BRIEFLY.Ex-music teacher given prison term A former music teacher was sentenced Monday to 21 years to life in prison for sexually abusing a young family member and physically abusing another. Van Nuys Superior Court Judge Richard Kirschner imposed the sentence on David Gray David Gray can refer to:
Jurors acquitted Gray, 54, of one count each of forcible lewd act with a child and aggravated child molestation, along with two counts of witness intimidation Witness intimidation involves witnesses crucial to court proceedings being threatened in order to pressure or extort them not to testify. The refusal of key witnesses to testify commonly renders a case with inadequate physical evidence void in a court of law. . Gray had taught music classes in 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. and at Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, authorities said. - City News Service School called safe by LAUSD LAUSD Los Angeles Unified School District (Los Angeles, CA) official A high school near downtown is ``safe'' and can open on schedule in July, despite reports that contaminated contaminated, v 1. made radioactive by the addition of small quantities of radioactive material. 2. made contaminated by adding infective or radiographic materials. 3. an infective surface or object. fill dirt Fill dirt is earthy material which is used to fill in a depression or hole in the ground. Fill dirt is usually subsoil (soil from beneath the top soil) and underlying soil parent material which has little soil organic matter or biological activity. was used during construction, Los Angeles schools chief Roy Romer Roy R. Romer (born October 31, 1928 in Garden City, Kansas, United States) was the 39th governor of Colorado and served as the superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District from 2001 to 2006. insisted Monday. School officials failed to tell regulators that fill dirt containing cancer-causing PCBs and other contaminants was used at Santee High School, officials said. The developer violated the district's environmental specifications by using hundreds of cubic yards of fill from a stockpile contaminated with PCBs and high levels of petroleum byproducts, it was reported. Los Angeles Unified School District officials said more than 100 soil samples were taken from the area in 2003 and 2004, and none contained significant levels of contaminants. - City News Service City panel to meet soon in Sun Valley The Los Angeles Board of Public Works will hold its Wednesday meeting in Sun Valley as part of its effort to make government more accessible. The board meeting is scheduled to start at 6 p.m. at Sun Valley Middle School Sun Valley Middle School is located in Sun Valley, a section of Los Angeles, California, and is part of Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). In April 1948, school officials announced that "the most charming of all the new junior high schools" in the Los Angeles system would , 7330 Barkham St. Councilman Tony Cardenas, who represents the area, will be in attendance. ``The board looks forward to meeting residents,'' board President Valerie Lynne Shaw said. ``We know they are active in local government and we want to strengthen our partnership with them.'' - Daily News Danza to present two scholarships Actor Tony Danza will present two scholarships totaling $6,000 to two Taft High School students at the school's senior awards ceremony Wednesday. This is the 13th anniversary of the scholarship program, founded by Suzanne Lewis in memory of Lamoun Thames, a 15-year-old Taft student who was killed at Ventura Boulevard and Winnetka Avenue in 1992. - Daily News Vandals hit site of Wal-Mart store PALMDALE - Vandals damaged construction equipment and painted slogans against Wal-Mart and capitalism at the company's Supercenter under construction in west Palmdale. The weekend vandalism caused damage estimated by sheriff's deputies at more than $88,000, but a Wal-Mart spokeswoman said the damage won't delay the store's planned opening in late August. - Daily News |
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