BRIEFLY KAYAKER RESCUED, BUT 2ND IS MISSING.MALIBU - One man was rescued but Coast Guard boats and county lifeguards continued to troll rough waters Friday night, searching for another kayaker reported lost at sea in the afternoon, officials said. Nicholas Buttle Buttle refers to:
a small fenced-in enclosure with high, wooden fences, suitable for holding cattle or horses. corral system a management system in which range cattle are put into corrals and fed hay for a period when the environment is most Beach on Friday afternoon to their yacht anchored at sea to do some work, but on their way back in, wind gusts up to 50 mph ripped up waves and Buttle became lost at sea, authorities said. - Daily News Utility discounts likely for jobless 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. Mayor James Hahn For the Iowa politician, see . James Kenneth "Jim" Hahn (born July 3, 1950) is an American politician from the Democratic Party. He was the Deputy City Attorney (1975-1979), City Controller (1981-1985), City Attorney (1985-2001) and Mayor of Los Angeles, California on Friday announced three programs to allow employees who lost their jobs due to the Sept. 11 attacks to defer or receive discounts on their utility bills. The programs require Board of Water and Power approval, and one to defer bills requires City Council approval. - City News Service Year's first flu cases confirmed Los Angeles County health officials on Friday confirmed the season's first cases of influenza A influenza A n. Influenza caused by infection with a strain of influenza virus type A. influenza A Infectious disease An avian virus, especially of ducks–which in China live near the pig reservoir and 'vector'; . Officials say flu shots are the most effective way to prevent the illness. For information, call Health Info Line at (800) 427-8700. - City News Service Bail $1 million in murder case A Panorama City man is scheduled to be arraigned Monday after deputies discovered him bloodied and walking up from the ocean at Point Mugu where what appeared to be parts of a woman's body were found, authorities said. Alfonso Castillo, 37, was arrested on suspicion of murder and is being held in Ventura County Jail lieu of $1 million bail, authorities said. - Daily News Dummy grenade left by suspects SYLMAR - More than 50 residents were evacuated after the discovery of what turned out to be a dummy grenade, apparently left at an apartment complex by suspects fleeing from police, authorities said Friday. Officers were called Thursday night to the complex in the 13000 block of Dronfield Avenue on a report that suspects were spraying graffiti. Officers found what appeared to be a grenade on a wall. - City News Service Market robber remains at large THOUSAND OAKS Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. - Police continued Friday to look for a man who robbed a Vons market in the 2100 block of Newbury Road. The suspect entered the store demanding money Thursday night, a store employee told police. The man was seen fleeing through the parking lot. - Daily News Hit-run driver sought by police SUN VALLEY - Los Angeles police were searching Friday for a hit-and-run driver who struck and killed a 71-year-old Sun Valley man trying to cross Laurel Canyon Boulevard Laurel Canyon Boulevard is a major street in the city of Los Angeles, California. It starts off at Polk Street in Sylmar in the northern San Fernando Valley near the junction of the San Diego (Interstate 405) and the Golden State Freeways (Interstate 5). . Police said Jose Trinidad Manriques was struck by a brown 1986 Nissan just before 6 p.m. Thursday as he and a co-worker walking across the street stopped in a left-turn lane to let traffic pass, police said. - City News Service Robber's crime spree mounts A man suspected in a 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. crime spree since Oct. 3 is now believed to have been involved in at least 12 robberies, police said. The man - suspected of robbing a hotel, a restaurant and two music/video stores - is now believed to be responsible for robberies at supermarkets in Sherman Oaks, Woodland Hills, Northridge and Calabasas, police said. - City News Service Suspect leads police on chase A drunk driving suspect led police on a pursuit across the San Fernando Valley before one of the tires went flat on the woman's vehicle, culminating in her arrest early Friday, police said. Officers tried to pull over the blue mid-1980s Oldsmobile for a traffic violation on Ventura Boulevard when the driver sped into North Hollywood, police said. - City News Service Sport fishing is greatly curtailed LONG BEACH - From San Francisco Bay San Francisco Bay, 50 mi (80 km) long and from 3 to 13 mi (4.8–21 km) wide, W Calif.; entered through the Golden Gate, a strait between two peninsulas. to the Sierra Nevada to Southern California, the Fish and Game Commission placed limits on sport fishing Friday. The commission cut red abalone harvesting by more than 40 percent, shortened the season for rockfish rockfish, member of the large family Scorpaenidae (rockfishes and scorpionfishes), carnivorous fish inhabiting all seas and especially abundant in the temperate waters of the Pacific. Rockfishes are found among rocks and reefs. and banned fishing in sections of some rivers. The commission reduced take limits for the mollusks from four a day and 100 a year to three a day and 24 a year. Department of Fish and Game staff had recommended allowing just two abalone abalone (ăbəlō`nē), popular name in the United States for a univalve gastropod mollusk of the genus Haliotis, members of which are also called ear shells, or sea ears, as their shape resembles the human ear. a day and 30 per year, which they estimated would have cut the take by 50 percent. The commission also reduced the number of surf perch that sport fisherman can haul in from up to 20 fish of various species to just five. The only exception is shiner shiner: see minnow. shiner Any of several small freshwater fishes (genera Notemigonus and Notropis, family Cyprinidae). The common shiner (Notropis cornutus) is a blue and silver minnow up to 8 in. (20 cm) long. surf perch, which are primarily used for bait. Fisherman can still take up to 20 of those at a time. - Associated Press |
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