BRIEFLY : MARIJUANA PLANTS FOUND IN APARTMENT.VAN NUYS - Police investigating a fight between a girlfriend and boyfriend stumbled upon hundreds of marijuana plants Saturday afternoon. Todd Schwarz and Shannon Woodland, both 19, were arrested on suspicion of possession of marijuana for sale after officers said they discovered 350 marijuana seedlings, 85 15-inch plants, and an electronic scale at a two-bedroom apartment on Balboa Boulevard. ``They were growing them in one bedroom and packaging them in the other,'' said Lt. Bernie Larralde of the 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. Police Department's Narcotics narcotics n. 1) techinically, drugs which dull the senses. 2) a popular generic term for drugs which cannot be legally possessed, sold, or transported except for medicinal uses for which a physician or dentist's prescription is required. Division. Larralde said Schwarz lived in the apartment, but it was not clear if Woodland lived there. Neighbors called police after Schwarz and Woodland got in a tussle in a stairwell stair·well n. A vertical shaft around which a staircase has been built. stairwell Noun a vertical shaft in a building that contains a staircase Noun 1. at the apartment building about 2 p.m. Saturday, Larralde said. ?13- Daily News Dietrich belongings rake in rake in Verb Informal to acquire (money) in large amounts Verb 1. rake in - earn large sums of money; "Since she accepted the new position, she has been raking it in" shovel in $659,023 An auction of actress Marlene Dietrich's personal items mostly from her New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of apartment fetched $659,023, twice the amount expected, Sotheby's said. Saturday's auction in Beverly Hills Beverly Hills, city (1990 pop. 31,971), Los Angeles co., S Calif., completely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles; inc. 1914. The largely residential city is home to many motion-picture and television personalities. included bids from around the world and drew a standing-room-only crowd, including a few celebrities who turned out to see the personal belongings personal belongings npl → efectos mpl personales of the star of such classics as ``The Blue Angel'' and ``Destry Rides Again.'' Actress Jennifer Tilly purchased two Ernest Hemingway letters for $5,462 and $6,037. The most expensive item was Jean Baptiste Camille Corot's 1874 oil on canvas ``Landscapes with Figures and Cows,'' which went for $140,000. It was purchased by an art dealer, Lloyd Greit. An electric alarm clock Dietrich reportedly often took with her on trips went for $2,085. It was listed between $25 to $50. ?13- Associated Press 1,225 acres burned at Air Force base VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE Vandenberg Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 3,456 acres (1,399 hectares), SW Calif., near Lompoc; chief Pacific coast launch site for military satellites. - Firefighters on Saturday contained a 1,225-acre blaze accidentally set by an explosives disposal team that was destroying flares at Vandenberg Air Force Base. No buildings were damaged by the fire, which was the second in about a month at the sprawling coastal base in Santa Barbara County. ?13- Associated Press Coast Guard ends search for man MARINA DEL REY - The search was called off for a 76-year-old Los Angeles man whose 30-foot cabin cruiser drifted ashore two days ago without him aboard, a U.S. Coast Guard spokesman said Saturday. The Coast Guard ended its search Friday about 10:30 a.m. when an intensive hunt - involving a helicopter and airplane with infrared equipment - failed to locate the man, said Coast Guard spokesman Dennis Hall. Richard Davidson, who usually only sailed from Marina del Rey to Emerald Cove at Catalina Island, has been missing since Tuesday, Hall said. ?13- City News Service |
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