BRIEFLY.Help sought for missing man, 46 RESEDA -- Police are seeking the public's help in finding a 46-year-old man last seen July 7 leaving his Reseda home. Fred Lee Lewis, 46, left his house in the 8000 block of Canby Avenue more than two weeks ago. He called his family on July 8 at 6 p.m. to let them know he was on his way home from work. Lewis is described as 5 feet 7 inches tall, weighing about 150 pounds, with brown eyes Brown Eyes (브라운 아이즈) was a Korean musical duo, specializing in ballads. Although both members have powerful voices, they were initially disregarded because of their physical looks. and a beard. Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call Missing Persons Unit, Detective Bruce Kuehl at (213) 485-5381. -- Daily News Suspect sought in two shootings GLENDALE -- Two men were shot outside a local night club over the weekend, and police were looking Monday for the suspect. The victims, both in their mid-30s, were shot early Saturday during an argument outside the Hypnotic Lounge, 617 S. Brand Blvd., police said. Both were treated at a local hospital and released. Detectives did not provide a description of the suspect. -- Daily News Woman pleads not guilty in case BURBANK -- A Burbank woman who is eight months pregnant pleaded not guilty Monday to charges in connection with a scuffle over a $5 fee that led to the death of a 75-year-old parking attendant, prosecutors said. Hilda Voskanian, 31, was arraigned in Burbank Superior Court on a charge of involuntary manslaughter The act of unlawfully killing another human being unintentionally. Most unintentional killings are not murder but involuntary manslaughter. The absence of the element of intent is the key distinguishing factor between voluntary and involuntary manslaughter. . She was held on $25,000 bail and could face up to four years in prison if convicted. Voskanian and her husband, Oshin Grigorian, 35, were arrested last week in connection with the June 30 assault of Pedro Dorado. Police said he suffered a head injury in an altercation with the couple outside a Burbank reception hall over the parking fee. Dorado fell into a coma and died July 18. Prosecutors declined to file charges against Grigorian. -- Daily News Standoff suspect to stand trial SAN FERNANDO San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. -- A man who surrendered after a lengthy standoff on the Long Beach Freeway in March was ordered Monday to stand trial on charges that he was involved in a kidnapping-for-ransom last year. San Fernando Superior Court Judge Ronald S. Coen found sufficient evidence to require Edwardo Medina, 23, to stand trial on kidnapping for ransom, attempted kidnapping for ransom and robbery counts. Medina has been jailed since his arrest following the March 8 standoff, which snarled snarl 1 v. snarled, snarl·ing, snarls v.intr. 1. To growl viciously while baring the teeth. 2. To speak angrily or threateningly. v.tr. traffic on the busy freeway for much of the day. Officers pursued him onto the northbound freeway, where his maroon Ford minivan stalled. -- City News Service Cancer vaccine The term cancer vaccine is often used to describe a process whereby a person's immune system is coaxed into recognizing and destroying malignant cells without harming normal cells. may go to girls The 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. , and possibly dozens of other Los Angeles County school districts, plan to offer female students a controversial vaccine that prevents a virus linked to cervical cancer Cervical Cancer Definition Cervical cancer is a disease in which the cells of the cervix become abnormal and start to grow uncontrollably, forming tumors. , it was reported Monday. LAUSD LAUSD Los Angeles Unified School District (Los Angeles, CA) officials said that as the shots become available in the coming months, female students with parental consent would be eligible to receive Gardasil, a vaccine recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration that prevents four types of the sexually transmitted human papillomavirus human papillomavirus (HPV), any of a family of more than 60 viruses that cause various growths, including plantar warts and genital warts, a sexually transmitted disease. Detectable warts can be or removed, usually by chemicals, freezing, or laser, but often recur. , two of which cause cervical cancer. Some conservative groups have expressed concern that providing the vaccine to adolescent girls would encourage them to engage in sexual behavior sexual behavior A person's sexual practices–ie, whether he/she engages in heterosexual or homosexual activity. See Sex life, Sexual life. . -- City News Service Missing women sought by police Sheriff's homicide investigators are trying to find at least 50 women who have not been located since being linked to a man imprisoned im·pris·on tr.v. im·pris·oned, im·pris·on·ing, im·pris·ons To put in or as if in prison; confine. [Middle English emprisonen, from Old French emprisoner : en- for killing two women in the early 1980s, officials said Monday. The man, whose identity was withheld, was known to photograph women he met at Los Angeles bars in the 1970s and 1980s, according to sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore. Some of the unaccounted-for women were in photographs the man kept, Whitmore said, though it wasn't immediately clear how many. -- Associated Press CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) FRED LEE LEWIS |
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