BRIEFLY PLANE HAD MISSED AIRPORT APPROACH.A small plane that crashed onto a home missed its approach to cloud- shrouded Santa Monica Airport Santa Monica Airport (IATA: SMO, ICAO: KSMO, FAA LID: SMO), also known as Santa Monica Municipal Airport, is a general aviation airport located in the heart of the residential community of Santa Monica, California, United States. and circled at least once before plunging to the ground, a federal investigator said Wednesday. The cause of the Tuesday afternoon crash, which killed the two people aboard the plane, is still under investigation. The victims' names remained withheld. They were identified only as a Malibu couple in their 60s and 70s, said Fire Department spokesman Brian Humphrey. National Transportation Safety Board investigator Wayne Pollack said both were certified pilots but only one was rated for instrument flying. The Mooney M20 went down shortly after 5 p.m. during a flight from Mammoth/Yosemite Airport to Santa Monica Airport. A low, thick cover of clouds had pushed in from the ocean at that time. - 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. Bomb scare bomb scare n → amenaza de bomba bomb scare bomb n → alerte f à la bombe bomb scare n → Bombenalarm hoax closes bank, more ENCINO - Hundreds of people were evacuated from a Wells Fargo Wells Fargo armored carriers of bullion. [Am. Hist.: Brewer Dictionary, 1147] See : Protectiveness Wells Fargo company that handled express service to western states; often robbed. [Am. Hist. office building Wednesday in an apparent bomb threat hoax from a person or group claiming to be a faction of the Irish Republican Army Irish Republican Army (IRA), nationalist organization devoted to the integration of Ireland as a complete and independent unit. Organized by Michael Collins from remnants of rebel units dispersed after the Easter Rebellion in 1916 (see Ireland), it was composed of . The building at 15760 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. , which houses a bank branch, several offices and eateries, was evacuated just before 10 a.m., said Detective Debbie Potter with the LAPD's West Valley Division. According to LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. Capt. James Cansler, a local television station received a fax about 9:40 a.m. from the group claiming it would blow up the building. An LAPD bomb squad searched the building and found no evidence of explosives. The building and streets around it were reopened about 2 p.m. - Daily News Student charged in school threat NORTH HILLS - A 16-year-old Birmingham High School Birmingham High School is a public coeducational high school in the neighborhood/district of Lake Balboa in the San Fernando Valley section of the city of Los Angeles, California. The school is a part of District One of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). student was charged Wednesday with making criminal threats after he allegedly was overheard threatening to shoot up the school, police said. The unidentified teen was being held at the Sylmar Juvenile Hall awaiting an arraignment A criminal proceeding at which the defendant is officially called before a court of competent jurisdiction, informed of the offense charged in the complaint, information, indictment, or other charging document, and asked to enter a plea of guilty, not guilty, or as otherwise permitted on the charges. He was arrested Tuesday at his North Hills home, where police found dozens of bullets. The teen's mother had been in the process of buying a .45-caliber handgun which would have been available to pick up March 22, following the state's mandatory 10-day waiting period. The mother said she bought the gun because she and her son enjoyed going to the shooting range, police said. The gun order has since been canceled, said LAPD Lt. Neal Fine of the Van Nuys Division. - Daily News Officials identify victim of shooting HOLLYWOOD - Authorities Wednesday identified a man killed in Hollywood in a gang-related shooting that left another man hospitalized in critical condition. The shooting occurred about 10 p.m. Tuesday near Virginia and Western avenues, said Sgt. Don Lawrence of the Los Angeles Police Department's Hollywood Station. More than one gunman may have been involved in the crime, Lawrence said. Jose Luis Mora MORA, In civil law. This term, in mora, is used to denote that a party to a contract, who is obliged to do anything, has neglected to perform it, and is in default. Story on Bailm. Sec. 123, 259; Jones on Bailm. 70; Poth. Pret a Usage, c. 2, Sec. 2, art. 2, n. , 22, of Los Angeles died at a hospital a short time after the attack, said David Campbell of the coroner's office. Both victims were shot in the upper body, Lawrence said. Authorities withheld the name of the survivor. - City News Service City may take over bankrupt hospital SANTA PAULA - The Santa Paula City Council will consider taking over the community's shuttered hospital if its trustees cannot forge an agreement by May 3 to reopen the facility, a city official said Wednesday. The hospital's board of directors has negotiated with county health officials for months about a possible partnership, with no tangible results, City Manager Wally Bobkiewicz said. If the deadline is not met, the board will consider seizing the property through eminent domain eminent domain, the right of a government to force the owner of private property sell it if it is needed for a public use. The right is based on the doctrine that a sovereign state has dominion over all lands and buildings within its borders, which has its origins in , removing the board of directors, forming a special assessment district, or creating a partnership with a private company to reopen the hospital, Bobkiewicz said. - Daily News |
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