BRIEFLY.Many homeless in apartment jolt VAN NUYS -- Seventeen residents of a two-story apartment building found themselves displaced Tuesday after structural problems caused the building to jolt so violently they thought there had been an earthquake, authorities said. Officers were patrolling the 1400 block of Delano Street near Kester Avenue about 10:30 p.m. Monday when a resident ran outside and asked whether there had been a quake, police said. What caused the jolt -- structural damage or moving soil -- was not immediately determined. Firefighters and Building and Safety officials evacuated the residents and red-tagged the building, meaning no one is allowed back inside. American Red Cross American Red Cross: see Red Cross. personnel were helping the residents find a place to stay. -- Daily News Man is wounded in gang shooting NORTH HILLS -- A man was injured in a gang-related drive-by shooting drive-by shooting Public health A phenomenon in which one or more persons–commonly members of street gangs, open fire à la Al Capone from moving vehicles, often in retaliation for an alleged wrong-doing by a rival gang Tuesday, police said. The man, whose name has not been released, was taken by ambulance to a local hospital with a gunshot wound to the leg, said Jason Lee, 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 . spokesman.
After the 5:45 p.m. shooting in the 8700 block of Parthenia Place, police took what they described as "possible suspects" into custody, Lee said. -- Daily News Board to revisit 8 Watts charters 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. board voted Tuesday to bring back for consideration a previously denied petition by successful charter operator Green Dot Public Schools to open eight charters in Watts. The board will take action Sept. 11 on whether to give Green Dot founder Steve Barr Steven Charles (Steve) Barr (born September 8, 1951 in St. Louis, Missouri) is a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox (1974-1975) and Texas Rangers (1976). Barr batted and threw left handed. He is the uncle of pitcher Ryan Madson. , a mayoral ally, the charters in addition to expanding improvement efforts at the challenged high school fed by middle and elementary schools. The board voted 5-2, with Marguerite LaMotte and Julie Korenstein opposing the proposal. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's four allies on the board and former board President Marlene Canter supported the motion. The school board, under pressure from the teachers union, in late March rejected Barr's first effort to transform the school, in a low-income neighborhood racked by gang violence, that scored in the bottom 10 percent on state achievement tests this year. -- Daily News Sotelo resigns from fire panel Former Fire Commission President Dalila Sotelo has resigned from the panel after taking a job with the city's Community Redevelopment Agency. Sotelo resigned from McCormack Baron Salazar, an affordable-housing real estate developer 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. , to become the CRA's deputy chief of operations for housing policy. Sotelo, who resigned from the commission effective Aug. 21, could not be reached for comment Tuesday. 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. has followed a policy that prohibits city employees from serving on city boards or commissions. Villaraigosa announced last week that Genethia Hudley-Hayes would take over as head of the five-member body overseeing the 3,500-member department. -- Daily News Fruit fly spraying to start today GLENDALE -- State agriculture crews will treat an 8.6-square-mile area of Glendale beginning today to eradicate Oriental fruit flies, county officials said Tuesday. Two fruit flies were found in fruit trees in Glendale last week. The state Department of Food and Agriculture will begin a treatment known as "male annihilation," which involves applying a small spot of bait on utility poles and tree trunks. The bait, which contains a small amount of Naled pesticide, will be placed 6 feet to 8 feet up on the poles and trees. The bait will be put in about 600 spots per square mile. Male flies feed on the bait and die before they can mate. Boundaries include West Colorado Street from North Isabel Street to 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. Drive, East Alameda Avenue from Interstate 5 to the Verdugo Mountains The Verdugo Mountains are a small mountain range located just south of the western San Gabriel Mountains in Los Angeles County, Southern California, The United States of America (USA). The range is commonly known simply as the Verdugos. , the end of Thurber Place in the Verdugo Mountains to Las Flores Las Flores can refer to:
Geneva (jənē`və), Fr. Genève, canton (1990 pop. 373,019), 109 sq mi (282 sq km), SW Switzerland, surrounding the southwest tip of the Lake of Geneva. Street from East Mountain Street to West Colorado. -- City News Service |
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