BRIEFLY WORKERS FIND MAN DEAD IN TRASH PILE.CANOGA PARK - The body of a homeless man was discovered Monday in a trash pile by city sanitation workers. Homicide detectives believe the man's death was probably natural. Officers were summoned to an alley behind an apartment complex near De Soto de So·to , Hernando or Fernando 1496?-1542. Spanish explorer who landed in Florida in 1539 with 600 men and set out to search for the fabled riches of the north. Avenue and Sherman Way around noon when the driver of a backhoe found the body on a discarded couch. Workers were in the process of removing the accumulated trash pile at the time. 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 . Detective Rick Swanston said the man, believed to be around his 50s, is known to frequent the area. Police were still attempting to identify him Monday evening. - Daily News Pair surrenders in tax evasion The process whereby a person, through commission of Fraud, unlawfully pays less tax than the law mandates. Tax evasion is a criminal offense under federal and state statutes. A person who is convicted is subject to a prison sentence, a fine, or both. VAN NUYS - A self-proclaimed faith healer faith healer n. One who treats disease with prayer. , who already faces an involuntary manslaughter The act of unlawfully killing another human being unintentionally. Most unintentional killings are not murder but involuntary manslaughter. The absence of the element of intent is the key distinguishing factor between voluntary and involuntary manslaughter. charge in the death of a man who received an injection for a rash, surrendered Monday with her husband to face felony tax evasion charges. Reina Isa Chavarria, 49, and Jose Chavarria, 49, are charged with filing false state income tax returns for the years 1999-2001, said Barry Gilbert of the Franchise Tax Board. - City News Service Shell not liable in gas explosion A jury in Van Nuys on Monday cleared Shell Oil Co. of liability in the explosion of a propane gas barbecue-style tank that left a Tarzana woman severely burned on Memorial Day 2001. Sondra J. Eddahbi sued for negligence, claiming she had the tank filled on May 27, 2001, by an attendant at a Shell station. In closing arguments last week, defense attorney Adrienne R. Hahn called Eddahbi's injuries the result of a ``sad accident,'' but said the woman is at fault for improperly reattaching the tank to the barbecue's gas hose. - City News Service Public hearings set on location shoots A series of hearings has been scheduled over the next two weeks throughout 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. County to get public input on what controls are needed on location filming by the entertainment industry, officials announced Monday. The hearings, being conducted by the consulting firm of KPMG KPMG Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler (accounting firm) KPMG Kaiser Permanente Medical Group KPMG Keiner Prüft Mehr Genau (German) KPMG Kommen Prüfen Meckern Gehen on behalf of the Entertainment Industry Development Corp., were requested by the Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. to respond to public complaints over problems with filming in neighborhoods. All the hearings will begin at 7 p.m. and are set for June 19 at the Lancaster City Council Chamber, 44933 Fern Ave., Lancaster; June 23 at the Marvin Braude 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. Service Center, 6262 Van Nuys Blvd., Van Nuys; June 24 at the Westwood United Methodist Church United Methodist Church, in the United States, religious body formed by the union in 1968 of the Evangelical United Brethren Church and the Methodist Church (see Methodism). , 10497 Wilshire Blvd., Westwood; and June 25 at the Department of Water and Power Headquarters, 111 N. Hope St., Los Angeles. - Daily News Danza to present Taft High prizes WOODLAND HILLS - Actor Tony Danza will present two scholarships totaling $6,000 to two students from Taft High School this evening during the Senior Awards Ceremony. Danza is making the presentation on the anniversary of the scholarship program founded in memory of Lamoun Thames, a Taft student who was stabbed by a gang member at Ventura Boulevard and Winnetka Avenue near the campus in 1992. - Daily News $50,000 gift helps school exceed goal A $50,000 gift from the Ahmanson Foundation has put the three-year-long capital campaign at Chaminade College Preparatory over the goal of $6 million raised specifically to construct two student-centered buildings, officials said. - Daily News |
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