BRIEFLY.Crews out in force to make road repairs Sections of the following roads will be closed between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. today and Sunday for road repairs, 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. Department of Public Works public works pl.n. Construction projects, such as highways or dams, financed by public funds and constructed by a government for the benefit or use of the general public. Noun 1. . They are: --Mulholland Drive between the Hollywood (101) Freeway and the San Diego (405) Freeway. --Laurel Canyon Boulevard between Mulholland Drive and Hollywood Boulevard. --Coldwater Canyon Boulevard between Ventura Boulevard and the Beverly Hills city limits. Crews will be removing loose material from hillsides as a preventive measure to avoid future road hazards. Motorists can expect delays around work areas as traffic is diverted around them. - City News Service Woman abducted abducted Distal angulation of an extremity away from the midline of the body in a transverse plane and away from a sagittal plane passing through the proximal aspect of the foot or part, or away from some other specified reference point after double murder A 29-year-old Los Angeles woman whose home was the site of a double- homicide early Friday was kidnapped at gunpoint hours later from a day-care center where she works, a police officer said. The woman was abducted at 7:45 a.m. from the Hooper Education Center in the 1200 block of East 52nd Street, said Los Angeles Police Officer Adriana Sanchez. Detectives investigating the kidnapping discovered that a double homicide had been reported earlier at the victim's home, Sanchez said. Neither the victim's nor the suspect's identity was released, though police apparently know their names. - City News Service Lake Tahoe meeting to be held today Lake Tahoe planners are holding a public workshop today in West Los Angeles
The workshop runs from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Olympic Collection conference center at 11301 Olympic Boulevard. For more information, visit www.pathway2007.org. - Daily News Murder verdict is upheld by court The murder conviction of a Palmdale woman whose 67-year-old mother's body was found off a desolate Kern County highway was upheld Friday, along with her husband's. In a 32-page ruling, the three-justice panel from the 2nd District Court of Appeal rejected claims by Vanessa and Ken Walker that errors were made in their trial before separate juries 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 Superior Court. The two were convicted in July 2003 of second-degree murder for the slaying of her mother, Nada Lazarevic. - City News Service Suspicious case stops the Red Line A bomb squad blew up a ``suspicious'' briefcase found abandoned at the Metro Red Line terminal in Union Station on Friday, an MTA (1) (Message Transfer Agent or Mail Transfer Agent) The store and forward part of a messaging system. See messaging system. (2) See M Technology Association. 1. (messaging) MTA - Message Transfer Agent. official said. Metro Red Line trains stopped running temporarily from the Civic Center Station There are at least three rail stations with the name Civic Center Station:
Subway riders were shuttled onto buses while a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department This article is about the Los Angeles County Sherriff's Department, not to be confused with the smaller Los Angeles County Police The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) is a local law enforcement agency that serves Los Angeles County, California. bomb squad removed and detonated the briefcase at 6:58 p.m., Scannell said. The briefcase did not have explosives in it, he said. - City News Service Topanga to open for a few hours Topanga Canyon Boulevard between Pacific Coast Highway Pacific Coast Highway may refer to:
Southbound traffic will be allowed access from 7 to 9 a.m., while northbound traffic will have priority from 3:30 to 6 p.m., according to Caltrans. The restrictions will be in effect until further notice, the state road agency announced. Immediate storm-related repairs to the street are needed due to mudslides, creek overflow, boulders and washed-out pavement. - City News Service |
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