BRIEFLY : PEDESTRIAN DIES AFTER BEING HIT.BURBANK - An 83-year-old Burbank woman died Sunday after she was hit by a pickup truck in the intersection of Angeleno and Sixth streets, police said. Lt. Bob Giles of the Burbank Police Department The Burbank Police Department is the police department serving Burbank, California. Tim Stehr became the Police Chief of the department on August 1, 2007. The previous chiefs were Thomas Hoefel, David Newsham and Glen Bell. said Maria Guillana was walking in the unmarked crosswalk area at 8:42 a.m. Sunday when she was hit by a pickup truck driven by a 23-year-old Burbank woman. Guillana was taken to County-USC Medical Center, where she died several hours later. ``The driver of the pickup truck was blinded by the sun and apparently did not see the pedestrian,'' Giles said. The driver was not arrested, Giles said. He said the investigation is continuing. - Daily News Robbers kill man, wound co-worker NEWHALL - Masked gunmen fatally shot one employee and wounded another during a robbery at a Newhall market, a sheriff's deputy said Sunday. Luis Valdez, 32, of Panorama City was slain in the robbery at the Tresierras Market, 24316 San Fernando Road San Fernando Road is a major street in the city and county of Los Angeles. It starts off in Castaic as The Old Road, passing through Santa Clarita and the Newhall Pass, where upon its intersection with Sierra Highway near the junction of the Golden State (I-5) and the , said Deputy Mark Bailey
Mark Bailey (born 26 November, 1970) is a cricket player in Hamilton, New Zealand. He played one one-day international for the New Zealand cricket team. . The wounded female employee, 41, was taken to an area hospital where she was in stable condition, Deputy Elisabeth Sachs said. The holdup occurred about 11 p.m. Saturday, Sachs said. - City News Service Mild quakes shake China Lake region A magnitude-3.4 earthquake and a 3.1 aftershock af·ter·shock n. 1. A quake of lesser magnitude, usually one of a series, following a large earthquake in the same area. 2. jounced the China Lake U.S. Naval Weapons Center on Sunday, a seismologist seis·mol·o·gy n. The geophysical science of earthquakes and the mechanical properties of the earth. seis said. The first quake struck at 3:25 p.m. about four miles east of Coso Junction in Inyo County, said Doug Given, a seismologist with the U.S. Geological Survey The term geological survey can be used to describe both the conduct of a survey for geological purposes and an institution holding geological information. A geological survey . The magnitude-3.1 aftershock came in the same location at 4:29 p.m., he said. Neither temblor was related to the magnitude-7.1 Hector earthquake that struck on Oct. 16, Given said. - City News Service Manager mugged outside restaurant VALENCIA - The manager of a Wendy's in Valencia was robbed Sunday on his way to take money from the restaurant to the bank, a sheriff's lieutenant said. The crime happened about 1:30 p.m. in the restaurant parking lot at 27544 The Old Road, said sheriff's Lt. Bill Weiss Bill Weiss is a baseball historian and statistician. He has served as the official statistician for the Pacific Coast League, and edited a weekly newsletter for the California League for over thirty years. . A man wearing a ski mask knocked the manager to the ground, grabbed the bank bag and escaped, Weiss said. No suspects have been arrested, Weiss said. - City News Service |
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