Car Accident

For 22 years, Carlos Navarro Franco tended the grounds of Santa Monica College. An immigrant from Mexico, he was proud that his hard work helped plant the seeds for his children's education. His youngest daughter, Marcela, 26, was studying psychology and was signed up to take summer classes at the college. On Friday, father was driving daughter to buy books for those classes on campus when a gunman fired at their red SUV. Carlos, 68, died at the scene. Marcela was taken to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, where she is in critical condition.

On Tuesday afternoon Duane Jensen was driving home from a round of golf when his cellphone rang and he was told of a fire in Black Forest. A bad one. He glanced out the window and saw a plume of smoke rising in the distance. He suddenly felt sick. He lives close to that spot. And he had been through this before. "It was like a horrible punch in the gut," he said Friday. Almost exactly a year before, he was standing on the deck of his house in the Mountain Shadows subdivision with the glorious views and the shrubs and trees he had babied until they bloomed like showpieces.

WASHINGTON - The CIA on Tuesday disclosed the names of 15 of its operatives killed in the line of duty over the last 30 years, the result of a new effort to honor fallen officers whose sacrifices had long gone unrecognized by all but a few. Fourteen of the dead already had a star inscribed in their memory on the CIA's wall of honor in the lobby of the old headquarters building on the agency's Langley, Va., campus. But their names had been withheld. In a closed agency ceremony Monday their names were added to the Book of Honor, which accompanies the stars.

For 22 years, Carlos Navarro Franco tended the grounds of Santa Monica College. An immigrant from Mexico, he was proud that his hard work helped plant the seeds for his children's education. His youngest daughter, Marcela, 26, was studying psychology and was signed up to take summer classes at the college. On Friday, father was driving daughter to buy books for those classes on campus when a gunman fired at their red SUV. Carlos, 68, died at the scene. Marcela was taken to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, where she is in critical condition.

Kendra Wilkinson was reportedly hospitalized briefly on Sunday following a car accident, but on Monday morning she rebounded with a thankful tweet. "Thank you for all well wishes," she wrote . "Just really reminded me how fragile life really is and how important love really is. " The "Girls Next Door" and "Kendra" star was spotted heading into Providence Tarzana Medical Center early Sunday, according to Us Weekly , which also had a source saying the 27-year-old was "really sore" and "in shock" after a bad car accident in Tarzana.

Two Los Angeles police officers were injured in a vehicle accident Tuesday afternoon while responding to a report of a stabbing. The two officers' car collided with another vehicle near Santa Monica Boulevard and Vine Street around 3:00 p.m., the Los Angeles Police Department said.  They were taken to a local hospital with injuries that authorities described as minor. They had been responding to the incident at a fast-food restaurant. No other details were immediately available.    ALSO: New charges filed in L.A. County assessor scandal Man lost for a week in Northern California survived on pine nuts Women's settlement with LAPD in Dorner case worth $4.2 million Twitter: @anblanx andrew.blankstein@latimes.com Twitter: @LAJourno robert.lopez@latimes.com

Cal State Northridge guard Josh Jenkins remained hospitalized in stable condition Monday after being injured in a single-car accident Saturday in which the driver was killed, the school announced. Jenkins, the team's point guard, is out of action indefinitely but could be released from the hospital soon, school spokesman Bob Vazquez said. California Hospital Medical Center spokeswoman Katreena Salgado said she did not have further information on Jenkins' injuries.

Mayim Bialik, the "Blossom" star most recently recurring as Sheldon's friend on "The Big Bang Theory," is in one piece after a bad car accident in Hollywood that resulted in a serious hand injury. Noting that it was her husband typing, Bialik said Wednesday on Twitter that she was "in pain but will keep all my fingers," proceeding on in good enough spirits to plug a pre-taped TV appearance later that night. The actress, 36, was driving alone through the intersection at Hollywood Boulevard and La Brea Avenue when her Volvo collided with a car turning west on Hollywood Boulevard, police told L.A. Now . Both of her car's main air bags blew, and the crash left her with "severe lacerations to her left hand and thumb," according to Los Angeles Police Lt. Andrew Neiman.

Miranda Kerr injured her neck in a Los Angeles car accident Monday, which put the supermodel in a neck brace. Kerr, 29, was spotted Tuesday wearing the medical collar, which she attempted to conceal with a patterned scarf. A driver reportedly smashed into her car on a L.A. freeway, TMZ reported . Her husband, actor Orlando Bloom, and their 2-year-old son, Flynn, were not with her during the accident, but Kerr was believed to have been riding with her assistant at the time. "She is in a lot of pain, but really we are just glad it was not more serious," her representative told Australia's 9 News.

Paris Hilton was unhurt early Wednesday in a minor car accident as she left a Hollywood nightclub, said her publicist, Jack Ketsoyan. Hilton was a passenger in a Bentley that a companion drove into the back of a large commercial truck, scratching the hood of the car. The accident was captured on videotape and was shown on television and the Internet. Officer Michael Lopez of the Los Angeles Police Department said no one was cited. The name of the driver was not immediately available from police.

