BRIEFLY THREE MARINES DIE DURING EXERCISE.CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. - Three Marines were killed and five injured Wednesday when the vehicle they were riding in during a training exercise overturned, a U.S. Marine Corps spokesman said. The incident occurred at 6:30 p.m., said 1st Lt. Kyle Lewis. He said he could release no other details, including what kind of vehicle was involved, because the incident was under investigation. -Associated Press Public tips sought in fatal shooting CANOGA PARK - Police are seeking information in the fatal shooting of 35-year-old Richard Robert Freitas Robert A. Freitas Jr. is a Senior Research Fellow, one of four researchers at the nonprofit foundation Institute for Molecular Manufacturing (IMM) in Palo Alto, California. of Canoga Park. Freitas was shot more than 10 times in the chest while riding a bicycle home early Saturday from a friend's house, authorities said. He was traveling west on Wyandotte Street, east of Jordan Avenue, when a vehicle slowed and an occupant began firing a semiautomatic handgun, police said. 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 . officials believe at least two people were in a car, described as an older-model white and gray Lincoln Town Car The Lincoln Town Car is a rear wheel drive full-size luxury sedan and serves as the flagship of Ford's Lincoln luxury car division. Often referred to as a traditional American luxury sedan, the Town Car features a V8 engine, rear wheel drive, very generous exterior and interior , last seen traveling south on Jordan Avenue toward Sherman Way, police said. Police said Freitas had an extensive criminal record and was a gang member on parole. Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact homicide detectives at the LAPD's West Valley Division at (818) 756-8546 during daytime hours or (818) 756-8543 after hours. - Daily News Latino plan adds Valley board seat Two Latino groups issued proposals Wednesday for new district boundaries for members of the Los Angeles school The Los Angeles School of Urbanism is an academic movement emerged during the mid-1980s, loosely based at the University of Southern California and UCLA, that poses a challenge to the dominant Chicago School of Urbanism. board. If adopted by a city panel, the plans would double the number of districts located entirely in 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. - from one district to two. Maps issued by the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund and by the California Latino Redistricting redistricting: see legislative apportionment. Coalition both seek to expand the influence of Latinos on the seven-member Board of Education by creating a third heavily Latino district - situated in the East Valley. The East Los Angeles East Los Angeles, uninc. city (1990 pop. 126,379), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a residential suburb of Los Angeles, in an industrial area. It has a large Mexican-American population. There is a performing arts center and a cultural center. A junior college is there. region would have two districts with Latino voting majorities. Currently, the Los Angeles Unified School District's board has two districts with Latino voting majorities, but only one Latino member, Jose Huizar. The other district, which stretches from the Northeast Valley to East Los Angeles, is represented by David Tokofsky, who won two razor-thin election victories with Latino support. - Daily News Man pleads guilty to lies about labor A Calabasas man has pleaded guilty to making false statements to Caltrans concerning whether he had paid his laborers the prevailing wage required under federal law, authorities said Tuesday. The U.S. Attorney's Office in Los Angeles said Steve Salke, 48, pleaded guilty Monday afternoon to U.S. District Judge A. Howard Matz. - Daily News Teacher awaits pornography trial CAMARILLO - A 31-year-old Camarillo High School teacher is scheduled to be arraigned today on charges that he used pornography to try to seduce a minor, officials said. Chad Wenzlick Pridgen was in jail Wednesday in lieu of $250,000 bail, officials said. Ventura County Sheriff's Department The Ventura County Sheriff's Department (VCSD) provides law enforcement for the unincorporated areas of Ventura County, California, USA, as well as several cities within the county. The cities that VCSD serves are Camarillo, Fillmore, Moorpark, Ojai, and Thousand Oaks. spokesman Eric Nishimoto said the victim, a boy, was not sexually molested mo·lest tr.v. mo·lest·ed, mo·lest·ing, mo·lests 1. To disturb, interfere with, or annoy. 2. To subject to unwanted or improper sexual activity. . Nishimoto said Pridgen was arrested Tuesday at the school, where he teaches chemistry and environmental science. He also was a tennis and soccer coach. - Daily News 2 pupils wounded at Gardena High GARDENA - Two students were wounded on the campus of Gardena High School Gardena High School is a public secondary school located in Gardena, California. GHS, which serves grades 9 through 12, is a part of the Los Angeles Unified School District. GHS serves the city of Gardena. History GHS opened in 1907 [1]. Wednesday after a gunman demanded money from them, and three suspects, two of them fellow students, were being sought Wednesday night. The students were taken to Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Harbor-UCLA Medical Center is a hospital located within the city of Torrance, California, USA. The hospital was founded in 1946, and is funded by Los Angeles County Harbor-UCLA serves as the Level I Trauma Center for the South Bay area. after the attack, which occurred minutes before school was to let out, but their wounds were not believed to be life-threatening, authorities said. - City News Service CAPTION(S): photo Photo: FREITAS |
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