NEW CHARGES: Prosecutors are expected to announce...
NEW CHARGES: Prosecutors are expected to announce Monday at Pasadena Superior Court whether they plan to refile charges of kidnaping and assault with a deadly weapon against Jeffrey Cox, 19, a former San Gabriel High School student accused of holding his classmates hostage with an assault rifle in 1988. A hung jury last month forced a mistrial.
“GET HIP”: Hollywood High School holds an assembly on Tuesday to kick-off a new education campaign on noise-induced hearing loss called HIP--Hearing Is Priceless. The event is meant to draw attention to a state law that took effect Jan. 1 that prohibits car stereos from being played at levels that can be heard at a distance of 50 feet or more.
KING WEEK: The National Conference of Christians and Jews and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference of Greater Los Angeles will hold an interfaith prayer breakfast on Wednesday at Trinity Baptist Church as part of King Week Festival 1990, a celebration of the life and achievements of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. A wreath-laying service also is scheduled for 11 a.m. on Saturday at the King monument in Compton.
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