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BRIEFLY : THOUSANDS STOLEN IN HOME ROBBERY.


Byline: - Daily News

Car goes into ravine, Valley woman hurt

GRANADA HILLS - Three men armed with guns and posing as delivery people forced their way into a home Monday night and stole thousands of dollars in cash that came from the victim's daily earnings at his business, authorities said.

The three men knocked on a door at the home in the 17600 block of Rushing Drive at about 8 p.m., said Sgt. Jeri Weinstein 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. After one family member answered, the men stormed in and stole the cash.

Neither the businessman nor his family were injured during the ordeal, Weinstein said.

The suspects are at large and believed to be in their early 20s, Weinstein said.

- Daily News

2 arrested following brief police chase

SUN VALLEY - Two men suspected of stealing a Toyota pickup were arrested Monday after the driver lost control of the vehicle during a chase and crashed into a curb in Sunland, police said.

Officers who spotted the truck in the area of Glenoaks Boulevard and Osborne Street at 12:35 a.m. determined through a license plate check that it had been stolen and tried to pull it over, said Los Angeles police Sgt. Ho Kim of the Foothill station.

But the driver sped off, leading police on a brief chase, until he crashed into a curb in the area of Sheldon Street and Ilex Avenue, Kim said.

- City News Service

Bar owners report plunge in business

Revenues at many Los Angeles bars have dropped 60 percent to 85 percent since the state's new smoking ban went into effect Jan. 1, tavern owners said Monday.

Speaking at a news conference in Hollywood on Monday, about two dozen proprietors urged the state Legislature A state legislature may refer to a legislative branch or body of a political subdivision in a federal system.

The following legislatures exist in the following political subdivisions:
 to repeal the law, which bans smoking at all bars and casinos.

``This is a terrible experiment and it's not working. A lot of people are being hurt,'' said Kate Nelson, president of the California Licensed Beverage Association.

- Daily News

Animal commission adopts neutering neu·ter  
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Citing pressure from the mayor and City Council, the L.A. Animal Regulation Commission decided Monday to tone down a proposed billboard campaign on neutering pets by dropping a photo of euthanized dogs and cats in barrels.

Instead, the panel approved billboards with a silhouette of a live dog and the message: ``Nobody wants to be abandoned, live on the streets and die. Fix your pets.''

TOPANGA - A Woodland Hills woman escaped with minor injuries after her sedan plunged about 200 feet into a mountain ravine off Topanga Canyon Boulevard on Monday evening, CHP CHP Chapter
CHP Combined Heat and Power
CHP California Highway Patrol
CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party)
CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA)
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 officials said.

The victim, identified as Nancy AS Nancy-Lorraine is a French football club, based in Nancy. The team was founded in 1967 as a successor of the defunct FC Nancy, which collapsed in 1965.

It was promoted to Ligue 1 for the 2005-06 season. Michel Platini played for the club between 1973 and 1979.
 Shade, was taken to the Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center is a hospital located within the city of Santa Monica, California, USA. The hospital was founded in 1926, and has 337 beds. The hospital is also known internationally for operating its Rape Treatment Center, and the adjoining , where she was evaluated after complaining of neck and back pain, said Ted Braun, a hospital spokesman.

The crash occurred at 5:31 p.m. along a rocky mountainside, about one mile north of Pacific Coast Highway Pacific Coast Highway may refer to:
  • Pacific Coast Highway (United States), a segment of State Route 1 in California
  • Pacific Coast Highway (New Zealand), a 420 kilometre highway http://www.newzealand.
, said Officer Karen Faciane of the California Highway Patrol highway patrol
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A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways.
.

Daily News

Newbury Park man burned in gas fire

NEWBURY PARK - A man was critically burned Monday after an explosive natural gas fire erupted in his mobile home, officials said.

The victim, identified as Robert Prince Robert Caskin Prince III, also known as Bobby Prince, is a composer and sound designer. He has worked as an independent contractor for several gaming companies, most notably id Software and Apogee/3D Realms. , 29, was rescued by neighbors but received first- and second-degree burns to more than 30 percent of his body, including his face, chest and arms, said Vicki Crabtree, a dispatcher Software that determines what pending tasks should be done next and assigns the available resources to accomplish it. It may execute other programs or generate a list for human operators to follow. See scheduler.  for the Ventura County Fire Department Not to be confused with Ventura Fire Department.

The Ventura County Fire Department (VCFD) provides fire protection and emergency response services for the unincorporated areas of Ventura County, California, and for six other cities within the county.
.

The explosion occurred at 5:34 p.m. at 1200 Newbury Road, Crabtree said. Prince was in critical, but stable condition at Los Robles Robles is a common surname in the Spanish language meaning oaks, and may refer to:
  • Alfonso García Robles (1911-1991), Mexican diplomat and politician
  • Aurora Robles (born 1980), Mexican fashion model
  • Charlie Robles (born 1943), Puerto Rican musician
 Regional Medical Center in Thousand Oaks on Monday night, a nursing supervisor said.

- Daily News

Area salvage yard damaged in blaze

PACOIMA - A suspicious fire Monday at an automobile salvage yard in Pacoima resulted in $227,000 in damage to a building and 20 vehicles, a 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 said.

Two dozen firefighters sent to 11975 Branford St. at 5:56 a.m. doused the flames in 25 minutes, said fire spokesman Brian Humphrey. No one was hurt.

The cause of the fire was listed as ``suspicious and under investigation,'' Humphrey said. The damaged vehicles were in the process of being dismantled.

- City News Services

Fatal shooting victim identified

VAN NUYS - A 34-year-old man fatally shot Sunday was identified Monday as Steve Pately, according to the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office.

Pately was found shot in his chest and pronounced dead at his Van Nuys home, authorities said.

Police arrested Pately's live-in girlfriend, Karen Reynolds, 47, on suspicion of murder in the 16700 block of Saticoy Street, said Lt. Steve La Roche of the Los Angeles Police Department's Van Nuys Division.

- Daily News
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