BRIEFLY : MAN SUFFERS BURNS IN MOBILE HOME FIRE.

BURBANK - A fire tore through a Burbank mobile home Friday afternoon, seriously burning a resident and causing $15,000 in damage.

Burbank Fire Department officials did not identify the injured man but reported that he suffered second-degree burns to his arms and was being treated at a local hospital.

Firefighters said the blaze broke out shortly before 5 p.m. at a mobile home in the 2200 block of North Hollywood Way.

Engine crews arrived to find the residence, located at the rear of a mobile home park, engulfed in flames and smoke.

It took firefighters about 30 minutes to put out the blaze, which authorities said also scorched two cars and led to traffic jams.

The fire caused about $10,000 damage to the structure and $5,000 damage to the contents. The cause was not disclosed by fire officials.

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2 killed by crash near Santa Anita 

ARCADIA - A man and a woman from Burbank were killed when their car went out of control, jumped a curb and hit two trees near Santa Anita racetrack in Arcadia, authorities said Friday.

Aida Arcella Guerrero, 20, of Burbank died at the scene of the crash, a coroner's spokesman said.

The man died at Methodist Hospital of Southern California, said Arcadia police Lt. Robert Sanderson. His name was withheld until his relatives were notified.

Sanderson said the woman was driving east on Huntington Drive at Holly Drive early Thursday when the 1992 Honda went out of control, went up a triangular curb area known as a ``gore point,'' then hit the trees.

It was unknown what caused the driver to lose control of the car, he said, adding the case remained under investigation.

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Inspectors order repairs to buildings

NORTH HILLS - City inspectors have cited three earthquake-damaged apartment buildings on Orion Avenue as public nuisances and ordered the owner, Neighborhood Empowerment and Economic Development, to fix them within 30 days.

The citation also orders NEED officials, who are politically connected to Councilman Richard Alarcon, to attend a public hearing Tuesday where the Los Angeles Building and Safety Commission will consider their case.

Interested parties are invited to attend the hearing at 10:15 a.m. Tuesday at Los Angeles City Hall, room 402.

The three buildings are located in one of 17 neighborhoods damaged by the earthquake known as ``ghost towns.'' Most of the work on the other ghost town areas are complete or nearly finished.

NEED, which has been approved for more than $6 million to fix the buildings, has come under criticism because of delays. Only one of the six buildings it owns is complete and work on another is under way.

``We want to see if they are going to follow through,'' said Allen Fish, a city inspector.

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Man charged with tattooing girl

VAN NUYS - The owner of a Woodland Hills tattoo parlor was charged Friday with a misdemeanor for allegedly serving a 17-year-old girl, officials said.

Leonardo Martinis, 29, of Westlake Village was charged with tattooing a minor, which is punishable by up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine, said Deputy City Attorney Martha Gutierrez.

He is scheduled to be arraigned on Feb. 27 in Van Nuys Municipal Court.

Martinis, who owns and manages the Think Ink tattoo parlor at 21626 Ventura Blvd., is accused of tattooing a dolphin on the hip of the girl in May, Gutierrez said.

Police began an investigation upon complaints from the teen-ager's parents, who said their religion prohibits tattoos, the prosecutor said.

The girl told investigators that Martinis gave her the tattoo without asking for identification.

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