BRIEFLY.Father, son held in terror probe SACRAMENTO - Federal authorities have arrested two men on charges of lying to federal agents, and news reports said they have been accused of being linked to an al-Qaida terror cell. Hamid Hayat, 22, and his father, Umer Hayat, 47, were arrested over the weekend and both made a brief appearance in U.S. District Court in Sacramento on Tuesday, FBI agent John Cauthen confirmed to The Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. . The men, who are both U.S. citizens, are being held in Sacramento County Jail The Sacramento County Jail is the county jail for the Sacramento County area serviced by the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department. It is located on 651 I Street, approximately 100 meters from the Downtown Plaza. . 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. a federal criminal complaint, Hamid Hayat is accused of training in an al-Qaida camp in Pakistan to learn ``how to kill Americans,'' The Sacramento Bee reported on its Web site Tuesday night. Hamid Hayat also is accused of training to use explosives and other weapons, using photographs of President Bush as targets, the newspaper reported. Umer Hayat is charged in the complaint with lying about his son's involvement and his own financing of the terror camp Terror camp is a camp at which terrorists train to launch attacks, ranging from suicide bombing technology training to field combat. They are often located in regions where there is local support or tolerance for the aims of those conducting the training, or where such training can , the newspaper reported. -Associated Press High-speed chase ends in West Hills A man behind the wheel of a reported stolen car was taken into custody late Thursday after leading Los Angeles Police on a dangerous 30-minute chase across 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. . The chase began at 10:05 p.m. when an LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. officer spotted a 1987 Honda sedan near Topanga Canyon Boulevard and the Ventura Freeway, a Honda that had been reported stolen, the LAPD said. The driver sped away, and officers followed. The chase zigzagged through the Valley at speeds up to 90 mph. The suspect drove onto the wrong side of the road and blew through stoplights, narrowly missing several other vehicles along the way. At one point, the driver dropped off three passengers, then continued to flee from police. The suspect drove to Van Nuys, then returned to the West Valley. He was taken into custody after leaping out of the car just before it struck a garage door in a cul-de-sac in West Hills. - Daily News Supervisor seeks crackdown on pot Supervisor Don Knabe introduced a motion Tuesday asking the sheriff to enforce a temporary county ban on medicinal marijuana clinics, which is reportedly being ignored at a Hacienda Heights dispensary dispensary: see clinic. . The motion, set for a vote before the Board of Supervisors next week, sets up a showdown with Sheriff Lee Baca, considered an advocate for medicinal marijuana. Next week's vote also takes place against the backdrop of Monday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling affirming the right of the federal government to ban the use of marijuana under the 1970 Controlled Substances Act Controlled Substances Act /Con·trolled Sub·stan·ces Act/ a federal law that regulates the prescribing and dispensing of psychoactive drugs, including narcotics, hallucinogens, depressants, and stimulants. . Sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore said department officials were still reviewing the Supreme Court ruling. As of now, he said, the sheriff had no plans to close any marijuana dispensaries. - City News Service Warrant is issued in Glendale heist An arrest warrant was issued Tuesday for an ex-con sought in connection with a Glendale purse-snatching attempt and bank robbery, said Tom Lorenz of the Glendale Police Department. Lorenz said Pasadena Superior Court Judge Joseph DeVanon issued the warrant for Michael Mason Wolke, 58, who allegedly tried to steal a purse from a woman coming out of a Washington Mutual Bank at 620 N. Glendale Ave., on Friday. He is suspected of later robbing a Washington Mutual Bank at 749 Foothill Blvd. in La Caada Flintridge. Wolke has served two previous prison sentences, making him a ``three strikes, you're out'' candidate with the current charges. When arrested, his bail will be set at $1.17 million, Lorenz said. - City News Service Princeton names Huizar to board Princeton University said Tuesday that it has named Los Angeles Unified School District The Los Angeles Unified School District (the "LAUSD") is the largest (in terms of number of students) public school system in California and the second-largest in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population. board President Jose Huizar to its 40-member board of trustees board of trustees Politics The posse of thugs who oversee an institution's administration. See Board of directors. responsible for overall governance of the university. Huizar has a master's in public affairs and urban and regional planning from Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs (often truncated to Woodrow Wilson School or abbreviated WWS; known as "Woody Woo" in campus slang) is a professional public policy school at Princeton University. The school has granted undergraduate A.B. . He also is a member of the Princeton Alumni Schools Committee. Huizar, who said he will work to advance the relationship between urban K-12 education and institutions of higher learning, will serve a four-year term. - Daily News Man crushed, dies at excavation site A man was crushed to death Tuesday night by several tons of freshly excavated soil at a construction site near downtown after rescuers were unable to free him. Nearly 100 firefighters struggled more than a half-hour to remove him from a huge mound of dirt that collapsed on him and another man when a berm berm: see beach. broke, said 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. spokesman Brian Humphrey. Even though his head and face were exposed, the man was near death when authorities arrived because the pressure on his chest prevented him from breathing, Humphrey said. He was declared dead shortly after 8:20 p.m. - Associated Press |
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