BRIEFLY GUNFIRE KILLS FOUR MEN IN ONE NIGHT.Sheriff's homicide detectives on Saturday were investigating four unrelated shooting deaths around South Los Angeles South Los Angeles is the official name for a large geographic and cultural area lying to the southwest and southeast of downtown Los Angeles, California. The area was formerly called South Central Los Angeles, and is still sometimes called South Central. , deputies said. A man shot in Compton Friday at Firestone Boulevard and Graham Avenue, who was a passenger in a car at a red light, died after the attack, said Deputy Bill Spear of the Sheriff's Headquarters Bureau. The shooter got out of a car, walked up to the victim and opened fire about 10 p.m., he said. About the same time, another man was gunned down in the 8900 block of South Maie Avenue near Watts, Spear said, adding that the killing appears to have been gang-related. About 2:50 a.m., a man was killed and another wounded in the 2300 block of East El Segundo El Segundo (ĕl sēgŭn`dō), industrial city (1990 pop. 15,223), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1917. Its products include navigation and computer systems, aircraft parts, office machines, telephone apparatus, and Boulevard, Spear said. That attack also is believed to be gang-related, Spear said. About 3 a.m., a man was fatally shot in the 3700 block of Fernwood Avenue in Lynwood, about a mile from the killing on El Segundo Boulevard, he said. - City News Service Motorist killed as he steps from car LA CRESCENTA - A motorist involved in a three-vehicle freeway crash near La Crescenta on Saturday was fatally injured when he stepped from his vehicle and was struck by a pickup truck, the California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. reported. The fatal crash on the westbound Foothill Freeway, west of Ocean View Boulevard, was reported about 1:20 a.m. The victim was identified as a 46-year-old 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. man. Investigators said the driver of the 1997 Chevrolet pickup truck Chevrolet has produced full sized pickup trucks under many nameplates and platforms:
San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. . - City News Service Free shade trees offered by LADWP LADWP Los Angeles Department of Water and Power The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) is the largest municipal utility in the United States, serving 3.9 million residents in 2006. It was founded in 1902 to deliver water and electricity supplies to residents and businesses in Los Angeles. is offering residents a new way to obtain free shade trees. LADWP customers can now go on the Web - to www.ladwp.com/trees - and participate in an online workshop. By studying the material and then taking a quiz, customers may receive up to seven free trees. For more information, call (800) 473-3652. - City News Service Boy, 4, on tricycle hit and later dies HACIENDA HEIGHTS Ha·ci·en·da Heights An unincorporated community of southern California, a suburb of Los Angeles. Population: 56,100. - A 4-year-old boy riding a Big Wheel tricycle near his Hacienda Heights home was struck by a vehicle and died at a hospital, the California Highway Patrol reported Saturday. The crash on Latchford Avenue occurred about 4:35 p.m. Friday when the boy riding a tricycle in front of his home apparently pedaled out of his driveway and into the path of a Toyota Avalon and was struck, a 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 statement said. The driver stopped the vehicle and backed up, ``not knowing the child was under the vehicle,'' according to the statement. The boy was pulled from under the Toyota and later died, authorities said. - City News Service Glendale granted funds to redo To reverse an undo operation. See undo. park GLENDALE- The city has received $3 million in state funds to renovate Maple Park in south Glendale, officials announced Friday. The city applied for the grant last year to renovate and expand the run-down park, Mayor Bob Yousefian said. ``It's a highly used park and the building at the park is pretty old and outdated and needs a lot of work on it,'' Yousefian said. The money will help in building a new gymnasium and community room. ``This will provide better services to a highly needy area.'' - Daily News Valley man bags $75K on 'Big Spin' SACRAMENTO - A Van Nuys man won $75,000 on the California Lottery's ``Big Spin'' television show Saturday. Marty Elman, a television production specialist, said he plans to invest his winnings for retirement. Albert Madrid, a laborer from San Martin, won $40,000 and will use the money for a vacation. Michelle Langmack, an administrator from Magalia, won $40,000 and said she will use the money for a down payment on a house. - Associated Press |
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