BRIEFLY FIRE CLOSES LANE ALONG FREEWAY.SHERMAN OAKS - A grass fire that broke out Saturday afternoon forced the closure of a transition road lane from the northbound 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. to the westbound Ventura Freeway The Ventura Freeway is a freeway in southern California running from Ventura to Pasadena. It is the principal east-west route through Ventura County and in the southern San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County. , officials said. Firefighters took less than 20 minutes to extinguish the blaze, which was reported about 2:40 p.m. - City News Service Two questioned in man's stabbing VAN NUYS - Two men were being questioned Saturday in connection with an early morning stabbing outside an apartment complex in the 14600 block of Saticoy Street, police said. One of the men stabbed a man in the back with a pair of scissors scissors Cutting instrument or tool consisting of a pair of opposed metal blades that meet and cut when the handles at their ends are brought together. Modern scissors are of two types: the more usual pivoted blades have a rivet or screw connection between the cutting ends , said 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 Sgt. Jim Eicher of the Van Nuys Station. Police took one man into custody, then searched for a second suspect for more than two hours before a dog sniffed him out inside one of the apartments, Eicher said. Paramedics took the victim to a nearby hospital, and he is expected to survive the attack, Eicher said. - City News Service Museum facing possible closure The nation's oldest memorial honoring victims of the Holocaust could shut down by the end of the year. The operating budget Noun 1. operating budget - a budget for current expenses as distinct from financial transactions or permanent improvements budget items, operating cost, operating expense, overhead - the expense of maintaining property (e.g. of the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust The Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust (LAMOTH) is a renowned Holocaust museum in Los Angeles, California. History Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust is the oldest Holocaust Museum in the United States of America. has been cut in half, and volunteers and part-time employees who run it have been told it could be closed if new financing isn't found. The museum was established in 1961 by Holocaust survivors as the Martyrs Memorial Museum. The Museum of the Holocaust has been kept afloat by the Los Angeles Jewish Federation, which is facing its own financial problems as it begins an emergency $10 million fund-raising campaign to help Israel. - Associated Press Parks' retirement official from LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. Saturday was Bernard Parks' last official day as chief of police of Los Angeles. Parks announced his retirement after the Police Commission voted 4-1 last month not to extend the his term by another five years. Deputy Chief Michael Bostic will continue serving as acting chief until Tuesday, when the commission is expected to name a temporary chief. - City News Service 2 boys, father hurt in 3-car collision THOUSAND OAKS - Two boys and their father were badly injured when three cars collided near The Oaks mall Saturday afternoon, police officials said. John Houchins, 42, of Moorpark and his 12- and 14-year-old sons were taken to a hospital with serious injuries, said Senior Deputy Tim May of the Ventura County Sheriff's Department The Ventura County Sheriff's Department (VCSD) provides law enforcement for the unincorporated areas of Ventura County, California, USA, as well as several cities within the county. The cities that VCSD serves are Camarillo, Fillmore, Moorpark, Ojai, and Thousand Oaks. . The drivers of the other two cars were uninjured. - Daily News |
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