BRIEFLY.Carjackers elude police after chase PACOIMA -- Police were searching for two carjackers who stole an SUV and led officers on a chase early Sunday. The two armed males stole a black GMC GMC See: Guaranteed Mortgage Certificate SUV around 12:05 a.m. at El Dorado El Dorado, legendary country of South America El Dorado (ĕl`dərä`dō, –rā`–) [Span.,=the gilded man], legendary country of the Golden Man sought by adventurers in South America. Avenue and Pierce Street, an LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. spokeswoman said. Police tried to pull the SUV over, but the suspects sped away. The driver crashed into a parked car on Herrick Avenue and Daventry Street, and the pair fled on foot. Nobody was injured in the crash. -- Daily News Fire on 91 freeway extinguished CORONA -- A brush fire on the shoulder of the Riverside (91) Freeway in the Santa Ana River The Santa Ana River begins in San Bernardino County, California in the San Bernardino National Forest. Its highest source lakes are Dollar Lake (9220') and Dry Lake (9065'), both on the northern flank of San Gorgonio Mountain (11,502') in the San Gorgonio Wilderness. canyon that delayed traffic in both directions was put out Sunday, fire officials said. The fire was reported just after 1:30 p.m. along the eastbound freeway near Green River Road. It quickly covered nearly six acres, said Riverside County fire spokeswoman Cheri Patterson. Two of the five eastbound lanes were closed by fire trucks, and may remain closed while Riverside County fire investigators try and determine what sparked the blaze, officials said. Westbound traffic was backed up all the way through Corona to the Ontario (15) Freeway interchange, California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. officer said. Eastbound traffic backed up to the Route 241 Toll Road interchange. -- City News Service Plane's engine may have failed LOMITA - An investigation was under way Sunday in the death of a private pilot whose plane struck power lines in Lomita and crashed into a home. The 1976 Cessna 210 came down atop a home in the 2300 block of W. 246th Place just before 3:20 p.m. Saturday, a county fire inspector said. Fred Munoz of San Pedro is the registered owner Registered Owner An individual or organization to whom certificates are directly issued and who, as a result, is recorded on the corporation's securityholder records (as maintained by the transfer agent). of the plane, according to the Daily Breeze, but officials declined to identify the pilot. A preliminary investigation suggested the engine failed shortly after takeoff from the Torrance airport, Mike Fergus of the Federal Aviation Administration Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), component of the U.S. Department of Transportation that sets standards for the air-worthiness of all civilian aircraft, inspects and licenses them, and regulates civilian and military air traffic through its air traffic control said. No fire was reported. Two dogs on the four-seat plane survived. -- City News Service |
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