BRIEFLY TRUCK ON FREEWAY KILLS PEDESTRIAN.VENTURA - A 51-year-old Ventura man was killed early Friday when he was hit by a tow truck as he walked across the Ventura Freeway The Ventura Freeway is a freeway in southern California running from Ventura to Pasadena. It is the principal east-west route through Ventura County and in the southern San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County. east of the Main Street on-ramp, officials said. Robert Wayne Beckner, 51, was pronounced dead at 12:35 a.m., officials said. Beckner was hit by a tow truck driven by Christopher Rotundo, 29, of Ventura, who tried to swerve around the pedestrian, officials said. Rotundo was not cited. - Daily News Auto repair shop owner sentenced The owner of a now-closed Northridge auto body repair shop was sentenced Friday to 45 days in jail or on a work crew for charging customers and insurance companies for the same work. Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Superior Court Judge William C. Ryan also ordered Mehdi Roozbanian, 46, of Granada Hills to pay more than $1,700 in restitution to two victims of his scheme and serve three years on probation. Roozbanian operated Shemran Inc. Auto Body & Service at 18405 Eddy St., 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 prosecutors. The defendant pleaded no contest to one count each of preparing a false insurance claim and failing to give a written estimate for repairs, Deputy City Attorney Mark Lambert said. - City News Service City will not hold special election A Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. panel Friday ruled out the possibility
of holding a special election to fill a vacant council seat, while
asking two key city officials to study its remaining options.
The council could immediately appoint someone to fill the 13th District seat formerly held by Jackie Goldberg Jackie Goldberg (born June 16, 1937) is an American politician and teacher, and a member of the Democratic Party. She is a former member of the California State Assembly. , who was elected to the Assembly, or appoint the winner of the April 10 primary or the June 5 runoff to fill out her remaining term. The council's Rules and Elections Committee has asked City Clerk Michael Carey and Chief Legislative Analyst Ron Deaton to study those options and report to the full council next week. A federal lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), nonpartisan organization devoted to the preservation and extension of the basic rights set forth in the U.S. Constitution. of Southern California, which wants the job filled immediately, is pending. - City News Service Man's body found hanged in jail cell A man who reportedly stabbed a woman to death outside a Redondo Beach mall was found dead in his downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or jail cell early Friday, having apparently hanged himself with a bedsheet, authorities said. An inmate worker at the Men's Central Jail found Joshua Daniel Lee, 22, hanging in his cell about 12:40 a.m., said Deputy David Cervantes of the Sheriff's Headquarters Bureau. 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. administers the county's jail system. Deputy Valentine Rosario said deputies performed CPR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Definition Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a procedure to support and maintain breathing and circulation for a person who has stopped breathing (respiratory arrest) and/or whose heart has stopped (cardiac on Lee, who was pronounced dead by Los Angeles Fire Department The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), also known as the Los Angeles City Fire Department to distinguish it from the Los Angeles County Fire Department. It is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Los Angeles. paramedics. Authorities said Lee attacked Diane Bragg, 66, shortly before noon Jan. 29 at the Galleria at South Bay, 1815 Hawthorne Blvd., after she tried to flee from her vehicle, which he had entered as part of a robbery attempt. She died from the attack. - City News Service Yaroslavsky joins corrections board The state Senate confirmed Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky as a member of the California Board of Corrections, he said Friday. Yaroslavsky was appointed by Gov. Gray Davis last March. The board was created in 1944 to help develop and maintain standards to build and operate local jails and juvenile detention facilities. The board also hires and trains local corrections and probation personnel, inspects local detention facilities, awards training funds, conducts studies involving public safety and administers construction grants, juvenile crime and delinquency program, and those for mentally ill inmates. - City News Service |
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