BRIEFLY JUDGE REVERSES PROJECT APPROVAL.A judge on Friday overturned the Los Angeles City Council's approval of a 40-acre commercial development at Taylor Yard, where the state and environmentalists want to create a park. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge David Yaffe cited the impact of automobile emissions, water quality and the existing Los Angeles River The Los Angeles River is an intermittent river flowing through Los Angeles County, California, from Canoga Park in the west end of the San Fernando Valley, 51 miles (82 km) southeast to its mouth in Long Beach. bikeway bike·way n. A bicycle lane or path. path in the Glassell Park and Cypress Park communities as reasons to toss out the plans. The city must now prepare a full environmental impact report if it wants to go forward with the project with Lennar Corp., which owns the property adjacent to the Los Angeles River Parkway. Lennar's attorney, Steven Weston, expressed disappointment with Yaffe's decision, but said it was ``not a major setback.'' Lennar's plans called for 650,000 square feet of industrial space, along with a multi-screen movie complex, stores, restaurants and a parking garage on San Fernando Road San Fernando Road is a major street in the city and county of Los Angeles. It starts off in Castaic as The Old Road, passing through Santa Clarita and the Newhall Pass, where upon its intersection with Sierra Highway near the junction of the Golden State (I-5) and the . - Daily News Man's surrender finishes standoff VAN NUYS - A three-hour standoff at a Van Nuys hotel with a man believed to be armed and dangerous ended peacefully Friday, police said. Officers checked the license plate numbers on a suspicious car parked in the 8600 block of Sepulveda Boulevard shortly after 2 a.m., and learned that the registered owner Registered Owner An individual or organization to whom certificates are directly issued and who, as a result, is recorded on the corporation's securityholder records (as maintained by the transfer agent). was wanted on a burglary warrant, said Sgt. Ron Dickerson at the Los Angeles Police Department's Devonshire Station. The suspect initially refused to come out of his room but surrendered shortly after 5 a.m. - City News Service Man, 18, drowns on swimming trip LITTLEROCK - An 18-year-old swimmer drowned Friday afternoon at Littlerock Dam, officials said. The unidentified male, who had been swimming with friends, was pulled from the water by search-and-rescue divers just after 4 p.m., about an hour after his friends called 911 to report him missing. ``We had a report of a male who went under the water and never came up for air,'' said Inspector Mike Brown of the Los Angeles County Fire Department Not to be confused with Los Angeles Fire Department. The Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD), serves unincorporated parts of Los Angeles County, as well as 58 cities and towns that choose to have the county provide fire and EMS services, including the City of La . - Daily News 'Kung Fu' actor's large dog stolen HOLLYWOOD - Actor David Carradine's 97-pound Bernese mountain dog Bernese mountain dog (bərnēz`), breed of sturdy working dog first brought to Switzerland by the invading Roman armies over two millennia ago. It stands from 23 to 27 in. named Thunder was stolen Friday as the actor was talking on a cell phone in a Hollywood coffeehouse, his wife said. Carradine, best known for his role on the old ``Kung Fu'' TV series and the film ``Bound for Glory,'' was sitting in a coffeehouse at La Brea Avenue La Brea Avenue is a prominent north/south thoroughfare in Los Angeles. After Hawthorne Boulevard intersects with Century Boulevard in Inglewood, La Brea Avenue is formed. La Brea passes north through Windsor Hills, Baldwin Hills, and Ladera Heights. and Hollywood Boulevard and turned his back on Thunder momentarily about 2:20 p.m., police said. His wife, Coco Carradine, said the 5-year-old dog is tricolored tri·col·or n. 1. A flag having three colors. 2. also Tricolor The French flag. adj. also tri·col·ored Having three colors. , primarily black, with a white stripe on his face and a white chest. Because the dog is worth more than $2,000, police listed the incident as a case of grand theft. Anyone with information was asked to call (877) 275-5273. - City News Service Artillery round clears out LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. NORTHRIDGE - The Los Angeles Police Department's Devonshire Division station was evacuated for about an hour, beginning after 9 p.m. Friday, when a man carried in an artillery ammunition round that he had found inside a storage locker. A bomb squad was called in and determined it was an inert training round, officials said. LAPD personnel waited outside in the parking lot for about 45 minutes until the all-clear was given. - Daily News |
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