BRIEFLY : MTA TO KEEP BUSES HEADED DOWNTOWN.Four express bus lines from the Valley to downtown will continue to operate even after the Hollywood subway station opens in June, the MTA (1) (Message Transfer Agent or Mail Transfer Agent) The store and forward part of a messaging system. See messaging system. (2) See M Technology Association. 1. (messaging) MTA - Message Transfer Agent. board decided unanimously Thursday. Metropolitan Transportation Authority staffers had recommended rerouting the lines to the Hollywood station and making passengers complete their journeys downtown on the subway to avoid a duplication of services. The board rejected the staff proposal, approving a motion by City Councilman Hal Bernson, an MTA board member, to keep the four express lines in operation. They are Lines 424, 425, 427 and 522. The MTA also approved a pilot program of ``rapid buses,'' including one line that will run on Ventura Boulevard starting in mid-2000, between the Universal City subway station and Warner Center. The 16-mile route will have 14 stops - about one every 1.3 miles - instead of one stop every quarter-mile for local buses. - Daily News Molestation molestation n. the crime of sexual acts with children up to the age of 18, including touching of private parts, exposure of genitalia, taking of pornographic pictures, rape, inducement of sexual acts with the molester or with other children, and variations of these trial set in market incident VAN NUYS - A Lynwood man faces trial next month on charges of molesting and sexually battering 7- and 11-year-old girls who went to a Van Nuys supermarket to look for school supplies, a prosecutor said Thursday. Jorge Flores, 36, who has been in custody since his arrest at 5 p.m. Monday, was charged Wednesday with two counts each of child molestation and sexual battery. He pleaded not guilty at his arraignment A criminal proceeding at which the defendant is officially called before a court of competent jurisdiction, informed of the offense charged in the complaint, information, indictment, or other charging document, and asked to enter a plea of guilty, not guilty, or as otherwise permitted and was ordered by Van Nuys Municipal Court Judge Karen Nudell to stand trial April 9. Bail is $50,000. The victims were at a supermarket in the 15000 block of Vanowen Street when Flores Flores, town, Guatemala Flores (flōrəs), town (1990 est. pop. 2,200), capital of Petén department, N Guatemala. Flores was built on an island in the southern part of Lake Petén Itzá and on the site of the reportedly approached them from behind and rubbed against them, said Deputy City Attorney Nicholas Fratianne. - City News Service Man says he didn't kill Chatsworth duo A Lake Isabella man pleaded not guilty to killing a Hells Angel motorcycle gang member and the biker's girlfriend, and stealing valuables from the couple's home in Chatsworth. Daniel Ray Waring, 43, entered his pleas Thursday and was ordered held without bail. In addition to the two murder counts, prosecutors are seeking a special circumstance of homicide committed during a robbery, which would make Waring eligible for the death penalty. A pretrial pre·tri·al n. A proceeding held before an official trial, especially to clarify points of law and facts. adj. 1. Of or relating to a pretrial. 2. hearing was scheduled for April 20. ``Large'' Larry Lajeunesse, 44, and Tami Ann Brannigan bran·ni·gan n. 1. A noisy or confused quarrel. 2. A drinking spree; a binge. [Probably from the name Brannigan.] , 35, were found shot to death Dec. 7, 1998, inside their 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. dwelling. Gemstones, antique watches, knives and swords were taken. Police arrested Waring on Dec. 22 on unrelated weapons charges. Murder charges were filed after officers found some of the couple's property at Waring's home. - Associated Press CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge delegation going to model U.N. NORTHRIDGE - Thirty-two delegates from California State University, Northridge CSUN offers a variety of programs leading to bachelor's degrees in 61 fields and master's degrees in 42 fields. The university has over 150,000 alumni. It's also home to a summer musical theater/theater program known as TADW (TeenAge Drama Workshop) that leads teenagers through an will be representing the ``Russian Federation'' in this year's national Model United Nations Conference in New York from Tuesday to April 4. This year's conference will bring together in excess of 2,700 students from more than 200 universities, 16 countries and five continents to participate in mock operations of the world's most influential, global decision-making body. - Daily News Suspect in mailing of cyanide dies A woman suspected of mailing cyanide packets to people around the country died Thursday at a federal medical facility in Texas before going to trial, the U.S. attorney's office said. Kathryn Schoonover, 50, was found to have terminal cancer after her arrest in California and sent to the Federal Medical Center on Carswell Air Force Base Carswell Air Force Base, called Tarrant Field (from 1932 to 1943), Fort Worth Army Air Field (until January 1948), Fort Worth Air Force Base (in January 1948), Griffiss Air Force Base (for a few days in January 1948), and in Fort Worth, Texas Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas, 18th-largest city in the United States[1], and voted one of "America’s Most Livable Communities. . In September, doctors said she had only six months to live. Schoonover was arrested in August outside the post office in Marina del Rey, where she had allegedly stuffed cyanide packets with health supplement brochures into 100 envelopes. Only a two-count federal complaint had been filed before prosecution was put on hold because of her health. The complaint, which did not include the Marina incident, alleged that in April and June she ``knowingly deposited for mailing and delivery a poison with intent to injure and kill another.'' She was deemed a danger and ordered held in federal custody. - Associated Press |
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