BRIEFLY.Rectory robbed in Granada Hills GRANADA HILLS -- Two armed men held a woman hostage Monday afternoon while robbing the rectory of a Granada Hills church, authorities said. The home-invasion robbery took place at about 1 p.m. at St. Euphrasia Euphrasia (eyebright) is a genus of about 450 species of herbaceous flowering plants in the family Orobanchaceae (formerly treated in the family Scrophulariaceae), with a cosmopolitan distribution. They are semi-parasitic on grasses. Parish at 11766 Shoshone Avenue in Granada Hills, LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. Lt. Bill Maarschalk said. The men knocked on the door of the church. When a woman answered -- either a maid or the parish secretary, police said -- the men pulled out the gun and forced their way into the rectory. They stole items from both the rectory and the woman, police said. ``I have not seen an armed robbery of a rectory, and I've been on the job over 30 years,'' Maarschalk said. The woman was not injured during the robbery, LAPD Sgt. Victor Masi said. -- Daily News Mayor to discuss issues on airport ENCINO -- Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Antonio Ramon Villaraigosa (born Antonio (Tony) Ramon Villar, Jr. on January 23, 1953) is the mayor of Los Angeles, California. He is the first Latino mayor of Los Angeles since Cristobal Aguilar in 1872. will discuss traffic, development and noise from the Van Nuys Airport Van Nuys Airport (IATA: VNY, ICAO: KVNY, FAA LID: VNY) is a public airport located in Van Nuys, California in the San Fernando Valley, within the Los Angeles city limits. during a meeting at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. The Encino Property Owners Association and the Homeowners of Encino are sponsoring the town-hall meeting, which will be held at the Encino Community Center, 4935 Balboa Blvd. -- Daily News Trial is ordered in murder case SAN FERNANDO San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. -- A man accused of fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend and then turning the gun on himself in a failed suicide bid last year in Chatsworth was ordered Monday to stand trial. San Fernando Superior Court Judge Charles Peven found sufficient evidence to allow the case against William Van Batenburg, 57, to proceed, 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. Deputy District Attorney Lou Holtz This article is about the American football coach; for other people named Lou Holtz, see Lou Holtz (disambiguation). Louis Leo Holtz (born on January 6, 1937 in Follansbee, West Virginia) is an author, television commentator, motivational speaker, and former NCAA football head Jr. Van Batenburg is charged with murder for the June 3, 2005, slaying of Beverly Snellings, 46. He also is accused of the special circumstance allegation of murder while lying in wait. Prosecutors have not yet decided if they will seek the death penalty. Snellings was shot outside an apartment complex in the 9900 block of 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 after refusing to take flowers from Van Batenburg. Authorities found a copy of his will in his pocket, along with a letter blaming the couple's adult daughter for turning her mother against him, according to evidence presented at the preliminary hearing. The daughter was home at the time, but was not injured, authorities said. -- City News Service CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge receives $2 million pledge NORTHRIDGE -- A retired businessman pledged $2 million to CSUN's engineering college to start an entrepreneurship program, university officials announced Monday. The gift by Ernie Schaeffer, founder of Chatsworth-based Schaeffer Magnetics, is the largest in the history of the school's College of Engineering and Computer Science. The funds will endow the Ernie Schaeffer Center on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, which will allow students to learn from inventors and business leaders, and foster entrepreneurship among students, faculty, alumni and the community through seminars, lectures, panel discussions and other activities. -- City News Service |
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