BRIEFLY 118 CRASH DRIVER PLEADS NOT GUILTY.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. - An ex-con who did time for a drug conviction pleaded not guilty Thursday to murder and felony DUI charges stemming from a rear-end, 100 mph-plus crash that killed a man and two young children on Nov. 5. Authorities said a Chevrolet Corvette corvette, small warship, classed between a frigate and a sloop-of-war. Corvettes usually were flush-decked and carried fewer than 28 guns. They were widely employed in escorting convoys and attacking merchant ships during the great naval wars of the late 18th and driven by Timothy Whelan, 35, of La Canada Flintridge struck a Honda Prelude The Honda Prelude was a sport compact manufactured by the Japanese automaker Honda from 1978 through 2001. The two-door coupé spanned five generations and was discontinued upon the release of the fourth-generation Honda Integra in Japan in late 2001, due to its decreasing sales and whose driver apparently was trying to maneuver out of the way. Killed in the crash on the Ronald Reagan (118) Freeway were a man and two young children in the Prelude - which tumbled and exploded in flames In Flames is a melodic death metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden founded in 1990. Along with Dark Tranquillity and At the Gates, they pioneered what is now known as melodic death metal. . The Coroner's Office identified the dead as Juan Tellez, 24, and his children, Nohemi, 7, and Gerardo, 5. Whelan was charged two days later with three counts of murder and two felony driving under the influence counts. He is due back in San Fernando Superior Court on Dec. 19, when a preliminary hearing date is scheduled to be set. - City News Service Arson suspect must stand trial A man accused of setting a fire that caused more than $1 million damage to vehicles and structures at the LAPD's Van Nuys station was ordered Thursday to stand trial. Richard Cross Richard Cross is the name of:
He is accused of igniting road flares and touching off a fire that damaged or destroyed seven patrol cars, six police motorcycles and three sheds containing bicycles and other equipment, authorities said shortly after the Aug. 6 fire. - City News Service Hacker disruption of county hotline As part of the nationwide Operation Cyber Sweep, two men were charged Thursday with illegally accessing computer systems, including a man who hacked into 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's Child Abuse Hotline, shutting the system down for several days. From July 1 through July 4, child abuse victims, police officers, hospitals and mental health workers who called the Department of Children and Family Services' hotline were unable to speak to an agency official, or their calls were significantly delayed, because of the hacking crime, U.S. Attorney's Office spokesman Thom Mrozek said. Former computer technician Walter L. Wiggs has agreed to plead guilty to a computer hacking crime for disrupting the hotline. In a plea agreement, Wiggs, a 44-year-old resident of Douglasville, Ga., admitted that he brought down the hotline by accessing the computer that controls it and deleting critical configuration files. - Daily News Ambassador site targeted for rally Dozens of parents and children gathered at the site of the Ambassador Hotel on Thursday to call on the LAUSD LAUSD Los Angeles Unified School District (Los Angeles, CA) to demolish the historic hotel and build anew rather than try to convert it into classrooms. The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund wants schools for 4,400 K-12 students on the 24-acre Ambassador site, which is at 3400 Wilshire Blvd., west of downtown. MALDEF MALDEF Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund and other community groups organized today's event to coincide with the birthday of Robert F. Kennedy, who was assassinated as·sas·si·nate tr.v. as·sas·si·nat·ed, as·sas·si·nat·ing, as·sas·si·nates 1. To murder (a prominent person) by surprise attack, as for political reasons. 2. at the Ambassador in 1968. Los Angeles Unified closed escrow on the shuttered Ambassador in December 2001, after its massive Belmont Learning Center This Belmont Learning Center contains information about a building currently under construction. It may contain information of a speculative nature, and the content may change dramatically as construction progresses and new information becomes available. project stalled when environmental problems were found at the site. The LAUSD paid $83 million for the site and spent about a decade litigating eminent domain eminent domain, the right of a government to force the owner of private property sell it if it is needed for a public use. The right is based on the doctrine that a sovereign state has dominion over all lands and buildings within its borders, which has its origins in proceedings. - City News Service 101 connectors closing for repairs SHERMAN OAKS - The westbound Ventura (101) Freeway connectors to the northbound and southbound San Diego (405) Freeway will be closed Sunday for emergency guardrail repair, Caltrans reported Thursday. The closures will be in effect from 6 a.m. until 11:30 a.m., said the road agency's Deborah Harris. The Van Nuys Boulevard on-ramp on the westbound 101, and the Sepulveda Boulevard off-ramp, are included in the closures, Harris said. - City News Service |
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