BRIEFLY : FIREFIGHTERS SEARCH FOR MENTAL PATIENT.Firefighters used infrared devices and dogs Friday to try to find a patient with anti-terrorism training and thought to be hiding in air ducts at a mental hospital. ``We went out there yesterday and tried to find a missing person, but we couldn't find him,'' said county fire Inspector Ed Loney. Loney said firefighters were called back to 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. County King-Drew Medical Center's Hawkins Building on Friday, after doctors and nurses said they heard the man in the ceiling. - City News Service Politician's spouse alleges illegal acts The wife of convicted U.S. Rep. Jay Kim Chang-Jun "Jay" Kim (Korean: 김창준) (born March 27, 1939) is a politician from the U.S. state of California. Kim was born in Seoul, South Korea. During the Korean War, his home was destroyed. , R-Ontario, told a Korean-language newspaper that she has information about illegal campaign contributions not previously disclosed to investigators. In an interview with the Korea Times, June Oak Kim also accused Kim of extramarital ex·tra·mar·i·tal adj. Being in violation of marriage vows; adulterous: an extramarital affair. extramarital Adjective affairs and said she may file for a divorce. In a subsequent story Kim, the first Korean-American congressman, denied the allegation of infidelity and attributed his wife's comments to ``mental exhaustion Noun 1. mental exhaustion - exhaustion that affects mental keenness brain-fag exhaustion - extreme fatigue .'' - Associated Press Judge throws out award against star A $4.3 million verdict against actress Connie Stevens was thrown out Friday by a judge who said he failed to tell jurors the former manager bringing the suit wasn't licensed under the California Talent Agencies Act. Superior Court Judge Reginald Dunn ordered a new trial and scheduled an April 17 hearing to set a date. On Jan. 26, a jury decided Stevens should pay $4.3 million to former manager Norton Styne because she failed to uphold a verbal contract verbal contract an agreement made verbally for the provision of goods or services in return for a consideration, in veterinary practice usually in the form of money. giving him 10 percent of the profits for helping develop her cosmetics line. - Associated Press CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan officer drops flare; burns vehicle TUSTIN - A California Highway Patrol car caught fire when an officer accidentally dropped a lighted road flare into the vehicle's trunk while investigating a freeway accident in Tustin, authorities said Friday. No one was hurt in the fire that occurred just before 10 p.m. Thursday on the northbound Costa Mesa Freeway, south of McFadden Street, said CHP spokeswoman Karen Bowen. The flare she dropped ignited a box of other flares. The fire burned the trunk and the back seat of the patrol car, Bowen said. - City News Service Police pursue four in invasion robbery LOS FELIZ - Police are seeking four men who burst into a Los Feliz-area apartment Friday morning in a home-invasion robbery. No one was hurt in the 5:30 a.m. incident at 1716 N. Edgemont St., 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 . spokeswoman Angela Grant.
One of the suspects had a handgun, and he held a man and woman at gunpoint in the apartment while his accomplices ransacked ran·sack tr.v. ran·sacked, ran·sack·ing, ran·sacks 1. To search or examine thoroughly. 2. To search carefully for plunder; pillage. the residence. The suspects then fled with some property, Grant said. - City News Service Cremation cremation, disposal of a corpse by fire. It is an ancient and widespread practice, second only to burial. It has been found among the chiefdoms of the Pacific Northwest, among Northern Athapascan bands in Alaska, and among Canadian cultural groups. sites to stay shut down A crematory cre·ma·to·ry n. pl. cre·ma·to·ries A crematorium. adj. Of or relating to cremation. crematorium, crematory a place where cremations are done. and Neptune Society offices in Santa Barbara, Burbank and San Pedro will remain closed because of improper handling of human remains, a judge ruled Friday. Allowing them to reopen would be ``against the public interest,'' Superior Court Judge Robert H. O'Brien said. The Heritage Alternatives crematory in Los Angeles and the three Neptune Society outlets, which handle about 400 deaths each month, were shut down Monday. They cannot solicit or accept new business pending resolution of the case, state regulators said. - Associated Press |
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