BRIEFLY NOT GUILTY PLEAS IN FAMILY DEATHS.Three men pleaded not guilty in 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. on Monday to murder and arson in the deaths of four family members at their Hollywood Hills The Hollywood Hills, an unofficial designation of part of the City of Los Angeles, California, are part of the eastern section of the low transverse range of the Santa Monica Mountains, which extends from the Los Feliz District and Hollywood, on the south side of the Valley, to home, slayings police say grew out of a business dispute. Pravin Govin, 33, of Cypress; his brother, Victor Govin, 35, of Studio City; and Carlos M. Amador, 25, of Los Angeles were being held without bail pending a Sept. 13 hearing. Pravin Govin owns a hotel next door to one owned by Harish ``Harry'' Kumar, whose wife, mother and two children were killed in a May 4 fire. - Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Freeman OK'd as energy chief The state Senate, in a fiery two-hour debate that stirred old passions about rolling blackouts and price manipulation by now-bankrupt energy traders, confirmed on Monday the nomination of 76-year-old S. David Freeman S. David Freeman (1926– ) is an American engineer, attorney, and author, born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, who has had many key roles in energy policy. He currently heads The Hydrogen Car Company and is a member of the Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners. as the state's top energy chief. Freeman, a blunt-talking 40-year public-power veteran and choice of Gov. Gray Davis to steer billions of dollars toward building new state power plants, prevailed over Republican opposition in a 25-13 vote. Republicans furiously painted Freeman as incompetent, unqualified and unworthy of the $220,008-a-year job he has held since last August. But a Democratic majority, even while acknowledging discomfort with Freeman's track record during last year's energy crisis, backed Davis' nominee to chair the California Consumer Power and Conservation Financing Authority. - Associated Press Girl, 2, injured in head-on crash PACOIMA - A 2-year-old child was injured in a head-on traffic collision Monday night in the 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. , officials said. Two cars collided at the intersection of Terra Bella Street and 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). at 8:11 p.m., 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 Jim Wells. The child suffered severe to moderate injuries and was flown to Childrens Hospital Los Angeles by helicopter, Wells said. The adult driver of the car the child was in as well as two adults in the other car did not require medical attention, Wells said. - Daily News |
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