BRIEFLY POLICE SEEK FAMILY OF SLAIN MAN, 26.NORTH HOLLYWOOD - A man was shot to death at his home in North Hollywood on Saturday, and police searched for the victim's brother and his family, who also lived at the residence and were missing, police said. The 26-year-old man's body was found about 10 a.m. inside a house in the 5700 block of Elmer Avenue, said Lt. Kristie Romero of the LAPD's North Hollywood station. There were no signs of a struggle, authorities said. The man's 31-year-old brother and family, including his wife, 4-year-old daughter and 1-year-old baby, who also lived at the residence, were missing, and authorities were not sure whether they were possible victims or suspects. ``What we know is the brother - the living brother and his family - were here last night at 10 o'clock and they're not here now,'' Sgt. Mike Coffey of the Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . told reporters. ``The neighbors say they are here all the time - they don't leave. So it's very unusual that they're gone.'' The victim's car, a 1993 black Nissan Maxima The Nissan Maxima is a car manufactured by Nissan that is in a line of upper mid-size executive and sports sedans. The Maxima debuted in 1976 as an upscale version of the Bluebird and was spun into its own line in 1980, having been made continuously since then. with license plate number 3ECZ ECZ Environmental Council of Zambia ECZ Enterprise Corridor Zone ECZ Explosive Clear Zone ECZ Extreme Combat Zone (gaming league) 890, was also missing, authorities said. - City News Service La Canada begins beach bus service LA CRESCENTA- The La Canada Flintridge/La Crescenta Summer Beach Bus began service this week to Santa Monica Beach. Passengers can board the bus on selected days at Two Strike Park at 5107 Rosemont Avenue and at the county library at 4521 La Crescenta Avenue. The bus will also pick up passengers at the following 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 stops: Montrose Avenue at La Crescenta Avenue, Montrose Avenue at Ocean View Boulevard and Foothill Boulevard at La Canada Boulevard. Fares are $2 round trip for all children and adults under the age of 62 and $1 for senior citizens and persons with disabilities. Information: (888) 769-1122 or visit www.ladpw.org. - Daily News Suspected saver of island rats tried SANTA BARBARA - An animal rights activist faces up to six months in jail and a $5,000 fine if he is convicted of trying to thwart a National Park Service program to rid one of the Channel islands of rats that prey on a rare seabird. Bob Puddicombe, 52, was tried before a federal judge Friday. He has been charged with illegally feeding an antidote to the rats that officials sought to poison and with interfering with the activities of a federal agency. U.S. District Court Judge Willard McEwan is expected to issue a ruling later this month. Puddicombe's companion, Robert Crawford, has pleaded guilty to both charges and paid a $200 fine. The two are believed to have scattered vitamin K vitamin K Any of several fat-soluble compounds essential for the clotting of blood. A deficiency of vitamin K in the body leads to an increase in clotting time. In 1929 a previously unrecognized fat-soluble substance present in green leafy vegetables was found to be required pellets on tiny Anacapa Island in October 2001. - Associated Press School drug deal arrests reported LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Police Department reported arrests of 136 students and two nonstudents during an investigation of drug-dealing in and around Los Angeles high schools during the past school year. Undercover officers purchased or were furnished cocaine, Ecstasy, hashish hashish (hăsh`ēsh, –ĭsh), resin extracted from the flower clusters and top leaves of the hemp plant, Cannabis sativa, and C. indica. , Vicodin and marijuana, the most common drug involved, the LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. said. Most of the students involved were expelled, officials said. - Associated Press Reno man guilty of sexual assault A jury has convicted a 44-year-old Reno man of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a Sun Valley woman who was his former girlfriend. A Sept. 3 sentencing date was set for James Mack Sr., who was convicted Thursday by the Washoe District Court jury. If a judge grants prosecutors' request to have him declared a habitual criminal habitual criminal n. under the statutes of many states, a person who has been convicted of either two or three felonies (or of numerous misdemeanors), a fact which may increase punishment for any further criminal convictions. , Mack would face a maximum sentence of life in prison without parole. Mack was accused of breaking into the Sun Valley residence of his former girlfriend last Oct. 10 and abducting ab·duct tr.v. ab·duct·ed, ab·duct·ing, ab·ducts 1. To carry off by force; kidnap. 2. Physiology To draw away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part or limb. her. - Associated Press Unidentified odor empties theater NORTHRIDGE - A movie theater in Northridge was briefly evacuated Saturday after several people complained of a strange odor, but no problems were found and no one was injured. An emergency crew went to the Pacific Theater cinema on Winnetka Avenue near Nordhoff Avenue after about 30 movie patrons complained of a strange odor and trouble breathing, KCBS KCBS Kansas City Barbecue Society KCBS Korea Christian Book Service (now called KCB; Seoul, Korea) KCBS Kerala Catholic Bible Society (Kerala, India) (Channel 2) reported. No fumes fumes odorous gases and other volatile materials; inhalation of irritating fumes causes coughing and, if sufficiently severe, irreversible pulmonary edema. were found by investigators and patrons were allowed back into the theater. No injuries were reported. - City News Service |
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