David Katz

Swimming Anaheim Age 14 David Katz got an early start on his swimming career. His memories of it are a little vague, but at the age of 3 months, he made his first big splash in the sport. When he was an infant, David's mother, Carol Katz, took him to a YMCA in Philadelphia for a water safety class. While they were in the pool, David suddenly pushed free from his mother's grasp and began swimming under water. "The people who were teaching the class were stunned," Carol Katz said.

David Katz's day at the Van Nuys courthouse started like any other Friday. The Traffic Court judge spent the morning hearing cases, as he always does. After clearing his calendar a little after 10, he headed toward the parking lot to leave. But as he neared his car, he heard shots. The next few minutes would force change on his routine and thrust him into the media klieg lights-- at least temporarily. A short distance away, a shoving match had quickly escalated.

Katz's second swimming career wasn't nearly as successful as his first. Though he became a Times' all-county swimmer his senior year at Foothill, Katz didn't set any national records this time around. He set four with the Mission Viejo Nadadores as a youngster. "I found myself going from first to second to third to eighth and then to consolation races," Katz said. "I knew I had to start looking at swimming a whole new way." Carol Katz said her son simply outgrew the water.

With the advent of the second millennium now safely behind us (that is, unless one accepts the more correct dating of the new era from 2001), perhaps the salient fact about the great moment was its insignificance. Not only was there no sign of millennial panic, but the most notable indication of fixation on the transition was not spiritual but carnal: All the world's best restaurants had been booked solid for years for the evening of Dec. 31.

Glass salesman Kerry Lynn Brown pleaded innocent to first-degree murder in the slaying of a postal worker. Trial of Brown, 25, held without bail, will begin July 1, U.S. District Judge David V. Kenyon said. Brown was arrested April 26 in the death of Dale J. Hooker, 39, who was shot while delivering mail to the Los Angeles home where Brown lived with his parents. A medical examination to determine if Brown were fit for trial was requested by Assistant U.S. Atty.

David Katz's day at the Van Nuys courthouse started like any other Friday. The Traffic Court judge spent the morning hearing cases, as he always does. After clearing his calendar a little after 10, he headed toward the parking lot to leave. But as he neared his car, he heard shots. The next few minutes would force change on his routine and thrust him into the media klieg lights-- at least temporarily. A short distance away, a shoving match had quickly escalated.

For Dr. Antronette K. Yancey, a UCLA public health professor, exercise could be fun and done in short bursts in the workplace, schools and even places of worship. Her campaign to urge people to incorporate physical activity into their daily lives led to a 2010 book about the topic - "Instant Recess: Building a Fit Nation 10 Minutes at a Time. " Long before First Lady Michelle Obama launched a national conversation on physical fitness, Yancey was talking about the dangers of a sedentary lifestyle and the benefits of exercise, colleagues said.

With the advent of the second millennium now safely behind us (that is, unless one accepts the more correct dating of the new era from 2001), perhaps the salient fact about the great moment was its insignificance. Not only was there no sign of millennial panic, but the most notable indication of fixation on the transition was not spiritual but carnal: All the world's best restaurants had been booked solid for years for the evening of Dec. 31.

Another defendant has been indicted on charges of mail fraud in a $3-million phone solicitation scheme, the U.S. attorney's office announced Monday. Michael Bruce Marks, 47, and seven others are accused in two federal Grand Jury indictments of using deceptive sales pitches to market photocopier supplies from a "boiler room" sales office in Los Angeles. All the defendants are free on bail pending trial Dec. 2, Assistant U.S. Atty. David Katz said.

Katz's second swimming career wasn't nearly as successful as his first. Though he became a Times' all-county swimmer his senior year at Foothill, Katz didn't set any national records this time around. He set four with the Mission Viejo Nadadores as a youngster. "I found myself going from first to second to third to eighth and then to consolation races," Katz said. "I knew I had to start looking at swimming a whole new way." Carol Katz said her son simply outgrew the water.

Swimming Anaheim Age 14 David Katz got an early start on his swimming career. His memories of it are a little vague, but at the age of 3 months, he made his first big splash in the sport. When he was an infant, David's mother, Carol Katz, took him to a YMCA in Philadelphia for a water safety class. While they were in the pool, David suddenly pushed free from his mother's grasp and began swimming under water. "The people who were teaching the class were stunned," Carol Katz said.

Glass salesman Kerry Lynn Brown pleaded innocent to first-degree murder in the slaying of a postal worker. Trial of Brown, 25, held without bail, will begin July 1, U.S. District Judge David V. Kenyon said. Brown was arrested April 26 in the death of Dale J. Hooker, 39, who was shot while delivering mail to the Los Angeles home where Brown lived with his parents. A medical examination to determine if Brown were fit for trial was requested by Assistant U.S. Atty.

Winemaker Angelo Papagni, who pled guilty two years ago to falsely selling Barbera Grapes as Zinfandel and was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison, has had his prison term reduced by three months, making him eligible for release this week. Los Angeles attorney David Katz appealed to U.S.

A Pacoima man dubbed by police the "Electronic Bandit" for his method of getting bank tellers to give him money has been sentenced to 12 years in federal prison. Police said David Gregory Miller, 37, frightened tellers by warning them that he had an electronic device that could detect silent alarms. Also sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles was Miller's wife, Jacquelyn.