BRIEFLY : POLICE SEEK SUSPECT IN AUTO-SHOP SLAYING.NORTHRIDGE - Police on Tuesday were searching for a 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. man wanted in connection with a fatal shooting outside an auto-shop complex. Bruce Collins, 31, was killed Monday night after an argument erupted into gunfire, police said. He was shot once in the upper body about 9:30 p.m. in the 19000 block of Parthenia Street, said Detective Marshall White 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 Devonshire Division. Collins was rushed to Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge Hospital Medical Center is a hospital in the Northridge town of Los Angeles, California, USA. It is currently operated by Catholic Healthcare West. History The hospital was founded in 1955 by Dr. but died during emergency surgery, White said. Police arrested Colrinto Raina Lopez, 42, at 6:45 p.m. Tuesday night after seeing his vehicle at the intersection of Tampa Avenue and Saticoy Street. Police knew Lopez was the suspect since earlier in the day. Lopez was arrested without incident, booked for murder and denied bail, said Officer Jason Lee, an LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. spokesman. Late Tuesday night police learned that Lopez was on parole for a murder. - Daily News Head-on crash kills teen-ager in Malibu MALIBU - A 16-year-old girl was killed Tuesday morning when the car she was driving was hit head-on by a van that crossed the center divider on Pacific Coast Highway Pacific Coast Highway may refer to:
Sabrina Csato, of Malibu was on her way to school when the crash occurred shortly after 7 a.m. in the 27400 block of Pacific Coast Highway, said Sgt. Marty Dailey of the Lost Hills sheriff's station. Csato's four-door compact sedan was hit by the van, whose 41-year-old driver was critically injured and taken to UCLA Medical Center UCLA Medical Center is a hospital located on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California. It is rated as one of the top three hospitals in the United States and is the top hospital on the West Coast according to US News & World Report. . His name was not available Tuesday night. Dailey said the investigation into the crash continues and that he expects charges will be filed against the van's driver. - City News Service Council told to fight Gingrich census suit Citing the potential loss of millions of dollars in state and federal funding, the Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. was urged Tuesday to back City Attorney James Hahn's plans to fight a lawsuit filed by House Speaker Newt Gingrich over the 2000 census. Councilman Richard Alatorre Richard Alatorre is a politician, and a member of the Democratic Party. Alatorre has served as a member of the Los Angeles City Council. He was the first Latino to serve on the council in 23 years. urged his colleagues to set aside $100,000 to cover the costs of the legal action, designed to fight the suit by Gingrich, R-Ga., which seeks to halt a survey to be done after the census to make up for any undercount un·der·count tr.v. un·der·count·ed, un·der·count·ing, un·der·counts To record fewer than the actual number of (persons in a census, for example). . - Daily News Pacoima, Sun Valley libraries to be rebuilt A city panel on Tuesday recommended spending $600,000 to demolish and rebuild larger libraries in Pacoima and Sun Valley. The City Council's Community and Economic Development Committee said the money would be enough to start developing plans for the two facilities as the total $3 million for each library is sought from other sources. Plans call for building 10,500-square-foot libraries at each location. - Daily News Mom of home-alone kids facing charges Child endangerment charges were filed Tuesday against a North Hills woman accused of leaving her three youngsters alone at night in an insect-infested, garbage-strewn apartment. Maria Elena Nieto, 25, is charged with three counts of child endangerment likely to cause great bodily harm The medical idea of (grievous) bodily harm is more specific than legal ideas of assault or violence in general, and distinct from property damage. It refers to lasting harm done to the body, human or otherwise, although in its legal sense it is exclusively defined as lasting . She was arraigned Tuesday in a San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. court. Two girls, ages 2 and 5, and a 4-year-old boy were found just after 1 a.m. Sunday in the 15100 block of Parthenia Street, police said. Officers found the 5-year-old running down the hallway in front of the apartment, wearing only a lightweight dress and no shoes. - City News Service Studio City shopping center gets zone OK The Los Angeles City Council approved a zone change Tuesday to allow construction of a shopping center on the site of the Racquet Centre at Ventura Boulevard and Vineland Avenue in Studio City. Some neighbors of the project at 10901 Ventura Blvd. have complained that it is too large and will worsen traffic in the area. In response, the council voted to require developer Tom Von Der Ahe to improve the intersection to allow for another lane for vehicles turning onto the project site and for the traffic light to include a left-turn arrow. - Daily News LAPD urged to tell Japan crime falling Just back from a tourism mission to Tokyo, Police Commission President Edith Perez called on the Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . on Tuesday to specifically track crime at local tourist attractions and to better communicate drops in crime to officials who can reassure Japanese tourists. ``It was clear to me that we had a serious perception problem,'' Perez said of Japanese journalists who asked her about Los Angeles crime. ``The statistics showing crime going down were a revelation to them.'' Perez said statistics showing the decline in crime should be sent to the U.S. ambassador in Japan so the numbers can be conveyed to the Japanese public, which makes up a substantial portion of the tourism trade in Los Angeles. - Daily News Suspect in aqueduct slaying case arrested LANCASTER - The estranged es·trange tr.v. es·tranged, es·trang·ing, es·trang·es 1. To make hostile, unsympathetic, or indifferent; alienate. 2. To remove from an accustomed place or set of associations. husband of a woman whose body turned up in the California Aqueduct in the Antelope Valley in August was arrested Tuesday in her killing, a sheriff's spokesman said. Detectives arrested Scott Glenn Mullins of Rosamond and booked him on suspicion of murder. Mullins was denied bail, deputies said. - City News Service Executive surrenders in telephone swindle swindle v. to cheat through trick, device, false statements or other fraudulent methods with the intent to acquire money or property from another to which the swindler is not entitled. Swindling is a crime as one form of theft. (See: fraud, theft) The president of a company accused of swindling thousands of San Fernando Valley residents out of charges for long-distance telephone service they never received surrendered to authorities Tuesday. Manual G. Zepeda Jr., 28, of Dallas, Texas, is charged with 151 misdemeanor counts of grand theft, attempted grand theft, false advertising and violations of the California Public Utilities Code. - Associated Press |
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