Trespassing

Two men accused of trespassing onto the Nevada Test Site have been convicted in U.S. District Court here. The conviction of John Mento and Theodore Thomas marked the first convictions in federal court for trespassing on the site 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas. In the past, trespassers have been arrested by Nye County authorities, then usually released after being cited. But county authorities have said they will not prosecute trespassers at the site because of the growing number of protests at the remote desert location.

'Trespass' MPAA rating: R for violence and terror, pervasive language and some brief drug use Running time: 1 hour, 30 minutes Playing at: AMC Loews Broadway 4, Santa Monica

A young boy was mauled to death by two polar bears after closing hours Tuesday at the Prospect Park Zoo in Brooklyn and authorities at first feared that the animals had devoured two other youngsters. But the two other youths were later located by police and were unharmed, according to wire service reports. The two bears were slain by repeated blasts from police shotguns. The dead boy, identified as Juan Perez, 11, of Brooklyn, was partially devoured by the bears.

Popcorn journeyman Joel Schumacher's home-invasion flick "Trespass" does an efficient enough job setting up screenwriter Karl Gajdusek's scenario: Four masked robbers barge into the sumptuous, secluded home of high-end diamond dealer Kyle Miller (Nicolas Cage), his architect-wife, Sarah (Nicole Kidman), and their teenage daughter (Liana Liberato), and immediately a war of bluffs begins over which party is more desperate. Then the film takes a hyper-drive pill — side effects include excessive yelling, strained twists and ludicrous action logic — and a potentially claustrophobic B-movie nail-biter suddenly becomes tediously overworked.

Francis Pedneau, a Lone Pine contractor, went fishing at Haiwee Reservoir in the lower Owens Valley one day last June, using himself as bait. A caretaker employee of the Los Angeles City Department of Water and Power bit. "They tried to run me out," Pedneau said. "I said no. That had never happened to them before. They'd tell people they were trespassing, and nobody ever refused to go." When the DWP man said he would call the Inyo County Sheriff's Dept., Pedneau said: "Fine. I'll be right here .

We figured Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment to be just about the sweetest and happiest place in Holly wood. But things weren't all gooey when a camera crew from Group W's syndicated "Entertainment Report" tried to shoot the exterior of his fortress on Universal's lot. A source tells us the "ER" crew--at Universal for a segment on the syndie sitcom "Bustin' Loose"--ran afoul of Amblin security forces when it turned cameras on his Spanish-style building.

Cindy Sheehan was convicted of trespassing for trying to deliver an anti-Iraq-war petition to the U.S. Mission to the United Nations in March. Sheehan, 49, of Vacaville, Calif. -- whose son was killed in Iraq -- and three others were acquitted of disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and obstructing government administration. They left court and immediately tried again to deliver the petition. It was accepted.

The City Council has given final approval to an ordinance that strengthens the city's ban on trespassing. Council members passed the ordinance unanimously last week in response to complaints that more and more homeless people and transients were seeking refuge in abandoned buildings and parking structures. The Police Department has been arresting transients who refuse to leave after they have been given warnings.

The Glendale City Council on Tuesday amended a city trespassing ordinance to grant police greater flexibility in arresting loiterers on private property. The new law was drawn as a result of increasing complaints from business owners and residents about day laborers who congregate at popular pickup areas, such as Broadway and Jackson Street. City Atty. Scott H.

Dallas Cowboy star Deion Sanders was arrested Wednesday on a trespassing charge after being warned to leave a restricted lake on airport property in this southwest Florida city. Sanders was fishing on the lake with a friend when he was arrested by two officers from the Lee County Port Authority Police Department, police said. A native of Fort Myers, Sanders said he rarely home and the temptation of the lake's large bass was just too great.

Downtown Los Angeles was transformed into a set for political theater over the weekend, with protesters pitching tents in front of City Hall and performance artists dancing on floats meandering through the streets. Inspired by the anti-corporate Occupy Wall Street protests in New York, several hundred people set up camp in front of Los Angeles City Hall on Saturday and announced that they were there to stay. Whether that will change when City Hall workers find themselves walking a gantlet of sign-wielding protesters Monday, or when vendors arrive to set up the regularly scheduled Thursday farmers market on the lawn, was unclear.

