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BRIEFLY : POLICE IDENTIFY MAN FOUND DEAD IN PARK.


SUN VALLEY - A man found shot to death on a mountain hiking trail in La Tuna Canyon Park last week has been identified as 21-year-old Hector Gamboa of Panorama City, police said Thursday.

Gamboa was found by a hiker May 14, said Detective Frank Bishop 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 Foothill Division.

Anyone with information about his death can call (818) 834-3115 or (818) 756-8861 after hours Adv. 1. after hours - not during regular hours; "he often worked after hours" .

- Daily News

Illegal pharmacies bring prison terms

A 54-year-old woman who ran illegal pharmacies in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley

Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills.
 pleaded guilty Thursday to two drug possession charges and was sentenced to two years in prison.

Four of Santa Elba Hernandez's workers, including her son, pleaded guilty to one count of possessing a controlled substance controlled substance n. a drug which has been declared by federal or state law to be illegal for sale or use, but may be dispensed under a physician's prescription.  for sale.

Gloria M. Nieves, Emma Sotelo, Christopher Galero and Edwin Hernandez were sentenced to jail terms varying up to six months.

- City News Service

Valley woman dies from blaze injuries

A 55-year-old woman severely burned in a Canoga Park house fire earlier this week has died, officials at Torrance Memorial Burn Center said Thursday.

Marlene Dallugge died at 2:15 p.m. Wednesday from burns and smoke inhalation Smoke Inhalation Definition

Smoke inhalation is breathing in the harmful gases, vapors, and particulate matter contained in smoke.
Description

Smoke inhalation typically occurs in victims or firefighters caught in structural fires.
 she suffered in a fire Tuesday in the 7400 block of Glade Avenue, coroner's officials said.

- Daily News

Drug overdoses put 4 people in hospital

HOLLYWOOD - Four men and a woman were hospitalized Thursday after overdosing on the drug GHB GHB
abbr.
gamma-hydroxybutyrate


GHB 1 Gamma-hydroxybutyrate, γ-hydroxy-butyrate See GABA 2 Glycosylated hemoglobin, see there
GHb Glycosylated hemoglobin, see there
 at a Hollywood nightspot, but all were in stable condition, police said.

Paramedics were sent to the Hollywood Athletic Club at 6525 W. Sunset Blvd. about 12:30 a.m., said Los Angeles police Sgt. Michael Barrios Barrios is a name of Hispanic origin. The name may refer to: Persons
  • Agustín Barrios (1885–1944), Paraguayan guitarist and composer
  • Arturo Barrios (born 1962), Mexican long-distance runner and former world record holder
. ``It appears to have been self-induced,'' Barrios said.

GHB, or gammahydroxybutyrate, has been associated with date-rape drugging, although it also is taken for a cheap high. Possession or sale is illegal in California.

- City News Service
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