BRIEFLY POLICE PROBING DEATH IN VALLEY.A body was found in a pool house behind a large Northridge home Monday, and homicide detectives were summoned. The discovery at 10042 Sylvia Ave. was reported at 4:34 p.m., said 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 Sgt. Harold Cox Harold Cox (Tonbridge, Kent 1859 - 1 May 1936) was a Liberal MP for Preston from 1906 to 1909. The son of Homersham Cox a County Court judge, Cox was educated at Tonbridge School in Kent and was Scholar and later Fellow at Jesus College, Cambridge where he took a mathematics . It was unclear whether the death was accidental or a homicide, he said. - City News Service Drive-by attack injures 1 person A drive-by shooting drive-by shooting Public health A phenomenon in which one or more persons–commonly members of street gangs, open fire à la Al Capone from moving vehicles, often in retaliation for an alleged wrong-doing by a rival gang near the Crenshaw cren·shaw also cran·shaw n. A variety of winter melon (Cucumis melo var. inodorus) having a greenish-yellow rind and sweet, usually salmon-pink flesh. [Origin unknown.] district of Los Angeles left one man wounded Monday, authorities said. The call on the attack at Vernon and South 11th avenues, reportedly in front of a restaurant, came in at 3:50 p.m., said Jim Wells Jim Wells MLA (born 27 April 1957) is a politician from the Democratic Unionist Party and a deputy speaker of the Transitional Assembly (Northern Ireland). Wells is one of six Assembly members for South Down. of the 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. . The victim, struck in the back by at least one round, was hospitalized in ``stable'' condition, said Los Angeles police Officer Jason Lee. The male who fired the shot fled in a small, black sedan, Lee said. A man shot several times Sunday as he sat in a car stopped in the 1200 block of East 108th Street died at King Jr.-Drew Medical Center Monday, said Los Angeles police Officer Renee Montoya. - City News Service Cable franchise top lobbied issue Cable franchise renewal was the most lobbied issue at Los Angeles City Hall in the third quarter of this year, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a report the City Ethics Commission released today. Between July and September, eight lobbying firms received $179,945 in payment from cable clients looking to influence city policymakers, the report found. Lobbying fees on this issue helped push the total amount spent on lobbying City Hall to a new record in the third quarter of 2002. According to the commission's report, $4,247,452 was reported in lobbying fees. - City News Service Slain man found in Santa Paula SANTA PAULA - Police police found a 27-year-old Santa Paula man stabbed to death early Sunday on the same street where another man was found dead in February. Jose Jaime Arellano Quinones was found near Ruben's Lounge bar shortly after it closed at 2 a.m., said Sgt. Ismael Cordero. Police are trying to determine whether there were witnesses to the killing. - Daily News 11 groups picked to obtain grants CAMARILLO - The Ventura County Community Foundation has selected 11 community organizations to receive grants totaling $116,000 for community needs. The organizations selected provide such things as health services health services Managed care The benefits covered under a health contract , help for the homeless, trail construction, literacy programs and programs for the mentally ill. - Daily News Company giving toys to sick kids The Funrise Toy Corp. is donating a semi-truck full of toys for the Seventh Annual Toy Run to Children's Hospital of Los Angeles scheduled Sunday, Dec. 8. The run includes a massive cross-city procession of motorcycles and fire trucks and starts at with sign-ups at 9 a.m. at Funrise Toys, 6115 Variel Avenue in Woodland Hills. The procession leaves for the hospital at 10:30 p.m. - Daily News 2 ex-priests face sex allegations Child molestation Child molestation is a crime involving a range of indecent or sexual activities between an adult and a child, usually under the age of 14. In psychiatric terms, these acts are sometimes known as pedophilia. charges have been brought against two former priests, including one who once pleaded guilty to the same crime in 1986 and another who stands accused of abusing a young female relative during the 1950s, authorities said Monday. Matthew Michael Sprouffske, 75, who was removed from the priesthood in April, was arrested Monday and charges with four counts of child abuse involving a victim under 14 for allegedly abusing a female relative during the 1950s, when he was a priest assigned to the now-defunct Mount Carmel High School Mount Carmel High School can refer to any of the following secondary schools worldwide: Australia
Also an arrest warrant was issued for John Anthony Salazar, 47, accused of performing oral sex on a male student at St. Bernard High School "St. Bernard High School" may be United Kingdom
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