BRIEFLY.Parks proposes gun warnings In an effort to reduce the number of guns sold in 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. , Councilman Bernard Parks called Tuesday for a requirement that all gun dealers post signs warning about the dangers of firearms. Parks said he believes that most people are unaware of the instances in which guns are accidentally discharged or used in suicides. "We don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. if this will reduce the sale of guns, but it will make people more aware," Parks said. Under the proposal, similar warnings would be included on gun-sales contracts. -- Daily News Pedestrian hit, killed on the 210 TUJUNGA -- A pedestrian was struck and killed early Tuesday by a big rig Big Rig was a punk band from the San Francisco Bay Area fronted by singer/songwriter Jesse Michaels. Michaels performed with the group after the break up of his previous project, Operation Ivy, and before forming the band Common Rider. and two other vehicles on the eastbound Foothill Freeway in Tujunga. The eastbound lanes of the 210 were closed near La Tuna Canyon Road for nearly three hours after the fatal accident, which was reported shortly after 5 a.m., said California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. Officer Francisco Villalobos. Capt. Ed Winter of the county Coroner's Office said the victim's name was being withheld until relatives could be notified. Motorists were diverted off the eastbound 210 at Sunland Boulevard until shortly before 8 a.m., Villalobos said. -- City News Service Woman 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 , robbed in scam NORTH HOLLYWOOD -- A couple kidnapped and robbed a North Hollywood woman after persuading her she could help them cash a winning lottery ticket, authorities said Tuesday. The man and woman approached the 50-year-old Latina about 11 a.m. near Vermont Avenue Vermont Avenue is one of the longest running north/south streets in Los Angeles. Located just west of the Harbor Freeway for the major portion south of downtown Los Angeles, it starts in Griffith Park at the Greek Theatre in the Los Feliz neighborhood as a one-lane divided road (it and 7th Street in Los Angeles and told her they had a winning lottery ticket but needed her help to cash it, said LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. Sgt. Marc Lamont. After the woman got into the couple's vehicle, they produced a weapon and forced the woman to take them to her North Hollywood home, he said. "Once they got (to the woman's home), they proceeded to rob her and she handed them jewelry and money," Lamont said. -- Daily News Touch-screen voting now open Los Angeles officials announced Tuesday that touch-screen voting is now open for the March 6 primary. Terminals are at Los Angeles City Hall and 14 public libraries as well as the Marvin Braude Constituent Center in the 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. . For information, contact the City Clerk's Office at (213) 978-0444, (888) 873-1000 or go to http://cityclerk.lacity.org/election. -- Daily News Girl airlifted following fall SYLMAR -- An 11-year-old girl injured in a fall in Sylmar on Tuesday was flown to Childrens Hospital Los Angeles after showing signs of possible brain damage, authorities said. Paramedics were called to the 15000 block of Roxford Street at 3:30 p.m., said Melissa Kelley of the Los Angeles Fire Department The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), also known as the Los Angeles City Fire Department to distinguish it from the Los Angeles County Fire Department. It is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Los Angeles. . The girl was initially taken to County Olive View-UCLA Medical Center Olive View-UCLA Medical Center is a hospital located in the Sylmar neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. The hospital was founded on October 27, 1920, and is funded by Los Angeles County [1]. in Sylmar and transferred to Childrens Hospital, according to Kelley, who said she had no information on how the child was injured. -- City News Service Help is sought in suspect hunt LAKE LOS ANGELES -- Sheriff's homicide detectives on Tuesday sought the public's help in tracking down a man in the killing of his ex-girlfriend's boyfriend, who was shot to death last week in her home in the Antelope Valley. Everett Haydale, 28, was shot in the 16800 block of Valeport Avenue in Lake Los Angeles early Friday, said Deputy Maribel Rizo of the sheriff's Headquarters Bureau. -- City News Service |
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