BRIEFLY BUILDER PICKETED BY HORSE OWNERS.CHATSWORTH - An equestrian group fighting a proposed housing development protested again Thursday, this time in front of the developer's construction company. About 15 residents carrying picket signs protested outside Ted Stein's Raider Construction Co. against his plans for 21 homes at Topanga Canyon Boulevard and Chatsworth Street. Protesters also took issue with 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. Mayor Jim Hahn's appointment of Stein to the city's Airport Commission. Stein was at a meeting away from the office during the protest, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a secretary at the company, and unavailable for comment. - Daily News Crash kills one, injures 4 others NORTH HOLLYWOOD - A man died and four others were injured - two seriously - in a traffic collision Thursday night on Magnolia Avenue near the Hollywood Freeway, authorities said. - Daily News Man found dead in backyard pool VAN NUYS - A 70-year-old man was found dead Thursday afternoon in his backyard pool in the 6000 block of Longridge Avenue, officials said. The man was the apparent victim of an accidental drowning, but officials said they weren't sure how he had fallen into the pool or how long he had been there. A neighbor found the unidentified man just before 5 p.m. and alerted authorities. - Daily News Riordan creates candidacy panel Former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan Richard J. Riordan (born May 1, 1930) is a Republican politician from California, U.S. who served as the California Secretary of Education from 2003–2005 and as Mayor of Los Angeles from 1993–2001. Riordan ran for Governor of California unsuccessfully in 2002. said Thursday he has formed a committee to explore a potential run for the GOP nomination for governor of California The Governor of California is the highest executive authority in the state government, whose responsibilities include making yearly "State of the State" addresses to the California State Legislature, submitting the budget, and ensuring that state laws are enforced. . - 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. Gunman with note robs CalFed bank GRANADA HILLS - A CalFed bank in the 16800 block of Devonshire Boulevard was robbed Thursday afternoon by a man who slipped a teller a note demanding money and claiming he had a gun, authorities said. The man fled with an undisclosed amount of money to a waiting car, described as a dark blue Dodge Astro, with a second suspect behind the wheel, said Los Angeles Police Lt. Jim Grayson. The suspects are believed to be the same men who robbed the First Bank and Trust in the 17000 block of Ventura Boulevard Ventura Boulevard is one of the primary east-west thouroughfares in the San Fernando Valley; as it was originally a part of the El Camino Real (the trail between Spanish missions), Ventura Boulevard is the oldest route in the San Fernando Valley. It was also U.S. on July 20, Grayson said. - Daily News Child molester Noun 1. child molester - a man who has sex (usually sodomy) with a boy as the passive partner paederast, pederast degenerate, deviant, deviate, pervert - a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior headed to prison VENTURA - A Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. man who pleaded guilty to molesting six girls who were enrolled in his wife's home day-care center was sentenced to 18 years in prison. Kenyon Niedert, 63, also was ordered Wednesday to pay $10,000 in fines and $2,000 restitution to the parent of one victim. He will be required to register as a sex offender sex offender n. generic term for all persons convicted of crimes involving sex, including rape, molestation, sexual harassment and pornography production or distribution. if he completes the sentence or gets parole, officials said. Niedert molested mo·lest tr.v. mo·lest·ed, mo·lest·ing, mo·lests 1. To disturb, interfere with, or annoy. 2. To subject to unwanted or improper sexual activity. the children - all girls from 3 to 11 years old - at his home from late 1999 to the time of his arrest on March 6. - Associated Press Release won't be appealed by D.A. Prosecutors will not appeal the release of convicted former Officer Rafael Perez from prison, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office said Thursday. - Associated Press Lanes closed in investigation SANTA PAULA - Several lanes of Highway 126 were shut down Thursday night while California Highway Patrol officers investigated the death of a woman just east of Briggs Road, authorities said. - Daily News Crisis team visits man's barricade LANCASTER - Crisis negotiators and a sheriff's SWAT team responded to the 42600 block of Second Street East, where a 46-year-old man armed with a rifle and a handgun had barricaded himself inside Thursday night after he apparently struck his mother and father in a dispute, said Los Angeles County sheriff's Sgt. John Perez. - Daily News |
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