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Firefighters battle blaze on Wilsey Avenue in Tujunga. by
David DeMullé
Firefighters responding to a fire along the 10600 block of Wilsey Avenue at approximately 12:45 a.m. discovered
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approximately 200 marijuana plants in a detached guest house. The fire is believed to have been started by an overloaded electrical system. Owing to the toxic fumes,
firefighters wore air bottles while fighting the fire. “The whole house and garage were converted into a marijuana grow,” explained see Pot Fire, page 11
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David DeMullé
A tragic accident on Feb. 10 took the life of Justin Thompson, of Tujunga, when the Nissan he was riding in slammed into the back of a parked box truck at a high rate of speed. The LAFD responded and had to “crib” the vehicle in order
to stabilize it enough to use the jaws of life to remove the critically injured driver. The driver was Mitchell Zaba and it is alleged that he suffered a seizure caused by drug usage. The impact with the rear of the truck parked on Mountair was so intense that it lifted the see Fatality, page 11
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We’ll be rolling out the Red Carpet for this gala event, so bring your friends and enjoy the festivities! We are looking for volunteers to help with decorations, prizes, games and suggestions on making this event even more spectacular.
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Enjoy a wonderful dinner at 6 p.m. by Tom Smoker with festivities beginning upstairs at 4 p.m. Walk the Red Carpet, watch the Academy Awards on a large projected screen, celebrate with a champagne toast, receive Swag Bags filled with glamorous spa items, fabulous food and fun goodies, participate in a Photo Booth and Oscar-oriented games, drawings and pools; Oscar shaped candy and cookies, pools, drawings and prizes are only a few of the surprises in store for this exciting fun-filled night.
Please contact Mahala Beery (818) 353-2510 or (818) 274-7565 (leave message on either phone, text to (818) 274-7565) or email mahala.beery@gmail.com to volunteer.
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Firefighters question pilot after hard landing. by
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A Mooney M20 private aircraft piloted by Henry Corbett lost control while leaving Whiteman Airport and crash-landed in Pacoima on San Fernando Road near
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News From Your Urgent Care Clinic Everything We Learned About Snakebites is Wrong by
Sam Samalin, PA-C
1. CALL 911 and get a paramedic to your location immediately. 2. Don’t apply a suction device or use a snake bite kit if the victim is one hour from medical help. Instead, contact medical help and focus on following the first aid instructions listed below.
Dr. Sam.
3. Don’t use your mouth to extract venom.
slowly without their pack so they are not over-exerted.
4. Don’t allow the victim to engage in strenuous physical activity. If necessary, carry the person to safety. Otherwise, have them hike out
5. Don’t apply a tourniquet. Restricting superficial blood flow does keep the venom from spreading, which you see Snakebite, page 9
Dr. Sam is a Physicians Assistant and is certified at the Urgent Care Clinic, 7204 Foothill Blvd.
Crescenta Valley Sierra Club March Program The Crescenta Valley Sierra Club Group presents, Kat High’s, Traditional California Indian Relationships, on Tuesday, March 8th, at 7:30 p.m. at the Los Angeles County Public Library on 2809 Foothill Boulevard in La Crescenta. Kat High will give a presentation on gathering for balance. This based on traditional California Indian relationships with
Your kind heart always made the difference. And it’s a lie to say that you were always such a good person. Yet it’s a lie to say you were so evil. We get caught somewhere in the middle. But that’s the point of love for a friend: we accept each other’s faults because we care for one another. We take the pain, forgive and keep going knowing there’s more pain to come. Justin, you are my brother in life and in heaven. All the bad days are paid for twice over with your ability to make me smile. And soon enough, we’ll meet again to raise hell up there in heaven.
Your brother till the end, Tony Brambila
ments will be served. Please contact Wayne Fisher, Program Chair, at (818) 353-4181, for more information. •••
Tujunga Student Listed on Simpson U Dean’s List Abigail Roberts of Tujunga, CA, has been named to the Dean’s List at Simpson University for the fall 2015 semester. She is majoring in liberal studies.
