Night Manager

A $25,000 reward has been offered for information leading to the killer of the night manager of an Inglewood check-cashing business who was gunned down Saturday night during a robbery attempt. Douglas Brown, 52, died at the scene of the 8:20 p.m. shooting April 8 at Nix Check Cashing, in the 2700 block of West Manchester Boulevard, where someone had smashed open a glass door on the side of the building. Officers answering a silent alarm found the victim.

A New York police officer, responding to reports of a robbery at a neighborhood food store, accidentally killed an unarmed worker fleeing the robbery, police said Friday. The shooting in the Bronx was the latest involving a New York officer and civilians. Late last month, two police officers wounded nine bystanders while apprehending a gunman who had killed a former co-worker near the Empire State Building in Manhattan. Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly called the Bronx shooting a tragic accident.

Police say they have identified and issued a warrant for a suspect in the July 18 fatal shooting of an Alpha Beta night manager. Brea police refused to identify the man until today, but said he also might have been involved in an attempted homicide and an armed bank robbery in October in the same shopping center, in the 17400 block of Yorba Linda Boulevard.

Dodgers Manager Don Mattingly said Sunday that the team doctor told him second baseman Mark Ellis was within several hours of possibly having his left leg amputated if Ellis hadn't had emergency surgery. "That was scary," Mattingly said of the injury, which is expected to keep Ellis out of action for six weeks. "I didn't realize how bad that was. " Ellis, 34, suffered the injury Friday when he was upended by the St. Louis Cardinals' Tyler Greene to break up a double play.

A burger-stand manager, stabbed several times in the chest and abdomen by a robber, drove more than two miles to a service station to summon help early Saturday, police said. Gary Alonzo, 43, of Culver City, was reported in stable condition at Western Medical Center-Santa Ana after emergency surgery to stop internal bleeding, police said. According to officers, Alonzo, night manager at Bebop Burgers on Barranca Parkway, had driven to a bank branch at 2:40 a.m.

A gunman police believe may have killed a pizza parlor manager last week robbed a TJ Maxx clothing store at Winnetka Avenue and Sherman Way, police said Wednesday. The gunmen entered the store about 5 p.m. Tuesday, fired one shot into the ceiling, then pointed his handgun at a clerk and demanded money, said Detective Bob Johansen. After getting it, he fled.

Washington State running back Steve Broussard was charged with fourth-degree assault for allegedly punching the manager of a Pullman, Wash., supermarket who had ordered Broussard and a former teammate to leave the store. Pullman police cited Broussard, and misdemeanor charges were filed with the Whitman County prosecutor's office. Broussard, who will be a senior in the fall, led the Pacific 10 Conference in rushing last season with 1,280 yards. Police reports said Broussard and Mike Wimberly walked into the supermarket early last Sunday and began eating some items in the delicatessen without paying.

A New York police officer, responding to reports of a robbery at a neighborhood food store, accidentally killed an unarmed worker fleeing the robbery, police said Friday. The shooting in the Bronx was the latest involving a New York officer and civilians. Late last month, two police officers wounded nine bystanders while apprehending a gunman who had killed a former co-worker near the Empire State Building in Manhattan. Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly called the Bronx shooting a tragic accident.

Believing he was about to be killed by a woman bandit, the night manager of a Hollywood Jack-in-the-Box restaurant disarmed her with a perfect "rear gun take away" early today, then literally slammed her into the cooler. Police said the manager, Nageed Halaka, 23, wrested the gun away from suspect Carla McClain, 22, then pushed her ahead of him into the walk-in refrigerator and slammed the heavy door behind them both during the 7 a.m. robbery attempt.

The 22-year-old night manager of a McDonald's restaurant was arrested on suspicion of robbing his workplace at gunpoint early Sunday, authorities said. Cesar Amador Lopez was arrested at his family's home in Thousand Oaks about 8:20 a.m. and remained jailed Sunday night in lieu of $100,000 bail, according to the Ventura County Sheriff's Department. The holdup occurred about 4:30 a.m.

A lawsuit filed in San Diego County Superior Court on Friday accuses Costco Wholesale Corp. of breaking California labor law by routinely keeping employees from going home each night for 15 minutes as managers remove jewelry from cases and check registers. The policy, the suit says, amounts to false imprisonment.

"Management" is a mellow slow dance of a romantic comedy that skips the "meet-cute" in favor of "awkward encounter" -- a bottle of bad wine and a modest motel room where absolutely nothing sexy or romantic happens, which turns out to be strangely appealing.

Three robbers fled with $24,000 in cash after holding a supermarket manager's family hostage and demanding ransom from the store, authorities said Monday. The night manager of Vallarta Supermarket in Canoga Park handed over the money about 11:30 p.m. Sunday, after an armed man and woman took the manager's wife and child hostage at their Quartz Hill home, said Lt. Richard Lichten of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Lancaster station. No one was injured, and authorities said they had no suspects.

Douglas M. Davidson, night operations manager for the Los Angeles Times, has died of cancer. He was 52. "This is indeed sad news," said Michael Parks, former editor of The Times, who worked with Davidson. "We all appreciated the heart, soul and love that Doug put into The Times every day. For me, Doug was always the exemplar of the dedication that newspaper people bring to our profession." Davidson began working for The Times in 1967 as a bicycle messenger in the dispatch department.

The 22-year-old night manager of a McDonald's restaurant was arrested on suspicion of robbing his workplace at gunpoint early Sunday, authorities said. Cesar Amador Lopez was arrested at his family's home in Thousand Oaks about 8:20 a.m. and remained jailed Sunday night in lieu of $100,000 bail, according to the Ventura County Sheriff's Department. The holdup occurred about 4:30 a.m.

A 24-year-old man, enlisted by his closest friend to help mediate a simmering dispute between two teenage boys, was shot to death at a Hollywood parking lot, and six suspects were booked on suspicion of his murder Monday, police and relatives said. Artur Karapetyan was killed at a shopping center at Sunset Boulevard and Western Avenue on Sunday night. "I wish you could have known him," said Karapetyan's sister, Armine. "He was an extraordinary person.

A 24-year-old man, enlisted by his closest friend to help mediate a simmering dispute between two teenage boys, was shot to death at a Hollywood parking lot, and six suspects were booked on suspicion of his murder Monday, police and relatives said. Artur Karapetyan was killed at a shopping center at Sunset Boulevard and Western Avenue on Sunday night. "I wish you could have known him," said Karapetyan's sister, Armine. "He was an extraordinary person.

"Management" is a mellow slow dance of a romantic comedy that skips the "meet-cute" in favor of "awkward encounter" -- a bottle of bad wine and a modest motel room where absolutely nothing sexy or romantic happens, which turns out to be strangely appealing.

A $25,000 reward has been offered for information leading to the killer of the night manager of an Inglewood check-cashing business who was gunned down Saturday night during a robbery attempt. Douglas Brown, 52, died at the scene of the 8:20 p.m. shooting April 8 at Nix Check Cashing, in the 2700 block of West Manchester Boulevard, where someone had smashed open a glass door on the side of the building. Officers answering a silent alarm found the victim. Thomas Nix, president of the business, offered the reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the killer.