The state Department of Motor Vehicles hopes to have more information in upcoming days about the driver's license status of the teenager who was behind the wheel in a fiery Newport Beach crash that killed him and four other young passengers. The DMV said it will audit the driver's license application filed by Abdulrahman Alyahyan, 17, of Irvine. He did not have even a learner's permit when his Infiniti sedan crashed May 27 on Jamboree Road. But Alyahyan was cited April 20 for violating terms of a provisional license.

Just 11 months into his job as a Los Angeles police officer, Sergio Arreola had a choice to make: resign or be fired. The day before, April 11, 2012, he had been handcuffed and booked by Pomona police for allegedly assaulting them during a traffic accident investigation and resisting arrest. Arreola's captain had issued the ultimatum after getting word of the incident from Pomona officials. The 25-year-old Marine veteran, who had dreamed about becoming an LAPD cop, felt his world crumbling around him. For a moment, the young officer considered resigning.

A top student at Schurr High School in Montebello, Emily Sanchez believed success was the result of hard work. Over the last few years, the 18-year-old academic standout and softball star received several honors, including two MVP awards for leading Schurr to consecutive league titles. The University of Delaware even offered her a softball scholarship, which she accepted. But graduation and college plans are now on hold for Sanchez. Since Mother's Day she has been in the hospital recovering from injuries she suffered in a major car accident.

Ken Venturi, a San Francisco native and the 1964 U.S. Open golf champion, has died. He was 82. Matt Venturi says his father died Friday afternoon at a hospital in Rancho Mirage, Calif., after a two-month battle with a spinal infection, pneumonia and an intestinal infection. Venturi is best known for his only major victory when he battled oppressive heat and humidity to win the U.S. Open at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md., by shooting 66-70 on the final day. He also was runner-up in the 1956 and 1960 Masters.

As "New Girl" fans eye next week's season finale and its surprising Taylor Swift-ness, one of the show's stars is preparing to turn his attention elsewhere: to the movies. Jake Johnson, who plays the slacker-y Nick Miller opposite Zooey Deschanel's quirky Jess, is set to spend his hiatus in New Orleans shooting an action comedy titled "Let's Be Cops" opposite Damon Wayans Jr. This after premiering his new movie "The Pretty One" at the Tribeca Film Festival last month and his other new movie, "Drinking Buddies," at SXSW in March (that one's set to come out from Magnolia Pictures)

A look at some recent and recommended books: FICTION Claire Messud's "The Woman Upstairs" (Random House, $25.95) thrums with the fury of a middle-aged woman whose dormant creative impulses are awakened when she forges a friendship-verging-on-obsession with a charismatic female artist and her family. The result is startling: a psychological and intellectual thriller. James Salter was in his 40s when his best-known novel, "A Sport and a Pastime," was published - in 1967.

A former Huntington Park police officer has filed a $500,000 legal claim against the city of Los Angeles, saying he suffered "serious multiple physical injuries" after his car was hit from behind by a city-owned SUV driven by City Councilman Jose Huizar. David Ceja, 49, said his 2002 Saturn was struck by Huizar's 2008 Toyota Highlander on 1st Street in Boyle Heights in October. Humberto Guizar, Ceja's attorney, said that in the minutes after the accident, Huizar repeatedly asked that the matter be handled without alerting the Los Angeles Police Department.

A Valencia man was killed early Friday when his car rolled over and struck a light pole, a California Highway Patrol official said. Robert Yerousek, 28, was driving east on Decoro Drive at high speed when he lost control of his car at Decoro and Vista Delgado drives, Officer Wendy Moore said. His car struck a curb and hit a nearby fence, Moore said, causing the vehicle to roll over and hit the pole. Yerousek was pronounced dead at Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital, Moore said.

Now that the days are longer and the weather is warmer, there will be more bicyclists on the streets, the Automobile Club of Southern California says. So it's suggesting steps that could prevent accidents. Some of the Auto Club rules of the road for motorists: --When parked on streets, look for bicyclists approaching before opening your car door. --When passing a bicyclist, slow down and try to give them at least three feet of room. --Drivers should always signal before lane changes and turns, especially right turns, when cars will cross into the bike lane.

Two Los Angeles police officers were injured in a vehicle accident Tuesday afternoon while responding to a report of a stabbing. The two officers' car collided with another vehicle near Santa Monica Boulevard and Vine Street around 3:00 p.m., the Los Angeles Police Department said.  They were taken to a local hospital with injuries that authorities described as minor. They had been responding to the incident at a fast-food restaurant. No other details were immediately available.    ALSO: New charges filed in L.A. County assessor scandal Man lost for a week in Northern California survived on pine nuts Women's settlement with LAPD in Dorner case worth $4.2 million Twitter: @anblanx andrew.blankstein@latimes.com Twitter: @LAJourno robert.lopez@latimes.com