Scholarship Money Available From LCWC Every year, the La reviews the entries and selects Crescenta Woman’s Club those deserving students. (LCWC) awards scholarships They have a recognition/ to graduating seniors from award ceremony to present the local high schools. The and honor those awarded. club raises money all year to If you want information or support this worthwhile cause. an application, please go to The scholarship committee the LCWC Web site, www.
Justin Thompson: A Life Cut Short I’m always gonna keep you in my heart. The years went by and so many while we were in the dark. Those days were filled with struggle but still there was a reason. Those dark days made the brighter ones even more special. I remember that when times were at their worst, you made things that much more tolerable.
the land and with considerations for 2016, including hand-outs and the tasting of native foods. She teaches workshops in California Indian material culture and cooking, and will bring acorn coffee, acorn bread and elderflower fizz to drink. Kat High is of Hupa descent and former director at the Haramokngna American Indian Center and is currently on the board of the Gabrielino Tongva Springs Foundation. Our program begins following news of Conservation and Outings. This is a free event and everyone is welcome. Refresh-
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CINDY CLEGHORN, owner of C&M Printing (pictured at left) and an officer of the Sunland-Tujunga Chamber of Commerce, is DESTROYING OUR COMMUNITY — ONE BUSINESS AT A TIME! We just received a notice from Arnie (who is running for STNC president) and Larry (co-owner of Josie’s Discount shop): Julie who runs Sunland Printing (a competitor of Cindy’s C&M Printing) got fined along with Art who owns the Crows Nest. We’re talking thousands of dollars that they have lost! The Foothills Paper has been fighting attempts to destroy Sun-
land-Tunjunga’s commerce and lifestyle for more than nine years. As a community newspaper owned by a longterm resident and business owner, we have informed everyone who would listen that she would do anything to get her way. Going back just four years, she has filed petty complaints with the city against a number of businesses:
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• The Sunland Fighting Club • The Commerce Corner Cafe This is your chamber of “commerce” in action! Now is the time to stop these attacks and protect our businesses. Call Cindy and tell her you don’t like it: (818) 353-7135.
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It’s Broken, So Fix It or Scrap It A Perspective by Joseph Mailander THE FOOTHILLS PAPER
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I’ve just finished a column When you take a look at what for The Foothill Record. If Brian Schneider’s group has you’re interested, you’ll read been able to accomplish, you it soon enough. The column see that. uses the City of LA con But that kind of successtroller’s recent visit to your ful outside-the-box effort is Neighborhood Council as a also more evidence of a brostarting point to demonstrate ken system. That’s the kind the favor shown by City Hall of thing that happens when a to a “small cadre” of indisystem is broken and can no viduals in S-T over the past longer respond to real comdecade. munity concerns. I don’t have a stake in “That man’s the best conservayour election, which feative / who lops the mould’r’d tures some of the same old branch away,” Tennyson names, some new names, and wrote. even a slate of new challeng- My recent conversations ers. I was first invited to look at your community’s politics nearly a decade ago, and it seems worthwhile to take a long view. What I found was that the Neighborhood Council enabled City Hall to shape your community’s politics for City Hall’s own purposes. This is indeed how many Neighborhood Councils themselves have been employed throughout the City. This was not what Neighborhood Councils were supposed to be. They were supposed to stand apart from City government, not be subsumed by it. So I would call what you have – and what the City has – a broken system. One thing I’ve noticed in the past year has been how much more effective it has been in your community to stand outside the system rather than to work within it.
with the City of Los Angeles have indicated to me that the City is not interested in the least in fixing its own broken system of community “empowerment”; in fact, they’re only interested in perpetuating it. But my recent conversations with your community have demonstrated to me that most of the people in your community also remain in denial that this system is broken too, even when they see people outside the system getting more things done.
And my ultimate feeling is that a slate, a person, an old cadre, or a new meeting hall is not a solution to a broken system; no, you first have to admit that a system is broken, and identify what’s broken about it, before you can set to work fixing it in any particular way. Whether it needs new people, new statutes, new venues, new financial arrangements is not soluble until you can form consensus that what exists is indeed broken and needs fixing — or scrapping.
