BRIEFLY SYLMAR MAN HELD IN BARRICADE CASE.SYLMAR - Sylmar resident Raymond Gray was arrested early Friday after he barricaded himself inside his home in the 14000 block of Beaver Street for about five hours, police said. - Daily News Water main break shuts down street 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 water main break under Valencia Boulevard near Rockwell Canyon Road and McBean Parkway on Friday afternoon closed the area to traffic for several hours as Valencia Water Co. repaired the line. - Daily News Condor hatches in national forest The first California condor to be born in the wild in 17 years hatched on Friday, days after biologists rushed the egg laid in captivity to the Los Padres National Forest Los Padres National Forest is a forest located in southern and central California, which includes most of the mountainous land along the California coast from Ventura to Monterey, extending inland. Elevations range from sea level to 8,831 feet. from the Los Angeles Zoo The Los Angeles Zoo founded in 1966, is a large zoo located in Los Angeles, California, USA. The Zoo, located in Los Angeles' Griffith Park, is home to 1,200 animals from around the world. . - Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Delgadillo names transition team Los Angeles City Attorney-elect Rocky Delgadillo named a 22-person transition team Friday headed by attorney Mark Steinberg and including former U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher, former District Attorney Robert Philibosian, former District Attorney John Van de Kamp John Van de Kamp (born in 1936[1]) served as the District Attorney for the County of Los Angeles from 1976 until 1982, and then as 28th Attorney General of California from 1982 until 1991. , former City Attorney Burt Pines and former U.S. Attorney Andrea Ordin to help him select staff members and start new programs when he takes office on July 1. Deputy transition leaders include attorneys Lee Alpert, Dan Garcia, Gerald Chaleff, Richard Drooyan, Stuart Kwoh and others. - Daily News $2 million in bill for property buys Some $2 million in federal funding to continue private land buys in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area: see National Parks and Monuments (table). is included in the House Interior appropriations bill, Rep. Brad Sherman, D-Woodland Hills, said Friday. - City News Service $3.9 million OK'd for emergency NORTHRIDGE - The Bush administration approved a $3.9 million Federal Emergency Management Agency The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is the federal agency responsible for coordinating emergency planning, preparedness, risk reduction, response, and recovery. The agency works closely with state and local governments by funding emergency programs and providing technical grant to 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 to reimburse the educational institution for emergency protective measures following the 1994 Northridge earthquake, Rep. Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon said Friday. - Daily News Reject trial delay, prosecutors urge Prosecutors urged a three-judge appeals panel in Los Angeles Friday to reject a defense request to delay the police car bombing conspiracy trial of Sara Jane Olson until after Labor Day. - City News Service Man convicted in embezzlement embezzlement, wrongful use, for one's own selfish ends, of the property of another when that property has been legally entrusted to one. Such an act was not larceny at common law because larceny was committed only when property was acquired by a "felonious taking," i. VENTURA - Newbury Park resident Blair Dowd, 39, has been convicted of embezzling $21,000 from Ventura construction company R.W. Hertel and Sons Inc., where he worked as a bookkeeper, officials said Friday. He repaid the money to his former employer after he was confronted. - Daily News Man, 47, charged over false report BURBANK - Sunland resident Paul Eaton, 47, was arraigned Monday for a misdemeanor charge of filing a false misconduct report against two Burbank police officers who had cited him for a traffic violation, authorities said. - Daily News |
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