Not Santa: Firefighters have dubbed it the...
Not Santa: Firefighters have dubbed it the “Santa incident.” Firefighters had to rescue a 15-year-old Lancaster boy who became stuck in a chimney early Friday morning. The boy had been arguing over a curfew with his guardian and was on the roof of the house when sheriff’s deputies, responding to complaints about the noise, arrived on the scene. “They tried to talk him down, and then he got into the chimney,” Deputy Rick Nolte said. “I don’t know why.”
* AGAINST BREAKUP: Mayor Richard Riordan, speaking before Valley business leaders, called Valley secession a “terrible idea” (B1). ... He also vetoed a City Council decision that would allow a controversial sex club to operate in East Hollywood. B16
* GANG VIOLENCE: Despite an increase in homicides, police say gang-related violence has dropped in the Valley. B1
* SAYING GOODBYE: Cal State Northridge’s record-setting senior quarterback Aaron Flowers, a week from the season’s end, says it’s not easy to walk away from his longtime passion. C1
* DRUG LAB: Police raided a suspected methamphetamine lab along Ventura Boulevard in Studio City. B5
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