BRIEFLY.Hit-run suspect pleads not guilty A 22-year-old North Hollywood man pleaded not guilty Tuesday to three felony charges stemming from a fatal hit-and-run crash, officials said. Jovan Oliva was arrested Sunday. Police said he ran a red light in a car that hit a BMW X5, and he fled the scene. Bridgett Ortega, 34, a passenger in the back seat of the BMW BMW in full Bayerische Motoren Werke AG German automaker. Founded as an aircraft engine manufacturer in 1916, the company assumed the name Bayerische Motoren Werke and became known for its high-speed motorcycles in the 1920s. , was thrown out the car's rear window and died, 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 . Detective Grace Torres said. Amanda Wallace, the BMW's driver, suffered a broken pelvis, and Shawn Ward, another BMW passenger, suffered minor injuries. Oliva was accused of gross vehicular manslaughter vehicular manslaughter n. the crime of causing the death of a human being due to illegal driving of an automobile, including gross negligence, drunk driving, reckless driving, or speeding. while intoxicated in·tox·i·cate v. in·tox·i·cat·ed, in·tox·i·cat·ing, in·tox·i·cates v.tr. 1. To stupefy or excite by the action of a chemical substance such as alcohol. 2. , causing injury while driving under the influence and leaving the scene of an accident, said Sandi Gibbons, spokeswoman for the District Attorney's office. He is being held on $280,000 bail. The crash occurred at 3:55 a.m. Sunday at the corner of Magnolia Boulevard and Vineland Avenue in North Hollywood. - Daily News Mom of boy killed by cop sues city The mother of a 13-year-old driver who was fatally shot by a police officer in a case that increased tensions between South Los Angeles South Los Angeles is the official name for a large geographic and cultural area lying to the southwest and southeast of downtown Los Angeles, California. The area was formerly called South Central Los Angeles, and is still sometimes called South Central. residents and police filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the city. Evelyn Davis states in the wrongful-death and civil-rights lawsuit that her son, Devin Brown, was unarmed and posed no threat to police. Authorities said the boy, driving a stolen 1992 Toyota Camry, led officers on a brief pursuit and was backing the car into a police cruiser when Officer Steve Garcia fired 10 shots at the Camry shortly before 4 a.m. on Feb. 6. - City News Service Anti-Villaraigosa recall effort fails Los Angeles Councilman Antonio Villaraigosa received some welcome news this week when backers of an effort to recall him from his council office failed to submit petitions to the county registrar of voters. Organizers said they collected 8,000 signatures, far fewer than the 12,000 needed to put a recall proposal on the ballot, and they decided not even to submit those signatures to the registrar. Villaraigosa had said he did not believe there would be support for a recall, but organizer Eliseo Villanueva said there could be another recall effort, depending on the results of the election for mayor on Tuesday. Villaraigosa is in the mayoral runoff election against incumbent James Hahn. - Daily News Iacocca's charity opens L.A. office The Iacocca Foundation announced Tuesday it had opened a Los Angeles office to help coordinate an $11 million fundraising initiative to bring a potential cure for Type 1 diabetes type 1 diabetes n. See diabetes mellitus. to human clinical trials. ``Since the death of my wife in 1983 from the complications of diabetes, I have been driven to do everything I can to fund diabetes research,'' said Lee Iacocca, chairman of the foundation and former head of Chrysler Corp. ``Our new Los Angeles office will be the center of the Iacocca Foundation's West Coast initiatives,'' he said. Iacocca, who lives in Los Angeles, established the foundation in 1984 in memory of his wife, Mary K., who died from complications of Type 1 diabetes. - City News Service Letter carriers to collect food U.S. Postal Service The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) processes and delivers mail to individuals and businesses within the United States. The service seeks to improve its performance through the development of efficient mail-handling systems and operates its own planning and engineering programs. letter carriers will participate in what's billed as the largest single-day food drive in the nation on Saturday. Members of the public are being asked to leave nonperishable food next to their mailbox on Saturday for letter carriers to pick up for distribution to local charities. - City News Service 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 head seated on regional board The general manager of 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. was seated Tuesday as a member of the Metropolitan Water District's board. Ronald F. Deaton became one of four directors representing the city of Los Angeles
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