Police show up at Encino IndyMac branch as waiting customers clash
Los Angeles police were dispatched to an IndyMac Bank branch in Encino this morning when customers waiting to withdraw money became agitated after several people tried to cut in line on the second day of the failed institution’s federal takeover.
Police told customers to remain calm or face arrest as they tried to withdraw their money.
Three police units were dispatched shortly after 8 a.m. amid reports of a disruption outside the branch in the 17000 block of Ventura Boulevard, LAPD spokeswoman April Harding said. . .
SAN FRANCISCO — — From the forbidding, steely confines of San Quentin Prison’s death row, scores of California’s most notorious convicts have been reaching out to the free world via the Internet.
Scott Peterson’s Web page features smiling photos of himself with his wife Laci, whom he was found guilty of murdering and dumping into San Francisco Bay while she was pregnant with their unborn son. It also links viewers to his family’s support site, where Peterson has a recent blog posting on his “wrongful conviction.”
Mustachioed Randy Kraft, condemned Orange County slayer of 16 young men, is looking for pen pals. So is convicted Northern California serial killer Charles Ng, who describes himself as shy and offers to sell his wildlife drawings. . .
Legislature approves bill banning trans fats
California is poised to become the first state in the nation to ban restaurants and other food facilities from using trans fats, which are known to increase the risk of heart disease, under a bill approved by the state Legislature Monday and sent to the governor.
The measure, passed with a bare majority, comes two weeks after a similar ban in New York City became fully effective. California doctor and consumer groups support the law, while restaurant groups have offered a lukewarm response. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has not taken a position, a spokesman said.
Assemblyman Tony Mendoza, D-Artesia (Los Angeles County), who wrote AB97, said the measure is intended to promote the health of Californians. . .