Question: I've been living in my desert area unit only five months and problems never cease. People keep climbing over the 6-foot fences outside my window, the drive-in security gates are left open for hours at a time with no one watching the entries and locks on gates don't work. When I brought these issues to the board president he refused to listen. Since then, notes have been left on my car saying: "We don't like your dirty car — wash it!" About 70% of the units are rented out, and the majority of owner-occupied units belong to elderly individuals who do not participate in association affairs.

Iranian authorities will announce a verdict and sentence within days in the case of two U.S. hikers arrested two years ago near an unmarked section of the Iran-Iraq border, their lawyer and court officials said Sunday after what appeared to be the final court hearing in the case. On the anniversary of their July 31, 2009, arrest, Shane Bauer and Joshua Fattal spent four hours at a hearing at the Tehran Revolutionary Court, where they face charges of espionage and trespassing. "The last session was held," Iranian judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei was quoted as saying by the state-owned Al Alam television channel.

Two Americans imprisoned in Iran for 18 months had their first official court hearing Sunday and pleaded not guilty to charges including espionage and trespassing, their lawyer said. Joshua Fattal and Shane Bauer, two UC Berkeley graduates who were arrested during a hiking trip on the Iran-Iraq border in 2009, attended the hearing and appeared to be in good health, said Masoud Shafii, their attorney. He said the judge ordered the trial continued to an unspecified date. "I hoped the case would have ended today," Shafii said in a telephone interview.

Hundreds of environmentalists, union members and liberal activists converged on Rancho Mirage on Sunday to rally against what they see as the influence of two of the nation's leading financial backers of conservative causes. The protestors waved signs condemning "corporate greed," chanted slogans and surged toward a line of helmeted police officers at the entrance to a resort where billionaires Charles and David Koch were holding a retreat for prominent conservative elected officials, major political donors and strategists.

There's got to be a movie ? or at least a reality show ? in the ongoing saga of actor Randy Quaid and his wife, Evi. The latest episode occurred Tuesday, when a Santa Barbara judge issued a warrant for Evi's arrest ? an action that will cost the couple her $500,000 bail. Santa Barbara County Superior Court Judge Donna Geck threatened to do the same for Randy if he misses a court hearing later this month. The Quaids are charged with vandalism and related charges for allegedly squatting in and trashing a Montecito mansion that once was their home.

The Los Angeles city attorney's office said Tuesday that misdemeanor trespassing charges will be filed against three former residents of Justiceville, the Skid Row shantytown that was shut down by police 3 1/2 weeks ago, for setting up their makeshift shelters on another piece of Downtown property.

Police sent to an empty house in Pacoima early Friday to pick up trespassers arrested two without a problem, but shied away from a third. How could they handcuff an eight-foot-long python in any case? After officers gracefully backed out of the house, a city animal regulation officer was called and the trespassing snake came out peacefully. It even posed for photos.

Iranian authorities are prepared to release on $500,000 bail one of three American hikers held since last year, Tehran's chief prosecutor said Sunday. However, the trio was formally charged at a morning session with espionage and trespassing into Iran, and the detention of the other two Americans was extended for two months, the hikers' defense attorney told The Times. "All my clients pleaded not guilty and did not accept the charges," attorney Massoud Shafii said in a telephone interview, adding that the three were in "good spirits.

A proposed law set to go before California's Legislature this month would make one of Hollywood's cherished utterances — "You're not on the list" — carry grave new consequences. It's a measure aimed at making the act of party crashing a misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in jail, a $1,000 fine or both. The author of the legislation, Assemblyman Anthony Portantino (D-La Canada Flintridge), said crashers at high-profile events like the Academy Awards and other awards shows pose a threat to public safety that warrants a law in addition to the 25 sections of trespassing code already on California's books.