BRIEFLY.Art tours offered at busway stops The Metropolitan Transportation Authority will offer free guided art tours on two days this month at stations along the new Metro Orange Line. The Metro Art Docent Council will give the free two-hour tours beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday and Nov. 19. The tour will begin at the Sepulveda Station and feature the work of 15 California artists. Stations feature terrazzo terrazzo Type of flooring consisting of marble chips set in cement or epoxy resin that is poured and ground smooth when dry. Terrazzo was ubiquitous in the 20th century in commercial and institutional buildings. paving at platforms, porcelain steel art panels, sculpted sculpt v. sculpt·ed, sculpt·ing, sculpts v.tr. 1. To sculpture (an object). 2. To shape, mold, or fashion especially with artistry or precision: seating and landscaping. Since 1989, the Metro Art Department has commissioned more than 250 artists to create work at Metro bus stops and rail stations. For more information or reservations, call (213) 922-4278. - City News Service Volunteers sought to deliver meals The Valley Interfaith Council is seeking volunteer drivers to transport hot meals to homebound home·bound adj. Restricted or confined to home, as of an invalid. senior citizens the morning of Thanksgiving Day. For information or to register, all (818) 834-6100 in the Northeast 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. ; (818) 766-5165 in North Hollywood; (818) 781-1101 in Van Nuys; or (818) 374-5350 (from 9-11 a.m.) in the West Valley. - Daily News Witnesses sought in fatal shooting TUJUNGA - Police on Monday were looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. anyone who might have seen a 46-year-old man being shot to death in a driveway in Tujunga. The man was shot multiple times in the chest, Foothill Area Homicide Detective Frank Bishop said. When witnesses found the man at about 11:15 p.m. Sunday, he was lying on the driveway, saying, ``I've been shot,'' Bishop said. But the man gave no clues as to who shot him and died before an ambulance arrived. Neighbors told police they saw teenage boys running from the scene. ``Hopefully, the community can give us some assistance on this one,'' Bishop said. ``It would be nice if someone could call up and give us some leads. Right now, we don't have any leads.'' Officials do not know if the shooting was gang-related, but the victim was not a gang member, Bishop said. The man's name was withheld pending family notification. - Daily News Man sentenced in rape of teen VAN NUYS - A musician was sentenced to three years in prison Monday for raping a 14-year-old Burbank girl at a North Hollywood-area recording studio. Van Nuys Superior Court Judge Martin Herscovitz imposed the sentence on John Armendariz, 42, immediately after he entered a no contest plea to one count of rape by intoxication intoxication, condition of body tissue affected by a poisonous substance. Poisonous materials, or toxins, are to be found in heavy metals such as lead and mercury, in drugs, in chemicals such as alcohol and carbon tetrachloride, in gases such as carbon monoxide, and . Armendariz was charged last December, after Burbank police learned the girl had been raped at a music recording studio somewhere in the North Hollywood area. - City News Service Robbery suspect Noun 1. robbery suspect - someone suspected of committing robbery suspect - someone who is under suspicion killed in gunbattle A robbery suspect was killed and another was wounded in a gunbattle Monday with a downtown jewelry store owner, who also was wounded, 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. police reported. The shooting at Lucky Gems and Pearls in the 400 block of West Seventh Street was reported about 1:55 p.m., said Los Angeles police Officer Sara Faden. One robbery suspect died at the scene, she said, adding that the store owner was shot in the wrist and hand. The other suspect was taken to a hospital for treatment of a neck wound, police said. Other store owners in the area told KABC KABC Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (Channel 7) that, like the proprietor targeted in Monday's attempted heist, they are armed to protect themselves from robbers. - City News Service Police find man needing medicine RESEDA - Los Angeles police on Monday found a man who had left a Reseda care center without the medication he takes to prevent seizures. James Brill, 50, was found about 1:30 p.m., around five hours after he went missing, and he was apparently OK, said police Sgt. Catherine Plows. Brill, who lives at the Northridge Care Center in Reseda, had disappeared while walking near the 7800 block of Reseda Boulevard. - City News Service Release inmate's body, JDL n. 1. Jewish Defense League. urges The Jewish Defense League The Jewish Defense League (JDL) is a militant Jewish organization whose stated goal is to protect Jews from anti-Semitism.[1] Founded by Rabbi Meir Kahane in New York City in 1968, its self-described purpose was to protect Hasidic Jews from harassment in Brooklyn, and to called on the federal government Monday to release the body of one-time group member Earl Krugel Earl Leslie Krugel (November 24, 1942 – November 4, 2005) was the West Coast coordinator of the Jewish Defense League (JDL). At one time, Krugel was a dental assistant in the San Fernando Valley. , who was killed in an assault at a prison in Phoenix last week. Krugel, 62, was killed Friday at the Federal Correctional Institution in Phoenix, according to the FBI. An inmate, reportedly a white supremacist, struck him on the head from behind with a concrete block during an exercise period, the FBI reported. - City News Service |
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