BRIEFLY.Outside counsel won't be hired City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo's office decided Wednesday not to hire outside counsel to represent the city in a lawsuit challenging the term limits/ethics reform measure on the Nov. 7 ballot. Delgadillo's office told a judge Tuesday it was considering hiring an outside law firm to handle the case, which seeks to take Proposition R off the ballot because it mixes two issues -- a term limit extension and new rules for lobbyists and campaign contributions. California law California Law consists of 29 codes, covering various subject areas, the State Constitution and Statutes. See also
Delgadillo had warned the City Council that combining two issues in one ballot measure could open the city up to lawsuits, however the City Council decided to put the measure on the ballot as it was written. Proposition R supporters said their legal advisors had approved the two-issue measure. After reviewing the case, Delgadillo decided to keep it in house. -- Daily News 2 suspects held in assault case GLENDALE -- Two men suspected of trying to run down a police officer were arrested Wednesday after running into the Glendale YMCA YMCA in full Young Men's Christian Association Nonsectarian, nonpolitical Christian lay movement that aims to develop high standards of Christian character among its members. in an attempt to avoid capture, police said. A Toyota with paper plates was going north on the 100 block of South Maryland Avenue about 5:15 p.m. at a high rate of speed, said John Balian of the Glendale Police Department. A motorcycle officer got in front of the vehicle and tried to make it stop, but the driver swerved at him, gunned the engine, then took off. Another officer patrolling in a black and white cruiser saw the car but lost contact with it. Finally the vehicle was found abandoned in an alley behind the YMCA at 140 N. Louise St. when police responded to calls from the building, Balian said. The two men were arrested without incident and booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon Assault with a Deadly Weapon is the term used to describe the act of threatening to harm one or more people by using a weapon (usually a firearm). Here, assault must be differentiated from battery as they are often confused. Assault is threatening to use force. and evading, Balian said. -- City News Service Hearing delayed in grading case A pastor accused of bulldozing a mountain in La Tuna Canyon to build his church was in 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. Superior Court Wednesday to face criminal charges of illegal building and grading. But the judge postponed the hearing until Oct. 25 so Won C. Park and his wife, Ohk Sun Park, could hire attorneys. Neighbors had complained about illegal grading by Park for four years and city inspectors cited him several times for working without a permit. The Building and Safety Department shut down his operation last December when residents reported Park had carved a 40-foot-wide road through a neighbor's pristine hillside. Inspectors visited the property and found a canyon had been filled, graded flat and a church built on top -- all without permits or safety studies. Even after the city cited Park in January, inspectors said he did not remove illegal buildings. Park could face up to three years in prison for the criminal misdemeanor building violations. His corporation, Praise the Lord in Holy Service, and his wife's corporation, Valley Christian Community Service, are also named in the case. -- Daily News Robbery suspect Noun 1. robbery suspect - someone suspected of committing robbery suspect - someone who is under suspicion is in custody A man who allegedly robbed a Wells Fargo Wells Fargo armored carriers of bullion. [Am. Hist.: Brewer Dictionary, 1147] See : Protectiveness Wells Fargo company that handled express service to western states; often robbed. [Am. Hist. bank branch in Malibu and then rammed his car into a pursuing sheriff's motorcycle deputy, leaving him seriously injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. , was behind bars Wednesday, Sheriff Lee Baca Leroy David Baca (b. May 27 1942, East Los Angeles, California) is the Sheriff of Los Angeles County, California. After graduating from Benjamin Franklin High School (Los Angeles) in 1960, Baca worked his way through East Los Angeles College before starting with the L.A. said. Charles Terreal Washington, 46, was arrested at his residence in Los Angeles, Baca said. The sheriff did not say when the arrest was made. Baca said the arrest was the result of an investigation by Redondo Beach Redondo Beach (rĭdŏn`dō), city (1990 pop. 60,167), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1892. Once a commercial port for Los Angeles, it is a residential and resort city with a protected harbor and an excellent marina. police, who were looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a suspect in a Sunday robbery in El Segundo El Segundo (ĕl sēgŭn`dō), industrial city (1990 pop. 15,223), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1917. Its products include navigation and computer systems, aircraft parts, office machines, telephone apparatus, and , and the sheriff's Lost Hills Station and Major Crimes Bureau. -- City News Service Supreme Court declines review The California Supreme Court refused Wednesday to review the murder conviction of a woman who ordered her son to kill a Granada Hills man who learned his name had been used in the pair's loan fraud scheme. The state's highest court rejected the defense's petition to consider the case against Sante Kimes Sante Kimes (born July 24 1934) is an American woman infamous for the murder of Irene Silverman, an 82-year-old New York City socialite. She also was convicted of killing David Kazdin in early 1998, a business associate of her husband, in California. . In May, a three-justice panel from the 2nd District Court of Appeal rejected Kimes' claim that errors were made in her trial. Kimes was convicted in July 2004 of first-degree murder for the March 13, 1998, shooting death of David Kazdin. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Kathleen Kennedy-Powell sentenced Kimes to life in prison without the possibility of parole in March 2005, calling her ``one of the most evil individuals'' she had encountered in 16 years on the bench. -- City News Service |
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