BRIEFLY.Traffic cameras to be reactivated Big Brother is back at some 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. intersections. The 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 . recently reactivated cameras at 10 intersections around the city, 10 months after the city's contract with Affiliated Computer Services Affiliated Computer Services (ACS) (NYSE: ACS) is a Fortune 500 company that provides information technology outsourcing as well as business process outsourcing solutions to businesses, government agencies, and non-profit organizations. expired and officials abruptly shut off the cameras - but didn't tell anyone for months. Lights will be activated at 22 other intersections in the coming months, including three in the 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. , officials said. The cameras, installed by Nestor Traffic Systems, record the front license plates of cars as they enter an intersection and the back plates as they exit. That's an improvement over the Affiliated cameras, which recorded only the front plates. Cameras at four Valley intersections were deactivated in June, and three of them will be reactivated over the next three months - at Victory and Laurel Canyon boulevards in April, DeSoto Avenue and Roscoe Boulevard in June and Van Nuys Boulevard and Nordhoff Street in July.A camera at Sherman Way and Winnetka Avenue will not be reactivated, officials said. - Daily News New transit head approved for city The City Council on Wednesday approved the appointment of Gloria Jeff as general manager of the Department of Transportation. Jeff, the former top transportation official in Michigan, was tapped by 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. for the job. She will earn $200,000 a year. - Daily News Principal wins MetLife award NORTH HILLS - The principal of Los Angeles Unified School District's Monroe High in North Hills won a 2006 MetLife Foundation award and a grant for her school, the foundation's Ambassadors in Education program announced Wednesday. Lynda Schwarz was singled out for her efforts to bridge gaps between the campus and parents, businesses and other organizations that make up the school's Valley community. Through her partnerships, Schwarz has obtained internships for students, offered English-as-a-second language and other classes to parents and brought many speakers to campus. Monroe High, a federally designated Title 1 school 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. , also received a $5,000 grant, 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 foundation. - City News Service Gunshot wounds kill 20-year-old SUN VALLEY - A 20-year-old man died from gun shot wounds Wednesday night in what police are calling a gang-related shooting. The shooting took place on Peoria Street in Sun Valley and police believe they know who shot the man, said LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. officer Mike Lopez. No other information was available. - Daily News |
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