Glendale and area students Monday questioned details about Hoover High School student Renia Yookhian.

Renia Yookhian, a ninth grader at Glendale Hoover High School, is being discussed Monday and today by fellow students on a local Los Angeles message board and Facebook . The Hoover High School website and the student run newspaper’s website offer no details as of Tuesday.

Hoover High School is located on 18.6 acres of west Glendale. The school lists enrollment currently as 2700.

“The Hoover High School of today has approximately 2,700 students which includes a wide range of socioeconomic, educational, and cultural backgrounds. Some 62.9 % of the students are Caucasian with 45% of those being of Middle Eastern, primarily Armenian back ground; 21.6% Hispanic; 9.5% Asian; 4.7% Filipino; 1% African-American; and 0.2% other. Additionally, almost half of the current student body participates in the federal free or reduced lunch programs. Some 84% of the student body come from homes whose primary language is other than English.”

As many as 270 posts in less than 24 hours have been made here about her Renia Yookhian.

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PHOTO. Here is a picture of Richard Ramirez now linked to Mei Lis Leung’s death. Serial killer Richard Ramirez aka the Night Stalker killed Mei Leung says investigators.

On Wednesday, they took a DNA sample of Ramirez to compare to DNA obtained at the crime scene. They report the DNA matched. Leung was a 9 year old from Tenderloin, San Francisco.

Mei Leung marks Ramirez’s first death. Until now, the June 28 1984 death of Jennie Vincow of Los Angeles’ Glassell park was believed to be the first in his serial terror.

Ramirez’s name the Night Stalker was created by press in the 1980s and certainly fearful to anyone young in LA at the time. Ramirez committed 30 felonies and 13 murders. His execution date is not yet set.

Mei’s mother today refused to comment.

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Here are details on the Taste of Soul LA 2009 Festival on Crenshaw Blvd Saturday October 17. LALATE NEWS will be there, will you? Taste of Soul, L.A.’s Soul Food & Music Festival, is presented by the Los Angeles Sentinel Newspaper in conjunction with Radio Free 102.3 KJLH and the 94.7 The Wave, starts 10 am Saturday, October 17.

In runs from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. on Crenshaw Boulevard between Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Rodeo Boulevard. The Taste of Soul started in 2006 with attendance at 35,000. Tomorrow, they are expecting it to draw 100,000!

Danny J. Bakewell Sr., founder of the Taste of Soul Festival and executive publisher of the Los Angeles Sentinel Newspaper, says of tomorrow:

“For 23 years the African Marketplace has been a staple in Los Angeles providing a bridge into the African Diaspora. We’re excited at the opportunity to make sure that this year doesn’t go by without there being a Marketplace and are happy to have it as an official part of the Taste of Soul Festival.”

James V. Burks, Chairman of the Board and CEO of the African Marketplace and Cultural Faire says of the event:

“We are excited about bringing the Marketplace to the Taste of Soul Festival this year.

“We look forward to bringing back the Marketplace in 2010 and are pleased to have committed support from City Council Members Jan Perry, Herb Wesson, Bernard Parks and Los Angeles Mayor Villaraigosa, along with Assemblymember Mike Davis and Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, Congressmembers Maxine Waters and Diane Watson, the City Department of Cultural Affairs and the LA County Arts Commission. We are eagerly looking forward to making this an even larger event for everyone in 2010.

“We will continue with our mission to increase the awareness of cultures and their economic impact on Africa and surrounding African Diaspora communities by producing smaller components of other annual festivals and celebrations.

“We’re currently raising funds for a float in the 2010 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade and we will announce a 2009/10 calendar of events in the coming weeks.”

Their website (which loads a big slow) is tasteofsoulla.com

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VIDEO! Watch Matt Holliday’s error video from last night’s Cardinals Dodgers game. Matt Holliday error came with two outs, bottom of the ninth, Cardinals leading 2-1.

The hit - an uneventful line drive.Uneventful until his missed it.

Vin Scully called it –

“Oh what a big break. Matt Holliday had the game over, and somehow missed the ball with his glove. It hit him right in the groin, hopefully he’s wearing a cup, and it landed right in front of him.

“You talk about a painful error for Matt Holiday.”

Dodgers went on win 3-2. The pain of the loss? No word if it’s still there. Watch the video below.