BRIEFLY FIGHTS KEEP COPS BUSY AT EVENT HALLS.GLENDALE - Fights broke out at five event halls in Glendale during the Labor Day Labor Day, holiday celebrated in the United States and Canada on the first Monday in September to honor the laborer. It was inaugurated by the Knights of Labor in 1882 and made a national holiday by the U.S. Congress in 1894. weekend, bringing the total number of arrests at Glendale events to 10 during the past two months, Glendale police said. About 17 officers had to be dispatched to one of the halls, which host parties and various events including wedding receptions, police spokesman Sgt. Tom Lorenz said. A female arrested at another banquet hall Definition A banquet hall is a room used for social gatherings like receptions, reunions, parties, and business events. for disturbing the peace tried to kick out the window of the police car, and a guest displayed a gun at a third hall, Lorenz said. There have been about 10 significant incidents at various halls in Glendale over the past several weekends, requiring 101 officers and 44 hours of police time. Charges for the 10 arrests ranged from disorderly conduct disorderly conduct Conduct likely to lead to a disturbance of the public peace or that offends public decency. It has been held to include the use of obscene language in public, fighting in a public place, blocking public ways, and making threats. and disturbing the peace to assault and assault on police officers. - Daily News Reward approved in woman's killing Los Angeles County supervisors approved a $10,000 reward Tuesday for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the slaying of a Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) . financial analyst. Following an autopsy Friday, the county Coroner's Office confirmed that a body found in the trunk of a car in Chinatown the day before was that of Sharon Santos, 30. She disappeared Aug. 17 after leaving work at the studio. Anyone with information on the case is urged to call the Burbank Police Department The Burbank Police Department is the police department serving Burbank, California. Tim Stehr became the Police Chief of the department on August 1, 2007. The previous chiefs were Thomas Hoefel, David Newsham and Glen Bell. hotline at (818) 238-3270. - City News Service Police seek help in identifying man RESEDA - Los Angeles police on Tuesday sought public help in identifying a man stabbed to death over the weekend, and in finding whoever killed him. The victim was stabbed in the chest about 9:30 p.m. Sunday in the 8200 block of Tunney Avenue in Reseda, according to police. He collapsed on a sidewalk and was pronounced dead at a hospital about 40 minutes later. The victim was Latino, about 20 years old, 5 feet 6 inches tall, with a pierced stud earring earring, a personal adornment, sometimes an amulet, worn attached to the ear lobe. Since prehistoric times the ear has been pierced for the insertion of the earring; certain primitive tribes distort the lobe with plugs several inches in diameter or with heavy stones. in his left ear. He was wearing a gray T-shirt with ``Las Vegas Nevada'' written across the front, blue jeans and black tennis shoes. Anyone with information about the attack was asked to call the LAPD's West Valley Homicide Unit at (818) 342-0449 or (877) 529-3855 on weekends or evenings. - City News Service Prison for robbers of pizza deliverers VAN NUYS - Two young men charged in connection with a series of robberies of pizza delivery drivers 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. were sentenced Tuesday to lengthy prison terms. Van Nuys Superior Court Judge Jessica Silvers ordered Vadim Valcu, 24, to serve 17 years in state prison, and sentenced Noel Carver, 23, to 15 years in prison, said Deputy District Attorney Dmitry Gorin. The two were accused of robbing pizza delivery drivers after orders were called in - usually for pizza with ham and pineapple toppings - for delivery to locations south of Ventura Boulevard between April and May 2003, according to the prosecutor. - City News Service Holiday fatalities exceed last year Eight people died in traffic crashes in Los Angeles County over the 78- hour Labor Day weekend, according to final statistics released Tuesday by the California Highway Patrol. Statewide, there were 53 traffic fatalities between 6 p.m. Friday and 11:59 p.m. Monday, said CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan Officer Ron Burch. Last year during the Labor Day period, six people died in traffic crashes in Los Angeles County, and there were 38 fatalities statewide. - City News Service L.A. life insurance coverage very low Los Angeles residents are least likely of any in the nation's 25 largest cities to have life insurance, according to an Allstate study released Tuesday. The company reports that nearly 40 percent of the study's respondents in the greater Los Angeles area The Greater Los Angeles Area, or the Southland, is the agglomeration of urbanized area around the city of Los Angeles, California, United States. There are two "official" definitions—the Los Angeles metropolitan area consisting only of the Los Angeles and Orange - which extended to Santa Ana - lacked any life insurance coverage. - City News Service Freeway closed for copter cop·ter n. Informal A helicopter. landing A 32-year-old woman was in critical condition after a crash that briefly shut down the Ventura Freeway east of Balboa Boulevard in both directions Tuesday evening. The woman, whose name was not released, was flown by helicopter to UCLA Medical Center UCLA Medical Center is a hospital located on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California. It is rated as one of the top three hospitals in the United States and is the top hospital on the West Coast according to US News & World Report. after the 6:15 p.m. crash on the freeway, 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. spokesman Bob Collis said. Lanes were shut down in both directions for about 15 minutes to allow the helicopter to land, according to the California Highway Patrol. A second person was hurt in the crash, but the extent of that person's injuries was unknown, Collis said. - Daily News |
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