BRIEFLY OFFICERS AID TRIO, PETS DURING FIRE.RESEDA - Two 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 officers helped three women, three dogs and two cats out of a burning house Friday in the 17000 block of Duncan Street. Officers Brad Kolfschoten, 31, and Fidencio Pina, 29, were making a traffic stop when a woman told them a nearby house was on fire, said Los Angeles police Sgt. John Pasquariello. One officer helped the women get their pets, while the other attacked the blaze with a garden hose, he said. - City News Service Owner of 60 cats will be arraigned CANOGA PARK - The owner of a Canoga Park cat rescue center is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday on felony animal cruelty charges filed after county officials found 60 cats living at her Dayton Canyon mobile home. Margaret Weems, 57, owner of Angel Puss and Pooch Rescue in Canoga Park and Eagle Rock, is also the subject of a city animal control investigation, a Los Angeles Department of Animal Care and Control officials said. - Daily News Deputies cleared in fatal shooting 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 six Ventura County sheriff's deputies involved in the fatal shooting of an armed Thousand Oaks man in October were found to have ``acted reasonably,'' the Ventura County District Attorney's Office said Friday. Thomas Patton's death was deemed ``justifiable homicide justifiable homicide n. a killing without evil or criminal intent, for which there can be no blame, such as self-defense to protect oneself or to protect another, or the shooting by a law enforcement officer in fulfilling his/her duties. ,'' the district attorney stated. Patton wielded a knife at his home when confronted by deputies responding to a domestic incident, officials said. - Daily News Council declines to support school The Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. refused to go on record Friday in
support of a project that would put a school and businesses on the
historic Ambassador Hotel site on Wilshire Boulevard.
The council voted 9-2 to send the matter to a committee that will seek community input. The Los Angeles Unified School District The Los Angeles Unified School District (the "LAUSD") is the largest (in terms of number of students) public school system in California and the second-largest in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population. is holding a forum on the project today. - City News Service Movie executive, pal face charges A former Sony Pictures vice president is scheduled to enter a plea next week to charges stemming from a scam in which authorities said nearly $500,000 was taken from the company, prosecutors said Friday. Georgett Sue Studnicka, 60, of Chatsworth, who was a former vice president of music publishing The contractual relationship between a songwriter or music composer and a music publisher, whereby the writer assigns part or all of his or her music copyrights to the publisher in exchange for the publisher's commercial exploitation of the music. for Sony Pictures Entertainment, and friend Linda Sue Brooks, 55, of La Crescenta are charged with one count of grand theft and three counts of money laundering The process of taking the proceeds of criminal activity and making them appear legal. Laundering allows criminals to transform illegally obtained gain into seemingly legitimate funds. . Studnicka and Brooks remain in custody in lieu of $250,000 bail, prosecutors said. - City News Service Black college fair to open at center Representatives from more than 50 historically African-American colleges, universities and academic organizations will participate in a daylong college fair today at the Los Angeles Convention Center The Los Angeles Convention Center (abbreviated LACC) is a convention center in downtown Los Angeles. The LACC hosts annual events such as the Greater Los Angeles Auto Show, and was best known to video games fans as host to E3 until its cessation in 2006. . The third annual Black College Expo will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the convention center at 1201 S. Figueroa St. Parking is $7. For more information, go to www.blackcollegeexpo.com. - Daily News Van on the run hits bus; several hurt A van being pursued by police hit an MTA (1) (Message Transfer Agent or Mail Transfer Agent) The store and forward part of a messaging system. See messaging system. (2) See M Technology Association. 1. (messaging) MTA - Message Transfer Agent. bus broadside Friday in South Los Angeles South Los Angeles is the official name for a large geographic and cultural area lying to the southwest and southeast of downtown Los Angeles, California. The area was formerly called South Central Los Angeles, and is still sometimes called South Central. , causing the bus to veer into two other vehicles, authorities said. A handful of minor injuries were reported, a fire official said. - Daily News |
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