Suspect stabs cops with syringe, man kisses boy and gets prison term, doc arrested for overdose, kid's explosion brings bomb squad - it's trouble in paradise
A man jabs arresting LAPD officers with a syringe in Venice, the death of a homeless man who was punched in the face at a Reseda bus stop is ruled a homicide, an emerging portrait of a gifted con man in Glendale, a Riverside county doc arrested in fatal overdose, an industrial fire in Northridge, man gets a prison term for kissing a 10-year-old boy, Torrance man arrested in assault, a pursuit in Pomona ends in arrest, and a 12-year-old's explosive prank brings a bomb squad to a San Diego middle school.
--Veronique de Turenne


