BRIEFLY.Missing elderly man found OK SUNLAND -- An 85-year-old man who went missing from his Sunland home was found Tuesday night in good condition, police said. Jose Martinez, who suffers from Alzheimer's disease Alzheimer's disease (ăls`hī'mərz, ôls–), degenerative disease of nerve cells in the cerebral cortex that leads to atrophy of the brain and senile dementia. , was reported missing about 5 p.m. from his home in Sunland at 10924 Crockett St., near Sunland Boulevard, said Officer Jason Lee of 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. Police Department's Media Relations Section. Martinez was found a few blocks from his home, Lee said. -- City News Service Slaying suspect still being sought Police are still searching for Castulo Jurado Nevarez, a 68-year-old Pacoima man suspected of killing a neighbor in a dispute over a trash can In the Macintosh, a simulated garbage can used for deleting files and folders. The trash can keeps the files intact in case the user wants to restore them, but can be "emptied" from time to time to save disk space. , authorities said Tuesday. Nevarez has been a fugitive since April 18, when police believe he shot Juan Gomez, 23, after Gomez moved trash cans from the street so his friends could park. Detectives have been distracted from the case because of two other homicides in the area, including another dispute between neighbors this week that led to a fatal shooting, LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. Detective Frank Bishop said. -- Daily News `Quiet' doors set for some homes BURBANK -- Some residents near Bob Hope Airport Bob Hope Airport (IATA: BUR, ICAO: KBUR, FAA LID: BUR) is a regional and national airport located in Burbank, California, United States. It was formerly known as United Airport (1930-1934); Union Air Terminal (1934-1940); will receive noise- insulating doors and windows Doors and Windows is a multimedia disk by the Irish band The Cranberries. Track listing
More than 1,000 homes near the airport have already been insulated to reduce the impact of jet noise, 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. Sherman's office. The noise-reduction measures include new doors and windows, attic insulation, weather stripping and upgraded ventilation and air conditioning air conditioning, mechanical process for controlling the humidity, temperature, cleanliness, and circulation of air in buildings and rooms. Indoor air is conditioned and regulated to maintain the temperature-humidity ratio that is most comfortable and healthful. systems. Homeowners can visit www.bradsherman.house.gov, to see whether they are eligible for the program. -- City News Service County OKs law on medical pot An ordinance regulating medical marijuana dispensaries in unincorporated Los Angeles County won final approval Tuesday from the Board of Supervisors and will go into effect June 9. The plan regulating dispensaries, including provisions to consume cannabis on-site, was approved on a 4-1 vote. Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich Michael Dennis Antonovich (born 1939 in Los Angeles, California) is a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors representing the Fifth District, which covers northern Los Angeles County, the Antelope, Santa Clarita, Pasadena, and parts of the San Fernando and San was the lone dissenter. Medical marijuana dispensaries are defined as ``facilities that provide marijuana for medical purposes to patients or primary caregivers who have a related recommendation from a physician.'' California voters passed Proposition 215 in 1996, making it legal for certain patients to use marijuana for the treatment of their illnesses. -- City News Service Coalition focuses on voter sign-ups Hoping to turn mass protests into political power, the We Are America Coalition announced plans on Tuesday to embark on a nationwide voter registration Voter registration is the requirement in some democracies for citizens to check in with some central registry before being allowed to vote in elections. An effort to get people to register is known as a voter registration drive. Centralized/compulsory vs. and citizenship drive. With the help of Spanish-language radio disc jockeys, the group of union, church and immigrant rights groups expects to sign up voters in churches and parks throughout the summer. It will also dispatch ``immigrant justice action center,'' roving vans that will have information on citizenship and voting. The group is one of several that helped organize a May 1 rally against punitive immigration reforms. -- Daily News Chernof is new director of health The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is the five member governing board of Los Angeles County, California. Members of the board of supervisors are elected by district, the current members as of April 2006 are:
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Chernof replaces Dr. Thomas Garthwaite, who resigned in November to take another job after weekly grillings by the supervisors over his handling of patient deaths at Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center. With a $1.4 billion deficit looming in just four years, Chernof last month released a cost-cutting plan designed to squeeze that shortfall. -- Daily News Teachers union presents its plan The union representing Los Angeles teachers Tuesday presented initial contract proposals for next school year to the Board of Education, focusing on money, assessments and class size. The salary-benefits proposal may require up to a 14 percent increase to keep 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. teachers among the top levels in Los Angeles County, according to the proposal. The proposal also said the union will wait until after the state budget is approved before making an actual salary demand. -- City News Service Mistake averted in transit bond The transportation bond plan the Legislature placed on the ballot last week almost omitted funding for many counties, but last-minute negotiating set aside $1 billion for counties, according to Assemblyman Paul Koretz, D-West Hollywood. That meant Los Angeles County went from receiving nothing to getting $194 million to fix its roads, if the $20 billion measure passes in November. According to Koretz's staff, the bond plan originally set aside $1 billion in a 50-50 split between cities and counties. Some later lobbying shifted this to the entire $1 billion only for cities, leaving Los Angeles County shut out of the $97 million it expected under that earlier plan. -- Daily News |
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