BRIEFLY LEAP FROM BRIDGE STOPPED BY POLICE.NORTH HOLLYWOOD - A despondent de·spon·dent adj. Feeling or expressing despondency; dejected. de·spon  dent·ly adv. man tried to jump off a North
Hollywood bridge that spans the 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. before being pulled to
safety by police officers Saturday, authorities said.
About 7 p.m., police received a call that a man was running through traffic on Moorpark Street near Radford Avenue, said Lt. Andy Neiman of the 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 Department's North Hollywood station. When officers arrived they found the 25-year-old man threatening to jump into the concrete wash below, he said. ``He tried to jump six or seven separate times,'' Neiman said, but officers restrained him each time, and they took him into custody. He may have been upset over issues at home, Neiman said. - City News Service Forum to discuss recent firebombs ENCINO - In response to firebombings of religious institutions last month, the the Anti-Defamation League Anti-Defamation League B’nai B’rith organization which fights anti-Semitism. [Am. Hist.: Wigoder, 33] See : Anti-Semitism will hold a community forum Monday about how to make them safer. Speakers will include City Councilman Jack Weiss; LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. Assistant Chief Dean Cathey; Cmdr. Mark Leap, a member of LAPD's Counter Terrorism Bureau; and Yoni yoni In Hinduism, a representation of the female sexual organ and feminine generative power, the symbol of the goddess Shakti (see shakti). The yoni is often associated with the phallic linga, the symbol of the god Shiva. Fighel, director of education at the International Policy Institute for Counter Terrorism in Herzliya, Israel. The free event begins at 7 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church First Presbyterian Church is a generic church name, and can refer to hundreds of churches within the English speaking world. If you followed a link here, please consider making it more specific by including the city or town in which the church resides. of Encino, 4963 Balboa Blvd. For more information, call 310-446-8000, ext. 238. - Daily News Man found in pool, pronounced dead NORTH HOLLYWOOD - A man found Saturday floating face down in a swimming pool at a North Hollywood home was pronounced dead later at a hospital, officials said. Firefighters were sent to the 7100 block of Bellaire Avenue about 12:15 p.m. after a neighbor reported seeing the apparently lifeless man in the pool, said Brian Humphrey of the Los Angeles City Fire Department. The man - who was described as 40 to 50 years old and clad in swimming trunks - had no pulse and was not breathing when taken to Kaiser Permanente hospital in Panorama City, Humphrey said. The cause of death was under investigation. - City News Service Local kids going to U.S. derby race LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE - Three Los Angeles County youngsters will participate in the All-American Soap Box Derby The Soap Box Derby also called coaster car race[1] is a youth soapbox car racing program which has been run nationally since 1934. World Championship finals are held each July at Derby Downs in Akron, Ohio. in Akron, Ohio, on July 26. Fifty-eight derby racers participated in the Fourth Annual Greater Los Angeles Soap Box Derby on May 24, presented by the Kiwanis Club of La Canada Flintridge and California Family Soap Box Derby Association. The three first place winners in the three competitive divisions who will go to the Ohio competition in July are Emily Kent of La Canada Flintridge, Masters division; Kimberly McKeown of Castaic, Super Stock; and Sean Wheeler of Chatsworth, Stock. - Daily News Motorist killed in four-vehicle crash PALMDALE - A man was killed Saturday in Palmdale when his unsafe lane change caused a fender-bender that turned into a four-vehicle crash that split his car in half, authorities said. It happened about 5:10 p.m. on Avenue R near East 15th Street, said Sgt. Jeff Acton of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department This article is about the Los Angeles County Sherriff's Department, not to be confused with the smaller Los Angeles County Police The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) is a local law enforcement agency that serves Los Angeles County, California. . A man made an ``unsafe lane change and clipped the car behind him,'' said Sheriff's Deputy Mike Redding Redding, city (1990 pop. 66,462), seat of Shasta co., N central Calif., on the Sacramento River; inc. 1872. A principal tourist center for a mountain and lake region, it also has lumbering, food-processing, and diverse manufacturing. . The impact pushed his car sideways. Two other vehicles then broadsided him, splitting the car in half, Acton said. The man was pronounced dead at the scene, he said. - City News Service |
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