BRIEFLY.Yerevan officially L.A.'s sister city After a years-long effort, the city of Yerevan, Armenia, became the 25th sister city to 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. on Friday. said at ceremonies at City Hall. City Council President Eric Garcetti Eric Garcetti (born 1971) is the son of former Los Angeles county district attorney Gil Garcetti, and was elected to the Los Angeles City Council in 2001. He was reelected in 2005. , whose district includes Little Armenia Little Armenia: see Cilicia. Little Armenia or Lesser Armenia Ancient kingdom, southeastern coast of Anatolia. After initial struggles with the Byzantine Empire, it was established in Cilicia by the Armenian Rubenid dynasty in the , said he has been working for years to establish the relationship with Yerevan to underscore the ties between the two cities. -- Daily News Kidnap, assault suspects sought Police are seeking the public's help in finding a man who kidnapped a woman and in locating another man who sexually assaulted a woman. Lt. Gary Halden, commanding officer of West Valley detectives, said the man suspected of sexual assault is 40 to 45 years old and has balding shoulder-length black hair. The incident occurred about 10:30 p.m. Jan. 13 at Tampa Avenue and Hart Street in Reseda when a man in a white pickup offered the woman a ride. Instead of taking her home, he sexually assaulted her. He is described as white, 5-foot-7 and about 145 pounds. In a separate incident about 6:45 p.m. Monday, a man with big ears spoke to a woman from his car at Hart Street and Independence Avenue in Canoga Park. When she leaned in, he pulled her into the four-door, 1990-92 maroon sedan. He is described as Latino, about 6-foot and 200 pounds. Anyone with information can call West Valley detectives at (818) 374-7730. -- Daily News Glendale woman pleads to fraud GLENDALE -- Robyn Alexandre bilked insurance companies out of nearly a half-million dollars and cheated the state out of more than $250,000, the California Department of Insurance The California Department of Insurance (CDI), established in 1868, is the angency charged with overseeing the regulation of insurance regulations, enforcing statutes mandating consumer protections, educating consumers, and fostering the stability of insurance markets in the state announced Friday. The Glendale masseuse masseuse /mas·seuse/ (-sldbomacz´) [Fr.] a woman who performs massage. , owner of New Life Skin Care Center, provided facials and other inexpensive services to clients, but charged insurers more than $250 for phony acne surgery and chiropractic chiropractic (kīrəprăk`tĭk) [Gr.,=doing by hand], medical practice based on the theory that all disease results from a disruption of the functions of the nerves. treatments. She was arrested on felony charges in October and recently pleaded guilty to one count of insurance fraud and one count of filing a false tax return. Under terms of the plea, Alexandre will serve 52 nonconsecutive weekends in county jail or a private facility. She'll also pay $257,171 to the Franchise Tax Board and $454,000 to four separate insurance companies. -- Daily News Cantaloupes recalled for risks A wholesale produce importer on Friday recalled several thousand cartons of cantaloupes from Costa Rica after some tested positive for salmonella. Castle Produce said the recall covered roughly 2,560 cartons of cantaloupes delivered on or after Feb. 16 to wholesalers in Los Angeles and San Francisco for distribution in the western states. The cantaloupes were distributed for sale in bulk in cardboard cartons, with nine, 12 or 15 melons to a carton. There have been no reports of illness due to the contaminated contaminated, v 1. made radioactive by the addition of small quantities of radioactive material. 2. made contaminated by adding infective or radiographic materials. 3. an infective surface or object. cantaloupes, said Steven Reynolds, the company's chief financial officer. He said he didn't know whether the fruit had reached any stores. -- Associated Press Paintball paintball Sports medicine A sport in which marble-sized gelatin capsules filled with a nontoxic dye are shot at speeds of 300 kph/200 mph Warning: attack may bring jailing CANOGA PARK -- Wilson Delcastillo could spend two years in jail for shooting a paintball gun at a 12-year-old, the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office announced Friday. On Tuesday, Delcastillo, 18, and an unidentified pair of juveniles were cruising around in a borrowed automobile. They pulled guns on the victim, who was walking home from Sutter Middle School, and fired. In fear of his life but uninjured, the victim ran for home. A witness called 911 and identified the car, which was traced to the registered owner Registered Owner An individual or organization to whom certificates are directly issued and who, as a result, is recorded on the corporation's securityholder records (as maintained by the transfer agent). , who said her son had been using the car. That led to the 17-year-old boy, another unidentified youth and Delcastillo. They admitted shooting at the boy to frighten him. Officers recovered the guns, which had been stashed in a nearby carport CARPORT Cardiology A clinical trial–Coronary Artery Restenosis Prevention on Repeated Thromboxane-Antagonism Study that evaluated thromboxane A2-receptor blockade in preventing restenosis after PCTA in Pts with CAD. . Delcastillo will go to trial March 15, when he faces charges of assault with a deadly weapon Assault with a Deadly Weapon is the term used to describe the act of threatening to harm one or more people by using a weapon (usually a firearm). Here, assault must be differentiated from battery as they are often confused. Assault is threatening to use force. , brandishing a weapon and child endangerment. In addition to the possible jail time, he faces a fine of $10,000. -- Daily News |
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