BRIEFLY : 17-YEAR-OLD DROWNS AFTER GETTING CRAMPS.ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST The Angeles National Forest (ANF) was established by executive order on December 20, 1892 as the San Gabriel Timberland Reserve. It covers over 2,600 km² (650,000 acres) and is located in the San Gabriel Mountains of Los Angeles County, just north of the metropolitan area of Los - A 17-year-old boy drowned Sunday at Pyramid Lake Pyramid Lake, 188 sq mi (487 sq km), W Nev. The lake, a remnant of ancient Lake Lahontan, receives the Truckee River. Visited (1844) by U.S. explorer John Frémont, the lake was named for its large pyramidal rocks. in the Angeles National Forest, a sheriff's sergeant said. The teen was swimming in the lake about 5:30 p.m. when he developed cramps and went underwater, said sheriff's Sgt. Richard Larue. He called out for help as he sank, but his companions could not reach him in time, Larue said. A dive team found the body about 7 p.m., and the victim was pronounced dead at the scene, Larue said. - City News Service Sex-changed group attacked with bats WEST HOLLYWOOD West Hollywood A community of southern California northeast of Beverly Hills. It is mainly residential. Population: 36,600. - Sheriff's deputies arrested three suspects Sunday after a 3:50 a.m. attack with baseball bats on a group of women who used to be men, sheriff's officials said. The three male suspects also screamed epithets during the attack in the parking lot of a fast food restaurant at the corner of Santa Monica Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. Boulevard and La Brea Avenue La Brea Avenue is a prominent north/south thoroughfare in Los Angeles. After Hawthorne Boulevard intersects with Century Boulevard in Inglewood, La Brea Avenue is formed. La Brea passes north through Windsor Hills, Baldwin Hills, and Ladera Heights. , Sgt. Gary Honings said. The three were booked on suspicion of attempted murder and hate crimes, he said. One victim was taken to nearby Cedars Sinai Medical Center for treatment of head and back injuries, Honings said. -Daily News Scared man shoots mountain lion cub SANTA CLARITA - A 40-pound mountain lion cub was shot on the weekend outside a home near Trail Ridge Road Trail Ridge Road is the name for the stretch of U.S. Highway 34 that traverses Rocky Mountain National Park from Estes Park, Colorado in the east to Grand Lake, Colorado in the west. It crosses the Continental Divide at Milner Pass (elev. and Oak Springs Canyon Road, officials said. According to Deputy Tony Hawkins with the Santa Clarita Sheriff Station, the cub was with its mother when it was shot Saturday by a man who felt threatened by the animals. ``A resident evidently shot the cub when he felt they were going to attack him,'' Hawkins said. He said the man was not attacked and the cub apparently will survive the wound. In California, mountain lions are considered endangered and shooting them is almost always prohibited, Hawkins said. He said one may be legally shot only when it poses an immediate danger. - Daily News Officers find bobcat bobcat: see lynx. bobcat Bobtailed, long-legged North American cat (Lynx rufus) found in forests and deserts from southern Canada to southern Mexico. It is a close relative of the lynx and caracal. inside Valley closet WOODLAND HILLS - A California bobcat was found in a Woodland Hills home, days after an African wildcat was discovered in the same neighborhood, authorities said. The bobcat was found in a closet Saturday night when animal control officers searched the home, said Jackie David, spokeswoman for Los Angeles Animal Services. A 4-foot-long African wildcat called a serval serval, medium-sized African cat, Felis serval, found S of the Sahara in scrub country close to water. The serval is lightly built with very long legs; it has a small head with large eyes and ears, set on a long neck. Its coat is yellow-orange with black spots. was found wandering in the same area on Thursday, police Sgt. Michael Delgadillo said. - Associated Press Fire at Griffith Park blackens 48 acres LOS ANGELES - It took at least 200 firefighters nearly two hours to extinguish a blaze that charred 48 acres Sunday in a remote area of Griffith Park, a Los Angeles Fire Department The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), also known as the Los Angeles City Fire Department to distinguish it from the Los Angeles County Fire Department. It is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Los Angeles. spokesman said. Firefighters had the blaze under control by 4 p.m. near Crystal Springs and Griffith Park drives in a steep, rugged area near the old zoo, said Fire Department spokesman Brian Humphrey. There were no reports of injuries and no structures were ever threatened. - City News Service |
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