BRIEFLY.Eatery owner dies in armed robbery NORTHRIDGE - A restaurant owner restaurant owner n → dueño/a or propietario/a de un restaurante died during an armed robbery, police said Saturday. Greeta Maikeo, 37, was co-owner of Chao's Thai Cafe at 8341 Tampa Ave., according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. 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 . .
Three masked suspects, including one armed with a handgun, entered the restaurant about 9:25 p.m. Friday and demanded money from customers, employees and Maikeo. The gunman shot Maikeo, who was taken to a hospital where he died. Anyone with information about the robbery is asked to call homicide detectives at the LAPD's Devonshire station, (818) 756-8285 during 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 , or (877) 529-3855 on weekends and at night. - Daily News Motorcycle rider killed in collision SYLMAR - A man was killed early Saturday when his motorcycle broadsided a pickup truck on Foothill Boulevard The following streets are named Foothill Boulevard:
The victim, whose name was being withheld by authorities until his family was notified, was northbound near Astoria Street about 1:10 a.m. when the truck made a left turn out of a driveway to head south. The motorcycle rider died at the scene. The truck's driver and a passenger ran away on foot and were being sought on suspicion of violating the state's hit-and-run law, said Sgt. Bob Kirk of the Los Angeles Police Department. Police urged the suspects and any witnesses to call the LAPD's Valley Traffic Division at (818) 756-8381. - Daily News Teen leads police on predawn pre·dawn n. The time just before dawn. pre  dawn adj. chase
BAKERSFIELD - A teenager in Oxnard stole his parents' car and took it for a predawn drive through 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. before authorities used a spike strip A spike strip (also known as a stinger or stop stick, and formally known as a tire deflation device), is a device used to impede or stop the movement of wheeled vehicles by puncturing their tires. to stop him in Kern County, about 120 miles from where he began. The 16-year-old, whose name was not released because of his age, took the car about 4:25 a.m. Saturday and drove it to the Bakersfield area at speeds faster than 65 mph, according to CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan officials. His route took him on the Ventura (101) Freeway east to the Golden State (5) Freeway north, and then to state Highway 99 north of the Grapevine, officials said. Los Angeles County CHP officers said the youth was driving erratically. A spike strip was used at 5:48 a.m. and the car ran off the road. The teenager was unhurt. - Daily News Cops end pursuit by PIT maneuver HOLLYWOOD- Two boys led police and highway patrol officers on a high-speed chase early Saturday from Oxnard to Hollywood, where they surrendered, authorities said. Los Angeles police officials said it was their first successful use of the Pursuit Intervention Tactic, better known as the PIT maneuver, in which an officer nudges the rear quarter panel of the suspect's vehicle to cause the car to spin out. The chase began about 12:30 a.m. in Oxnard, traveling south on the Ventura (101) Freeway through the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, 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. to the Hollywood (101) Freeway. After exiting at Melrose Avenue, the suspects at times drove on the wrong side of Hollywood streets, officials said. No collisions were reported, and the car was making a slow turn when police used the PIT maneuver to stop them about 1:47 a.m. at Argyle and Selma avenues. The boys, ages 16 and 17, did not have driver's licenses and were booked on suspicion of felony evading. Neither was identified. - City News Sister cities give taste of culture Los Angeles will host a free festival today to give residents a taste of the food and cultures of its 21 sister cities. The festival will be held from noon to 8 p.m. at the Page Museum Gardens at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, also known as LACMA, is the official and world-renowned art museum of the County of Los Angeles, California, located on Wilshire Boulevard along Museum Row in the Miracle Mile vicinity of Los Angeles. , 5801 Wilshire Blvd. The event will highlight the culture, language, food, arts and people of the sister cities. Each city will have its own ``village,'' with booths displaying cultural and artistic attractions. Performers from around the world will provide entertainment throughout the day. - City News Service |
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