INMATE WHO ESCAPED WORK CAMP TRIES TO FLEE COURT: STOCKTON  (AP) — A jail inmate suspected of trying to rob a bank after escaping from a FGrench Camp work camp tried to escape again during a courtroom appearance.

Pedro Arquiaga, 20,  jumped over a Stockton courtroom barrier and tried to run through a side door Thursday morning.

He was captured. Arquiaga sustained minor injuries during the escape attempt.

In December, Arquiaga ran away from the San Joaquin County Jail’s Honor Farm.

Officials say he was being held there related to an earlier crime and was facing charges of burglary, possession of burglary tools, receiving stolen property, auto theft, hit-and-run and resisting arrest.

He was on the run for about a week and apprehended Jan. 3 after Stockton police say he tried to rob bank.

DRIVER RAN STOP SIGN IN FOGGY CRASH THAT KILLED 5: STOCKTON  (AP) — Authorities say a crash that killed five men in Northern California farm country happened when one of the drivers ran a stop sign during thick morning fog.

A truck broadsided a van carrying seven farmworkers this week east of Stockton in San Joaquin County. The California Highway Patrol said Thursday that neither driver was licensed to drive.

The van failed to wait at a stop sign Tuesday at State Route 4. Visibility was less than 100 feet at the time.

MAN SHOCKED WHILE ALLEGEDLY TRYING TO STEAL WIRE AT HOSPITAL: LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police say a man suffered severe electrical shock while allegedly trying to steal copper wire from a hospital.

Power was briefly lost at parts of Kaiser Permanente Panorama City Medical Center when wires to a transformer were cut.

Lt. Paul McLaughlin says the man was critically burned and is not expected to survive. Police say the man is between 40 and 50 years old and may be a transient.

LA TO CONSIDER PRESERVATION OF 1950S-ERA RESTAURANT: LOS ANGELES (AP) — A city commission has agreed to consider granting historical protection to a popular 1950s-era Los Angeles restaurant known for its angular Googie-style architecture.

The decision Thursday by the Cultural Heritage Commission is a victory for preservationists who want to save Norms on La Cienega Boulevard from the wrecking ball.

Earlier this month, a new property owner got a permit to demolish the building, alarming architecture buffs. The Los Angeles Conservancy, a historic-preservation group, petitioned to make it a monument.

The commission’s consideration gives Norms temporary protection from the tear-down. The new owner, however, insists he has no plans for demolition.

Some of the features at Norms — the vaulted roof, room-length dining counter and neon sign — were hallmarks of architecture known as Googie.