BRIEFLY.Chick rejects run for state office 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. Controller Laura Chick ruled out plans Thursday to run for state office next year, saying she is not prepared to leave the city. Chick had been urged by supporters to consider running for state controller. The current controller, Steve Westly Steven Paul Westly (born August 27, 1957, in Arcadia, California) is an American businessman and politician. He was the State Controller of California from 2003 to 2007 and was one of the top two candidates in the Democratic primary for Governor of California in the 2006 election. , is running for governor. Chick was re-elected with only light opposition this year to a second full term and has become active recently in an effort to audit the Los Angeles Unified School District The Los Angeles Unified School District (the "LAUSD") is the largest (in terms of number of students) public school system in California and the second-largest in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population. . Announced candidates for controller include three Democrats: Board of Equalization In communications, techniques used to reduce distortion and compensate for signal loss (attenuation) over long distances. member John Chiang, state Sen. Joe Dunn, D-Garden Grove; and Assemblyman Dario Frommer, D-Glendale. Former Assemblyman Tony Strickland, a Moorpark Republican, and Gerald Sanders of the Peace and Freedom Party also have announced their candidacies. - Daily News Child found with mother in Utah VAN NUYS - A 3-year-old girl and her mother, who was accused of abducting ab·duct tr.v. ab·duct·ed, ab·duct·ing, ab·ducts 1. To carry off by force; kidnap. 2. Physiology To draw away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part or limb. the toddler in Van Nuys, were located Thursday in St. George, Utah St. George is a city located in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Utah, and the county seat of Washington County, Utah.GR6 It is the principal city of and is included in the St. George, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. , police said. Lana Marie Whitson Elliott, 41, was taken into custody late Thursday afternoon by St. George police, according to the Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . , which reported the youngster was in good condition. Elliott allegedly took off with her daughter about 12:30 p.m. Wednesday from her residence in the 13400 block of Riverside Drive during a monitored visit. The mother is bipolar and has had other children removed from her custody because of alleged abuse, police said. Because the suspect has a strong affiliation with The Church of Jesus Christ Church of Jesus Christ may refer to:
- City News Service Millions on way to help children Los Angeles County will receive $2 million of a $7.5 million health care grant to bring health coverage to more than 2,000 of the area's children, The California Endowment announced Thursday. The $7.5 million grant by the endowment - which makes grants to organizations and institutions that directly benefit the health of Californians - will go to local Children's Health Children's Health Definition Children's health encompasses the physical, mental, emotional, and social well-being of children from infancy through adolescence. Initiatives and provide services to help nearly 8,000 children across the state. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Supervisor Gloria Molina hailed the grant, but emphasized the need for long-term policy solutions at the state level to provide health coverage to the more than 800,000 remaining uninsured children in California. - Daily News Toll-free number to provide alerts Caltrans is adding general safety messages and Amber Alerts to its toll-free highway information number, the first state transportation department in the country to do so, officials said. The messages will be included on the California Highway Information Network number, (800) 427-7623. The CHIN number, established in 1994, has provided updated information on highway conditions to more than 62 million callers. Under the new plan, general safety messages will be added to the information on highway conditions. And if there is an Amber Alert, issued in cases of child abductions, callers will hear that information instead of the general safety messages. - City News Service $10,000 reward offered in fatality GLENDALE - The family of a 68-year-old man killed in a hit-and-run collision in Glendale is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the driver who struck him. The daughter of Elias Geha of Tujunga announced the award Wednesday evening on a Glendale cable TV show called ``ABC TV Live with Vrej Agajanian.'' Geha died on Saturday after he was struck at 6:25 p.m. at the intersection of California Avenue and Verdugo Road in Glendale. Police are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. the driver of the car that struck Geha, a dark-colored vehicle investigators believe was of Japanese make. Anyone with information on the collision should call the Glendale Police Department's traffic unit at (818) 548-3132; or the Crime Stoppers stoppers see stopper pad. line at (818) 507-STOP. - Daily News |
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