BRIEFLY.Man arrested in area shooting VAN NUYS -- Police said Tuesday that they had arrested a man after he allegedly shot another man in the chest in a nongang-related attack. The shooting occurred about 9 p.m. Monday in the 14200 block of Tiara Street, said Detective Juan Santa. A Latino man in his late 30s to early 40s was arrested, Santa said. The man who was shot, described only as a 25-year-old white man, was taken to a local hospital in critical, but stable condition, Santa said. -- Daily News Blaze damages home in NoHo NORTH HOLLYWOOD - A home was heavily damaged and a window and some trim in an adjoining home sustained minor damage in a fire in North Hollywood on Tuesday, a 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. official said. The blaze in the 7000 block of Goodland Avenue, between Sherman Way and Vanowen Street, was reported at 5:31 p.m., the department's Brian Humphrey said. Thirty firefighters were able to contain the blaze in under 18 minutes, Humphrey said. No one was injured. The cause of the fire and the dollar loss have not been established, Humphrey said. -- City News Service Discipline plan OK'd by LAUSD LAUSD Los Angeles Unified School District (Los Angeles, CA) 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. Unified school board unanimously approved a policy Tuesday that encourages good behavior Orderly and lawful action; conduct that is deemed proper for a peaceful and law-abiding individual. The definition of good behavior depends upon how the phrase is used. to decrease student suspensions and disciplinary problems. The Discipline Foundation Policy requires that all schools adopt a schoolwide system that engages administrators, teachers, parents, students and community members in intervening and correcting misbehavior. The policy instructs students on behavioral expectations including respect, honesty and appreciation of differences, with consistent consequences. -- Daily News Combs in fight at Oscar party An Oscar party is any of the various parties, usually held by entertainment-media corporations, immediately following the broadcast of the Academy Awards ceremony. Some sponsors, such as Vanity Fair ? Sean "Diddy" Combs was accused of battery at a Hollywood hotel
Police took a report from someone who accused Combs of battery at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel
The hotel is across the street from the Kodak Theatre The Kodak Theatre is a live theatre in the Hollywood and Highland retail, dining, and entertainment complex on Hollywood Boulevard and North Highland Avenue in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles. , the site of Sunday's Oscars ceremony. The celebrity news Web site TMZ.com reported that the complaint was filed by real estate agent Gerard Rechnitzer, 27. According to a document posted on the site, Rechnitzer was punched by someone who had talked to his girlfriend. The document, with sections blacked out, resembles a form that police typically give to someone who lodges a complaint. It does not mention Combs by name. Combs' publicist declined to comment. -- Associated Press |
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