BRIEFLY : 2 SUSPECTS NAMED IN '95 STORE KILLING.VAN NUYS - A state prison inmate and a man on the run were named on Thursday as suspects in the July 11, 1995, shooting death of a Van Nuys market owner who tried to stop them from stealing a 12-pack of beer. The holdup and shooting occurred at Top Produce Market, 7444-1/2 Van Nuys Blvd. Proprietor Jyotsna Prajapati, 30, tried to stop the thieves and was shot, 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 Detective David Escoto said. Aaron Reynoso, 19, is believed to have turned and shot the woman once in the head that day. Now in prison on an unrelated charge, he has been charged with one count of murder, the detective said. Fernando Carbajal, 19, remains at large. Detectives plan to release a photo of him Friday. - City News Service 3 draw probation in Angeles wildfire Three young men were sentenced Thursday to five years probation for using the illegal pyrotechnics pyrotechnics (pī'rōtĕk`nĭks, pī'rə–), technology of making and using fireworks. Gunpowder was used in fireworks by the Chinese as early as the 9th cent. in July that sparked a 400-acre fire in the Angeles National Forest The Angeles National Forest (ANF) was established by executive order on December 20, 1892 as the San Gabriel Timberland Reserve. It covers over 2,600 km² (650,000 acres) and is located in the San Gabriel Mountains of Los Angeles County, just north of the metropolitan area of Los . James Bruggeman, 20, and Michael McCune and Daniel Pearson, both 19, had pleaded guilty to illegal fireworks fireworks: see pyrotechnics. fireworks Explosives or combustibles used for display. Of ancient Chinese origin, fireworks evidently developed out of military rockets and explosive missiles and accompanied the spread of military explosives westward to charges. They went to San Francisquito Canyon Forest Road to set off the fireworks in a gravel area, prosecutors contended. But the young men thought they were too close to the road, so they moved away from it - and closer to brush that caught fire. - City News Service Pacheco named to Assembly position Assemblyman as·sem·bly·man n. A man who is a member of a legislative assembly. assemblyman Noun pl -men a member of a legislative assembly Noun 1. Rod Pacheco Rod Pacheco (born 1959) is a U.S. Latino Republican politician. Currently the Riverside County, California District Attorney, he had served in the California State Assembly from 1996-2002. He served as Republican leader from November 5 1998-April 6 1999. , R-Riverside, made history Thursday as the first Latino leader of the Assembly's minority party, state Republican Party officials said. Assembly GOP members selected Pacheco to replace outgoing minority leader Bill Leonard This article is about the California State Assemblyman Bill Leonard. For the Kung Fu Elder Master Bill Leonard please go to: Shaolin-Do William R. Leonard (born 1947) is a Republican U.S. , R-Rancho Cucamonga. Pacheco's selection ``dispels the myth that there isn't significant Latino involvement in the Republican Party,'' said Mike Madrid, political director for the state GOP in Burbank. Pacheco's selection comes just two years after the Assembly chose Cruz Bustamante, D-Fresno, as the first Latino Assembly Speaker. The Assembly's Latino membership now includes 13 Democrats and four Republicans. - Daily News |
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