BRIEFLY.2 men arrested in wild street ride SIMI VALLEY Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. -- Two Westlake Village men who took a car salesman on a wild ride through city streets in a sports car were arrested on suspicion of kidnapping and carjacking The criminal taking of a motor vehicle from its driver by force, violence, or intimidation. The u.s. justice department categorizes the crime of carjacking as a "completed or attempted Robbery of a motor vehicle by a stranger , police said Wednesday. Jason Bulko, 20, and Travis Childress, 19, went to the First Kia auto dealership, 2081 First St., about 4:35 p.m. Tuesday and asked to test drive a 2004 Mazda RX-8. During the test, the driver -- it was unclear Wednesday who was behind the wheel -- raced between 85 and 100 mph and put the salesman in fear for his life, police said. He told the men he needed to use the bathroom, then ran to a nearby home and called police, officials said. -- Daily News Newborn in box in good condition VAN NUYS -- A newborn found in a cardboard box in the parking lot of a Van Nuys hospital was in good condition Wednesday, police said. The baby was found Tuesday when a nurse told police someone had called Valley Presbyterian Hospital about an abandoned baby left in the parking structure. Los Angeles police Officer Carlos Amaya of the Van Nuys Division, as well as hospital staff, searched the parking complex and found the baby boy inside a cardboard box. The baby was conscious, breathing and appeared to be just hours old, police said. He was taken into the emergency room and listed in stable condition. California has a Safe Surrender Baby Law that allows individuals to give up an unwanted infant with no fear of arrest or prosecution for abandonment as long as the baby has not been abused or neglected. -- Daily News Woman gets time in charity theft A former Tarzana woman has been sentenced to 27 months in federal prison for embezzling nearly $300,000 from the A.C. Green Youth Foundation, a children's charity created by the former Los Angeles Lakers forward. Daren Lynne Tyger, 47, of Tarzana at the time of the offense, was sentenced Monday in federal court in Los Angeles, the U.S. Attorney's Office reported. In October 2005, Tyger pleaded guilty to two counts of bank fraud. Tyger, who now lives in Austin, Texas, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Dean D. Pregerson, who denied her request for a lesser sentence because her acts had a ``devastating dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. effect'' on the charity. Tyger served as the executive director of the A.C. Green Youth Foundation in 1995 and 1996. During that time, she used foundation funds to pay debts, credit card bills and to buy a Harley-Davidson motorcycle for her husband. During her sentencing, A.C. Green asked that Tyger be given a heavy sentence as punishment for her conduct. -- Daily News Plan OK'd to hire 5 fire inspectors The Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. unanimously signed off Wednesday on a plan to hire five fire inspectors on a one-year contract to examine buildings citywide. The additional personnel are needed to handle an anticipated backlog caused by the scheduled completion of several major downtown projects, officials said. The Fire Department now has 18 inspectors and had to borrow inspectors from other agencies to meet the demand during the current fiscal year, according to a Fire Department report. -- City News Service CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge gets grant to fight gangs NORTHRIDGE -- California State University, Northridge CSUN offers a variety of programs leading to bachelor's degrees in 61 fields and master's degrees in 42 fields. The university has over 150,000 alumni. It's also home to a summer musical theater/theater program known as TADW (TeenAge Drama Workshop) that leads teenagers through an , received a three-year, $585,000 grant to help fund a gang-prevention program for 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. youths, officials said Wednesday. The money from Learn and Serve America Learn and Serve America is a United States government program under the authority of the Corporation For National and Community Service. Its mission is to provide opportunities for students nation-wide to participate in service learning projects, and to gain valuable experience will benefit CSUN's Community Service-Learning Program and the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences behavioral sciences, n.pl those sciences devoted to the study of human and animal behavior. for the MOSAIC, which provides student mentors to underfunded un·der·fund tr.v. un·der·fund·ed, un·der·fund·ing, un·der·funds To provide insufficient funding for. underfunded adj → infradotado (económicamente) after-school programs. -- City News Service |
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