Honoring the memory of slain Israeli Prime Minister YitzhakRabin, the Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday designated a StudioCity intersection in his honor.
The council's unanimous vote to declare the intersection ofVentura and Lankershim boulevards came without comment. A plaquewill be dedicated at the intersection to honor Rabin, who won theNobel Peace Prize in 1994 and was assassinated Nov. 4.Source: - Daily News10-year sentence set in tot's fatal beating
A woman who prosecutors believe beat her boyfriend's2-1/2-year-old son to death was sentenced to 10 years in prisonWednesday under a plea agreement, officials said.
Eve Wingfield, 23, pleaded no contest to child abuse inconnection with the death of little Lance Helms on April 6, said PhilWynn, head deputy district attorney in Van Nuys.
Wingfield, who faced 15 years to life in prison if convicted,has maintained her innocence.
Helms died after he received several powerful abdominal blows,rupturing his liver and causing extensive internal bleeding,coroner's officials said.Source: - Daily NewsWoman must repay pyramid game victims
A Mission Hills woman who pleaded no contest to involvement in apyramid scheme was sentenced Wednesday to three months in jail or 75days on a work crew, and ordered to pay $3,000 to her victims.
Los Angeles Municipal Court Judge David Minning gave FilibertaLedesma, 36, a choice of jail time or work with a graffiti-removalcrew, said Deputy City Attorney Don Kass.
The woman, also known as Giliberta Gutierrez, persuaded threePacoima residents to join her 'endless chain' game in late Februaryand early March last year, Kass said. He said she has since repaidthem $1,000.
Kass said Ledesma; Silvina Masias Ruiz, 28, of North Hills;Lilianna Marquez, 23, of Northridge and Jose Luis Gonzalez, 34, ofWinnetka, were charged.Source: - City News ServicePierce College to hold Saturday registration
WOODLAND HILLS - A special registration day for the springsemester at Los Angeles Pierce College has been scheduled for 9 a.m.to 1 p.m. Saturday.
Applications for admission to the school and course-registrationforms will be accepted at the Campus Center at the college, 6201Winnetka Ave. The spring semester will begin Jan. 16. Forinformation, call (818) 719-6401.Source: - Daily NewsNational health care advocates seek ideas
SHERMAN OAKS - The National Health Coalition is seeking publicinput to develop a campaign for a national health care program.
National Health Coalition is a nonprofit educationalorganization which meets at Van Nuys-Sherman Oaks Senior Center, 5040Van Nuys Blvd. in Sherman Oaks.
It will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday. Meetings also will be held onthe second Saturday of the month in February, March and April.
For more information, call 342-7118.Source: - Daily News
