BRIEFLY MAN DIES AFTER SHOOTING, CRASH.SUN VALLEY - A man who was shot at a Sun Valley gas station early Friday jumped into his sport utility vehicle and drove away before crashing into a wall of a restaurant. The unidentified man died from his injuries in the 1 a.m. incident, said Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . Sgt. Francisca Wheeling. The man was at a Unocal 76 gas station in the 8400 block of Sunland Boulevard when the gunshots were fired. Witnesses heard gunshots behind the station and saw the man drive away, Wheeling said. He drove a short distance before the vehicle careened into the Acapulco Mexican Restaurant at 8431 Sunland Blvd., Wheeling said. The man died at the scene. No one else was injured. Witnesses saw a brown pickup leave the gas station after the shooting, Wheeling said. - Daily News Group to conduct holiday toy drive SHERMAN OAKS - The Sherman Oaks Homeowners Association will hold a holiday toy drive from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday at Ralphs supermarket, Ventura Boulevard Ventura Boulevard is one of the primary east-west thouroughfares in the San Fernando Valley; as it was originally a part of the El Camino Real (the trail between Spanish missions), Ventura Boulevard is the oldest route in the San Fernando Valley. It was also U.S. and Hazeltine Avenue. New, unwrapped toys dropped off at the store will be donated to foster and abused children through the county Department of Children and Family Services. - Daily News Valley man gets life term in prison VAN NUYS - 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. man convicted of murder, assault and torture for the ``head to toe'' beating death of his girlfriend's 4- year-old son was sentenced Friday to 25 years to life in state prison. Van Nuys Superior Court Judge Barry Taylor gave Jose Cruz, 25, the maximum sentence for the May 24, 2001, slaying. A jury deliberated about two hours Sept. 18 before finding Cruz guilty of murdering Richard Mendez. Taylor also ordered Cruz to pay a $10,000 restitution fund fine and denied his motion for a new trial motion for a new trial n. a request made by the loser for the case to be tried again on the basis that there were significant legal errors in the way the trial was conducted and/or the jury or the judge sitting without a jury obviously came to an incorrect result. on the torture charge. - City News Service DWP DWP Department of Work and Pensions (UK) DWP Drinking Water Program DWP Dynamic Weapon Pricing (gamin, Counter-Strike: Source) DWP Department of Water & Power DWP Drinking Water Protection money sent to general fund The City Council on Friday approved the transfer of $184 million from the Department of Water and Power to the city's general fund, as part of an increased transfer approved earlier this year to help balance the city budget. The DWP typically transfers excess revenue to the general fund every December, but the amount for the energy system was raised to 7 percent of total revenue, up from 5 percent previously, while the water system transfer was maintained at 5 percent. The total transfer amount was approximately the same as the city had estimated in its projected budget for the year. - Daily News Parents given OK to sue over death The parents of a Newbury Park liquor store bandit bandit: see brigandage. shot to death by LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. plainclothes plain·clothes or plain-clothes adj. Wearing civilian clothes while on duty to avoid being identified as police or security: a plainclothes detective. officers years ago can sue the city of Los Angeles
The civil rights suit, brought by the parents of Daniel Soly, accuses the Los Angeles Police Department's Special Investigations Section of excessive force during the June 26, 1995, shootout Shootout Venture capital jargon. Refers to two or more venture capital firms fighting for the startup. . From the department's perspective, the SIS tracks repeat ``worst of the worst'' felons that other officers dread encountering. Plainclothes SIS officers that had been following Soly and Robert Cunningham saw the men rob Southwest Liquor and Deli, which is just over the line in Ventura County, then watched the duo run to a car hemmed in by unmarked police vehicles. The gunbattle that followed left Soly dead. Cunningham - eventually convicted of murder for his role in his companion's death - was paralyzed par·a·lyze tr.v. par·a·lyzed, par·a·lyz·ing, par·a·lyz·es 1. To affect with paralysis; cause to be paralytic. 2. To make unable to move or act: paralyzed by fear. . Soly's parents, represented by Venice attorney Stephen Yagman, allege the SIS officers simply opened fire on the car. - City News Service Date set for Blake in second lawsuit A judge on Friday set a Jan. 15 deposition date for actor Robert Blake in the wrongful-death suit filed on behalf of the children of his wife, who was killed last year outside a restaurant where the couple had dined. Blake, who is charged with the slaying of Bonny Lee Bakley, will be deposed at the Men's Central Jail, where he has been in custody since his arrest in April. - City News Service |
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