BRIEFLY.Woman, 92, found beaten to death PANORAMA CITY - A 92-year-old woman was bludgeoned to death while performing her daily ritual of picking up recyclable cans and bottles around her Panorama City neighborhood, officials said Friday. Neighbors found the unidentified woman lying on the sidewalk in front of an apartment building in the 9000 block of Willis Avenue at 6:15 a.m. Thursday, 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. police Detective Jim Freund Jim Freund is a radio personality and a prominent figure in the speculative fiction community as host of the Pacifica Radio show Hour of the Wolf and as curator of the New York Review of Science Fiction Reading Series. said. The woman lived nearby. ``This is pretty terrible,'' Freund said. ``A little old lady just walking down the street, doing her thing every day, just out of the blue, to be murdered like that.'' The woman suffered blunt-force trauma to the head, Freund said. Residents told authorities they saw the woman walking through the neighborhood every morning, picking up recyclable products, although she did not appear to need the money, Freund said. She was not homeless nor a transient, and neighbors were used to her early morning routine. Police do not know if the woman was robbed because they do not yet know what she usually brought with her on her morning walks, Freund said. Detectives are still trying to determine a motive. ``We've canvassed the area, and we're unable to find any witnesses to what happened, outside of the people that discovered her,'' Freund said. Anyone with any information on the crime is asked to the Mission Area Police Station at (818) 838-9800 and ask for a homicide detective. - Daily News Council opposes Minuteman group The Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. went on the record Friday in opposing
the Minuteman movement that tries to stop illegal immigrants from
crossing the border.
The council voted 10-0 to denounce the activities of those who have been patrolling the Mexican border on their own to try to curb illegal immigration "Illegal alien" and "Illegal aliens" redirect here. For other uses, see Illegal aliens (disambiguation). Illegal immigration refers to immigration across national borders in a way that violates the immigration laws of the destination country. and support federal legislation against such activities. ``Los Angeles is a city of immigrants. We are proud of that heritage,'' Council President Eric Garcetti Eric Garcetti (born 1971) is the son of former Los Angeles county district attorney Gil Garcetti, and was elected to the Los Angeles City Council in 2001. He was reelected in 2005. said. ``When federal law fails, it is not the job of vigilante vigilante n. someone who takes the law into his/her own hands by trying and/or punishing another person without any legal authority. In the 1800s groups of vigilantes dispensed "frontier justice" by holding trials of accused horse-thieves, rustlers and shooters, and groups to take the law into their own hands.'' The resolution is similar to proposals that have been adopted in other cities across the nation, including San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden and Oakland. - Daily News New center offers free tax prep help PANORAMA CITY - A national community organizing The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. group opened a free tax preparation center on Friday, dedicated to helping low-income families. The center, run by volunteers for Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now “ACORN” redirects here. For the fruit of the oak tree, see Acorn. “ACORN” redirects here. For the social classification, see ACORN (demographics). ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now , will be open 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays at 9140 Van Nuys Blvd., Suite 204, Panorama City. For information, call (818) 892-7600. - Daily News L.A. officers test pilotless aircraft Noun 1. pilotless aircraft - an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control radio-controlled aircraft, drone heavier-than-air craft - a non-buoyant aircraft that requires a source of power to hold it aloft and to propel it 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. officials tested a pilotless aircraft Friday that they hope to use in law enforcement. The battery-powered Skyseeker has an on-board Global Positioning System Global Positioning System: see navigation satellite. Global Positioning System (GPS) Precise satellite-based navigation and location system originally developed for U.S. military use. and a magnetic compass, along with a pan-tilt camera that can give commanders a real-time view of crime scenes, said sheriff's Cmdr. Charles ``Sid'' Heal. Authorities gave the 3 1/2-pound drone a test flight in the parking lot of the Rose Bowl. Equipped with an infrared camera, it can fly in conditions that helicopters cannot, and monitor dangerous locations without endangering law enforcement personnel, officials said. - City News Service Shooting accident hospitalizes boy COMPTON - A 10-year-old special education student was accidentally shot in the elbow Friday by another youngster on a school bus, authorities said. The bus carrying seven youngsters was a short distance from Longfellow Elementary School Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Elementary School is a primary school located at 3614 Murworth in Houston, Texas, United States with a ZIP code of 77025. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Elementary School, which was named after Henry Longfellow, opened in 1955 in south central Houston. at 8:20 a.m. when a .38-caliber handgun carried by an 8-year-old boy discharged, hitting his schoolmate in the arm, officials said. The victim was hospitalized in good condition. ``It appears to be accidental. The other student was showing the handgun to his friend, and it accidentally went off,'' Deputy Sheriff Oscar Butao said. Both boys, whose names were not released, are students in a Los Angeles County Office of Education program that serves children with emotional or physical disabilities. - Associated Press South Bay beach cleanup begins MANHATTAN BEACH - Cleanup efforts began Friday along one of the South Bay beaches that was re- closed earlier this week when elevated bacteria levels were detected below the sand from last month's massive sewage spill. A 15-by-15-foot area at Marine Avenue and 21st Street is being treated with a bleach and water solution that is much stronger than the chlorine previously used, officials said. If test results, expected Monday, show the solution has lowered bacteria levels to meet state standards, the solution will be applied to areas near 21st Street and underneath the Manhattan Beach Pier. Officials do not know when the beach areas will reopen. - City News Service |
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