BRIEFLY.LAUSD LAUSD Los Angeles Unified School District (Los Angeles, CA) sends aid for tsunami relief 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. donated more than $250,000 Tuesday to five relief agencies aiding victims of the December tsunamis in south Asia This article is about the geopolitical region in Asia. For geophysical treatments, see Indian subcontinent. South Asia, also known as Southern Asia . The donations were planned before Monday's massive earthquake, which caused widespread damage in the already devastated dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. area and may have left thousands dead. LAUSD administrators, teachers, employees, students and parents began the fundraising drive earlier this year after returning from Christmas break. The money will be divided among Habitat for Humanity Habitat for Humanity, nonprofit ecumenical Christian organization that enables low-income people to own affordable, livable housing. Headquartered in Americus, Ga., it was founded in 1976 by businessman Millard Fuller and his wife. , Operation USA, Relief International, Save The Children and UNICEF UNICEF (y  `nĭsĕf'), the United Nations Children's Fund, an affiliated agency of the United Nations. . Authorities
earlier said that the amount raised was $246,711.36, but during
Tuesday's announcement, the amount was raised to $254,470.86.
- City News Service Missing woman found near home CHATSWORTH - A 73-year-old woman 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 found safe near her Chatsworth home Tuesday, after an extensive search, authorities said. Janet Morales walked out of her son's house at 10046 Glade Ave. around 1 a.m., wearing a jacket but no shoes, said Lt. Bill Maarschalk 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 Devonshire Station. An area resident reported seeing the woman on Plummer Street near Topanga Canyon Boulevard about 4:30 a.m., Maarschalk said. Nine police cruisers, a helicopter and bloodhounds were deployed to look for the woman, who was found about 4:45 a.m. She was wearing warm clothing and carrying additional clothes with her, Maarschalk said. - City News Service Knabe says gang jail policy wrong Known gang members who violate court injunctions should not qualify for early release from county jails despite the misdemeanor status of their offenses, Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe Donald R. Knabe (born October 15, 1943 in Illinois) is a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, serving the Fourth District, a crescent shaped district that covers the coastline from Marina Del Rey southward to Long Beach, and southeastern Los Angeles County to said Tuesday. ``While the sheriff is attempting to add jail beds back into the system as fast as possible, I do not, in the interim time, believe it is appropriate that gang-injunction violators be released after serving only 10 percent of their sentence,'' Knabe said. Long Beach Assistant City Prosecutor Daniel Murphy The name Daniel Murphy, and its equivalents Dan Murphy and Danny Murphy, may be: Art
The Board of Supervisors recently authorized $24.4 million in new spending toward ending the early release policy, which came into being after a $120 million budget cut two years ago. Yet that amount was about $50 million less than what the Sheriff's Department needs to keep all misdemeanor offenders for the full term of their sentences, officials said. - City News Service Montanez misses flight and hearing A hearing and confirmation vote for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's nominee for secretary of state was held up Tuesday because Assemblywoman Cindy Montanez, D-Mission Hills, was absent. Nominee Bruce McPherson's family and seven witnesses had flown to Sacramento for the expected confirmation, but it was canceled because Montanez, chair of the Assembly Rules Committee which was scheduled to conduct the hearing, missed a flight back from Costa Rica, where she was vacationing. The hearing was rescheduled for today, but a date for the full confirmation floor vote has not been set. - Daily News Westwood blaze quickly contained WESTWOOD - Firefighters put out a noninjury blaze that damaged at least one unit at a Westwood apartment building Tuesday, a Los Angeles fire spokesman said. The greater-alarm fire at 1810 S. Malcolm Ave. was reported at 11:51 a.m., said Brian Humphrey of the Los Angeles Fire Department The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), also known as the Los Angeles City Fire Department to distinguish it from the Los Angeles County Fire Department. It is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Los Angeles. . He said the fire broke out in a third-floor unit. Some 55 firefighters were sent to the scene, and the blaze was reported out 21 minutes after authorities received the original alarm. The cause of the fire was under investigation, Humphrey said. - City News Service Severed foot was suicide victim's TOPANGA CANYON - Homicide detectives Tuesday determined that a severed foot found in a landfill belonged to a suicide victim, but couldn't figure out how it got there, according to the Sheriff's Department. The severed foot, inside a work boot, was found at the landfill about 4 1/2 miles north of Pacific Coast Highway Pacific Coast Highway may refer to:
Detectives said the suicide victim to whom the foot belonged jumped off a freeway overpass around the area of the San Gabriel River San Gabriel River is the name of watercourses in two states:
It is unclear how the remains ended up in Topanga Canyon, but the investigation is continuing, Castro said. - City News Service |
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