BRIEFLY.Council renews $75,000 reward The Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. renewed a $75,000 reward Tuesday for
information leading to the arrest and conviction of masked gunmen who
have robbed dozens of San Fernando Valley San Fernando ValleyValley, 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 for more than two years. Since July 2004, there have been more than 200 heists from Valley restaurants. The masked gunmen take money from the restaurant's cash register and customers. The group has been quiet recently, not having committed a robbery since August, when they hit Ca Del Sole in Studio City. Police have said they are unsure whether the robberies are linked, but the spree prompted city officials and police Chief William Bratton to push for legislation that would lengthen prison sentences for convicted robbers who wear masks during robberies. Anyone with information about the robberies can call 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 . Robbery/Homicide Division at (213) 485-2511.
-- City News Service Photo released of wanted man 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 released a photo Tuesday of a man wanted in the shooting death of a 22-year-old man Saturday in Panorama City. Armando Vera was fighting with his girlfriend over a custody issue in the 9000 block of Van Nuys Boulevard when the girlfriend's brother, Rudy Angel Magana, 24, intervened and shot Vera in the chest, police said. Magana drove away in a 1999 red Ford Explorer
The Ford Explorer is a mid-size sport utility vehicle sold in North America and built by the Ford Motor Company since 1990. , four door, California license plate 4KXZ996. Anyone with information can call Mission Homicide detectives at (818) 838-9810. -- Daily News Cop car crashes into building PACOIMA -- A Los Angeles Unified School District The Los Angeles Unified School District (the "LAUSD") is the largest (in terms of number of students) public school system in California and the second-largest in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population. police car crashed into a building Tuesday in Pacoima when the officer behind the wheel swerved to avoid hitting another vehicle that turned suddenly in front of him, authorities said. The crash occurred about 11 a.m. at Laurel Canyon Laurel Canyon can refer to several things:
2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. Officer Marjan Mobasser. No injuries were reported, said Chief Larry Manion of the LAUSD LAUSD Los Angeles Unified School District (Los Angeles, CA) police department. Manion said that contrary to broadcast reports, the LAUSD officer was not in pursuit of the other vehicle when the crash occurred. -- City News Service Rules expedited for dispensaries Los Angeles City Council members said Tuesday that they want to fast track efforts to regulate and limit medical marijuana dispensaries in the city. The number of storefronts that sell marijuana for medical use has jumped from four in November 2005 to an estimated 125 dispensaries. While the operations have made it easier for legitimate medical marijuana users to get their prescribed dose, neighbors and police have complained that some dispensaries reek of pot smoke, sell to anyone and advertise at schools. The Council's Planning and Land Use Committee requested an interim control ordinance that would prohibit new medical marijuana dispensaries from opening while the city develops new rules on when, where and how the pot pharmacies could operate. -- Daily News Help sought on solving case BURBANK -- The Burbank Police Department The Burbank Police Department is the police department serving Burbank, California. Tim Stehr became the Police Chief of the department on August 1, 2007. The previous chiefs were Thomas Hoefel, David Newsham and Glen Bell. is requesting the public's assistance to solve the killing of a Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy, who died 20 years ago today. Charles Robert Anderson, 35, arrived home near midnight with his wife and two young children in the 1700 block of Oak Street, between Verdugo and Alameda avenues, and was fatally shot when he went into his son's bedroom, said Sgt. Kevin Grandalski of the Burbank Police Department. The Burbank Police Department is still working on the case and is seeking anyone with additional information, Grandalski said. ``Although many theories have been examined over the years, detectives have focused their investigation on someone close to the family,'' Grandalski said. Anyone with additional information on the killing should call Burbank Police Department Ron Miller at (818) 238-3279. -- City News Service Fire stopped before spreading Fire damaged a two-story home in the Hollywood Hills Tuesday, but firefighters put it out before it spread to nearby homes and brush, Los Angeles Fire Department The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), also known as the Los Angeles City Fire Department to distinguish it from the Los Angeles County Fire Department. It is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Los Angeles. spokesman Ron Myers said. About 100 firefighters responded to the fire at about 5:12 p.m. in the 8100 block of W. Kirkwood Drive, near 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). . Several water-dropping helicopters were available in case the fire spread into the brush of the hilly area, but were not needed, Myers said. -- Daily News CAPTION(S): photo Photo: MAGANA |
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