Two CSUN students intervened in an attempted kidnapping Wednesday night after hearing screams for help in front of their home. A man struck a female student on her back, with what witnesses believe to be a pipe, as she was walking back to her car on Rathburn Avenue after class, said one witness. “We heard a high pitch scream saying ‘help me,’ so we went outside and saw a guy standing over a girl,” she said. “We asked if everything… Read more

As the one-year anniversary of the Metrolink accident that claimed 25 lives approaches, the lawsuits filed on behalf of the victims are still in litigation. “Right now the focus is on establishing the responsibility on Robert Sanchez who was operating the Metrolink train,” said Paul Kiesel of Kiesel Boucher and Larson LLP, who is overseeing the administration of the cases. There are more than 70 separate lawsuits filed on behalf of the passengers that were killed or injured in the… Read more