BRIEFLY BALLPLAYER'S RING LINKED TO ARREST.A Los Angeles man was arrested in connection with the theft of a 1953 National League championship ring that once belonged to baseball immortal Jackie Robinson, police said Monday. Miguel Rodriguez, 21, was arrested on suspicion of grand theft and held in lieu of $20,000 bail, said Officer Jack Richter, a spokesman for the Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . .
Police believe the suspect was working as a handyman for Robinson's brother-in-law, Charles Raymond, when he took the ring and pawned it in December for $100, Richter said. - City News Service Tighter tailpipe tail·pipe n. The pipe through which exhaust gases from an engine are discharged. Also called exhaust pipe. tailpipe Noun a pipe from which exhaust gases are discharged, esp. emissions eyed Ignoring pleas of carmakers and business groups, a key California Senate committee passed a bill Monday to curb global warming by further reducing California tailpipe emissions after 2009. The Senate Appropriations Commission voted 8-3 to approve the bill, AB 1508, and send it to the Senate floor for a vote. The Assembly passed the bill Jan. 31. The bill, sponsored by environmental groups and carried by Assemblywoman Fran Pavley, D-Woodland Hills, asks the California Air Resources Board California Air Resources Board (CARB) is the "clean air agency" of the state of California in the United States. Established originally in 1967, it is a part of the California Environmental Protection Agency, an organization which reports directly to the California to write regulations reducing carbon dioxide carbon dioxide, chemical compound, CO2, a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas that is about one and one-half times as dense as air under ordinary conditions of temperature and pressure. emissions by January 2005. Backers say approximately 23 million vehicles contribute 60 percent of California's so-called ``greenhouse gases'' attributed to global warming. - Associated Press Two held after pursuit by police BURBANK - A man and a woman were taken into custody Monday after they allegedly took two vehicles and led police on a high-speed chase. Police said they spotted Jose Acuna and Andrya Garcia, both 23, attempting to steal a car in a Burbank neighborhood at 1:15 a.m. As police approached them, the suspects jumped back into a sport utility vehicle that had been stolen earlier, and led police on a chase on the southbound Golden State Freeway The Golden State Freeway is a north-south freeway running through Kern County and Los Angeles County, California. Originally built as U.S. Highway 99, it was re-signed as Interstate 5 in 1964. , eventually crashing the SUV, authorities said. The suspects took another vehicle and Acuna let Garcia out before crashing into his own home near the corner of Baldwin Avenue and Johnston Street, authorities said. - Daily News Officials seeking study of traffic THOUSAND OAKS - Councilman Dan del Campo and Planning Commissioner Randy Hoffman called on Monday for Ventura County supervisors to do a new study on the traffic impacts from Ahmanson Ranch and the River Park housing development in Oxnard. - Daily News Man convicted in fatal DUI crash A Glendale man was convicted Monday in San Fernando of vehicular manslaughter vehicular manslaughter n. the crime of causing the death of a human being due to illegal driving of an automobile, including gross negligence, drunk driving, reckless driving, or speeding. while intoxicated in·tox·i·cate v. in·tox·i·cat·ed, in·tox·i·cat·ing, in·tox·i·cates v.tr. 1. To stupefy or excite by the action of a chemical substance such as alcohol. 2. for a fiery crash that killed a Bakersfield woman last Memorial Day weekend. The San Fernando Superior Court jury also found Grant Karapetian, 39, guilty of two counts of child endangerment involving his two young daughters, who were in the truck with him. - City News Service CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge schedules forum on judges NORTHRIDGE - Residents will have a chance to put their local judges on the hot seat Wednesday at a special forum at California State University, Northridge CSUN offers a variety of programs leading to bachelor's degrees in 61 fields and master's degrees in 42 fields. The university has over 150,000 alumni. It's also home to a summer musical theater/theater program known as TADW (TeenAge Drama Workshop) that leads teenagers through an . The sixth annual ``Meet the Judges Forum: Cross-Examine Your Los Angeles County Judges,'' will be from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday in the Grand Salon of the University Student Union at CSUN. - Daily News |
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