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Greg Gomes of Shadow Hills is an actor and musician. He has been living in the community for nearly a year now. He was born in Hudson, New York and grew up in Springfield, New Jersey. After high school in Phoenix, he attended Northern Arizona University for one year. He joined his first band, and school took a backseat. The following year, he attended a community college and although his second semester was his best, he started entertaining in bars and that beckoned on his mission to lift and inhim away. spire people of all ages with An ad in the Arizona Rehis work and art. Some highpublic for the American lights are: a trending YouAcademy of Dramatic Arts Tube video, “John Galt’s was an inspiration, and at Speech,” with more than age 21 he packed his 1981 60,000 views; a role as a Celica and moved to Los 1931 Chicago mob boss in Angeles to attend the colhis 2015 demo reel; and his lege’s summer school pronew 2016 iTunes single and gram. On the second day, Instruc- video for the song, “Give Me Peace,” which was writtor John Peck (rest in peace) ten in Shadow Hills. He is paid him a complement on busy completing an Album his singing, and it made Greg fly with happiness and would titled “Above The Clouds” and another album titled alter his destiny. “Born To Win.” The “Born On the summer school’s final day, Gomes performed To Win” single should be available to download at the a scene on stage and the time of this publication. high was intense; he had With regards to the comnever felt anything like it in his life. The school’s admin- munity, he patronizes the town’s many businesses and istrator told Greg, “It looks does his best to stay “lolike you’ve been bitten by cal” for his needs. He says the bug.” he’s seen a resurgence of In 2016, Gomes focused
new business in the town in the past year. A close friend told him that when she was a kid that there was a movie theater in Shadow Hills. He would love to see the town get one again in the hope his movies will one day play there. He says he appreciates the many cultures in the area, and he believes in everyone working together to make a better community. He wishes to reach out to fellow industry professionals in the foothills, and his goal is to get his mission statement working on a large scale. He can be reached at GregGomes.com for any inquires and new friends. He would like to thank The Foothill Paper for graciously telling his story and thank its readers for their time and support.
Movie Review: Deadpool by
Bob Garver
Viewers were first introduced to Wade Wilson aka Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) back in 2009 with “X-Men Origins: Wolverine.” The movie was a critical flop and fans didn’t like its take on the Deadpool character. A spinoff movie seemed unlikely, especially once Reynolds jumped franchises to “Green Lantern” in 2011. Then “Green Lantern” opened and a standalone “Deadpool” movie seemed like a better career move. “Deadpool” opened to $135 million this past weekend, so the risky revisiting has paid off. Wade starts off as a “mercenary” who does dirty jobs for chump change. He leads such a miserable life that he and his friends pass the time trying to win a “dead pool,” a drawnout bet over who will be the first to die. Things pick up when he meets Vanessa (Morena Baccarin), who makes him
happy for once. The happiness turns back to misery when he finds out he has late-stage cancer. Against his better judgement, Wade undergoes a dicey treatment from the shadowy Francis (Ed Skrein), who knows how to unlock mutant powers that might be able to heal him. As he undergoes a brutal series of treatments, Wade learns that Francis has nefarious plans for him once he’s transformed. Wade finally gains mutant powers that include regeneration, but at a price: his face is permanently disfigured. He burns down the mutant-transformation clinic so Francis can’t continue his work, dons a superhero persona, and sets out to track down Francis. He wants to kill him, but he also needs him to fix his face so he can rekindle his relationship with Vanessa, who will never love him with his face the way it is. Most of the jokes are ex-
