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Review is sought on DWP DWP Department of Work and Pensions (UK)
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 overtime

A 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.  city official called Tuesday for a review of the Department of Water and Power's policy and use of overtime money and its impact on ratepayers as reported this week by the Daily News.

Councilwoman Wendy Greuel Wendy Greuel is President Pro Tempore of the Los Angeles City Council representing the 2nd District. Greuel was elected in 2002 to fill the remainder of the term of Councilman Joel Wachs. She was elected in her own right in 2003 and reelected in 2007. , who serves on the Energy and Environment Committee overseeing the DWP, said the utility's spending of $51 million in overtime during the last six months of 2005 raised a number of questions. Greuel said she wanted a report from the agency to lay out its policy and the trend for overtime in future years.

- Daily News

Hit-run suspect turns himself in

VAN NUYS- A 21-year-old Garden Grove man wanted in connection with a hit-and-run collision that took the life of a Northridge woman turned himself in on Tuesday, police said.

Thomas Om surrendered to detectives at the Los Angeles Police Department's West Traffic Division with his attorney at about 3 p.m., authorities said.

Police believe Om was driving when he struck Corinne McClane early Saturday morning as she walked in a marked crosswalk along Wilshire Boulevard in the Miracle Mile area.

McClane, a student at California State University, Northridge CSUN offers a variety of programs leading to bachelor's degrees in 61 fields and master's degrees in 42 fields. The university has over 150,000 alumni. It's also home to a summer musical theater/theater program known as TADW (TeenAge Drama Workshop) that leads teenagers through an , was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is a world-renowned hospital located in Los Angeles, California. History
Cedars-Sinai is the result of a merger in 1961 between two major Los Angeles hospitals, Cedars of Lebanon and Mount Sinai Home for the Incurables, with Steve Broidy as
 for emergency medical treatment, but died of her injuries.

- Daily News

Five are arrested in Medicare case

Two San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley

Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills.
 residents and three others were arrested Tuesday on suspicion of running a Medicare scheme that bilked the federal program for more than $20 million, authorities said.

Aleksandr Treynker, 48, of Canoga Park and Haroutyun Gulderyan, 36, of Tujunga were charged on suspicion of conspiracy, health care fraud, illegal kickbacks, false statements and money laundering The process of taking the proceeds of criminal activity and making them appear legal.

Laundering allows criminals to transform illegally obtained gain into seemingly legitimate funds.
.

Konstantin Grigoryan, 56, of Altadena, his wife Mayya Leonidovna Grigoryan, 54, and Eduard Gershelis, 34, of Los Angeles were also charged, authorities said.

The group allegedly gave Medicare patients kickbacks in exchange for using their information to bill Medicare for diagnostic tests such as ultrasounds and blood tests, according to a criminal complaint unsealed Tuesday. The tests were unnecessary or never performed, officials from the U.S. Attorney's Office said.

- Daily News

Screening to aid L.A. kids program

New Line Cinema will host a special screening of ``Take the Lead,'' starring Antonio Banderas as renowned ballroom dance champion Pierre Dulaine, to benefit LA's BEST, an after-school program.

The screening will take place Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Grauman's Chinese Theatre The of this article or section may be compromised by "peacock terms".
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 at 6925 Hollywood Blvd in Hollywood.

All proceeds go to LA's BEST, a nationally recognized after-school education program that provides activities free of charge to more than 24,000 Los Angeles children.

- Daily News

Police investigate $30,000 burglary

RESEDA - Police on Tuesday sought burglars who took an estimated $30,000 worth of cell phones and related electronic equipment from a Reseda business.

The burglary occurred about 12:20 a.m. at Rockstar Wireless, in the 19000 block of Vanowen Street, according to the Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).

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 (Channel 9). ``So, I would say, you know, at least $30,000 (worth).''

- City News Service

Cal State trustees OK CSUN's plan

Envision 2035, the planning initiative that will guide development at California State University, Northridge, over the next three decades, has been approved by state university trustees.

The March 15 vote approved the revised master plan, as well as a plan to increase enrollment capacity from 25,000 to 35,000 full-time equivalent students.

The development plan includes a 1,700-seat performing arts center A performing arts center, often abbreviated PAC, is a multi-use performance space that can be adapted for use by various types of the performing arts, including dance, music and theatre. ; a 163,000-square-foot arts, media and communications complex; a 2,000-space parking structure and a mass-transit hub.

- Daily News
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