BRIEFLY.Holiday weekend off to deadly start MISSION HILLS - At least six people died in traffic crashes in 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. County during the first 36 hours of the Fourth of July Fourth of July, Independence Day, or July Fourth, U.S. holiday, commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. Celebration of it began during the American Revolution. weekend, including a motorist killed early Sunday in a crash on the 118 Freeway, officials said. An 85-year-old Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. man was killed on the 118 Freeway early Sunday after his vehicle was rear-ended by a hit-and-run driver hit-and-run driver n → conductor que tras atropellar a algn se da a la fuga hit-and-run driver n → chauffard m hit-and-run driver hit n in an SUV, the 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 reported. The man was driving west on the 118 Freeway when his Toyota Corolla was rear-ended by a Chevrolet Avalanche about 3:45 a.m. near Sepulveda Boulevard, according to the California Highway Patrol. The Chevy driver fled the scene. A second vehicle hit the car, throwing the man from the vehicle. His name was withheld pending notice of his family. Eresto Mendoza, 20, of Chatsworth turned himself in at a CHP office and was arrested for suspicion of felony hit-and-run, the CHP said. The half-dozen fatalities this year compares with two during the same period a year ago, according to the CHP. - Daily News Robbery suspects sought after heist THOUSAND OAKS - Three suspects got away with an undetermined amount of merchandise during a Saturday robbery at Hampshire Jewelry, officials said. The trio threatened and bound the sales clerk before ransacking ran·sack tr.v. ran·sacked, ran·sack·ing, ran·sacks 1. To search or examine thoroughly. 2. To search carefully for plunder; pillage. the display cases and fleeing, officials said. The suspects were described as Latino, including one in his early 20s, 6 feet and 200 pounds with a shaved head; another was about 5-foot-6 and 150-160 pounds, with short brown hair and, possibly, a mustache. The third man was about 5-foot-6. - Daily News |
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