BRIEFLY CREW PUTS OUT FIRE AT WARNER BROS.BURBANK - An overloaded electrical panel at a Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) . sound stage caused a fire Thursday afternoon, briefly halting filming of a new one-hour drama, ``Citizen Baines,'' officials said. The area was evacuated and the fire was put out by the crew. - City News Service Candle starts fire costing $175,000 NORTH HOLLYWOOD - A candle apparently started a house fire that left three firefighters with minor injuries and caused damage of $125,000 to the structure and $50,000 to contents in the 7400 block of Lemp Avenue, officials said Thursday. - Daily News Greuel tops race for council funds NORTH HOLLYWOOD - Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. candidate Wendy Greuel said Thursday that she has raised $100,000 toward her bid for the 2nd District seat - the only candidate so far, officials said, to report breaking the $50,000 fund-raising threshold for the Dec. 11 election. Also in the running are Assemblyman Tony Cardenas, D-Mission Hills, businessmen Jose Bonilla, James P. Cordaro and Internet-voting advocate Marc Strassman. - City News Service Suspect arrested in molestation molestation n. the crime of sexual acts with children up to the age of 18, including touching of private parts, exposure of genitalia, taking of pornographic pictures, rape, inducement of sexual acts with the molester or with other children, and variations of these TUJUNGA - A Tujunga man suspected of molesting a 13-year-old boy was arrested this week after allegedly trying to set up another meeting with the youth via the Internet, authorities said Thursday. Michael Robert Green is a self-described art-antique collector and handyman associated with a band that played at rave parties, police said. - City News Service Teen, tot injured as van overturns MISSION HILLS - A 16-year-old Chatsworth girl was listed in critical condition at a hospital after the van in which she was riding overturned on a transition road from the Ronald Reagan Freeway to the San Diego Freeway The San Diego Freeway (Interstate 405, and the part of Interstate 5 south of the El Toro Y[1]) is one of the principal north-south highways in Southern California, and the major beltway of I-5 running through Southern California. . A 2-year-old who was not strapped into a car seat suffered minor injuries in the Wednesday crash, authorities said Thursday. - Daily News Rodney King has 2 charges filed POMONA - Rodney King was charged Thursday with indecent exposure indecent exposure n. the crime of displaying one's genitalia to one or more other people in a public place, usually with the apparent intent to shock the unsuspecting viewer and give the exposer a sexual charge. and being under the influence of PCP PCP abbr. 1. phencyclidine 2. primary care physician Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) last weekend, authorities said. - City News Service 2nd man sought in robbery slaying SANTA CLARITA - An ex-convict suspected of following a Valencia man and his girlfriend from a casino, then robbing and killing the man, was in custody Thursday, and sheriff's officials released a surveillance camera photograph of an accomplice. Phaynes Noble Reeda, 30, of West Los Angeles
- Daily News Attacks prompt new UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX classes WESTWOOD - UCLA created 50 new courses, some that begin this week, in response to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, it was announced Thursday. - City News Service Court may close hotel as nuisance The city attorney and police chief in Los Angeles announced a preliminary injunction Thursday against a downtown motel where 109 prostitution and drug arrests have been made in three years. - City News Service Tehachapi prison warden appointed PALMDALE - Gov. Gray Davis on Thursday appointed Michael G. Yarborough yar·bor·ough n. Games A bridge or whist hand containing no honor cards. [After Charles Anderson Worsley, Second Earl of Yarborough of Palmdale as warden of the California Correctional Institution. The $100,932-a-year position requires Senate confirmation. - City News Service |
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