L.A. BRIEFS : MUDSLIDE CLOSES PART OF 405, PCH.SANTA MONICA Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. - A mudslide Tuesday forced the closure of part of the Santa Monica Freeway The Santa Monica Freeway is the westernmost segment of Interstate 10, beginning at the western terminus of I-10 at the Pacific Coast Highway in Santa Monica, California and ending southeast of downtown Los Angeles at the famous East Los Angeles Interchange. and Pacific Coast Highway Pacific Coast Highway may refer to:
n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. officer said. The mudslide occurred between the California Incline and Chautauqua Chau`tau´qua 1. a meeting, usually held in the summer outdoors or under a temporary tent, providing public lectures combined with entertainment such as concerts and plays. It originated in the village of Chautauqua, N. Y. Boulevard on PCH PCH Paroxysmal cold hemoglobinuria, see there , said Officer Shirley Gaines. That section of PCH was closed along with the westbound lanes of the Santa Monica Freeway at Fourth Street leading to PCH. The freeway was closed to stop motorists from going into the mudslide area, Gaines said. - City News Service U.S. judge releases Bel-Air pot activist Medical marijuana activist Todd McCormick, charged with growing thousands of pot plants at a Bel-Air mansion, was ordered freed from prison Tuesday but was told he could be arrested again if he is found to be using the drug or its derivatives. ``If you are playing any games or trying to skirt anything, you will pay the price for it,'' U.S. District Judge George H. King warned. ``Have I made myself clear to you?'' ``Very clear,'' McCormick replied. King ordered McCormick freed until an April 22 court hearing. He said McCormick will be tested periodically by federal authorities to ensure he is not using marijuana. King's ruling overturned an order by U.S. Magistrate James McMahon James McMahon may refer to:
McCormick claims the results were skewed skewed curve of a usually unimodal distribution with one tail drawn out more than the other and the median will lie above or below the mean. skewed Epidemiology adjective Referring to an asymmetrical distribution of a population or of data because he was taking Marinol, a legal drug containing a synthetic form of marijuana. McCormick will not be able to take that drug under conditions set by King, said his lawyer, Eric Shevin. McCormick says marijuana helps ease the pain of a rare form of cancer he has suffered since childhood. He also suffers pain from hip and back problems. ``He's not a marijuana addict, he's a cancer patient,'' Shevin said outside court after the hearing. About 20 supporters, including McCormick's mother and girlfriend, crowded the courtroom and later gathered outside. Some carried signs, including one that read: ``Stop Arresting Sick People.'' - Associated Press Brentwood doctor held in fraud case A Brentwood doctor with clinics in South Central Los Angeles was arrested Tuesday on charges he defrauded the Medicare and Medi-Cal programs out of more than $1 million. Keith O'Neil Perry, 43, has owned and operated roughly six medical clinics in the Los Angeles area under the name KP Medical Center and KP Medical Group, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Steven Linick. Perry was named in a 41-count federal indictment Thursday, alleging mail, wire and bankruptcy fraud, tax evasion The process whereby a person, through commission of Fraud, unlawfully pays less tax than the law mandates. Tax evasion is a criminal offense under federal and state statutes. A person who is convicted is subject to a prison sentence, a fine, or both. , making false statements to a government agency, aiding and abetting a·bet tr.v. a·bet·ted, a·bet·ting, a·bets 1. To approve, encourage, and support (an action or a plan of action); urge and help on. 2. , and conspiracy. He was arrested Tuesday morning. Perry's alleged fraudulent activities began in about 1992, when he was temporarily barred from the Medi-Cal program as a result of an investigation into his billing practices, Linick said. - City News Service 2nd man arrested in shooting of girl HIGHLAND PARK - Police arrested a second suspect Tuesday in connection with the April 1 shooting of a 9-year-old Highland Park girl, who was hit by a stray bullet when she heard gunfire and went to shut her front door. A detective at the department's Northeast Division confirmed the arrest, but declined to name the suspect or elaborate on a possible involvement in the shooting of Yvette Zabala. The arrest was made near Avenue 53 and East Baltimore Street, about a block from where Zabala was wounded - 5237 E. Baltimore St. - City News Service |
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