BRIEFLY : GRAND JURY PROBE OF BELMONT SOUGHT.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 Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich Michael Dennis Antonovich (born 1939 in Los Angeles, California) is a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors representing the Fifth District, which covers northern Los Angeles County, the Antelope, Santa Clarita, Pasadena, and parts of the San Fernando and San called Wednesday for the grand jury to investigate the troubled Belmont Learning Center This Belmont Learning Center contains information about a building currently under construction. It may contain information of a speculative nature, and the content may change dramatically as construction progresses and new information becomes available. project. ``It is obscene, irresponsible and inexcusable that $200 million is being spent to build a high school on an abandoned oil field plagued with methane gas leaks and water contamination,'' he said in a prepared statement. In particular, the supervisor wants the grand jury to look into conflict of interest allegations against one of the lawyers who worked on the project and determine why the school district purchased the property despite warnings about possible contamination problems, said Antonovich spokesman Cam Currier. The Board of Supervisors will consider Antonovich's motion calling for an investigation at its Tuesday meeting. Several 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. officials Wednesday welcomed the suggestion and pledged cooperation with any investigation. ``I want an official, outside body coming in and investigating,'' said Board of Education President Victoria Castro. Construction of the massive downtown high school has been slowed by the discovery of potentially explosive methane in greater quantities than expected. The district also has been hit with allegations that several people working on the project knew five years ago that environmental questions about the site had not been properly addressed before its purchase. - Daily News Staff and Wire Services Police seeking help in finding suspects SHERMAN OAKS - Police asked for public help Wednesday in finding three men involved in the rape of a woman and assault on her husband in Sherman Oaks on Monday. The man and woman in their 20s were accosted ac·cost tr.v. ac·cost·ed, ac·cost·ing, ac·costs 1. To approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request. 2. To solicit for sex. about 10 p.m. as they were seated in a pickup truck in the 13900 block of Ventura Boulevard Ventura Boulevard is one of the primary east-west thouroughfares in the San Fernando Valley; as it was originally a part of the El Camino Real (the trail between Spanish missions), Ventura Boulevard is the oldest route in the San Fernando Valley. It was also U.S. . Police said one man was an African-American in his early 20s, about 200 pounds, with his hair in ``corn rows.'' He was wearing a gray sweat shirt and black pants and carrying the gun. The second was described as an African-American, in his late teens, about 130 pounds and wearing a gray hooded sweat shirt. Police said a third man in a getaway car getaway car n the thieves' getaway car → el coche en que huyeron los ladrones getaway car n → voiture prévue pour prendre la fuite met up with the first two at Matilija Avenue and Valleyheart Drive, where the trio fled. The assailants' vehicle was described as a red, two-door Toyota or Mazda with black stripes, possibly on both sides, and California license plates. - Daily News Staff and Wire Services Boy, 7, and rescuer drown in icy pond LAKE ARROWHEAD Lake Arrowhead may refer to:
``The 7-year-old broke through the ice, fell into it and the 27-year-old (man) attempted to rescue him,'' said San Bernardino County sheriff's Capt. Dennis Casey. ``Unfortunately, the rescue efforts failed and both of them went down.'' The boy was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after he was pulled out of the icy waters about 6 p.m., said sheriff's Detective Mark Parsons. The man underwent emergency resuscitation resuscitation /re·sus·ci·ta·tion/ (-sus?i-ta´shun) restoration to life of one apparently dead. cardiopulmonary resuscitation at Mountains Community Hospital in Lake Arrowhead, but he died about 8 p.m., Parsons said. Someone called 911 about 3:30 p.m. to report that the two had fallen into the pond, said Chip Patterson, spokesman for the San Bernardino Sheriff's Department. Crews in inflatable boats dragged grappling hooks along the bottom of the pond and divers swam through the icy waters searching for the victims. Lake Arrowhead, in the San Bernardino Mountains San Bernardino Mountains, part of the Coast Range, S Calif., extending c.60 mi (100 km) NW and SE through San Bernardino and Riverside counties. Notable peaks are San Bernardino Mt. (10,630 ft/3,240 m) and Mt. San Gorgonio (11,485 ft/3,501 m). , is about 70 miles east of Los Angeles. - Associated Press |
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