BRIEFLY COMPANY RECALLS PACKAGES OF CHEESE.A California company recalled packages of Cotija cheese that might be contaminated with listeria bacteria, officials said Tuesday. No illnesses have been reported from the products, Ariza Cheese Co. of Paramount said Tuesday. The cheese was vacuum-packed in plastic and comes in different sizes. The packages indicate the product should be sold by April 21 to 25, 2004. Also recalled was cheese in foam trays with plastic cling wrap. It was labeled as Ariza Brand Queso Cotija and the package says the product should be sold by July 21 to 25, 2003. - Associated Press Drug ties suspected in deadly shooting PANORAMA CITY - A man was shot to death in Panorama City early Tuesday in what police are calling a possible drug-related incident. The unidentified male victim was discovered at about 4:15 a.m. in the 14000 block of Parthenia Street, police said. It appeared that he had been shot at least once in the upper torso, and then collapsed on a sidewalk as he tried to cross the street, police said. ``It's probably narcotics related,'' said Lt. Joe Eddy of the Devonshire Division. Witnesses reported to detectives that they saw a white van in the area about the time of the shooting, but police were unable to find that van. Anyone with information is asked to call LAPD detectives at the Devonshire division, (818) 756-8291. - Daily News Pair faces charges in attack on teens BURBANK - Two men were charged Tuesday with attempted murder after two juveniles were attacked with sharp objects over the weekend. Diego Edward Prats PRAT - Pace, Rhythm and Timing PRAT - Poverty Rising Above the Time (song lyric) PRAT - Predicted Range Against Target PRAT - Production Reliability Acceptance Test PRAT - Programa de Regularización y Administración de Tierras Rurales (Spanish), 18, of Burbank and Gerardo Cabral, 21, of Sylmar were charged with one count each of attempted murder during their arraignment in Burbank Superior Court. According to police, Prats and Cabral attacked two boys who were standing with a group in the 2300 block of Fairview Street at 10 p.m. Saturday. The two victims, age 14 and 16, were treated at local hospitals for lacerations on their arms, faces and the back of the neck. Both the assailants and victims were associated with rival gangs, said Burbank police spokesman Sgt. Will Berry. - Daily News Cabriales named to school board MOORPARK - The Moorpark Unified School District board on Tuesday unanimously appointed former trustee Gary Cabriales to a seat vacated by Chris Evans, who resigned this month after pleading no contest to grand theft. Newly appointed Cabriales, an airline pilot who sat on the board for nearly 10 years before leaving in 2002, is viewed by many on the board as a noncontroversial leader with longtime ties in the community. The appointment lasts until November 2004, when a regularly scheduled election is scheduled. Several residents protested the decision, calling on the board to appoint Gary Lowenberg, who lost a position on the board in a close race with Evans last year. - Daily News Safe-driving day gains L.A. support Mayor James Hahn announced that Los Angeles will join other cities today in Take the Pledge to Slow Down Day, aimed at getting drivers to observe the speed limit and drive safely and courteously in their neighborhoods. - Daily News Bomb threat leads to arrest of suspect THOUSAND OAKS - Authorities arrested a 24-year-old man near Thousand Oaks High School Tuesday after he allegedly made a bomb threat to a student, authorities said. According to Ventura County sheriff's Capt. Bill Flannigan, Ajay Bhavnani approached a female student from the other side of a school fence at about 1 p.m., saying, ``Nice school. Too bad it's going to be bombed.'' Authorities said they found Bhavnani playing basketball near the high school. - Daily News Tanker overturns, killing truck driver BELL GARDENS Bell Gardens, city (1990 pop. 42,355), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a suburb of Los Angeles; inc. 1961. Manufactures include tools, motor vehicle parts, and fabricated wire products. - A veteran truck driver with a good safety record burned to death Tuesday after his Arco double tanker overturned as he was trying to avoid a car left on a dark Bell Gardens freeway, officials said. The fiery crash just before 2 a.m. left parts of the Long Beach Freeway closed for 12 hours and prompted the brief evacuation of about 150 nearby residents. - City News Service LAUSD to banish diesel-fuel buses The Los Angeles Unified School District will start phasing out older diesel school buses under a plan adopted by the board Tuesday to require contractors to provide cleaner, newer vehicles to transport students. - Daily News |
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