BRIEFLY.Farsi TV station runs out of cash WOODLAND HILLS - The operators of a Woodland Hills-based Farsi-language satellite TV station that broadcasts to Iran and other countries put out a call Thursday for support, saying they are running out of funds. National Iranian Television National Iranian Television is an independent, 24-hour Persian language television station. Its offices and studios are in Woodland Hills, CA. Its European branch is in London, UK. NITV is not affiliated with any political or government group. describes itself as an independent, 24-hour Persian TV station - ``the first to bring uncensored news to Iran on U.S. soil.'' After subsidizing the station themselves for five years, Zia Atabay, a former Iranian rock star, and his wife, Parvin, said they will have to shut down in less than two months because of the lack of funding. The station prides itself on being pro-democracy and anti-terrorism, said Jo Hunt, a representative for NITV NITV National Iranian Television NITV National Institute for Truth Verification NITV National In-Transit Visibility NITV Not In This Version . 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. its Web site, the station believes in equality between men and women, separation of religion from government, human rights, freedom of speech, freedom of the media and democracy. - City News Service Bedridden bed·rid·den or bed·rid adj. Confined to bed because of illness or infirmity. woman dies after blaze GLENDALE - An 87-year-old woman rescued from a burning house early Thursday by two police officers and a neighbor died hours later at a hospital, police said. Antoinetta Miller, who was bedridden, lived in the 2800 block of Manhattan Avenue, according to police. The house fire began about 12:30 a.m. and Miller suffered smoke inhalation Smoke Inhalation Definition Smoke inhalation is breathing in the harmful gases, vapors, and particulate matter contained in smoke. Description Smoke inhalation typically occurs in victims or firefighters caught in structural fires. and burns over 30 percent of her body. The blaze also caused $600,000 in damage. The cause of the fire is under investigation. - Daily News Anti-gang order made permanent An anti-gang injunction against Oxnard's violent Colonia Chiques - the largest gang in Ventura County - has been made permanent by a judge. Superior Court Judge Frederick H. Bysshe, who implemented a preliminary injunction A temporary order made by a court at the request of one party that prevents the other party from pursuing a particular course of conduct until the conclusion of a trial on the merits. A preliminary injunction is regarded as extraordinary relief. a year ago covering a 6.6-square-mile area of Oxnard, released an amended, permanent injunction permanent injunction n. a final order of a court that a person or entity refrain from certain activities permanently or take certain actions (usually to correct a nuisance) until completed. on Wednesday. Bysshe approved the preliminary injunction on June 1, 2004. The permanent order includes an opt-out provision, which gives gang members served with court documents the opportunity to be eventually dropped from the injunction. The individual must renounce gang ties, be employed for a year and show no arrests for five years. Bysshe said in a statement that the injunction is designed not only to curtail crimes committed by Colonia Chiques, but also to prevent the gang from attracting new members. - 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. Mom begs for info on traffic death With her voice cracking, an emotionally distraught mother begged witnesses Thursday to come forward and identify the hit-and-run motorist police say ran a stop sign near 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 and killed her son. Joseph Winterer, 40, of Santa Monica Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. , was fatally injured in the collision about 10:20 p.m. May 21 at Seventh and Crocker streets, the 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 . reported. The suspect was driving a stolen Honda Accord south on Crocker Street when it hit a Toyota Corolla being driven by Winterer eastbound on Seventh Street, police said. After the crash, the suspect abandoned the Honda - which he had carjacked an hour earlier at a gas station parking lot in the 1200 block of South Alvarado Street - and fled on foot, police said. Anyone knowing more about the case is urged to call police. City officials are planning to announce a $50,000 reward for the suspect's arrest. - City News Service Man charged with faking own death A man who faked his own death on a boat anchored off El Segundo faces federal charges for causing an unnecessary Coast Guard search, prosecutors said Thursday. Daniel J. Farinholt, 44, allegedly placed a distress call and staged a bloody scene on his boat in May 2002 in an attempt to avoid prosecution on child molestation Child molestation is a crime involving a range of indecent or sexual activities between an adult and a child, usually under the age of 14. In psychiatric terms, these acts are sometimes known as pedophilia. charges filed in Orange County. A federal indictment returned Wednesday alleges that Farinholt intentionally cut himself, then dripped blood on the deck of his boat before abandoning the craft. On May 24 and 25 of 2002, members of the U.S. Coast Guard, Los Angeles County sheriff's personnel and police from Redondo Beach and El Segundo conducted search-and-rescue operations in an attempt to find Farinholt. While the search was under way, investigators learned that Farinholt failed to appear for a May 23 court hearing on the child molestation charges. They then called off the search, and a missing persons bulletin was issued. - City News Service |
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