Wanted WomanStill exploring the convoluted pasts of...

Wanted Woman

Still exploring the convoluted pasts of two bank robbers shot to death last month in a televised shootout in North Hollywood, Los Angeles police detectives are now trying to find the widow of one of the men. . . . They plan to release a photo today of a woman believed to have been the wife of Larry Eugene Phillips Jr., who along with Emil Matasareanu died in the Feb. 28 gun battle.

British Breakup

For a hint of how a breakup of the giant Los Angeles Unified School District might play out, look all the way across the Atlantic. The closest analogy to Los Angeles is the Inner London Education Authority. . . . Once the world’s largest school system, it was divided in 1987 into 13 districts matching London’s inner boroughs. But in London, it was Parliament--rather than a grass-roots movement--that set the course for change (B1).

Valley for Rent

With a flourishing Hollywood gobbling up San Fernando Valley office space, a new partnership has taken over the troubled Palladian World Center project in Glendale, promising to break ground by summer. If that happens, the 24-story tower would be the first large office building since the recession to be built “on spec”--without tenants already signed up. The need for such space has been largely “entertainment driven,” said Pete Hillman, one of the partners in the project (D11A).

Oscar Eats

With a good portion of the city tuning into the Academy Awards, many restaurateurs got a break Monday--at least in the early evening. The rush would come after the telecast ended, said Stacy Simone, a manager at Jerry’s Famous Deli in Studio City.