BRIEFLY.Drug-use suspect moons as he flees A 21-year-old man, driving while he repeatedly hung out of a window and mooned people, was arrested in a stolen car after it crashed into four patrol cars in a pursuit through South Los Angeles South Los Angeles is the official name for a large geographic and cultural area lying to the southwest and southeast of downtown Los Angeles, California. The area was formerly called South Central Los Angeles, and is still sometimes called South Central. , authorities said Sunday. Officers had spotted a Mitsubishi with its headlights off about 9:10 p.m. Saturday on Flower Street near the Harbor Freeway on-ramp, said 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 Sgt. Peter Casey of the 77th Street Station. The driver, whose name police withheld, refused to pull over and led police onto the Harbor Freeway and the Glenn Anderson Freeway before moving to surface streets in South Los Angeles, Casey said. The Mitsubishi hit three police cruisers during the pursuit and rammed a fourth cruiser at a low speed in the end at 109th and Main streets about 9:30 p.m., Casey said. No one was hurt. The car had been stolen during a carjacking The criminal taking of a motor vehicle from its driver by force, violence, or intimidation. The u.s. justice department categorizes the crime of carjacking as a "completed or attempted Robbery of a motor vehicle by a stranger about an hour earlier, Casey said. - City News Service Disney donates funds for housing GLENDALE - The Walt Disney Co. has donated $100,000 to Habitat for Humanity Habitat for Humanity, nonprofit ecumenical Christian organization that enables low-income people to own affordable, livable housing. Headquartered in Americus, Ga., it was founded in 1976 by businessman Millard Fuller and his wife. to help the organization build homes in Glendale. The donation was in honor of Glendale's 100th anniversary. The money will go toward the San Gabriel Valley The San Gabriel Valley is one of the principal valleys of southern California. It lies to the east of the city of Los Angeles, to the north of the Puente Hills, to the south of the San Gabriel Mountains, and to the west of the Inland Empire. Habitat for Humanity's project to build three homes in Glendale for poor families to live in. Disney employees have volunteered on San Gabriel Valley Habitat for Humanity projects since the nonprofit effort started in 1995, according to the company. - Daily News Fancy footwork yields $270,000 WESTWOOD - About 700 students of the University of California, Los Angeles UCLA comprises the College of Letters and Science (the primary undergraduate college), seven professional schools, and five professional Health Science schools. Since 2001, UCLA has enrolled over 33,000 total students, and that number is steadily rising. , were resting their feet Sunday after dancing all night in a 26-hour marathon to raise money for children with AIDS. The students raised almost $270,000 for the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation was founded in 1988 by Elizabeth Glaser, Susan DeLaurentis, and Susie Zeegen. Glaser and her husband, actor Paul Michael Glaser, learned that Mrs. Glaser had been infected with HIV through a blood transfusion. , said Jennie Herriot, one of the event coordinators. The marathon ended at 1 p.m. Herriot said the event was like a dance party at a club, with the bonus of raising money for a great cause. Every three hours, morale boosters walked among the dancers, cheering them on, she said. Each dancer was committed to raise at least $225 for the charity. - City News Service Faulkner letter sells for $18,000 HOLLYWOOD - A letter written by William Faulkner complaining bitterly to his agent about being conned into a screenwriting contract with Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) . sold for almost $18,000 Sunday, an auction house official said. The Faulkner letter had been expected to sell for only $2,500 to $3,500, said Catherine Williamson of Bonhams Bonhams is a privately owned British auction house founded in 1793. It is the third largest auctioneer after Sotheby's and Christie's, and conducts around 700 auctions per year. The firm has London salerooms in New Bond Street and Knightsbridge. & Butterfields. The two-page typed letter, written in August 1943 and signed ``Bill,'' was addressed to Faulkner's Hollywood literary agent, H.N. Swanson. - City News Service |
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