BRIEFLY SUSPECT GIVES UP AFTER LONG CHASE.LANCASTER - A domestic-violence suspect was arrested Thursday night after leading police on a chase from Lancaster to the San Gabriel Valley The San Gabriel Valley is one of the principal valleys of southern California. It lies to the east of the city of Los Angeles, to the north of the Puente Hills, to the south of the San Gabriel Mountains, and to the west of the Inland Empire. with two children in his minivan. The high-speed chase began before 9 p.m. when Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies responded to an address in Lancaster on a domestic-abuse call. The man, whose name was not immediately available, evaded deputies and fled south on the Antelope Valley Freeway The Antelope Valley Freeway is a freeway in Los Angeles and Kern counties in southern California. It is signed as California State Highway 14 along its length. It connects Greater Los Angeles to the rapidly developing Antelope Valley. , according to the California Highway Patrol. He then drove onto the Golden State Freeway The Golden State Freeway is a north-south freeway running through Kern County and Los Angeles County, California. Originally built as U.S. Highway 99, it was re-signed as Interstate 5 in 1964. and headed south through the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. , leading CHP officers on a chase at speeds in excess of 90 mph before leaving the freeway in Pico Rivera. He drove east into Santa Fe Springs on surface streets before coming to a stop in a neighborhood, the CHP said. A woman standing outside a home approached the van. The driver then released both children from the minivan, and surrendered at gunpoint, the CHP said. No further information was provided on the domestic-violence incident. - Daily News Get help to apply for college cash Local high schools will offer free expert assistance with completing college financial aid applications from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Free Cash for College Day. For the event, sponsored by the city of Los Angeles
The Web site and registration forms are available in English and Spanish, and they will explain what information will be needed to bring to complete the aid forms. Area Free Cash for College Day sites include: Birmingham High School, 17000 Haynes St., Van Nuys; Canoga Park High School Canoga Park High School is a public school located in Canoga Park in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, California, USA, within the Los Angeles Unified School District. It is located right across the street from the Topanga Plaza shopping center. , 6850 Topanga Canyon Blvd., Canoga Park; Chatsworth High School, 10027 Lurline Ave., Chatsworth; El Camino Real High School El Camino Real High School (also known locally as "ECR" and by some more recently as "ELCO") is a public secondary school located in the Woodland Hills district of the San Fernando Valley region of the city of Los Angeles, California. , 5440 Valley Circle Blvd., Woodland Hills; Kennedy High School, 11254 Gothic Ave., Granada Hills; Monroe High School, 9229 Haskell Ave., North Hills; Polytechnic High School, 12431 Roscoe Blvd., Sun Valley; San Fernando High School San Fernando High School, located in San Fernando, California, is a secondary school that is a part of the Los Angeles Unified School District. The school colors are black and gold. All girl teams are referred to as Lady Tigers, all boy teams simply as Tigers. , 11133 O'Melveny Ave., San Fernando; and Taft High School, 5461 Winnetka Ave., Woodland Hills. - Daily News Fund established for slain student SYLMAR - Los Angeles Mission College Los Angeles Mission College is a two-year community college located in Sylmar, California neighborhood of Los Angeles in the San Fernando Valley, United States. It is part of the Los Angeles Community College District. has established a fund in memory of one of its students, Jesse Aguilar, who was slain Jan. 25 in North Hills. Aguilar, 20, and his friend Steve Perez, 17, were shot to death early on the morning of Jan. 25 as they sat in Aguilar's car. Police suspect that the shootings were gang-related, although neither Aguilar nor Perez was a gang member. The fund will help the Aguilar family pay for funeral expenses. A funeral Mass is planned for 9 a.m. Saturday at Santa Rosa Catholic Church in San Fernando, with burial to follow at San Fernando Mission Cemetery The San Fernando Mission Cemetery is a Roman Catholic cemetery operated by the Los Angeles Archdiocese since 1800, and is located at 11160 Stranwood Avenue in the Mission Hills community of northern Los Angeles, California, near the Mission San Fernando Rey de España. in Mission Hills. Checks can be made payable to Los Angeles Mission College - Aguilar Family Fund, and sent in care of Andres Guerrero or Paula Riggs in the Business Office at the college, 13356 Eldridge Ave., Sylmar, CA 91342. - Daily News 3 must stand trial in teen's slaying VAN NUYS - Three young men were ordered this week to stand trial on murder and conspiracy charges in the shooting death of a 15-year-old boy near a high school campus in Sun Valley. Van Nuys Superior Court Judge Michael Hoff found there was sufficient evidence to require Angel Rodriguez and Christian Hernandez, both 20, and Mauricio Montes, 19, to stand trial for the Dec. 14, 2001, slaying of Santiago Polanco. The victim was a freshman at Francis Polytechnic High School in Sun Valley. Also charged in the teen's killing is Juan Chavez, 22, who police believe was the shooter. He is still wanted. - City News Services |
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