BRIEFLY.Gangster shot, hospitalized VAN NUYS -- A known gang member was shot Wednesday evening and taken to a local hospital in critical condition, the Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation). The Latino man in his mid-20s was shot just before 7 p.m. near Sherman Way and Lennox Avenue, LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. spokesman Jason Lee said. -- Daily News Bonner to head state agency Dale Bonner, a 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. resident and former city ethics commissioner, has been tapped to head the state's Business, Transportation and Housing Agency. Bonner, 41, has been a partner in Epstein, Becker & Green, a law firm specializing in government contracts and health care law, since 2002. Previously, he was commissioner for the state Department of Corporations and a deputy secretary in the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency. -- Daily News 75 evacuated in toxics scare GLENDALE -- An office building was evacuated Wednesday after workers complained of respiratory problems, fire officials said. A hazardous-materials unit was sent to the offices of Public Storage, Inc. at 701 Western Ave. about 11:45 a.m., said Jim Frawley, a Glendale Fire Department spokesman. At least 75 people were evacuated. -- Daily News FBI searching for fraud suspect The FBI is looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a Glendale man suspected of opening a medical clinic in Pomona and posing as a doctor to receive Medicare insurance payments fraudulently, authorities said Wednesday. Betros Garabet is also suspected of paying illegal cash kickbacks to Natasha Sherrill Walker, 36, of Los Angeles and Terry Lee Hill, 47, of San Bernardino San Bernardino, city, United States San Bernardino (săn bûr'nədē`nō), city (1990 pop. 164,164), seat of San Bernardino co., S Calif., at the foot of the San Bernardino Mts.; inc. 1854. and others to bring Medicare patients from Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino counties for unnecessary treatment and services, authorities said. After a grand jury investigation, Walker and Green were arrested Wednesday and, along with Garabet, face seven counts of health fraud, carrying a maximum statutory penalty of 10 years in federal prison. -- Daily News Slaying victim wasn't in gang NORTH HOLLYWOOD -- A 17-year-old boy shot and killed in late January by an alleged gang member was not in a gang, police said Wednesday. Guillermo Lopez was shot about 7 p.m. Jan. 28 as he walked with friends near the intersection of Saticoy Street and Ben Avenue. Anyone with information on the killing can call North Hollywood detectives at (818) 623-4075 or, after business hours BUSINESS HOURS. The time of the day during which business is transacted. In respect to the time of presentment and demand of bills and notes, business hours generally range through the whole day down to the hours of rest in the evening, except when the paper is payable it a bank or by a , (818) 623-4016. -- Daily News Man, 55, jumps from overpass BRENTWOOD -- A man jumped off a 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. overpass near Getty Center Getty Center, art museum complex in Brentwood, Calif. operated by the J. Paul Getty Trust. It consists of six buildings on 124 acres (50 hectares) located on a spectacular promontory overlooking Los Angeles. Drive on Wednesday in an apparent suicide attempt suicide attempt, suicide bid n → intento de suicidio suicide attempt, suicide bid n → tentative f de suicide , authorities said. The 55-year old man jumped about 5 p.m., landing on Sepulveda Boulevard just north of Getty Center. An off-duty FBI agent tried to stop the man from jumping. "An FBI agent was on his way home and he stopped to see if he could help," said Laura Eimiller, an FBI spokeswoman. "He saw this man in distress." The man was reportedly taken to an area hospital in critical condition. -- Daily News |
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