BRIEFLY POLICE SEEK LEADS IN TWO SHOOTINGS.VAN NUYS - Police sought leads Saturday in two gang-related yet unconnected drive-by shootings in Van Nuys neighborhoods that occurred about 30 minutes apart Friday and left two teenage boys wounded, officials said. ``Our gang unit is out there, trying to track down some leads,'' 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. Amy Wong Amy Wong (born August 4, 2880) is a fictional character, one of the main characters from the FOX television animated series Futurama. She is studying engineering at Mars University, and to help her with her studies she works as an intern at Planet Express (supposedly kept of the Van Nuys station. One teen was treated for slight wounds to his hand and chest from a shooting at Vanowen Street and Havenhurst Avenue shortly before 10 p.m. Friday, Wong said. In the other shooting, a bullet pierced the calf of a second teenager in the 70400 block of Hazeltine Avenue about 10:30 p.m., Wong said. Witnesses told police the gunman was in a dark-colored car. The teens were recovering Saturday, Wong said. - City News Service Canoga Park gets ready for festival CANOGA PARK - The Sherman Way corridor will come alive with the sound of bagpipes bagpipes Noun, pl a musical wind instrument in which sounds are produced in reed pipes by air from an inflated bag bagpipes npl → gaita sg bagpipes and the twirling Twirling is any of several artforms, hobbies, or sport and recreational activities accomplished by spinning or rotating the twirled object either for exercise, or in a rhythmic, or otherwise artful manner. of Irish flags as the Canoga Park Improvement Association pays homage to Saint Patrick on Monday from 1 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Canoga Park Saint Patrick's Day festival begins in front of the Madrid Theater at 21622 Sherman Way. - Daily News Boy suffers burns in fire at home SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, - A 15-year-old boy suffered second- and third-degree burns third-degree burns npl → brûlures fpl au troisième degré third-degree burns third npl → Verbrennungen pl dritten Grades on the hands in a fire Saturday at a Santa Clarita home, authorities said. The blaze in the two-story home at 27019 Mirasol Street in Valencia was reported at 9:38 a.m., said Los Angeles County fire Capt. Mark Savage. The flames were extinguished about 20 minutes later, Savage said. The child was taken to Henry Mayo Newall Medical Center before being transported to the Sherman Oaks Burn Center, he said. Damage was estimated at $200,000, said supervising fire dispatcher Software that determines what pending tasks should be done next and assigns the available resources to accomplish it. It may execute other programs or generate a list for human operators to follow. See scheduler. Dan Opbroek. A cause of the fire was under investigation, Savage said. - Daily News Man in vehicle dies after attack Police Saturday investigated the fatal shooting of a 25- year-old man, an officer said. Brandon Marquis Randle was sitting in his vehicle at the southwest corner of 65th and Figueroa streets about 9:20 a.m. Friday when an ``unknown number of suspects approached him and shot him,'' said Officer Renee Montoya 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 . . He later died at a hospital. Authorities believe the shooting was gang-related, Montoya said. Anyone with information about the shooting was asked to call homicide detectives at (213) 485-1383. - City News Service |
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