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BRIEFLY REWARD OFFERED IN FATAL CARJACKING.


PANORAMA CITY - A $25,000 reward is being offered for information that helps solve the killing of a 63-year-old man who was fatally beaten during a carjacking The criminal taking of a motor vehicle from its driver by force, violence, or intimidation.

The u.s. justice department categorizes the crime of carjacking as a "completed or attempted Robbery of a motor vehicle by a stranger
 at a Panorama City carwash, officials said Thursday.

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  • Juan Pablo Ángel (born 1975), Colombian football player
  • Juan Pablo Bennett (1871-1951), Chilean dictator
 Mendez of Van Nuys was attacked about 6:30 a.m. April 7 at 14556 Van Nuys Blvd., and he died that afternoon.

Mendez' red, 1995 Mercury Voyager The Mercury Voyager is a variant of the Mercury Turnpike Cruiser built in 1957, this two-door station wagon was limited to 2,283 units. Examples in today's market typically feature the combination of Ford's "Y-Block" 368 cubic inch big block V8 engine with a push-button  minivan, California license plate 4KHV KHV Koi Herpesvirus
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800, is still missing.

The reward was offered by the City Council. Anyone with more information about the crime is urged to call police.

- City News Service

Driverless vehicle runs into hospital

GLENDALE - An unoccupied car crashed into the lobby of a Glendale hospital Thursday, but there were no injuries, officials said.

The crash at Glendale Memorial Hospital, 1420 S. Central Ave., was reported at 3:24 p.m., said a Glendale 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. .

The car was parked in a patient pickup and drop-off turnaround when it rolled into the glass and metal front wall of the building, said Kay Threlkeld of the hospital.

Workers were cleaning up the mess, which will not affect hospital operations, she said.

The cause of the crash has not been determined, Threlkeld said.

- City News Service

$100 million in aid for CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge  students

NORTHRIDGE - Officials at California State University, Northridge CSUN offers a variety of programs leading to bachelor's degrees in 61 fields and master's degrees in 42 fields. The university has over 150,000 alumni. It's also home to a summer musical theater/theater program known as TADW (TeenAge Drama Workshop) that leads teenagers through an , expect to award more than $100 million in financial aid to students this academic year.

Officials estimate that more than 16,000 students received approximately $103 million last year, and they expect to award at least that amount again this year.

CSUN estimates it costs about $13,000 a year for a student to attend CSUN if they do not live with their parents and about $8,500 a year if they do. About $1,800 of that amount is tuition; the balance is for books and supplies, room and board, transportation and other miscellaneous expenses.

- Daily News

Crash victim was San Dimas man

DESERT CENTER - A 20-year-old San Dimas man was identified Thursday as the victim of a fatal car crash in Riverside County.

Brandon Grimes died Wednesday when the Ford Explorer
See also Ford Explorer Sport Trac for the spinoff pickup truck version


The Ford Explorer is a mid-size sport utility vehicle sold in North America and built by the Ford Motor Company since 1990.
 he was a passenger in rolled over in a high-speed crash, said California Highway Patrol highway patrol
n.
A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways.
 Officer Gary Houtz.

Driver Trevor Larson, 18, of 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.  was injured in the 10:35 a.m. crash and taken to Desert Regional Medical Center, Houtz said.

Grimes died at the scene.

Apparently Larson was driving at an unsafe speed and lost control when the left tires went off the road, Houtz said.

The SUV began swerving from side to side before it went into the roll.

- Daily News

State bill seeks office in Armenia

PASADENA - A bill that would open a regional trading office in Armenia was approved Thursday by a vote of the Assembly's Appropriations Committee, said Sen. Jack Scott, D-Pasadena, who authored the legislation.

California has trade offices in Germany, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Israel, Mexico, the Republic of South Africa, Taiwan and Japan, according to Scott's office.

``With California's large Armenian community, this is an opportune moment for California to increase its growing ties with the region and especially with the people of Armenia,'' Scott said.

About 70,000 Armenians and Americans of Armenian descent live in Glendale, and 15,000 live in Pasadena, according to Scott's office. Both cities are part of his district.

- City News Service
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