tremely crude, much more than one would expect from a movie spun off from a relatively family-friendly franchise like “X-Men.” Wade has quite the foul mouth, even though the Deadpool mask has no mouth. And don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying every superhero franchise could be improved just by adding vulgarity. But the vulgarity here is so well-written, creative (I cracked up at Wade and Vanessa’s celebration of Internationsee Dead Pool, page 9
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what he said. And you know I Would not budge. I tried the cracked, cheap, painted plastic would not lie to you. (Unless other side of the door. It was and the one that smelled like The other day, my son, Mike, I had a good reason to.) He stuck, too. So there I was, cakedon dried shower filth said something very nice to said, “Yeah, you always have stuck in the shower. And even had collected for at least 15 me. He said, “Dad, I really such cool shampoos. Like though my hair smelled teryears. Oh, how I missed that love coming to your house.” the Strawberry Essence of rific, I felt a twinge of concern. smell. I puffed up and got my big, Waterfalls or Ocean Breezes I pushed the damn door. At that point, I was pretty goofy parent grin on and said, of Lilac in a Thunderstorm.” And I pulled it. And I talked much in a state of panic. Nude “Wow. That makes me feel And he’s right. I do have to it. And I cussed it out. And panic. Naked jaybird panic. good. Is it because you think wonderfulsmelling shampoos. then I started yelling to Marge: And I was mad because there I am a wonderful father and A lot better than Gandhi’s, I “Marge! Marge! Help me. wasn’t a phone in the shower, maybe even your role model know that. Your naked, hairy husband is like they have in good hotels. in life and I am very similar to So, why am I telling you trapped in the shower. Help!” And I was going to sue these Gandhi?” He said, “No. That’s this? Because while I was But, after a few yells, I realdamn homeowners until I not quite it.” in my shower smelling my ized that Marge is getting a remembered that the damn So I said, “Is it because shampoo the other day, I had little hard of hearing and she homeowners were me and your mother follows Anthony a seminearalmostkindoftragic would not be able to hear me. Marge. And that pissed me off Weiner on Twitter and I don’t death experience. My concern was now a little even more because I couldn’t want to see, um, a member Yes, I had just finished closer to panic. figure out if I was going to be of Congress?” He said, “No, washing my elderly, yet still After about 10 minutes of the plaintiff or the defendant. that’s not quite it.” incredibly manly body and pushing, pulling and shaking Finally, I sort of gave up “Is it because you can use I put a big gob of Tropical the door, I thought about just and sat down on the scummy, my washing machine for free Coconut with a Hint of Mango breaking the damn thing down. wet, cold tile floor and thought and sometimes make me put Guava shampoo on my wet And that would have worked. to myself, “Is this how I am your washed clothes in the hair. And as I put on the Even I am stronger than a going to buy it? Is this how dryer while you’re watching shampoo, I breathed in that shower door. But I hesitated this lankly, semiold cowpoke TV?” “No. That’s not quite it.” wonderful aroma of Hawaiian to take such a destructive path, is going to ride off into the “Is it because we go out to lushness and I knew exactly mainly because we had just sunset?” I could see the news dinner every time you come what Mike was talking about. put in a brand new shower report: “Altadena Resident over and you can sponge off God, that shampoo smelled door. A relatively expensive Dies in Freak Shower me to get meals that you don’t good. (And I think it was shower door. A new shower Trapping.” Paramedics were get toys with?” “No. That’s not probably the reason why Don door that did not work as well astonished to find that even quite it.” Ho got laid so often.) as the old, pieceofcrap shower though the body hadn’t been “Well, what the quite is it?” But then, after I finished door we replaced. God, how discovered for four weeks, the And he said, “I love to smell rinsing off my hair, I tried to I wished I still had the old deceased’s hair smelled really your shampoo.” slide the shower door and it shower door, the ugly old good. Kind of like a Mai Tai I am serious. That is exactly wouldn’t open. It was stuck. shower door with stains and Hurricane of Dolphin Splendor.
