BRIEFLY : POLICE SEEK SUSPECT IN PACOIMA SHOOTING.SUN VALLEY - Detectives on Friday searched for the man suspected of shooting to death a 25-year-old Pacoima man at an apartment complex on Thanksgiving. Alfredo Torres was pronounced dead at 10:25 p.m. Thursday in the 12000 block of Sheldon Street, said Sgt. Jim Brady 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. Torres was shot multiple times. Police said the victim was arguing with the gunman in the parking lot at the apartment complex. The motive of the shooting was under investigation. - Daily News Tot and baby sitter missing for 10 days Police on Friday sought the public's help in finding a missing 1-year-old boy and his baby sitter, who were last seen 10 days ago in the downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or area. Robbie Owens' father placed the toddler in the care of Rosa Suarez about 10 a.m. Nov. 17 when he went to work at a construction job, said Los Angeles police Officer Charlotte Broughton. Suarez, from the Juarez, Mexico, area, is Latino, 5 feet 2 inches tall, weighs about 120 pounds and is about 26 years old. The boy is African-American, weighs about 25 pounds, has brown eyes Brown Eyes (브라운 아이즈) was a Korean musical duo, specializing in ballads. Although both members have powerful voices, they were initially disregarded because of their physical looks. and curly brown hair. - City News Service Tree cutting illegal in national forest Federal forestry officials reminded Southlanders today that it's illegal to cut down Christmas trees in the Angeles National Forest The Angeles National Forest (ANF) was established by executive order on December 20, 1892 as the San Gabriel Timberland Reserve. It covers over 2,600 km² (650,000 acres) and is located in the San Gabriel Mountains of Los Angeles County, just north of the metropolitan area of Los , and violators could face jail terms and fines of up to $5,000. ``Trees are necessary for the beauty and health of the watershed,'' said Forest Supervisor Mike Rogers Mike Rogers may refer to:
Those looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a place to cut their own trees may contact the Mount Pinos Ranger District, (805) 245-3731, to get a permit allowing them to do so the first two weekends in December. The California Christmas Tree Growers Association can be reached at (800) 454-8733 for referrals to local tree farms. - City News Service `Honeymoon' tape lawsuit dismissed A federal judge has dismissed Pamela Anderson Lee and 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 Tommy Lee's $90 million lawsuit against an Internet company, saying the couple had signed away the rights to their explicit ``honeymoon'' tape. U.S. District Judge Dean Pregerson ruled in favor of Internet Entertainment Group, which contended its agreement with the Lees was broadly written and provided for the video's distribution without specifying the format. The Lees claimed they agreed only to have the tape relayed on Seattle-based IEG's Web site for a one-time, four-hour posting Nov. 7, 1997, not for it to be distributed on videotape, CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). and in hotel rooms. IEG IEG Implementing Electronic Government IEG Immediate Early Gene IEG Industries Electriques et Gazières (French: Gas and Electric Industries) IEG Institut für Europäische Geschichte said about 200,000 copies of the video have been sold. The judge indicated in a Nov. 2 hearing that he would throw the lawsuit out. His ruling was made public this week. - Associated Press Anti-fur protesters march against store BEVERLY HILLS - Anti-fur activists marched to the Beverly Hills Neiman-Marcus on Friday as part of their nationwide protest each year on the day after Thanksgiving as the holiday shopping season begins. Rikki Rockett, a member of the band Poison, led the 13th annual ``Fur Free Friday'' through the streets of Beverly Hills. ``Fine retailers like Neiman-Marcus should be ashamed to contribute to this publicly denounced trade,'' said Chris DeRose, founder and president of Last Chance for Animals, which organized the local protest. Neiman-Marcus spokesman Kirk Gerou said it is the protesters' right to voice their views. ``We understand and recognize their right to have a voice and protest and make their view known,'' he said. ``And we, as a store, also have the right to allow our customers to make a decision as to what they want to purchase and wear.'' - City News Service School band's bus hits, hurts man, 42 HOLLYWOOD - A charter bus carrying a high school band, in town for the Hollywood Christmas Parade The Hollywood Christmas Parade took place every year for 75 years on the weekend after Thanksgiving in the Hollywood community in Los Angeles, California, United States. The parade's 3. , hit and seriously injured a 42-year-old man in Hollywood on Friday. The crash occurred about 5:25 p.m. near Sunset Boulevard and Highland Avenue, Los Angeles Fire Department The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), also known as the Los Angeles City Fire Department to distinguish it from the Los Angeles County Fire Department. It is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Los Angeles. spokesman Bob Collis said. Paramedics took the man to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is a world-renowned hospital located in Los Angeles, California. History Cedars-Sinai is the result of a merger in 1961 between two major Los Angeles hospitals, Cedars of Lebanon and Mount Sinai Home for the Incurables, with Steve Broidy as , where he was being treated for head injuries and possible leg fractures, Collis said. - City News Service Sewage spill shuts mile-long beach area A mile-long stretch of beach was closed after a broken pipe spewed sewage near Pulga Canyon, Los Angeles County health officials said Friday. The beach was closed from Sunset Boulevard south to Temescal Canyon Road. It will remain closed until bacterial counts return to acceptable levels. The amount of spillage was not immediately available late Friday. - Associated Press |
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