In Brief

24-YEAR-OLD ARRESTED

Man, 22, dies in early Sunday stabbing

An unidentified 22-year-old man died of stab wounds after an early Sunday fight in the central valley, Las Vegas police said.

The man died at Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center. Police arrested 24-year-old Edgar Magana, who was booked into the Clark County Detention Center on a charge of murder with a deadly weapon.

At 3:33 a.m., police were called to 953 East Sahara Ave., near Maryland Parkway, after a fight involving numerous people was reported. Upon arrival, they discovered the 22-year-old man in a business parking lot. Police said security officers working at a restaurant chased down Magana and took him into custody.

Anyone with information concerning the fatal stabbing is encouraged to contact Crime Stoppers at 385-5555 or the Homicide Section at 828-3521.

'TRAINS WILL RUN'

Agreement averts Bay Area rail strike

A potentially crippling commuter rail strike in the San Francisco Bay Area was averted Sunday as management and unionists reached an agreement hours before a strike deadline, officials said.

Officials from Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555 and Bay Area Rapid Transit negotiated through the weekend in a last-ditch effort to avoid a walkout affecting some 330,000 riders who use the nation's fifth largest rail system on weekdays. The pact still must be ratified by BART's 900 operators and ticket agents.

"We're pleased to announce with this tentative agreement, our members will be working tomorrow," union president Jesse Hunt said. "Trains will run."

POSSIBLE SUICIDE

Man struck by train in Portland, Ore., dies

Portland, Ore., police said a 22-year-old New Jersey man was killed when he was hit by a train.

Railroad workers found the man's body early Sunday. Police said the medical examiner's office has identified him as Brian Deppa and is investigating the death as a possible suicide.

15 YEARS IN THE MAKING

Post Falls Museum opens in Idaho

After 15 years of planning and work, the Post Falls Museum has opened in northern Idaho.

The Post Falls Historical Society held an open house Saturday for the museum that includes a room dedicated to the old Post Falls Sawmill, an area honoring military veterans, and another with historical items from school rooms.

There is also an oral history and video room.

UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES

Man, woman die in California plane crash

Authorities say a man and a woman have been killed in a small plane crash in Hesperia, Calif.

Federal Aviatation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor said the pair, whose identities have not been released, were the only two aboard the Cessna 152 when it took off from Redlands Airport and crashed under unknown circumstances just north of Hesperia Airport.

Gregor said the single-engine 1978 Cessna was destroyed in the crash.

The plane is registered to M.Y. Air, a Redlands-based flight school, according to FAA records.

Hesperia is in the Mojave Desert about 15 miles north of San Bernardino.