Jim Laris is Jim Laris. But alas, I did not buy the wet, scummy farm of bathroom stuck shower door deadly death. No, I survived. After a full halfhour (Is that logically possible or legal?), yes, after a full halfhour of panic and crying and screaming and thinking I was a goner, I figured out how to get out. Yup, I figured it out, and I did it, and I got out. How did I do it? I would tell you, but I kind of hope this happens to all of you, and I don’t want to spoil your fun. And, of course, I like to fantasize about other naked bodies trapped in showers. Hey, from now on, be safe. Bring your cell phone in with you when you shower. If you get stuck, give me a call. I’ll bring the shampoo. Jim can be contacted at jimlaris@mac.com
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Deadpool, from pg. 4 al Women’s Day), and expertly delivered by Reynolds that anything less would make the movie feel like it’s being deprived of its natural tone. “Deadpool” is at its best when it’s aiming to do nothing more than make its audience laugh. It’s at its worst when it’s trying to be a straight superhero movie (which it does minimally) or when Wade is whining about his appearance, which gets old fast. There are some effective tender moments between Wade and Vanessa, so I can’t say the movie only works when Wade is making wisecracks, but the wisecracks are what people
Snakebite, from pg. 2 want to avoid. Concentrated venom will rapidly destroy cells. Allowing it to spread will dilute the toxin and reduce tissue damage. 6. Don’t apply a cold pack. Cold reduces healthy circulation to the infected area and can result in the loss of limbs. Some experts also believe snake venom increases vulnerability to frostbite. 7. Don’t let the snake bite victim eat or drink anything, including medication and alcohol, unless okayed by medical staff.
are going to take away from this movie. The raunchy humor isn’t going to be for everybody. If you’re not sure that you can handle this movie, watch one of the many redband trailers available online and go by your reaction to that. If you’re appalled, stay away. But if you’re like me and you can embrace that type of humor, then see this movie and laugh yourself silly. Two and a Half Stars out of Five “Deadpool” is rated R for strong violence and language throughout, sexual content and graphic nudity. Its running time is 108 minutes. Contact Robert Garver at rrg251@nyu.edu. 8. Don’t cut across the bite marks. Because snake fangs are curved, the pocket of venom will not be where expected and will probably have already spread. In addition, many snake bites are considered to be dry, or where there was no toxin released into the victim. Cutting into a dry bite may increase the risk of infection in the area by having an open wound. 9. Don’t try to capture the snake; only get it if it is dead. Instead, remember the color, markings, and shape in order to report to facilitate faster treatment.
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Crime Stats Theft 02/06/16 10:00 9200 BLOCK OF LA TUNA CANYON RD
Robbery 02/13/16 05:30 10000 BLOCK OF PINEWOOD AV
Theft 02/07/16 08:30 7700 BLOCK OF KYLE ST
Theft 02/15/16 10:00 8000 BLOCK OF ELLENBOGEN ST
Burglary 02/07/16 12:50 10000 BLOCK OF FRANCE AV
Theft 02/17/16 12:01 10200 BLOCK OF TUJUNGA CANYON BL
Burglary 02/08/16 08:45 10700 BLOCK OF RADWIN AV
Assault 02/18/16 08:45 8600 BLOCK OF FOOTHILL BL
Burglary 02/10/16 12:00 11300 BLOCK OF MOUNT GLEASON AV
Burglary 02/18/16 11:45 4500 BLOCK OF LA GRANADA WAY
Theft 02/11/16 10:00 6500 BLOCK OF FOOTHILL BL
Theft 02/18/16 03:30 10100 BLOCK OF COMMERCE AV
Burglary 02/12/16 07:45 10300 BLOCK OF TUJUNGA CANYON B
Assault 02/19/16 03:50 00 BLOCK OF FOOTHILL AND VALMONT
Theft 02/12/16 12:15 9800 BLOCK OF CREEMORE DR
Assault 02/19/16 04:20 7100 BLOCK OF FOOTHILL BL
Theft 02/12/16 04:00 10000 BLOCK OF SAMOA AV
Robbery 02/21/16 07:50 PM 10400 BLOCK OF LAS LUNITAS AV
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Let’s Kiss and Make Up!, Foothill Blvd.
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Plainview and Foothill Blvd., Multiple injuries.
