BRIEFLY.Police on lookout for bank robber VAN NUYS -- A man with a long scar under his eye is wanted by police for robbing a Bank of America
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC TYO: 8648 ) is the largest commercial bank in the United States in terms of deposits, and the largest company of its kind in the world. in Van Nuys on Friday morning. Police said the man walked into the bank in the 6500 block of Van Nuys Boulevard at 10:21 a.m. simulating a handgun, and demanded money from one of the tellers, said 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 . spokeswoman Officer Sara Faden. ``He obtained $1,000 and left the location in a taxi cab,'' she said. No one was hurt during the robbery, Faden said. The lone robber is described by police as a white man, possibly of Armenian or Middle Eastern descent. He has dark hair streaked with gray, brown eyes Brown Eyes (브라운 아이즈) was a Korean musical duo, specializing in ballads. Although both members have powerful voices, they were initially disregarded because of their physical looks. , is about 5 feet, 8 inches tall weighing 170 pounds, and may be between ages 50 and 56. Anyone with information is asked to call police at the LAPD's 24-hour tip line at 1-877-LAWFULL. -- Daily News Man found living with dead wife LA CANADA-FLINTRIDGE -- Deputies responding to a La Canada home discovered an elderly man living with his 84-year-old wife who had died about two weeks ago, authorities said Friday. The man, who was not identified, ``just didn't want to let go of his wife,'' said Deputy Tania
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) is a local law enforcement agency that serves Los Angeles County, California. . Deputies were called in for a routine welfare check Thursday at the couple's home in the 4200 block of Hempstead Road. The woman, identified as Laura McDonald, died of natural causes in her bed, where deputies discovered her. -- Daily News Fire danger high in Angeles Forest Due to the hot and dry weather, the fire danger level was raised from moderate to high in the Angeles National Forest The Angeles National Forest (ANF) was established by executive order on December 20, 1892 as the San Gabriel Timberland Reserve. It covers over 2,600 km² (650,000 acres) and is located in the San Gabriel Mountains of Los Angeles County, just north of the metropolitan area of Los for the July 4th holiday and weekend, the U.S. Forest Service announced Friday. Tens of thousands of visitors are expected to visit the forest over the holiday weekend, said Stanton Florea of the Forest Service. Campers can still light open wood and charcoal fires in developed campgrounds and picnic areas, and gas and propane propane, CH3CH2CH3, colorless, gaseous alkane. It is readily liquefied by compression and cooling. It melts at −189.9°C; and boils at −42.2°C;. stoves are permitted in nondeveloped areas if users have a valid California Campfire Permit, he said. Off-road vehicles traveling through the forest and any equipment with internal combustion engines Internal combustion engine A prime mover, the fuel for which is burned within the engine, as contrasted to a steam engine, for example, in which fuel is burned in a separate furnace. should have spark arrestors that are in good condition. Because of the fire risk posed by the use of illegal fireworks fireworks: see pyrotechnics. fireworks Explosives or combustibles used for display. Of ancient Chinese origin, fireworks evidently developed out of military rockets and explosive missiles and accompanied the spread of military explosives westward to , access to some areas of the forest may be restricted to walk-in traffic through the holiday, he said. -- City News Service Gang trio faces death penalty Federal prosecutors will seek the death penalty against three Vineland Boys gang members accused in the three-year-old murder of a 16-year-old girl who testified against one of them in a murder case, officials said Friday. Jose ``Peps'' Ledesma, Javier ``Coco'' Covarrubius and Raul ``Clown'' Robledo are accused of killing Martha Puebla, who was gunned down outside her Sun Valley home a week after she testified in a preliminary hearing against Ledesma and another man, Mario Catalan, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark Young. The Puebla case received notoriety because police had originally arrested Mario Catalan's brother, Juan Catalan, but released him after outtakes of the HBO Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) A form of oxygen therapy in which the patient breathes oxygen in a pressurized chamber. Mentioned in: Ozone Therapy comedy ``Curb Your Enthusiasm'' showed him at a Dodgers game the night of the slaying. The three suspects emerged as part of a federal case against the Vineland Boys gang. They are among 49 members and associates named in a federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations case alleging years of violence, including the killing of Burbank police Officer Matthew Pavelka. The trial is expected to begin in August. -- Daily News |
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