L.A. BRIEFS : BIG RIG KILLS WORKER AT UCLA DORM SITE.WESTWOOD - A 19-year-old Diamond Bar man was killed at a UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX construction site Saturday after a tractor-trailer drove over him, officials said. Jason James Jason 'Jay' James is the current bassist in the metalcore band Bullet For My Valentine, who also practices the drums. He was born on January 13 1981 in Bridgend, Wales, UK. Drass, a construction laborer, was pronounced dead at the scene on the north end of the Westwood campus shortly after the 8:50 a.m. incident, campus police and coroner's officials said. The man worked for Sharma Contractors Inc. of Santa Monica Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. , said Lt. Cheryl MacWillie of the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office. He was working at a site where dirt is being removed to build a student residence hall. Drass was in front of a tractor pulling two trailers loaded with dirt when it began moving forward and ran over him, MacWillie said. - Daily News and City News Service Vandals desecrate des·e·crate tr.v. des·e·crat·ed, des·e·crat·ing, des·e·crates To violate the sacredness of; profane. [de- + (con)secrate. pioneer cemetery BOYLE HEIGHTS - A group of beer-drinking vandals rampaged through a cemetery dating back to the mid-1800s early Saturday, toppling headstones and using broken marble pieces such as crosses to damage other monuments and decapitate de·cap·i·tate tr.v. de·cap·i·tat·ed, de·cap·i·tat·ing, de·cap·i·tates To cut off the head of; behead. [Late Latin d statues, police said. The damage throughout the Odd Fellows Cemetery in the 3600 block of Whittier Boulevard was estimated at about $1 million, with about 200 pieces damaged, some beyond repair, said Lt. Anthony Alba of the 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 . .
Many early Angelenos, including Russian, Japanese and German immigrants, were buried in the now-nonprofit cemetery. Originally located in Bunker Hill, it was moved nearly 150 years ago to its present site, where 35,000 people are buried, Alba said. The cemetery now serves indigent indigent 1) n. a person so poor and needy that he/she cannot provide the necessities of life (food, clothing, decent shelter) for himself/herself. 2) n. one without sufficient income to afford a lawyer for defense in a criminal case. people throughout Los Angeles. - Daily News Man assaults MTA (1) (Message Transfer Agent or Mail Transfer Agent) The store and forward part of a messaging system. See messaging system. (2) See M Technology Association. 1. (messaging) MTA - Message Transfer Agent. driver, steals bus A man sexually assaulted an MTA driver, then stole her bus and crashed into a store before fleeing, police said. The hijacker got on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority bus in the South Central area Friday night, police said. At about 12:45 a.m. Saturday, after the bus dropped off other passengers in the San Pedro area, the man pulled a knife, forced the driver to stop at an undisclosed location, then sexually assaulted her and stole her purse, a police statement said. The man took the wheel but crashed into a store after driving about half a block. The driver was taken to a hospital, but her injuries were not considered life-threatening, police said. - Associated Press |
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