oddball, weird, assorted: August 2008 Archives

 Whit: NORWALK -- The sentencing for a gang member convicted of killing a rival during a car-to-car shooting in Pico Rivera was continued to Sept. 22.

This story added to Trib A4:

POMONA -- A man who repeatedly called Rep. David Dreier's district office in San Dimas and threatened to kill the congressman has pleaded no contest to a felony charge of threatening a government official.

Here's the round-up. Perhaps the most fascinating story of the day is the deaf-mute who went into the hospital with a bullet in his head but can't explain how it got there. I have some questions about the second story because it says fre danger in the Angeles National Forest is High, but a look at the ANF website indicates fire danger is moderate.

Here's the list:

Whit: WHITTIER -- A man who cannot hear or speak arrived at a local hospital Monday with a gunshot wound to his head, however it was not immediately clear how he was shot, authorities said.

Pas/Trib: ARCADIA (CNS)-- The fire danger in the Angeles National Forest will be raised from "high" to "very high" on Wednesday as summer temperatures continue drying out vegetation and increasing numbers of visitors arrive.

Pas/Trib: ALHAMBRA -- Officials have released the name of a 23-year-old Los Angeles woman killed Saturday in a hit-and-run crash.

Pas:

ALHAMBRA - A Baldwin Park man was arrested early Sunday on suspicion of fatally striking a woman with his pickup truck and fleeing the scene, authorities said.

SAN GABRIEL -- A man and woman were hospitalized with serious injuries Saturday after what may have been a failed murder-suicide attempt, officials said.

MONTEREY PARK  -- A motorcyclist reportedly lost nearly $2,000 Sunday after he dropped his bag on the 10 Freeway, officials said.

WHIT: MONTEBELLO -- A man stole two rings valued at $15,200 Sunday from a jeweler at the Montebello Town Center, authorities said.