BRIEFLY.Man loses car, clothes to robbers MONTCLAIR -- Robbers stole the car, cell phone, clothes and shoes of a motorist they accosted ac·cost tr.v. ac·cost·ed, ac·cost·ing, ac·costs 1. To approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request. 2. To solicit for sex. at a red light, police said. The 44-year-old Pomona man was stopped in a 1995 Ford Taurus Not to be confused with Ford Taunus. The Ford Taurus is currently a full-size, front-wheel drive or all wheel drive automobile manufactured by the Ford Motor Company in North America. at 2:30 a.m. Saturday at Ramona Avenue and Mission Boulevard The following roads are named Mission Boulevard:
prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a police statement. The robbers demanded the man's cell phone and car keys. Then they ordered him to remove his shoes and clothes, and left him by the side of the road wearing only his underwear, police said. -- City News Service 1 dead, 2 injured in party shooting EAGLE ROCK -- Three people were arrested Friday after gunmen killed a man and wounded two others at a party in the 1500 block of Waldran Avenue late Friday, according to 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. Police said the incident occurred about 9:50 p.m. One victim was fatally shot, and another was shot in the head and was listed in critical condition. A third victim was shot in the arm. Names of the victims were not immediately released. -- Daily News Driver arrested after crashing car PACOIMA -- A man was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving after his vehicle ran three red lights and hit a tree and two vehicles, including a police car, officials said. The driver ran away after the 10:30 p.m. Friday crash at Van Nuys Boulevard and Herrick Avenue, but officers eventually caught and arrested the suspect. His name was not released. Prior to the crash, officers saw the motorist driving erratically, said Los Angeles police spokesperson Marjan Mobassser, ``making a number of traffic violations'' before eventually sideswiping a patrol car. -- City News Service Gunman wounds 5 in Leimert Park Five people were wounded when a gunman opened fire early Saturday on a group of people in Leimert Park, police said. The gunman fired into a group that had gathered on Crenshaw cren·shaw also cran·shaw n. A variety of winter melon (Cucumis melo var. inodorus) having a greenish-yellow rind and sweet, usually salmon-pink flesh. [Origin unknown.] Boulevard, just south of Stocker Street, Los Angeles police Lt. Mark Ziemba said. None of the names of those wounded were made available. Ziemba said all should survive. -- City News Service 230,000 still owe property taxes Notices are being mailed to 230,000 Los Angeles County taxpayers, informing them that their 2005-06 property taxes are delinquent and will default July 1, Treasurer and Tax Collector Mark Saladino said. The second installment of 2005-06 property taxes was due April 10. If residents default on their property taxes, a $15 redemption fee Redemption fee A fee some mutual funds charge when an investor sells shares within a specified short period of time. will be assessed and the taxes will be subject to additional penalties of 1.5 percent per month. Residential properties that remain in a tax default status for more than five years can be sold at a public auction at that time. Non-residential commercial properties can be sold at public auction if they remain in default for three years. For information, call (888) 807-2111, or see http://lacountypropertytax.com. -- City News Service Downtown mural is painted over A 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 mural that took nearly a decade to create was painted over, apparently without warning. It was not immediately clear who covered the ``Ed Ruscha Monument'' on Friday, but artist Kent Twitchell Kent Twitchell (born 1942, Lansing, Michigan) is an American muralist who is most active in Los Angeles. He is most famous for his larger-than-life photorealist mural portraits, often of celebrities and artists. , who created it to honor his fellow artist, said he was never notified. The six-story acrylic painting acrylic painting Painting executed in the medium of acrylic resins—synthetic resins that dry rapidly, are water-soluble, and serve as a vehicle for any pigment. Its effects may range from the transparent brilliance of watercolour to the density of oil paint. was painted in the late 1970s and early 1980s on a building that houses a Job Corps training center, a program administered by the U.S. Department of Labor. Twitchell said he was shocked by the painting's disappearance and planned to sue. ``It's always been such a popular piece in the art world and in Los Angeles. I had no idea it was in danger in any way,'' he said. ``It was sort of my `Mona Lisa'; I worked on it for nine years.'' -- Associated Press |
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