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BRIEFLY SYLMAR RESIDENTS WATCH FOR COUGAR.


SYLMAR - Residents were keeping a wary eye out for a mountain lion mountain lion: see puma.  seen taking a stroll in a Sylmar neighborhood Saturday.

The big cat was spotted on a hillside above the 15000 block of Glenoaks Boulevard, KNBC KNBC Kings Norton Bowling Club  (Channel 4) reported.

``It was coming close to our house, walking around, going up the hill and then back down; sat there for probably over an hour,'' neighbor Helen Tiede told the TV station.

The cougar disappeared back into the hills and no one was attacked, KNBC reported.

No people have ever been attacked by a mountain lion in the area before, although small pets have fallen prey to wild animals WILD ANIMALS. Animals in a state of nature; animals ferae naturae. Vide Animals; Ferae naturae. , according to according to
prep.
1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians.

2. In keeping with: according to instructions.

3.
 the TV station.

- City News Service

Bomb scare bomb scare namenaza de bomba

bomb scare bomb nalerte f à la bombe

bomb scare nBombenalarm
 at farmers market

CHATSWORTH - A bomb scare at the bus stop inside the Chatsworth Metrolink station's parking lot Saturday afternoon forced police to evacuate the area for about two hours.

The bomb squad responded to the station's parking lot at 21600 Devonshire St. at 1 p.m. after receiving reports of an abandoned duffel bag, said Sgt. Paul Chambers
For the Australian rules footballer, see Paul Chambers (footballer).


Paul Laurence Dunbar Chambers, Jr. (April 22 1935 – January 4 1969) was one of the most influential jazz bassists of the 20th century.
 of the Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).

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A farmers market was being held in the lot and dozens of vendors and customers were evacuated. After one hour, the bomb squad determined the suspicious bag was full of shoes.

- Daily News

Storm halts air search for hiker

CHATSWORTH - Stormy weather stalled the search by air for a 64-year- old Chatsworth man who disappeared while hiking in Frazier Park in Kern County, according to a broadcast report.

Robert Komenda was last seen on Wednesday hiking on the McGill Trail near Mount Pinos Mount Pinos is a mountain peak located in the Los Padres National Forest, on the boundary between the California counties of Ventura and Kern. It is the highest point in Ventura county at 8,831 ft (2,692 m). Its latitude and longitude are 34.8128°N and 119.1444°W. , according to media reports.

His car was found near the start of the trail, but there's been no sign of Komenda.

Rain and wind grounded search helicopters, but about 100 people on the ground continue to search for the man.

Komenda is in good health, has been hiking in the same area twice a week for 20 years, and knows the area well, his daughter said.

Authorities said Komenda was not dressed for the cold and wet weather.

- City News Service

Off-duty cop kills shooting suspect

WHITTIER - An off-duty Los Angeles police officer killed a man suspected of shooting and wounding two people at a convenience store Saturday, investigators said.

The man, whose identity was not immediately released, was shot once by the officer and died a short time later at a hospital, said Steve Suzuki, a spokesman for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department This article is about the Los Angeles County Sherriff's Department, not to be confused with the smaller Los Angeles County Police

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) is a local law enforcement agency that serves Los Angeles County, California.
.

Suzuki said the LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel.
2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department.
 officer was in his car at a fast-food restaurant drive-through window at about 2 a.m. when he heard gunfire.

Moments later, the officer saw a man running down the street and holding a revolver. The officer got out of his car, identified himself and ordered the man to stop running, Suzuki said.

The man stopped but then turned and began to raise his gun. The police officer fired one shot, Suzuki said.

The man was suspected in the shooting of two men at a nearby convenience store, Suzuki said. They were treated for their injuries at a hospital.

- Associated Press

Four people killed in holiday traffic

At least four people were killed in traffic crashes in Los Angeles County during the first 60 hours of the Thanksgiving holiday, compared with two deaths during the same period last year, the CHP CHP Chapter
CHP Combined Heat and Power
CHP California Highway Patrol
CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party)
CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA)
CHP Community Health Plan
 said Saturday.

Statewide, 32 traffic deaths were reported between 6 p.m. Wednesday and 6 a.m. Saturday, according to a California Highway Patrol statement. There were 19 traffic fatalities during that period in 2003.

CHP officers made 235 DUI arrests in Los Angeles County during the 60-hour period, compared with 227 arrests a year ago.

- City News Service
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