BRIEFLY MAN FOUND SHOT TO DEATH IN ALLEY.NORTH HILLS - An unidentified man was found shot to death Friday evening in what police said was possibly a drug-related homicide. The victim's body was found in an alley between two apartment buildings near the intersection of Nordhoff and Tobias streets, police Sgt. Kristie Romero said. Officers responded to the scene after receiving a report of shots fired about 7 p.m., Romero said. No weapon was found at the scene, and police did not have a description of any suspects. - Daily News Pair killed in freeway crash PACOIMA - The driver of a Ford Mustang For other Ford Mustang models and concepts, see . The Ford Mustang is an automobile produced by the Ford Motor Company, originally based on the Ford Falcon compact.[1] and the motorist's 4-year-old passenger were killed in a freeway accident Friday afternoon, authorities said. The solo crash occurred about 2:50 p.m. on the northbound Golden State Freeway The Golden State Freeway is a north-south freeway running through Kern County and Los Angeles County, California. Originally built as U.S. Highway 99, it was re-signed as Interstate 5 in 1964. transition to the Ronald Reagan Freeway, California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. Officer Karen Faciane said. The boy was declared dead at the scene, and the driver died en route to a hospital, Faciane said. The Mustang made contact with a light pole and guard rail before the crash, she said. The occupants were thrown from the car. - City News Service Cause of Pacoima fire unknown Fire investigators were searching for clues Friday into the cause of a blaze that erupted in a Pacoima home sparing the two occupants, but leaving a firefighter injured. It took about 25 firefighters 16 minutes to douse douse 1 also dowse v. doused also dowsed, dous·ing also dows·ing, dous·es also dows·es v.tr. 1. To plunge into liquid; immerse. See Synonyms at dip. 2. the fire reported in the 11500 block of Norris Avenue at 7:10 a.m. Friday. One firefighter suffered back pain, and was transported to Holy Cross Medical Center in Mission Hills for observation, said Los Angeles Fire Department The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), also known as the Los Angeles City Fire Department to distinguish it from the Los Angeles County Fire Department. It is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Los Angeles. spokesman Bob Collis. Officials estimated structure damage at $80,000 and the loss of contents at $30,000. The Red Cross was assisting a man and woman displaced by the fire. - Daily News Sewage spill appeal rejected 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. - The state has rejected the city's appeal of a record $2.3 million fine imposed after a massive sewage spill into Arroyo Conejo nearly three years ago. The failure of a city sewer pipe during El Nino storms in February 1998 flushed 86 million gallons of raw sewage through the creek and into the ocean, closing a 30-mile stretch of beaches from Oxnard to Malibu. The State Water Resources Control Board this week upheld the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Board fine. The spill and circumstances leading to it are also the focus of a federal criminal investigation for possible violations of the 1972 Clean Water Act. ``We're not terribly concerned about (the state decision) because we always felt our best chance for success was in Superior Court,'' City Attorney Mark Sellers said. - Associated Press Man faces illegal dumping charges MOORPARK - A 37-year-old Moorpark man has been charged with four counts of unlawful hazardous waste Hazardous waste Any solid, liquid, or gaseous waste materials that, if improperly managed or disposed of, may pose substantial hazards to human health and the environment. Every industrial country in the world has had problems with managing hazardous wastes. disposal after authorities said he illegally dumped hundreds of solvent and paint containers into private waste bins. The Ventura County District Attorney's Office said that John Patrick Alexander's charges result from a ``midnight dumping'' expedition on April 20 at a Moorpark industrial park. He is scheduled to be arraigned Jan. 17. If convicted, he could be sentenced to nearly four years in prison. - Daily News Firefighters quell Los Padres fire FILLMORE - Approximately 120 firefighters fought two hours to extinguish a fire that burned seven acres of brush Friday in the Los Padres National Forest Los Padres National Forest is a forest located in southern and central California, which includes most of the mountainous land along the California coast from Ventura to Monterey, extending inland. Elevations range from sea level to 8,831 feet. , officials said. The blaze ignited in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's condor santuary off Squaw Flat and Goodenough roads, about five miles north of Fillmore. The fire was reported at 8:14 a.m. and contained about 10 a.m. - Daily News Nash ordered back to prison A former Hollywood nightclub owner was sent back to jail on Friday to await trial on racketeering Traditionally, obtaining or extorting money illegally or carrying on illegal business activities, usually by Organized Crime . A pattern of illegal activity carried out as part of an enterprise that is owned or controlled by those who are engaged in the illegal activity. charges in connection with the 1981 ``Wonderland killings.'' U.S. District Judge Carlos R. Moreno Carlos R. Moreno (born November 4, 1948) is an American jurist. He is currently an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California. Moreno received his B.A. in political science from Yale University in 1970 and his J.D. from Stanford Law School in 1975. ordered 71-year-old Eddie Nash back to prison for violating conditions of his November release. Nash's wife, Estee, hugged him and wept as Nash was taken to a downtown lockup See hang and abend. . Nash, whose real name is Adel Nasrallah, was arrested in May. A 16-count grand jury indictment accused him of running a 25-year racketeering enterprise that used murder and mayhem - including the four killings in Laurel Canyon - to protect heroin and cocaine dealers. He could face life in prison if convicted. But a federal prosecutor said Nash violated rules of his $1.5 million bond barring him from making unmonitored telephone calls or meeting with people not approved by prosecutors. Prosecutors also said there there was evidence Nash met with a grand jury witness. - Associated Press Armed robbers await retrial retrial n. a new trial granted upon the motion of the losing party, based on obvious error, bias or newly-discovered evidence. (See: newly-discovered evidence) SAN FERNANDO - A father and his 16-year-old son already convicted of the armed robbery of a San Fernando restaurant will be retried re·tried v. Past tense and past participle of retry. on attempted murder charges, a prosecutor said Friday. A San Fernando Superior Court jury found Louis Reyes Murillo, 45, and Louis Murillo Jr. guilty last month of the robbery of El Nuevo Parral Parral: see Hidalgo del Parral, Mexico. , but deadlocked on four other charges, including one count each of attempted murder. The father and son were accused of separate attacks on two customers in and outside the restaurant last Jan. 31, according to the prosecutor. The two are due back in court Jan. 22 for a pretrial pre·tri·al n. A proceeding held before an official trial, especially to clarify points of law and facts. adj. 1. Of or relating to a pretrial. 2. hearing. - City News Service Apartment blaze injures firefighter CHATSWORTH - A firefighter was injured Friday battling an apartment fire in Chatsworth, authorities said. It took firefighters about 20 minutes to extinguish the blaze reported about 1:30 p.m. on the first floor of the two-story building in the 8600 block of International Avenue, said Bob Collis of the city fire department. The severity of the firefighter's injury was not immediately known, Collis said. - City News Service |
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