BRIEFLY.Missing man may be a suicide MALIBU -- The body found late Thursday in the Santa Monica Mountains The Santa Monica Mountains are a low transverse range in southern California in the United States. Geography They run for approximately 40 mi (64 km) east-west from the Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles to Point Mugu in Ventura County. was that of a missing West Hills man who may have committed suicide, officials said Friday. The body of Wayne Edward Crowley, 47, was found late Thursday, two days after he was reported missing. Los Angeles Coroner's Lt. Joe Bale said an autopsy will be conducted, but that officials believe Crowley committed suicide. Crowley went mountain biking mountain biking Sports medicine A sport in which participants use specialized bicycles to navigate rough, steep trails covered with unforgiving rocks Injury risk Concussions, fractures, death. See Extreme sport, Novelty seeking behavior. alone Tuesday afternoon. When he didn't return home, his family went looking for him that night and found his car parked at Mulholland Highway and Decker Canyon Road. After an official search for the man was called off Wednesday afternoon, scores of volunteers and family members continued to comb the hills throughout the day to find him. They discovered his body and red bike off Mulholland Highway. -- Daily News 8 unions reach deal with LAUSD LAUSD Los Angeles Unified School District (Los Angeles, CA) A coalition of eight unions representing teachers, police and office workers at 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. announced Friday they had reached a tentative agreement with the district to maintain health-care benefits. The agreement covers more than 220,000 people -- 90,000 union members, their dependents and retirees. The membership of each union must ratify the agreement, which is expected to take 30 days. -- Daily News Man get 36 years in woman's death BURBANK -- A Burbank man was sentenced Friday to 36 years to life in prison for beating his former girlfriend to death with a hammer and a stick. Manuel Castenado Banos, 35, was convicted last month of second-degree murder in the April 2004 slaying of Mary Ann Cortez, 43. Banos had previously been convicted of felony spousal abuse for beating Cortez in 2003. -- Daily News ID of dead body will be difficult RESEDA -- A body discovered in a Reseda shed is so badly decomposed de·com·pose v. de·com·posed, de·com·pos·ing, de·com·pos·es v.tr. 1. To separate into components or basic elements. 2. To cause to rot. v.intr. 1. that authorities don't know if it's male or female, officials said Friday. An autopsy will be done to determine the cause of death and gender or identity of the person, said Lt. John Kades of the Los Angeles County Coroner The Los Angeles County Department of Coroner was created in its present form on December 7, 1990 by an ordinance approved by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, though it has existed in some form since the late 19th century. . The body was found Thursday afternoon inside a box stored in a shed in the backyard of a home in the 7900 block of Lindley Avenue. Anyone with information about the case is asked to call police at (877) 529-3855. -- Daily News Speeding SUV hits ambulance CANOGA PARK -- A speeding SUV driven by a suspected tagger tag·ger n. 1. One that tags, especially the pursuer in the game of tag. 2. taggers Very thin sheet iron, usually plated with tin. Noun 1. struck an ambulance Friday morning, slightly injuring the motorist and two paramedics, officials said. The Fire Department ambulance was eastbound on Roscoe Boulevard about midnight when it collided with a Chevrolet Suburban that ran a red light at Fallbrook Avenue, officials said. A bag filled with spray paint was found inside the SUV. -- City News Service LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. cruiser strikes minivan PACOIMA -- Two Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . officers and two other
motorists were hospitalized Friday after a squad car collided with a
minivan, authorities said.
Officers responding to a reported rape were headed north on Laurel Canyon Boulevard Laurel Canyon Boulevard is a major street in the city of Los Angeles, California. It starts off at Polk Street in Sylmar in the northern San Fernando Valley near the junction of the San Diego (Interstate 405) and the Golden State Freeways (Interstate 5). with lights and sirens when they collided with the minivan at Van Nuys Boulevard, officials said. -- City News Service |
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