BRIEFLY : TRIO RESCUED AFTER NIGHT IN MOUNTAINS.MALIBU - Three men whose day hike turned into an overnight ordeal in the Santa Monica Mountains The Santa Monica Mountains are a low transverse range in southern California in the United States. Geography They run for approximately 40 mi (64 km) east-west from the Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles to Point Mugu in Ventura County. were rescued by helicopter Monday. The three men were reported missing about 11:30 p.m. Sunday by two other hikers who left the group earlier, said 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. County sheriff's 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. Mark Rediger. ``Two of them decided not to go the whole way,'' Rediger said. Those two called for help when the trio failed to make a prearranged pre·ar·range tr.v. pre·ar·ranged, pre·ar·rang·ing, pre·ar·rang·es To arrange in advance. pre call at the end of their hike. Sheriff's deputies searched through the night, and the helicopter crew spotted the men just before 9 a.m. in heavy brush near Kanan Dume and Newton Canyon roads. The hikers were identified by sheriff's officials as Mike Fey, 23, Jack Vantron, 23, and Harry Sun, 24, all of Huntington Beach Huntington Beach, city (1990 pop. 181,519), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific coast, across from Santa Catalina Island, in an oil-producing area; inc. 1909. It manufactures aerospace vehicles, aircraft parts, optical instruments, and heat transfer equipment. . SOURCE: - Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Board changes speaker rules The Los Angeles Board of Education voted Monday to change its rules governing how far in advance people can sign up to speak before the board. Speakers who wish to speak about issues that are not on the board agenda for the day can now sign up to speak only two weeks in advance of a public meeting. Rich Mason, the district's chief legal counsel, said the change is in response to public complaints that regular public speakers will sign up to speak at every public meeting for months in advance. 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. parent Diana Dixon Davis said she had waited for two months for her chance to address the board Monday. ``People sign up and then forget and don't even show up,'' said Dixon Davis. There are 15 speakers allowed at each meeting for miscellaneous, nonagenda items. SOURCE: - Daily News Dad sentenced to jail, AA VAN NUYS - A Panorama City man was ordered to spend 65 days in jail and attend Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), worldwide organization dedicated to the treatment of alcoholics; founded 1935 by two alcoholics, one a New York broker, the other an Ohio physician. meetings for threatening to kill his 11-year-old daughter on Christmas Day, a prosecutor said Monday. Frank Hiram Hernandez, 40, pleaded no contest to making a terrorist threat and was sentenced late Friday by Van Nuys Municipal Court Judge Michael Knight Michael Knight may refer to several people or things:
Hernandez, who changed his plea from not guilty to no contest just as his jury trial was about to begin, was also placed on three years summary probation, said Deputy City Attorney Deborah Breithaupt. SOURCE: - City News Service 5 plead not guilty in drug sweep case Five people arrested last week in a national drug sweep that focused on Los Angeles street Los Angeles Street is a historic avenue in Downtown Los Angeles, California. Traffic on the street travels northbound only, from the I-10 Freeway in the south of downtown, through the Fashion District, and on through Little Tokyo, where it ends after passing between LAPD gangs pleaded not guilty Monday to federal conspiracy, cocaine distribution and other charges. The gang members are charged with distributing cocaine and crack cocaine from Los Angeles to Minneapolis, Oklahoma City, Cleveland and several other cities. Duane Brewster, 33, and his 32-year-old wife, Valerie, both of Bellflower; Michael Jimenez, 42, of Los Angeles; Keenan Handy, 25, of Compton; and Samuel Bonner Jr., 66, of Compton. SOURCE: - City News Service Volunteer center has a new name The Volunteer Center San Fernando Valley has a new name: The Volunteer Center Assistance League of Southern California. Officials said the name was changed to better reflect services provided by the Panorama City agency, which serves the San Fernando, Santa Clarita, Conejo and Antelope valleys. The agency helps pair volunteers with more than 1,300 area nonprofit agencies. SOURCE: - Daily News Valley fire causes $15,000 in damage Fire charred a Northridge apartment Sunday night, causing $15,000 in damage, officials Monday. An electrical short started a blaze in a third-floor apartment in the 8400 block of Lindley Avenue about 10:45 p.m., said Jim Wells, spokesman for the 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. . The occupants of the apartment were evacuated, and there were no injuries, Wells said. SOURCE: - Daily News |
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