BRIEFLY CARJACKER SOUGHT BY BURBANK POLICE.BURBANK - Burbank police officers were searching Wednesday night for a carjacker who confronted a man at gunpoint and stole his sport utility vehicle in parking structure near the IKEA IKEA Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd (Swedish home furnishings retailer founder's initials and location) furniture store. The victim was either returning to or leaving a black 1999 Mercedes sport utility vehicle when the suspect approached him, pointed a handgun and demanded the keys, police said. The suspect got into the vehicle and was last seen heading northbound on First Street, said Burbank Police Sgt. Frank Taylor. The suspect appeared to be about 30 years old and was described as a fair-skinned Latino man wearing dark clothing. The man was also described as being 6 feet tall, weighing 165 to 175 pounds, with a thin mustache. - Daily News Mobile home fire kills woman, 77 THOUSAND OAKS - A 77-year-old woman was found dead Wednesday in a double-wide mobile home that erupted into flames, officials said. Ventura County firefighters responded to the fire at 2:05 p.m. after receiving reports from passers-by and neighbors in the 200 block of Madonna Lane, said Ventura County Fire dispatcher Debra Zinskey. While battling the fire, firefighters discovered the woman's body inside the home. - Daily News College officers become deputies There's a new sheriff on campus: Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca. The sheriff watched the Los Angeles Community College District The Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) is the community college district serving Los Angeles, California and some of its neighboring cities. In addition to typical college aged students, the LACCD also serves adults of all ages. board of trustees board of trustees Politics The posse of thugs who oversee an institution's administration. See Board of directors. on Wednesday approve an agreement that will make deputies out of campus police at the district's nine campuses. Under the agreement, most of the 100 police and other campus police employees who now patrol Pierce, Valley and Mission colleges in the 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. and their six counterparts to the south will become employees of the county Sheriff's Department, with Baca as their new boss. - Daily News Campaign urges students to teach The Los Angeles Unified School District The Los Angeles Unified School District (the "LAUSD") is the largest (in terms of number of students) public school system in California and the second-largest in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population. will unveil a media campaign today to encourage young people to go into teaching. The school district has produced a series of public service announcements in English and Spanish called ``Even Heroes Have Heroes,'' and featuring Academy Award winner Marlee Matlin, NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. astronaut Anna Lee Fisher Dr. Anna Lee Tingle Fisher, M.D. (née Sims)[1] (born August 24, 1949, in New York City) is an American astronaut, currently awaiting assignment to the Space Shuttle. She was previously married to fellow astronaut Dr. William Frederick Fisher. and producer and actress Evelina Fernandez, among others. - Daily News |
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