BRIEFLY : DRIVER FACES 3 COUNTS IN CRASH KILLING FRIENDS.VAN NUYS - A 21-year-old Sylmar man whose three closest friends were killed Tuesday in a car wreck he is accused of causing was charged Friday with vehicular manslaughter vehicular manslaughter n. the crime of causing the death of a human being due to illegal driving of an automobile, including gross negligence, drunk driving, reckless driving, or speeding. . Kenneth J. Acosta faces three counts, one each for the deaths of Shannon Haupt, 20, and Michael Encinas Encinas is a municipality located in the province of Segovia, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 68 inhabitants. and Pablo Munoz, both 18, said Deputy District Attorney Dale E. Cutler. All three had been members of the Sylmar High School Sylmar High School is a public school in the northeast San Fernando Valley in the Sylmar district of Los Angeles, California. Established in the 1950s, it is part of the Los Angeles Unified School District, District 2, and serves more than 3,600 students in grades 9-12. marching band Noun 1. marching band - a band that marches (as in a parade) and plays music at the same time band - instrumentalists not including string players , best friends who had grown closer as they pursued their futures. Haupt planned to be a zoologist, Encinas aspired to be a physician and Munoz was headed to the Marines. Acosta, who could face up to 15 years in prison if convicted, is expected to enter a plea Monday in a Van Nuys courtroom. ?13-City News Service Northridge fire leaves 4 families homeless A fire tore through a Northridge apartment complex early Friday, damaging four units and leaving four families without homes. A pregnant woman was taken to Granada Hills Community Hospital for possible smoke inhalation Smoke Inhalation Definition Smoke inhalation is breathing in the harmful gases, vapors, and particulate matter contained in smoke. Description Smoke inhalation typically occurs in victims or firefighters caught in structural fires. , but there were no other injuries, said 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 Bob Collis. Collis said the blaze was reported at 1:49 a.m. at 10435 Lindley Ave. and raced from a first-floor unit to the second-story of the more than 50-unit complex. It took 40 firefighters about 19 minutes to extinguish the fire, Collis said. The cause is still under investigation. Collis said total damage to the apartment complex and contents was estimated at $120,000. ?13- Daily News Open houses to show dilapidated schools The Los Angeles Unified School District The Los Angeles Unified School District (the "LAUSD") is the largest (in terms of number of students) public school system in California and the second-largest in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population. will sponsor a series of open houses today at various district schools to inform parents and the community about Proposition BB. 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. LAUSD LAUSD Los Angeles Unified School District (Los Angeles, CA) officials, the $2.4 billion bond measure on the April 8 ballot would pay for campus repairs, including electrical rewiring and air conditioning. Participating schools, like Cleveland High School in Reseda, plan to take visitors on a tour of the facilities and point out the areas in need of repair. Visitors should contact their local schools for information on open house times. ?13-Daily News Mother defends man who killed daughter A Van Nuys man who beat his 4-year-old stepdaughter step·daugh·ter n. A spouse's daughter by a previous union. stepdaughter Noun a daughter of one's husband or wife by an earlier relationship Noun 1. to death while baby-sitting her was sentenced Friday to life in prison, as the dead girl's mother continued to defend his actions. Roberto Cauchi, 35, was convicted in January of second-degree murder, torture and child abuse charges for killing Christina Rodriguez the night of March 9, 1995. Cauchi, unemployed at the time, left knuckle marks on the girl's stomach, and broke her ribs and one of her arms. Lorena Rodriguez, Christina's mother and the only relative of the girl to show up for Cauchi's sentencing hearing in Los Angeles Superior Court, continued to stand by her husband, as she had during his trial. The medical clinic assistant told Judge Curtis Rappe in a letter that she misses her daughter and knows nothing can bring her back. ``But what happened could happen to anybody,'' she wrote. ``(It) could happen to me because in Hispanic countries we punish with belts with different ways. But it doesn't mean that the parents want to kill their children. It's just the way it is.'' Prosecutors contended Cauchi murdered the skinny, dark-haired girl after hours of beatings. ?13-City News Service Free screenings test for diabetes in Valley The American Diabetes Association The American Diabetes Association, or the ADA, is an American health organization providing diabetes research, information and advocacy. Founded in 1940, the American Diabetes Association conducts programs in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, reaching hundreds of will hold free screening for diabetes throughout Los Angeles County in March as part of a national effort to identify the estimated 8 million Americans who have the illness but do not know. Dubbed the American Diabetes Alert, the program offers a blood test in which people are screened for susceptibility to diabetes. Screenings will be held at three sites in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. area: Verdugo Hills Hospital at 1812 Verdugo Blvd. in Glendale from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 26; the offices of Meet Each Need With Dignity at 13460 Van Nuys Blvd. in Pacoima from 2 to 5 p.m. March 25, and at Long's Drug Store at 18441 Ventura Blvd. in Tarzana from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 5 to 7 p.m. March 27. ?13-Daily News |
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