Sun Valley

Crime reports are up significantly for the latest week in 11 L.A. neighborhoods, including Sun Valley, according to an analysis of LAPD data by the Los Angeles Times' Crime L.A. database . Eight neighborhoods reported a significant increase in violent crime. Sun Valley (A) was the most unusual, recording 10 reports, compared with a weekly average of 3.5 over the last three months. Full report/database > >

Los Angeles police are investigating a shooting outside a nightclub in Sun Valley early Sunday that left one man dead, authorities said. The shooting occurred shortly after 2 a.m. near the intersection of San Fernando Road and Vineland Avenue , police said. One man, described as in his mid-30s, was shot several times in the upper body by two men, according to a preliminary police investigation. least 65 homicides have been reported within 4 miles of Sunday's shooting since January 2007, according to coroner's data collected for The Times' interactive Homicide Report . ]

Nearly 40% of the homeless population in North Hollywood and Sun Valley are at risk of premature death, according to a survey completed this week. Of the 271 people surveyed, 106 were found to have health conditions associated with a high mortality risk, said organizers from the San Fernando Valley Homeless Coalition, a network of service providers. About 60 volunteers took part in the effort, fanning out in the early morning hours Monday through Wednesday to interview people living on the streets and in shelters about their health status, institutional history, length of homelessness and other issues.

Police arrested two men and a woman thought to have supplied Burbank teens with drugs. Donald Whitehall, 20, Antony Jones, 21, and Ginny Doddy, 39, were arrested Aug. 9 after members of the department's narcotics detail and special response team found marijuana, methamphetamine and cocaine in the home, where the trio lived in the 10600 block of Crockett Street in Sun Valley, police said. The three were suspected of selling drugs to teenagers from Burbank, Police Sgt. John Dilibert said.

A reported gang member arrested during last month's investigation into the fatal shooting of Burbank Police Officer Matthew Pavelka has been sentenced to 16 months in state prison. Ricardo Barba, also known as Ricardo Brava, pleaded guilty Monday in Burbank Superior Court to one count of possession of a machine gun. Barba, 18, of Sun Valley, was one of five dozen people arrested while authorities searched for David A. Garcia, the man accused of killing Pavelka during a Nov. 15 shootout.

Alecia Foster and Irma Lemus TUJUNGA -- Tiny beads of sap, like tears, dripped from a pine tree onto the pictures, flowers and candles piled around it. The miniature roadside memorial, erected the past few days by family and friends, was a tribute to Tujunga residents Ricardo Antonio Ojeda and Gino Nepomuceno, two friends killed in a car accident over the weekend. Nepomuceno attended Providence High School in Burbank and Ojeda was a former Providence student who enrolled a year ago at Valley Christian High School in Sun Valley.

Three injured at Fourth of July party A Fourth of July party in the 4400 block of West Verdugo Avenue turned violent when unwelcome guests refused to leave, police said. Burbank police were called to the area at 11:44 p.m. and found 50 people in the street, three of whom sustained knife and blunt trauma wounds. They were taken to hospitals and treated for non-life-threatening injuries, police said. Police arrested Austin Cook, 18, of Burbank, Pedro Hernandez-Ceron, 18, of Sun Valley and a Sun Valley boy for assault with a deadly weapon.

Candidates go with what they know The crux of the presidential campaign is really quite simple. It calls for this: Do we want a president like Al Gore, who knows all the right moves, or one like George Bush Jr., who knows all the right people? ZACHARY A. CHARLES Burbank Who speaks for Sun Valley? Has it ever struck you as strange that the people of Burbank get to vote on the airport expansion and the people of Los Angeles west of the airport have strong representation, but no one speaks for the people most affected by airport noise, those who live in Sun Valley northeast of where most of the flights travel?

SUN VALLEY ? A 64-year-old man was killed Friday morning after the car he was driving collided with a Burbank Bus. Angel Castellanos, of Sun Valley, suffered fatal injuries after police say he steered his 1992 Infiniti in the path of a Burbank Bus while attempting to make a left turn in the intersection of Cohassat Street and San Fernando Boulevard, on the outskirts of Burbank in Sun Valley, Burbank Police Sgt. Tracy Sanchez said. Paramedics transported Castellanos to Holy Cross Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, he said.

