BRIEFLY.Couple killed changing tire SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, -- A Fresno couple was killed Monday when they were hit by a drunken-driver as they changed a flat tire on the Golden State Freeway The Golden State Freeway is a north-south freeway running through Kern County and Los Angeles County, California. Originally built as U.S. Highway 99, it was re-signed as Interstate 5 in 1964. , authorities said. Chelsea Arcos, 19, was driving under the influence of alcohol when her pickup truck collided with the couple's sedan, 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 spokeswoman Wendy Hahn said. The unidentified man, 42, and woman, 35, were changing the left rear tire at the time, Hahn said. Arcos failed field sobriety checks and was arrested on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter vehicular manslaughter n. the crime of causing the death of a human being due to illegal driving of an automobile, including gross negligence, drunk driving, reckless driving, or speeding. , Hahn said. -- Daily News Suspect sought in local shooting VAN NUYS -- A man was shot Monday night near an apartment complex, and police were searching for the shooter, authorities said. The shooting occurred about 9:20 p.m. in the 14900 block of Vanowen Street. One man, whose name and age were not available, was shot and taken to a nearby hospital, 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 Lt. Robert Davis Robert Davis can refer to:
Anyone with information about the shooting can call the LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. Van Nuys Division at 374-9500. -- Daily News Police ask help in suspect search SHERMAN OAKS -- Police sought the public's help Monday in finding a 24-year-old man suspected of killing his 22-year-old girlfriend. David Allan Weir and Victoria Ramirez were involved in a domestic dispute early Sunday in their apartment in the 13000 block of Chandler Avenue, police said. Weir is believed to be driving a dark gray 2003 Ford Mustang with California license plate 5AXE735. He has a criminal record and is considered armed and dangerous. Anyone with information can call Los Angeles police Van Nuys homicide detectives at 374-0040. -- Daily News Authorities hunt hit-and-run driver ONTARIO -- Police searched Monday for the driver of a pickup truck that hit and killed a Glendale man, then fled the scene. Rafik Asaturyan, 46, was killed about 8:35 p.m. Sunday, when he was hit as he changed a flat tire on the shoulder of the 210 Freeway, police said. The driver of the truck did not stop. Anyone with information can call the California Highway Patrol at (909) 980-3994. -- Daily News Father arrested in kids' abduction Abduction Balfour, David expecting inheritance, kidnapped by uncle. [Br. Lit.: Kidnapped] Bertram, Henry kidnapped at age five; taken from Scotland. [Br. Lit. A 32-year-old Panorama City man has been arrested on suspicion of child abduction after police say he took his children to Utah without their mother's permission, police said Monday. David Mendoza was charged with three counts of child abduction and was arrested Saturday in Salt Lake City, Los Angeles police said. Mendoza abducted abducted Distal angulation of an extremity away from the midline of the body in a transverse plane and away from a sagittal plane passing through the proximal aspect of the foot or part, or away from some other specified reference point his daughter and two sons, ages 2 to 8, while they were at Kester Park in Panorama City, police said. -- Daily News Aerial spraying in Valley delayed SEPULVEDA BASIN -- Aerial spraying of the Sepulveda Dam Recreation Area was postponed until Wednesday, and might be canceled altogether, because of low mosquito counts, officials said Monday. The Los Angeles County Vector Control District had planned to conduct aerial spraying after four mosquitoes tested positive last week for the potentially deadly West Nile virus West Nile virus, microorganism and the infection resulting from it, which typically produces no symptoms or a flulike condition. The virus is a flavivirus and is related to a number of viruses that cause encephalitis. . The action was delayed until Wednesday, when another mosquito count will be taken to determine if the preventative measure is still needed. -- Daily News |
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