BRIEFLY CITY IS KEEPING 15 POOLS OPEN LONGER.

To help Angelenos beat the high temperatures, 15 pools around the city - one in each council district - will remain open nearly three weeks longer this year, according to Mayor James Hahn's office.

Normally, city pools close Sept. 2, but the 15 pools will remain open until Sept. 21, city officials said.

The pools include Valley Plaza, Woodland Hills, Griffith, Sun Valley, Sepulveda and Granada Hills.

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Two anglers face charges for spill

Two fishermen whose boat sank in Los Angeles Harbor have been charged with creating a hazardous waste spill, City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo said Monday.

Boat owner Luis Manuel Pinel, 51, and Cuahetemoc Infante Espinoza, 55, each face separate charges that they caused the discharge of oil and other hazardous material into marine waters, officials said.

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Suspect arrested in hacking case

A reputed hacker arrested on suspicion of illegally accessing government computers, including one run by the Los Angeles County Department of Family and Children Services, was arrested in Georgia, officials said Monday.

Walter Wiggs, 44, of Douglasville, Ga., a former technician for a

Manhattan Beach vo-response software developer, was arrested Friday at his home and charged with unauthorized access to a protected computer, said Cheryl Mimura of the FBI office in Los Angeles.

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Desert High senior dies in practice

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE - Flags were lowered to half-staff Monday at Desert High School for senior Raul Ramirez Jr., who died after collapsing at football practice on Friday.

Ramirez, 17, a new student who enrolled last week and wanted to go out for the football team, was walking through sprints when he collapsed shortly after 8 a.m.

``We are doing a full investigation to make sure we got our ducks in a row here. We will talk to coaches and administration, take a look at policies and procedures to make sure if there is anything that we did or did not do that should've been done,'' said Superintendent Bertha Boullion of Muroc Joint Unified School District.

The cause of death had not been determined pending the results of tests, Los Angeles County coroner officials said Monday.

Ramirez was living on the base with his sister, who is in the military. His parents live in Texas and have come to the base, Boullion said.

Monday was the first day of classes in the district.

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