BRIEFLY.Mall damaged in Saturday fire SHERMAN OAKS -- Fire broke out on the second story of a strip mall strip mall n. A shopping complex containing a row of various stores, businesses, and restaurants that usually open onto a common parking lot. Noun 1. Saturday, destroying part of the roof, 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. firefighters said. It took 40 firefighters 31 minutes to douse douse 1 also dowse v. doused also dowsed, dous·ing also dows·ing, dous·es also dows·es v.tr. 1. To plunge into liquid; immerse. See Synonyms at dip. 2. the blaze reported at 10:46 a.m. at 13911 W. Ventura Blvd., between Hazeltine and Woodman avenues, Fire Department spokesman Ron Myers said. The fire was centered in the roof ventilators and ducts. "It sounded like there was not significant damage to the building," he said. There were no injuries. The cause of the fire was under investigation. -- Daily News Man fatally shot outside party GRANADA HILLS -- Police were searching Saturday for a suspected gang member who gunned down a 25-year-old Sun Valley man outside a party, police said. Santos Castillo was shot late Friday on a sidewalk in the 17800 block of Arvida Street, Los Angeles police Officer April Harding said. He died at a nearby hospital. Castillo, who was not a known gang member, was at the party when a gang member walked up to him about 11:40 p.m. and started arguing, she said. The dispute spilled into the street, where the suspect pulled out a pistol and shot Castillo in the chest and leg. Detectives have not determined the nature of the argument and had no description of the killer. Police ask anyone with information to call Devonshire Division homicide detectives at (818) 832-0537 or (877) LAW- FULL. -- Daily News Driver, passenger jailed after crash VAN NUYS -- A motorist and his passenger were in jail Saturday after they allegedly crashed into another car during a case of suspected drunken road rage See Web rage. , police said. The spat began about 8 p.m. Friday when witnesses reported a westbound Isuzu Rodeo recklessly tailgating Tailgating The action of a broker or advisor purchasing or selling a security for his or her client(s) and then immediately making the same transaction in his or her own account. a Mercedes Benz Mercedes Benz expensive automobile and status symbol. [Trademarks: Crowley Trade, 368] See : Luxury on Sherman Way near Valjean Avenue, Los Angeles police Sgt. Cameron Dunnet said. When the Mercedes tried to get out out of the way, the passenger in the Rodeo hung out the window to make an obscene gesture. The Rodeo then lost control and crashed into a chain-link fence at the Van Nuys Golf Course on Victory Boulevard, Dunnet said. The injured driver and passenger fled from the vehicle, but were quickly detained by witnesses, he said. The Rodeo and fence were badly damaged. The driver of the Mercedes, which sustained minor damage, was not injured, Dunnet said. Names of those involved were not immediately available. -- Daily News wire services 7 hurt when bus, pickup collide PANORAMA CITY -- Seven people were injured Saturday in a collision involving a Metropolitan Transportation Authority bus and a pickup truck in Panorama City, a city fire official said. The crash occurred at Van Nuys Boulevard and Lanark Street about 1 p.m., said Los Angeles city Fire Department spokesman Ron Myers. "Five of the patients were released at the scene to seek medical treatment," said Myers. "The other two were transported to local hospitals." All injuries were minor, he said. -- City News Service 2 shot, one dies of fatal wound MISSION HILLS -- Two victims of an apparent drive-by shooting drive-by shooting Public health A phenomenon in which one or more persons–commonly members of street gangs, open fire à la Al Capone from moving vehicles, often in retaliation for an alleged wrong-doing by a rival gang were dropped off Saturday 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 , where one man died before dawn, Los Angeles police said. The two men, whose names were not immediately released, were taken to the hospital by a friend about 4:30 a.m. after their car was sprayed with bullets from a shooter in a gray Chrysler 300 at an unknown location, Los Angeles police Officer April Harding said. Harding said preliminary reports indicated that one man was only grazed in the gunfire. Another died from serious wounds. "The shooting was gang-related," she said. "He (the fatal victim) was sitting in the car with a buddy of his and apparently someone in another car pulled up alongside and fired several rounds inside the vehicle." A Daily News reporter who visited the hospital at 5 a.m. was told by police that a 25-year-old man died after he was shot near O'Melveny Avenue and Kelowna Street in Pacoima. -- Daily News Number of kids in foster care cut Los Angeles County figures show its long-troubled child protection agency has reduced the number of children in foster care by half over the last decade and shortened the time it takes to return children to their parents. Figures show that so far this year, the number of children in foster care has fallen below 25,000 for the first time since peaking at 52,000 in 1997. The drop comes as the number of children in the county has been rising. The county figures also show there has been no increase in abuse reports. Still, the agency remains under pressure to address problems with the child care system. A federal court has determined that the county has failed to provided adequate mental health services health services Managed care The benefits covered under a health contract to thousands of children in its foster care system. -- Associated Press Man must stand trial in sex case PASADENA -- A 30-year-old parolee pa·rol·ee n. One who is released on parole. Noun 1. parolee - someone released on probation or on parole probationer remains jailed without bail Saturday, and must stand trial on charges that he sexually molested mo·lest tr.v. mo·lest·ed, mo·lest·ing, mo·lests 1. To disturb, interfere with, or annoy. 2. To subject to unwanted or improper sexual activity. a 9-year-old girl, authorities said. Danny Young is charged with four counts of oral copulation copulation /cop·u·la·tion/ (kop?u-la´shun) sexual union; the transfer of the sperm from male to female; usually applied to the mating process in nonhuman animals. cop·u·la·tion n. 1. or sexual penetration sexual penetration Sexology Sexual intercourse, cunnilingus, fellatio, anal intercourse, or any other intrusion, however slight, of any part of a person's body or of any object into the genital or anal openings of the victim's, defendant's, or any other person's and one count of sexual intercourse sexual intercourse or coitus or copulation Act in which the male reproductive organ enters the female reproductive tract (see reproductive system). or sodomy sodomy Noncoital carnal copulation. Sodomy is a crime in some jurisdictions. Some sodomy laws, particularly in Middle Eastern countries and those jurisdictions observing Shari'ah law, provide penalties as severe as life imprisonment for homosexual intercourse, even if the with a child age 10 or younger. He faces life in prison if convicted on all counts. According to authorities, Young was alone in a car with the girl Aug. 13 outside a health clinic on North Fair Oaks Avenue when witnesses reported they saw sexual contact take place between him and the girl. -- City News Service CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Smoke rises from the roof of a commercial strip mall in Sherman Oaks on Saturday. Mike Meadows/Special to the Daily News |
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