Crime reports are up significantly for the latest week in 11 L.A. neighborhoods, including Sun Valley, according to an analysis of LAPD data by the Los Angeles Times' Crime L.A. database . Eight neighborhoods reported a significant increase in violent crime. Sun Valley (A) was the most unusual, recording 10 reports, compared with a weekly average of 3.5 over the last three months. Full report/database > >

Los Angeles police are investigating a shooting outside a nightclub in Sun Valley early Sunday that left one man dead, authorities said. The shooting occurred shortly after 2 a.m. near the intersection of San Fernando Road and Vineland Avenue , police said. One man, described as in his mid-30s, was shot several times in the upper body by two men, according to a preliminary police investigation. least 65 homicides have been reported within 4 miles of Sunday's shooting since January 2007, according to coroner's data collected for The Times' interactive Homicide Report . ]

Los Angeles police searched Tuesday for three armed men who killed a 24-year-old as he attempted to help his grandfather, who was being mugged by the men outside a Sun Valley home. Danilo Estuardo Morales was shot in the head and killed after coming to the aid of his 60-year-old grandfather who had just been mugged by three men outside a home on the 8100 block of Coldwater Canyon Boulevard, authorities said. The grandfather had just arrived at the home when he encountered the three men, who took his wallet and jewelry, police said.

Nearly 40% of the homeless population in North Hollywood and Sun Valley are at risk of premature death, according to a survey completed this week. Of the 271 people surveyed, 106 were found to have health conditions associated with a high mortality risk, said organizers from the San Fernando Valley Homeless Coalition, a network of service providers. About 60 volunteers took part in the effort, fanning out in the early morning hours Monday through Wednesday to interview people living on the streets and in shelters about their health status, institutional history, length of homelessness and other issues.

Three injured at Fourth of July party A Fourth of July party in the 4400 block of West Verdugo Avenue turned violent when unwelcome guests refused to leave, police said. Burbank police were called to the area at 11:44 p.m. and found 50 people in the street, three of whom sustained knife and blunt trauma wounds. They were taken to hospitals and treated for non-life-threatening injuries, police said. Police arrested Austin Cook, 18, of Burbank, Pedro Hernandez-Ceron, 18, of Sun Valley and a Sun Valley boy for assault with a deadly weapon.

Salvation Army hiring workers for holidays The Salvation Army, Burbank Corps, is hiring Red Kettle workers for the annual Red Kettle Drive that runs from Nov. 21 to Dec. 24. The salary is $8 per hour, and the kettles will be placed in Burbank, North Hollywood and Sun Valley locations. Proceeds from the Kettles provide funds for social services and the corps? daily operations. Applications can be filled out from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Thursday at the Burbank Corps office, 300 E. Angeleno Ave., Burbank.

Downtown Burbank’s AMC Walkway was filled to the brim with more than 160 dancers and spectators Thursday night. They came to swing at the last free summer concert of the season which featured Montebello and East Los Angeles-based band The Wise Guys. Brass, strings and crooner vocals made up the big band era-style music of the balmy evening. The sounds echoed all throughout the shop-lined stretch of San Fernando Boulevard. Some stopped and stared at the spectacle of the large band crowded on a little stage near a checkerboard dance floor.

The following items were taken from Burbank Police Department reports: 200 block of East Magnolia Boulevard: A 16-year-old Sun Valley girl was arrested on Monday on suspicion of petty theft at Mervyns. 1800 block of Empire Avenue: A 21-year-old Kansas, Mo., woman reported the theft of her purse on Monday while she was shopping at Target. 1800 block of North San Fernando Boulevard: A 26-year-old Burbank man was arrested on Monday on suspicion of driving without a license.

SUN VALLEY — A 64-year-old man was killed Friday morning after the car he was driving collided with a Burbank Bus. Angel Castellanos, of Sun Valley, suffered fatal injuries after police say he steered his 1992 Infiniti in the path of a Burbank Bus while attempting to make a left turn in the intersection of Cohassat Street and San Fernando Boulevard, on the outskirts of Burbank in Sun Valley, Burbank Police Sgt. Tracy Sanchez said. Paramedics transported Castellanos to Holy Cross Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, he said.