BRIEFLY DNA TECHNOLOGY LEADS TO AN ARREST.Port Hueneme Port Hueneme (wī'nē`mē), city (1990 pop. 20,319), Ventura co., S Calif., on the Pacific coast; founded 1870, inc. 1948. It has an artificial deep-sea harbor and is the site of a huge naval construction-battalion (Seabee) center. police arrested a 28-year-old man Tuesday on suspicion of raping and killing an 87-year-old woman inside her apartment more than 10 years ago. Ricardo Villa Ricardo Julio "Ricky" Villa (pronounced VEE-jah; born August 18, 1952 in Roque Pérez, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine football coach and former professional midfielder. Career He played successively for Quilmes, San Martín de Tucumán and Racing Club. was arrested following advances in DNA DNA: see nucleic acid. DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid One of two types of nucleic acid (the other is RNA); a complex organic compound found in all living cells and many viruses. It is the chemical substance of genes. technology, Deputy District Attorney Bill Haney said. He was being held in the Ventura County Jail without bail. Beatrice Bellis was found slain in her apartment in a Port Hueneme senior-citizens' complex on June 27, 1993. - Daily News Gangster guilty of 2002 murder A Santa Paula gang member was found guilty of murder Tuesday for killing a man at a Halloween party in 2002. Hector Valdivia, 23, was found guilty of first-degree murder with the special circumstances special circumstances n. in criminal cases, particularly homicides, actions of the accused or the situation under which the crime was committed for which state statutes allow or require imposition of a more severe punishment. of using a gun for the benefit of a criminal street gang. Valdivia faces life in prison without possibility of parole when he is sentenced June 30. Rusty Zuniga, 25, was shot to death at a party in Santa Paula. - Daily News Brush fire breaks out in Sun Valley SUN VALLEY - A half-acre brush fire believed to be the first of the season broke out this afternoon on Oro Vista Avenue off Big Tujunga Canyon Road in Sun Valley today, according to a Los Angeles Fire Department The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), also known as the Los Angeles City Fire Department to distinguish it from the Los Angeles County Fire Department. It is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Los Angeles. official. The blaze was reported at 5:47 p.m., the Fire Department's Bob Collis said. It took 50 firefighters 30 minutes to extinguish the blaze, he said. - City News Service Simi seeks cash for soundwalls SIMI VALLEY - The City Council will tap the Ventura County Transportation Commission for a $1 million advance to complete two soundwall projects along the Ronald Reagan Freeway as soaring costs threaten to delay construction even more. Estimates for the projects - one on the north side of the freeway between Sycamore Drive and Erringer Road, and the other on the south side between Sequoia Avenue and Tapo Canyon Road - have risen $830,000 since last fall, totaling $5.8 million. - Daily News Law would allow killing of rabbits SANTA ANA - A proposed law would make it easier to kill rabbits that now feast fearlessly on lawns, shrubs and flower beds. ``They're causing significant damage to the landscaping,'' said Sen. Dick Ackerman, R-Irvine, sponsor of a bill that would allow the ``taking'' of rabbits that are eating nonagricultural greenery. Ackerman's bill, SB 1434, passed the Senate Fish and Wildlife Committee for a second time Monday on a 6-2 vote. - Orange County Register Man struck, killed on Reseda Blvd. NORTHRIDGE - A man died Tuesday after he ran across Reseda Boulevard and was struck by a car, police said. The driver was heading north on Reseda near Malden Street when the man ran into traffic about 8 p.m., said Sgt. Charleson Swanson of the Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . . - Daily News Coliseum backed as site for NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga The Valley Industry and Commerce Association's board of directors Tuesday backed the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum For board track racing circuit, see . Present use The Coliseum is now primarily the home of the USC Trojan football team. During the recent stretch of its success in football, most of USC's regular home games, especially the alternating games with rivals UCLA and Notre as the preferred site for a state-of-the-art stadium to host an NFL team. ``With no one publicly opposing this prospect, there's no reason why the nation's second-largest market should be denied an NFL team any longer,'' said VICA VICA Vocational Industrial Clubs of America VICA Video Conferencing Alliance (UK) VICA Vocational Industrial Chapters of America VICA Vision Counsel of America Chairman Martin Cooper. - City News Service |
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