BRIEFLY : UNIVERSAL EXECUTIVE ELECTED VICA CHAIR.WOODLAND HILLS - Steven Lew, vice president of Universal Studios, was elected chairman of the Valley Industry and Commerce Association on Friday at the organization's annual meeting. He will serve a two-year term beginning Jan. 1. He succeeds Marvin Selter, chairman of the board of National Staff Network. At Friday's meeting, VICA VICA Vocational Industrial Clubs of America VICA Video Conferencing Alliance (UK) VICA Vocational Industrial Chapters of America VICA Vision Counsel of America members also elected eight people as vice chairs for the 1998-99 term: Larry Beasley Larry Beasley C.M., was recently Co-Director of Planning for the City Of Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada. He is largely credited with the transformation of its downtown core along New Urbanism lines, known as Vancouverism or "The Vancouver Model". , publisher of the Daily News; Nathan Brogin of Brogin Cos. of California; Ric Hill of 20th Century Insurance Co.; Cathy Maguire of The Gas Co.; Sandy Miller Sandy Lee Miller (nee Percival) is a journalist and news anchor from Missouri. Miller currently co-anchors weekdays for FOX 2 News at 6 p.m. She joined FOX 2 in October 2002. Before joining the FOX team, Sandy co-anchored the 9 p.m. news at KPLR-TV for 4 years. of BFI BFI - brute force and ignorance Inc.; Bob Scott
Peter Satuloff of Anderson, Satuloff, Machado & Mendelsohn will be the new VICA treasurer, and William Fariss of the Department of Water and Power will be its secretary. Bonny Herman will continue as VICA president. ?13Daily News Suspected shooter arrested by SWAT STUDIO CITY - After a standoff with the LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. SWAT team, two suspects holed up in a building in the 4300 block of Tujunga Avenue were taken into custody early Friday morning, police said. Christina Ayers, 35, and parolee pa·rol·ee n. One who is released on parole. Noun 1. parolee - someone released on probation or on parole probationer George Christie, 36, both of Panorama City, were arrested around 3 a.m. on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon Assault with a Deadly Weapon is the term used to describe the act of threatening to harm one or more people by using a weapon (usually a firearm). Here, assault must be differentiated from battery as they are often confused. Assault is threatening to use force. , said LAPD Officer Jason Lee, department spokesman. Police believe Christie is the driver whose car collided with another vehicle at Chase Street and Lennox Avenue in Panorama City on Tuesday, and who then got out and fired several rounds at another driver, Lee said. A stray bullet grazed a pedestrian. The driver of the other vehicle was uninjured. After the collision, the gunman fled over a backyard fence and shot one dog to death and wounded another which later had to be euthanized, authorities said. Both were being held at the Van Nuys jail. Ayers was being held in lieu of $30,000 bail, and Christie without bail. ?13Daily News Officers follow noses to meth meth n. Methamphetamine hydrochloride. lab STUDIO CITY - A makeshift methamphetamine lab was discovered and four people were arrested Thursday night after two patrol officers drove by a Studio City hotel and smelled a strong chemical odor, police said. Jedetiah Onderweizer, 31, of Sunland; Melody Steinke, 23, of Van Nuys; Nancy Shell, 42, of Van Nuys; and Salvador DeLeon, 32, of Los Angeles were arrested around 11 p.m. at the El Royal Hotel, 11117 Ventura Blvd., and booked on suspicion of manufacturing and 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. , said LAPD Officer Jason Lee, department spokesman. ?13Daily News Probe of detective in sex case widens LAPD officials said Friday that they are interviewing a fourth potential sexual abuse victim as part of an investigation into a Medal of Valor-winning detective who was arrested last month on suspicion of sexual battery. Police Lt. Tony Alba declined to release details about a possible fourth victim but said the investigation of North Hollywood Detective Earl Valladares is continuing. Valladares, 51, was arrested Oct. 29 on suspicion of sexual battery against a 32-year-old woman after Valladares allegedly went to her home saying he was investigating a domestic violence complaint she had filed against her boyfriend. ?13Daily News Man who shot actor gets 41-to-life term MALIBU - A driver who chased down and shot ``Step by Step'' actor Brandon Call last year was sentenced Friday to 41 years to life in prison. Tommy Lewis, 20, could have received up to two life terms for his conviction on attempted murder and other charges stemming from the Sept. 3, 1996, attack. Lewis chased Call into a cul-de-sac near Venice and La Cienega boulevards about 5:45 p.m. after the actor yelled out his car window at the defendant for tailgating Tailgating The action of a broker or advisor purchasing or selling a security for his or her client(s) and then immediately making the same transaction in his or her own account. him, prosecutors contended. Lewis then fired at Call, wounding him in both arms. The actor had been in the Venice area taping the TV show. ?13City News Service |
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