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Rep. Schiff Announces 2016 Nominations to U.S. Service Academies
High School, Burbank resident – nominated to the Air Force Academy • Franchette Brosoto, Burbank High School, Burbank resident – nominated to the Air Force Academy Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burling both in academics as well • Rafael Calleja, Van Nuys bank) announced the nomina- as in extracurricular activities High School, Tujunga resition of 14 students from the and sports. These students are dent – nominated to the Naval 28th Congressional District deeply committed to serving Academy to U.S. service academies for in our armed forces, and I am • Ryan Chow, Providence the class of 2020. Four of the confident they will be future High School, Glendale resifive U.S. service academies leaders of our country.” dent – nominated to the Naval require a Congressional nom- The students nominated are: Academy ination in order to receive an • Caitlin Patricia Argueta, • Emma Marie Gale, Verduappointment. Hoover High School, Glengo Hills High School, Tujun “It is a privilege every year dale resident – nominated ga resident – nominated to the to nominate some of the to the Air Force and Naval Naval Academy best and most talented stuAcademy • Grandin Charles Hammell, dents in the 28th Congres• Matthew George Arnall, St. Notre Dame High School, Tusional District to our nation’s Francis High School, Glenjunga resident, nominated Service Academies,” said dale resident – nominated to to the Air Force and Naval Schiff. “Every student nomthe Merchant Marine AcadAcademy inated has an outstanding reemy • Robert William Herrin, Clark cord of achievements – excel- • Minas Badikyan, Burbank Magnet High School, La
Crescenta resident – nominated to the Naval Academy • Grace Eunhae Jhu, Hollywood High School, Los Angeles resident – nominated to the Air Force Academy • Juliana Johana LaFrance, Burbank High School, Burbank resident – nominated to the Naval Academy • Michael Ospina, John Burroughs High School, Burbank resident – nominated to the Merchant Marine Academy • Michael John Simic, Loyola High School, Burbank resident – nominated to the Naval Academy • Thomas Allen Wilson, John Burroughs High School, Burbank resident – nominated to the Naval Academy The four academies requiring a Congressional nomination are the Air Force Acad-
emy, the Merchant Marine Academy, the Military Academy at West Point, and the Naval Academy. The fifth service academy, the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, does not require a Congressional nomination. All five academies offer young men and women a free college education at a highly-ranked, nationally-recognized academic institution while preparing them for an officer’s commission in the armed forces. Students interested in applying to a Service Academy for the Class of 2021 should call Congressman Schiff’s District Office at (818) 4502900 or visit http://schiff. house.gov/help/academynominations to submit an application form. The application deadline for next year’s class is November 18, 2016.
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Plane Crash, from pg. 1 injured and the pilot appeared unharmed. The LAFD responded
Pot Fire, from pg. 1 LAPD Sgt. Frank Alfrez, watch commander at the LAPD’s Foothill Division. “There were about 200 plants on the property and they had a whole set-up with lights there inside the house and converted garage.”
Fatality, from pg. 1 8,000-pound truck in the air and pushed it forward four feet onto the sidewalk. Thompson died immediately but the fire department couldn’t remove his body for
quickly and made sure that the There’s have an old saying: aircraft did not catch fire. Corbett “Any landing you walk away was already out of the plane from is a good landing!” Corbett when fire fighters arrived. is sure to agree. It took more than 45 minutes for fire crews to knock down the blaze. They alerted the LAPD around 1:20 a.m. Investigators say the son of the property owner was home at the time of the fire but fled before firefighters arrived. LAPD Sgt. Frank Alfrez says the marijuana
plants were discovered in the garage and inside the adjacent house. Police believe the resident was extracting honey oil. The property owner arrived later in the morning to look at the damage to his house. He was not held. An investigation is ongoing. No arrests have been made.
nearly five hours because of how it was wedged under the truck. “The driver of the Nissan was Mitchell Zaba and he was injured as a result of the collision. He was charged with felony DUI — driving while under the influence
of drugs and causing injury or death to another person,” said LAPD Detective Bustos. Zaba was arrested at the hospital and transferred to the Los Angeles Jail. A memorial to Thompson has been set up on Mountair.
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