BRIEFLY.Bicyclist killed by hit-run driver VAN NUYS -- A male bicyclist was killed by a hit-and-run driver hit-and-run driver n → conductor que tras atropellar a algn se da a la fuga hit-and-run driver n → chauffard m hit-and-run driver hit n Thursday who sped away in a mid-1990s, gray sport utility vehicle, police said. The bicyclist was killed in the 15400 block of Saticoy Street about 7:40 p.m., said 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 Officer Jason Lee. No other information was available. -- Daily News Man sold bogus coverage to firm A Van Nuys man has pleaded guilty to selling bogus liability insurance to Prime Time Shuttle, which unknowingly ferried passengers to and from local airports without coverage for more than two years, officials said Thursday. Gurjeet Singh, also known as George Singh, pleaded guilty Wednesday to two federal counts of mail fraud. He faces up to 40 years in prison when he is sentenced on April 23. Singh, 56, operated Monika Insurance, a West Hollywood West Hollywood A community of southern California northeast of Beverly Hills. It is mainly residential. Population: 36,600. company whose license was suspended in 2001. In April 2002, Singh was hired by Amrat Inc., owner of Prime Time, to provide liability insurance for 100 airport shuttles. Singh initially purchased coverage from Lloyds of London Lloyds of London A marketplace in London for underwriting syndicates. , but that policy expired after four months because he did not pay the premiums, officials said. Prime Time's operating license was suspended by the PUC (Public Utility Commission) A regulatory body in every state in the U.S. that governs public utilities within its jurisdiction such as electricity, gas, oil, sewer, water, transportation and telephone service. Some states call it the Public Service Commission (PSC). in early 2005 when officials realized the shuttle service was uninsured. The company declared bankruptcy a short time later. -- Daily News Poverty is topic of mayor in D.C. Los Angeles 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. will head to Washington, D.C., yet again, this time to speak to the National Press Club and present a strategy for addressing poverty. Los Angeles officials said the Wednesday speech will discuss the role city mayors should play in raising living standards living standards npl → nivel msg de vida living standards living npl → niveau m de vie living standards living npl and bringing more Americans into the middle class. Much of the information is expected to be based on an upcoming report from the U.S. Conference of Mayors Task Force on Poverty, Work and Opportunity. -- Daily News Younger Waxman opposing dad? Michael Waxman, son of U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman Henry Arnold Waxman (born September 12, 1939 in Los Angeles, California) is an American politician. He has represented California's At-large congressional district (map) in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1975. , is taking a job in Washington. The younger Waxman is set to become vice president of Hyde Park Communications, a consulting firm that counts pharmaceutical companies Hoffmann-LaRoche, Pfizer and Bristol-Myers Squibb among its clients. The elder Waxman, who recently assumed the reins of the House Government Reform Committee, has spent decades fighting the industry on improving drug-safety enforcement and the availability of generic drugs. He has vowed to continue pushing those efforts as chairman. -- Daily News |
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