BRIEFLY.Sexual assault suspect sought VAN NUYS -- Police are asking the public to help them find a man suspected of sexually assaulting an 85-year-old woman, authorities said Wednesday. The assault occurred about 11:30 p.m. Sunday when the suspect broke into the woman's home through a rear window, went directly to the bedroom and committed the assault, police said. The woman was taken to a local hospital, where she was treated for a minor cut and bruises. The suspect was described as an African-American man in his 20s, about 5 feet 7 to 5 feet 10 inches tall, weighing 175 pounds, wearing a black hooded sweatshirt with USA written across the front. Anyone with information about the assault is asked to call Van Nuys sexual assault detectives at (818) 374-0040. On weekends and evenings, call the 24-hour toll-free number at (877) 529-3855. -- Daily News Man alive after shooting himself NORTH HOLLYWOOD -- A North Hollywood man showed stable vital signs Wednesday after accidentally shooting himself in the chest, authorities said. The victim, whose name was withheld, was cleaning a handgun at his home in the 4600 block of Cahuenga Boulevard, near the Ventura Freeway The Ventura Freeway is a freeway in southern California running from Ventura to Pasadena. It is the principal east-west route through Ventura County and in the southern San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County. about 10 p.m. Tuesday when the weapon discharged, wounding him, said Sgt. Warren Jones of the 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 Department's North Hollywood station. He was being treated at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Providence Holy Cross Medical Center is a hospital in Mission Hills, California, USA. The hospital has 254 beds, and is part of Providence Health & Services. History in Mission Hills. -- City News Service Boulevard closed for bridge work SHERMAN OAKS -- A stretch of Ventura Boulevard Ventura Boulevard is one of the primary east-west thouroughfares in the San Fernando Valley; as it was originally a part of the El Camino Real (the trail between Spanish missions), Ventura Boulevard is the oldest route in the San Fernando Valley. It was also U.S. in the vicinity of the Sherman Oaks Galleria Sherman Oaks Galleria is a shopping mall and business center located in the Sherman Oaks neighborhood of Los Angeles, California at the corner of Ventura and Sepulveda Boulevards in the San Fernando Valley. Locals colloquially refer to the mall simply as "the Galleria. will be closed this weekend from midnight to 8 a.m., Caltrans announced Wednesday. The boulevard will be closed in both directions between Sherman Oaks Avenue and Sepulveda Boulevard, 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. Judy Gish of Caltrans. The northbound San Diego Freeway The San Diego Freeway (Interstate 405, and the part of Interstate 5 south of the El Toro Y[1]) is one of the principal north-south highways in Southern California, and the major beltway of I-5 running through Southern California. connector and the eastbound and westbound Ventura Freeway will also be closed, as will off-ramps in the area, Gish said. The closures are related to the partial demolition of the Ventura Boulevard Bridge as part of a $46 million improvement project at the 101/405 Interchange, she said. -- City News Service |
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