuesday by a makeshift bomb near Ar Ramadi, Iraq, the Department of Defense announced Thursday. Petty Officer 2nd Class
Petty Officer 2nd Class or PO2 is a Naval non-commissioned member rank of the Canadian Forces. Allan M. Cundanga Espiritu is the second Ventura County man to die in Iraq this week. He was killed while conducting combat operations. He was assigned to the 2nd Force Service Support Group, II Marine Expeditionary Force The II Marine Expeditionary Force (II MEF) is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force consisting of ground, air and logistics forces capable of projecting offensive combat power ashore while sustaining itself in combat without external assistance for a period of 60 days. . - Daily News Rampart figure headed to prison LANCASTER - An ex-convict who got a $290,000 settlement in the LAPD's Rampart scandal was sentenced Thursday to 40 years to life in prison for fatally shooting another man in a Palmdale apartment complex garage. Roy Montes mon·tes n. Plural of mons. , 27, of Lancaster was convicted of second-degree murder in the May 2004 slaying of 58-year-old Travis McMillon of Palmdale. A clear motive was never identified, but Montes had claimed self-defense. Montes received a settlement from the city of Los Angeles
-Daily News Landfill decision put off till Nov. 21 The Los Angeles County Regional Planning Commission on Thursday postponed a decision on Sunshine Canyon Landfill's new land-use permit to join the existing city and county landfills into one giant dump. The permit will allow Browning Ferris Industries to combine two separate operations into one, capable of accepting 12,100 tons per day. The four commissioners present Thursday deadlocked on the permit and put off the decision until Nov. 21, when all five commissioners should be present. -Daily News Wild animal visits banned for couple MOORPARK - A couple alleged to have owned a tiger that escaped into a Moorpark suburb and was shot have been banned from visiting exotic animals they own. U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeffrey Johnson ordered Gert ``Abby'' Hedengran, 56, and wife Roena ``Emma'' Hedengran, 52, to sell the animals or place them in someone else's custody within 30 days, Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Johns said Tuesday. The Hedengrans were charged with obstruction of justice A criminal offense that involves interference, through words or actions, with the proper operations of a court or officers of the court. The integrity of the judicial system depends on the participants' acting honestly and without fear of reprisals. and other counts after the tiger was shot and killed near a Moorpark neighborhood early this year. - Associated Press Man suffers two serious wounds NORTHRIDGE - One man was seriously injured by gunfire Thursday night in what police believe was a gang-related shooting. The man, who was in his 20s, was shot about 6:30 p.m. on Saticoy Street, near Owensmouth Avenue, said Los Angeles police Officer Jason Lee. It was not clear whether there was more than one gunman. The man, who was not immediately identified, was shot twice in the chest, but was able to drive himself to Northridge Hospital, where he was listed in critical condition, Lee said. Police said a silver car sped away after the shooting. - Daily News |
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