Aftermath: Not a big crime, but if...

By John M. Glionna

Jan. 4, 1997 12 AM PT

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Aftermath: Not a big crime, but if you were close by, you remember. . . Topanga residents remain shaken after a neighbor was arrested Tuesday for allegedly firing shots into the air with an assault rifle. Said Jonas Hardy: “People are a little jumpy. We’re all breathing a sigh of relief he wasn’t killed and that no one was hit.”

Winners and Losers; Winner: The San Fernando Mission, praised last week for nearly two centuries of community service. The mission celebrates its 200th anniversary in September. . . . Loser: Joel Burakoff, charged with eight counts of grand theft in an investment swindle allegedly victimizing members of the Friars Club.

The Week Ahead: The Magic Ford dealership in Valencia is to be auctioned off in U.S. Bankruptcy Court on Tuesday. Bidders include a business connected with Miami Dolphins owner Wayne Huizenga.

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John M. Glionna

John M. Glionna is a former national reporter for the Los Angeles Times, based in Las Vegas. He covered a large swath of the American West, writing about everything from people to politics. He has also served as the Seoul bureau chief on the newspaper’s foreign desk, where he covered the 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami and the subsequent death of North Korean strongman Kim Jong Il. He has also written extensively about California. He teaches a journalism course at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Glionna left The Times in 2015.