BRIEFLY.Masked robbers hit restaurant NORTH HOLLYWOOD -- A crew of armed, masked bandits robbed a Carl's Jr. restaurant, but police don't believe they are related to the group that has taken over more than 50 San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. restaurants in the past two years, authorities said Tuesday. The robbery occurred about 10:20 p.m. Monday at the fast-food restaurant at Laurel Canyon Boulevard Laurel Canyon Boulevard is a major street in the city of Los Angeles, California. It starts off at Polk Street in Sylmar in the northern San Fernando Valley near the junction of the San Diego (Interstate 405) and the Golden State Freeways (Interstate 5). and Erwin Street. One of the robbers punched an employee before the crew stole money from the cash register and the restaurant's customers, police said. Witnesses said the four or five robbers, one armed with a gun, were described as men in their late teens to early 20s. Police said the restaurant had a single security camera, but it wasn't working at the time of the robbery. -- Daily News Dye-pack blast follows robbery CALABASAS -- An armed robber held up a Washington Mutual “WaMu” redirects here. For the Washington, DC radio station, see WAMU. Washington Mutual (or WaMu; NYSE: WM) is the United States' largest savings and loan association. bank branch in Calabasas on Tuesday, and a red dye pack apparently exploded as he was getting into a Toyota Tercel. The holdup at 23703 Calabasas Road occurred about 3:40 p.m., said Lt. John Benedict of the Malibu/Lost Hills sheriff's station. The gunman was carrying a stainless steel stainless steel: see steel. stainless steel Any of a family of alloy steels usually containing 10–30% chromium. The presence of chromium, together with low carbon content, gives remarkable resistance to corrosion and heat. pistol, KABC KABC Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (Channel 7) reported. -- City News Service Service planned for Orin Borsten STUDIO CITY -- A private memorial service will be held Sunday for longtime Studio City resident Orin Borsten, a Hollywood publicist, screenwriter, playwright, author and former child actor. Borsten, who died Saturday of natural causes at age 94, began his career as a child actor in Atlanta and appeared as a young man on Broadway in the ``American Way.'' But it was Borsten's writing talents that helped him when he arrived in Hollywood in 1944. His first job was publicizing Artie Shaw and the Gramercy 5. -- City News Service Burbank board to fill vacancy BURBANK -- The Burbank Unified School District A unified school district is a school district which includes both primary school (kindergarten through middle school or junior high) and high school (grades 9-12). In Illinois, these districts are called unit school districts. board is accepting applications to fill a vacancy on the five-member panel. The member will serve until April 30 in the seat vacated by Paul Krekorian, who was elected to the state Assembly earlier this month. The deadline for applicants is Dec. 8, and a decision will be made by the board Dec. 21. Call the district at (818) 729-4422 for more information. -- Daily News Authorities find abducted abducted Distal angulation of an extremity away from the midline of the body in a transverse plane and away from a sagittal plane passing through the proximal aspect of the foot or part, or away from some other specified reference point girl, 5 PANORAMA CITY -- An Amber Alert was issued for a 5-year-old girl needing asthma medicine after she was abducted from a Panorama City preschool, but she was found Tuesday night in North Hollywood and four suspects were arrested, police said. Sohelia Valenzuela was taken from the Around The Korner Preschool at 14030 Nordhoff St., near Woodman Avenue, about 4:30 p.m. by her parents, who had lost custody, her aunt and a partner, said Officer Jason Lee of the 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 . . The girl and the four suspects, including her mother, Mona Valenzuela, and father Leon Berman, were taken into custody in North Hollywood about 9:40 p.m., Lee said. Police said, at the time of the adduction adduction /ad·duc·tion/ (ah-duk´shun) the act of adducting; the state of being adducted. adduction ( , a teacher tried to protect the child, but was unable to keep the suspects from taking her. -- City News Service |
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