BRIEFLY FERNANDO AWARD WINNER SET FRIDAY.WOODLAND HILLS - The Fernando Award Foundation will announce the finalist for the 2005 Fernando Award at a dinner Friday at the Warner Center Marriott Hotel. The winner will be chosen from a group of five finalists, who were selected from an original group of 10 nominees. The finalists are Jill Banks Barad, Karl Boeckmann, Dorothy Jean Jauck, J. Richard Leyner and William F. Powers Jr. Each year, chambers of commerce, civic organizations, businesses and nonprofit groups select and nominate their candidates for the Fernando Award, awarded annually since 1958 to recognized outstanding community service 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. . The nominees are among thousands of local residents who give their time and effort to make the Valley a better place to live. Tickets are $100. For reservations and information, call Gloria Pollack pollack: see cod. pollack or pollock Either of two commercially important North Atlantic species of food fish in the cod family (Gadidae). at (818) 884-8308. - Daily News Canoga Park man charged in slaying VAN NUYS - A Canoga Park man was charged with murder Monday for the Oct. 23 street shooting of a man that followed a brief conversation at a Tarzana nightclub. Erick Antonio Rodriguez, 21, remains jailed pending arraignment A criminal proceeding at which the defendant is officially called before a court of competent jurisdiction, informed of the offense charged in the complaint, information, indictment, or other charging document, and asked to enter a plea of guilty, not guilty, or as otherwise permitted , which was postponed to Nov. 15 in Van Nuys Superior Court. Rodriguez, who was arrested Thursday by Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. police, is accused in the shooting death of Tae Joon Kim, 26, of Van Nuys. He also is charged with two counts each of attempted murder In the criminal law, attempted murder is committed when the defendant does an act that is more than merely preparatory to the commission of the crime of murder and, at the time of these acts, the person has a specific intention to kill. and assault with a firearm firearm, device consisting essentially of a straight tube to propel shot, shell, or bullets by the explosion of gunpowder. Although the Chinese discovered gunpowder as early as the 9th cent., they did not develop firearms until the mid-14th cent. , and one count of shooting at an occupied motor vehicle. - City News Service Girl's fall into vat of soup is probed PACOIMA - Police were investigating Monday whether a crime was committed when a 2-year-old girl fell in a vat of hot soup in Pacoima and was critically burned. The girl, whose identity was not released because of her age, was scalded when she fell headfirst head·first also head·fore·most adv. 1. With the head leading; headlong: went headfirst down the stairs. 2. Impetuously; brashly. into a vat of soup at a home in the 10300 block of Rincon Avenue at 9:47 p.m. Saturday, officials said. ``Our abused child unit is looking into the matter to see if there was any negligence or whether any type of crime was involved here,'' said LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. Officer Jason Lee. - Daily News Waste firm offers 20 cleanup grants SUN VALLEY - Waste Management Inc., which operates Bradley Landfill, is offering 20 grants up to $1,000 to neighborhood and homeowners groups that want to host community cleanups. Waste Management will provide funding, plus trash and recycling bins, food, caps and T-shirts, for neighborhood cleanups scheduled the weekends of Nov. 20-21 and Dec. 4-5. Applications may come from the communities around Bradley Landfill, including Sun Valley, Arleta, Pacoima and Stonehurst. Applications are due by 5 p.m. Nov. 8. For information, call Cynthia Rodriguez at (818) 252-3146. - Daily News |
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