BRIEFLY.Gang shooting wounds 1 man CANOGA PARK -- One man was wounded in a gang-related shooting late Wednesday near Cohasset Street and Mason Avenue, Los Angeles police said. 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 . Officer Jason Lee said police were looking for two to three male Latinos who fled the 10 p.m. shooting in a gray car. ``Gang slogans were shouted prior to the shooting,'' Lee said. The condition of the wounded man and other information was not immediately available. -- Daily News Arleta man, son jailed in shooting SAN FERNANDO -- An Arleta man and his 17-year-old son were charged with murder and attempted murder Wednesday in the killing of a neighbor after a dispute, prosecutors said. Alvaro Williamson, 41, and his son, Jacques, are each charged with one count of murder, attempted murder and assault with a firearm in the shooting death of Felimon Ramos. The shooting occurred at 10:20 p.m. Sunday in Ramos' driveway in the 10100 block of Woodale Avenue in Arleta. Police said Williamson told his son, Jacques, to bring him a loaded gun, then shot Ramos. Ramos's 19-year-old son, Filiberto, also was hit, but lived. Jacques is being charged as an adult. -- Daily News Huerta Institute to teach on labor The Los Angeles Community College District The Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) is the community college district serving Los Angeles, California and some of its neighboring cities. In addition to typical college aged students, the LACCD also serves adults of all ages. on Wednesday announced the creation of the Dolores Huerta Labor Institute. The institute, to be housed at the Trade Tech Labor Center in Los Angeles, will be the first of its kind to educate community college students on labor issues and history, district officials said. The institute will coordinate and deliver labor classes to students at the nine LACCD LACCD Los Angeles Community College District campuses. In addition to classes, the institute will also offer special lectures, film series and workshops. The Dolores Huerta Institute is named after United Farm Workers The United Farm Workers of America (UFW) is a labor union that evolved from unions founded in 1962 by César Chávez, Philip Vera Cruz, Dolores Huerta, and Larry Itliong. This union changed from a workers' rights organization that helped workers get unemployment insurance to that of co-founder Dolores Huerta, who revolutionized the labor movement in the 1960s and dedicated her life to the struggle for just treatment of farm workers. -- Daily News Council briefly renews contract The Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. agreed Wednesday to a brief contract renewal with Kroll Associates Inc. to monitor the federal consent decree stemming from the Los Angeles Police Department Rampart scandal. In the meantime Adv. 1. in the meantime - during the intervening time; "meanwhile I will not think about the problem"; "meantime he was attentive to his other interests"; "in the meantime the police were notified" meantime, meanwhile , city officials will continue negotiating terms of a permanent, three-year contract renewal with New York-based Kroll Associates, which has monitored court-ordered changes in the LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. since 2001. The original five-year, $11 million contract is set to expire Friday. -- City News Service GUSD GUSD Glendale Unified School District (California) approves '06-'07 budget GLENDALE -- The Glendale Unified School District The Glendale Unified School District is a school district based in Glendale, California, United States. The school district serves the city of Glendale, portions of the city of La Cañada and the unincorporated communities of Montrose and La Crescenta. has adopted a $268 million budget for the 2006-07 school year, which includes a slight increase in state funding. The spending plan the school board approved 4-0 Tuesday night anticipates revenue of $212 million in state and local funding and more than $83 million dedicated for maintenance, child development and construction programs. Board member Joylene Wagner was absent. Revenues are about $14 million higher compared to last year, despite a projected enrollment drop of 600 students -- 27,248 students for 2006-07 -- because of higher state revenues expected this year, said Steve Hodgson, the district's chief business and financial officer. Also, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has restored money pegged to education that lawmakers had raided during the state's budget crisis three years ago, Hodgson said. But he warned this round of largess from Sacramento is unsustainable -- likely a one-time, election-year giveaway -- and the district must plan accordingly. -- Daily News City to partner in regional lab The Los Angeles City Council agreed Wednesday to split costs with the county and California State University, Los Angeles California State University, Los Angeles (also known as Cal State L.A., CSULA, or "'CSLA"') is a public university, part of the California State University system. , to operate a regional crime lab scheduled to open next spring. The council agreed to pay $1 million annually for operation of the Regional Forensic Crime Lab, set to open in April on the CSULA CSULA California State University Los Angeles campus. The council also agreed to spend $650,000 for lab equipment, furniture and communications systems for the facility. -- City News Service No-push rail bill defeated in panel State lawmakers have defeated a bill that would have banned locomotives from pushing lighter passenger rail cars from the rear -- a configuration some contend compounded the severity of last year's Metrolink crash that killed 11 people in Glendale. The state Senate Committee on Housing and Transportation voted unanimously Tuesday against the proposal. A Federal Railroad Administration The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) was created in 1966 as a division of the U.S. Department of Transportation to promote rail transportation and safety. The FRA is one of 10 agencies within the Department of Transportation concerned with intermodal transportation. study released Monday concluded there was little difference in safety between push and pull trains. -- Daily News |
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