BRIEFLY : 4 INJURED IN VENTURA FREEWAY COLLISION.Four people were injured, one critically, in a collision on the eastbound Ventura Freeway The Ventura Freeway is a freeway in southern California running from Ventura to Pasadena. It is the principal east-west route through Ventura County and in the southern San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County. on Saturday in the Tarzana-Woodland Hills area, a 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. spokesman said. The smash-up, which involved as many as four vehicles, occurred shortly before 2 p.m. near Winnetka Avenue, Brian Humphrey said. The critically hurt female was taken to Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge Hospital Medical Center is a hospital in the Northridge town of Los Angeles, California, USA. It is currently operated by Catholic Healthcare West. History The hospital was founded in 1955 by Dr. , Humphrey said. The other victims were taken to Encino-Tarzana Regional Medical Center with minor injuries, he said. ?13- City News Service Man in dress nabbed in bank robbery The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. Bank robbery is the crime of robbing a bank. PASADENA - A man, dressed as a woman, was arrested after allegedly robbing a bank and threatening employees with a bomb in a briefcase Saturday, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. police. The sheriff's bomb squad closed off the area surrounding the Wells Fargo Bank branch on Green Street when the suspect dropped the briefcase, according to Pasadena police Lt. Chris Vicino. Saturday's botched botch tr.v. botched, botch·ing, botch·es 1. To ruin through clumsiness. 2. To make or perform clumsily; bungle. 3. To repair or mend clumsily. n. 1. robbery began when the 31-year-old man entered the bank at 9:15 a.m., told a teller he had a bomb and demanded a specific amount of money, according to police. After taking several thousand dollars in cash, he opened the briefcase and showed the teller an object with wires and a clay substance - which he threatened to detonate det·o·nate intr. & tr.v. det·o·nat·ed, det·o·nat·ing, det·o·nates To explode or cause to explode. [Latin d if followed, Vicino said. He left the bank, abandoned the briefcase and began removing the women's clothing and makeup he was wearing, Vicino said. ``He had men's clothes on underneath and he took the women's clothes off as he was heading for his car,'' Vicino added. The man, whose name was being withheld, was arrested before he could drive off. The bomb squad detonated the briefcase, then examined a second one found with the suspect. It contained the money which was returned to the bank, Vicino said. ?13- Associated Press Robbers escape with home invasion haul Three men and a woman forced their way into a home at gunpoint near downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or and used duct tape to tie up the four people inside, including an infant girl, police said Saturday. Apparently no one was hurt in the home invasion robbery that occurred about 9:30 Friday night in the 1200 block of Elden Avenue, said Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . spokesman Don Cox.
The suspects fled with some jewelry, Cox said. No descriptions of the suspects were released. ?13- City News Service Standoff prompts evacuation in Reseda RESEDA - Residents had to be evacuated Saturday evening when an armed man barricaded himself inside a home in the 18000 block of Strathern Street. Oscar Guerrero, 32, was arrested on suspicion of making terrorist threats and assaulting his live-in girlfriend, who received minor injuries, said Los Angeles police Lt. Thomas Kirk. Kirk said about 14 residents had to be cleared, while police subdued Guerrero to make their arrest. The 32-year-old, who had been drinking, had been involved in an earlier altercation, according to police. Then, at 7:30 p.m. he reportedly began firing shots in his home. Not long after, officers took Guerrero into custody. ?13- Daily News |
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