Love Triangle

Nov 20 2012

Senior citizen high-rise complex

TORRANCE, Calif.—Three people were fatally shot today in a high-rise senior citizen complex in Torrance in what police said was a double murder and suicide.

The shooting occurred shortly after noon in Golden West Tower at 3510 Maricopa St., Torrance police Sgt. Robert Watt said.

Police said “elderly man” fatally shot a man and a woman, then killed himself, Watt said. Their names were not immediately available.

What motivated the killings was not immediately known.

Sep 10 2010

$1 million bail set

TORRANCE - A Long Beach man was ordered today to stand trial on a murder charge stemming from the stabbing death of his former girlfriend's husband in Torrance nearly 25 years ago.

Torrance Superior Court Judge Eric C. Taylor found sufficient evidence to require Janos Kulcsar, 59, to proceed to trial for the Dec. 9, 1985, slaying of Archie McFarland, according to Deputy District Attorney John Lewin.

The 58-year-old office equipment technician was repeatedly stabbed in the driveway of his home on 184th Street.

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.
 

Alabama
Freeman A. Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will address the annual African American Business Council luncheon on June 28. Hrabowski, who is chairman of President Barack Obama’s Advisory Commission on Education Excellence for African Americans, has a national reputation for his work studying the performance of minority students in math and science. Hrabowski, named one of the 10 best college presidents in the country by Time magazine, was a child leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham in the 1960s.
 

Arkansas
The Liberty Counsel filed a motion and a brief in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas seeking to intervene on behalf of a Concepts of Life crisis pregnancy center to defend against a suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights. The groups seek to impose a permanent injunction before the Human Heartbeat Protection Act goes into effect July 18. Liberty Counsel also filed a brief opposing the ACLU’s request for an injunction. The “Heartbeat” bill states that when a woman seeks an abortion at or after the 12th week, doctors must test for a fetal heartbeat before an abortion is performed and inform the pregnant mother that the child in her womb has a heartbeat. If a heartbeat is detected, a woman cannot have an abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, and if a mother’s life is in danger. “As we promised when the legislation was introduced, Liberty Counsel will defend this law without reservation for the people of Arkansas, born and pre-born,” said Matt Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel. “No right is more foundational than the right to life. Without life, all other rights are irrelevant,” concluded Staver.