BRIEFLY : 5 HURT, 2 KILLED IN COLLISION ON PCH.Two people died and five were injured Thursday in a traffic crash that shut down a stretch of the Pacific Coast Highway Pacific Coast Highway may refer to:
Witnesses said a Porsche and a motorcycle were racing along PCH PCH Paroxysmal cold hemoglobinuria, see there north of Sunset Boulevard Sunset Boulevard is a street in the western part of Los Angeles County, California, that stretches from Figueroa Street in downtown Los Angeles to the Pacific Coast Highway at the Pacific Ocean in the Pacific Palisades. when the car crossed into oncoming traffic and struck a mini-van. ``The Porsche and the motorcycle - they were revving their engines. The light turned green, and they both took off,'' said witness Reno Lawrence. ``The bike kept going straight, and out of the corner of my eye I saw the Porsche cross the road and hit the van,'' he told KABC-TV. A woman transported to UCLA Medical Center UCLA Medical Center is a hospital located on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California. It is rated as one of the top three hospitals in the United States and is the top hospital on the West Coast according to US News & World Report. died shortly thereafter, said police Sgt. Michael Marsolek. The woman was a passenger in the van, officials said. The driver of the sports car also was flown to UCLA Medical Center, where he died in surgery, a nursing supervisor said. The mini-van driver was taken to St. John's Hospital St. John's Hospital may refer to: In the United Kingdom:
?13- Daily News Staff and Wire Services Fugitive area mom arrested in Florida LANCASTER - A Lancaster woman wanted in connection with the death of her 7-year-old daughter was arrested Wednesday in Palm Beach, Fla., nearly three months after authorities issued a warrant for her arrest. Cynthia Lafata was arrested on suspicion of murder and child abuse, and will be brought back to California to be tried, said Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy Angie Prewett. Prewett said Lafata brought her 7-year-old daughter to a Lancaster hospital, and told doctors the child had the flu. The doctors discovered the girl had a dangerous and excessive amount of Tylenol in her system, and as a result was suffering from liver failure liver failure Clinical medicine Liver insufficiency that results in death, requires a liver transplant, or is characterized by recovery after encephalopathy, or while awaiting a transplant; also defined as a condition with ≥ 3 of following: albumin < 3. , Prewett said. ?13- Daily News Dornan expected to request recount SANTA ANA - Robert K. Dornan, who lost his seat in Congress to Democratic challenger Loretta Sanchez, will request a recount of the Nov. 5 balloting, the Orange County Register reported Thursday. Dornan, a veteran Republican lawmaker who lost the heated race by fewer than 1,000 votes, has until Monday to make the request in writing to the Orange County Registrar of Voters, Rosalyn Lever. But as of Wednesday, Dornan had not filed the necessary paper, Lever told the Register. Dornan has alleged that voter fraud and improper ballot handling contributed to his defeat in the 46th Congressional District. He filed a letter of complaint two weeks ago with the Secretary of State. Dornan will have to foot the expense of a recount, which is expected to cost between $296 and $358 a day for each four-member counting board. If the recount results in the election being overturned, the money will be returned. ?13- City News Service Edison encouraging donations for poor ROSEMEAD - Southern California Edison Southern California Edison (or SCE Corp), the largest subsidiary of Edison International (NYSE: EIX), is the primary electricity supply company for much of Southern California. It provides 11 million people with electricity. is encouraging its 4.2 million customers to join in the holiday spirit early by contributing to the utility's Energy Assistance Fund. Contributions will ensure that low-income utility customers will not face a winter month without electricity, SCE SCE (in Scotland) Scottish Certificate of Education SCE n abbr (= Scottish Certificate of Education) → Schulabschlusszeugnis in Schottland officials said. ``When cold weather arrives, some newly unemployed, disabled or elderly low-income Edison customers with few financial resources or reserves can find themselves in an energy crisis,'' Suzanne Middelburg, Edison's consumer affairs manager, said yesterday. ?13- City News Service JPL (language) JPL - JAM Programming Language. video puts spin on rotating asteroid PASADENA - Jet Propulsion Laboratory “JPL” redirects here. For other uses, see JPL (disambiguation). Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is a NASA research center located in the cities of Pasadena and La Cañada Flintridge, near Los Angeles, California, USA. scientists say a new computer- generated video visualization is providing a fresh look at the topsy-turvy rotation of the asteroid Toutatis, which is due to pass near Earth today. Eric De Jong and animator Shigeru Suzuki of JPL combined several computer simulation and scientific visualization techniques to show the bizarre rotation and surface details of Toutatis as it tumbles erratically on its journey around the Sun. The video includes images of the asteroid from various vantage points, including the perspective of someone standing on its surface. Trajectories and explosive surface impacts are also shown for a more typical near-Earth asteroid, named Castalia. ?13- City News Service |
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