BRIEFLY : ACTRESS TO RECEIVE ANIMAL RIGHTS AWARD.Gretchen Wyler, the founder of Encino-based The Ark Trust, will be awarded the American Humane Association's lifetime achievement award today. Wyler, a Broadway, television and movie actress, started her animal rights career in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of in 1966 at a deteriorated local animal shelter. In 1972 she became the first woman to sit on the ASPCA's board of directors. In 1991 she founded The Ark Trust in Los Angeles. ``We are thrilled that the American Humane Association has recognized Gretchen's 31 years of tireless efforts on behalf of animals,'' said Lisa Agabian, spokeswoman for The Ark Trust. The award will be presented in Philadelphia today at the annual American Humane Association Conference. ?13- Daily News Alcohol-soaked boy set on fire A 10-year-old boy was doused with rubbing alcohol rub·bing alcohol n. A mixture usually consisting of 70 percent isopropyl or absolute alcohol, applied externally to relieve muscle and joint pain. and set afire Monday afternoon while playing with a group of youths in a back yard, police said. Two boys, ages 13 and 14, were arrested. The victim, whose name was not released, suffered second-degree burns from his neck to his waist, the Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . said in a statement. The boy was in stable condition at a hospital. Six boys, ranging in age from 9 to 14, were playing a game in the back yard at a Leimert Park home that involved pouring rubbing alcohol on the ground and setting it on fire with a candle. Two boys then poured the liquid on the 10-year-old and set him on fire, the statement said. Police were investigating the motive for the burning. None of the boys' names was released. Leimert Park is about four miles southwest of downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or . ?13- Associated Press El Nino workshop planned in Sunland A series of workshops on how to prepare for El Nino are being held this week, with the first for the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Sunland. The session, which will include information on sandbags sandbags small sacks containing sand used to support an anesthetized animal in dorsal recumbency and prevent it from rolling sideways during anesthesia or surgery. , erosion control, flood insurance and where to call for emergency information, will be held in the Municipal Building at 7747 Foothill Blvd., Sunland. Other workshops will be set up in the future. ?13- Daily News Warner Center talks to continue Los Angeles city officials tentatively agreed Monday to enter negotiations with Los Angeles school The Los Angeles School of Urbanism is an academic movement emerged during the mid-1980s, loosely based at the University of Southern California and UCLA, that poses a challenge to the dominant Chicago School of Urbanism. representatives in an effort to settle a lawsuit that resulted last week in a court of appeals ordering the invalidation of the Warner Center Specific Plan. The City Council will meet in the next few weeks to decide whether to appeal the decision to the state Supreme Court or consider a settlement, but in the meantime Adv. 1. in the meantime - during the intervening time; "meanwhile I will not think about the problem"; "meantime he was attentive to his other interests"; "in the meantime the police were notified" meantime, meanwhile , the City Attorney's Office will talk to attorneys for the school district to determine whether settlement terms are possible, said Ken Bernstein, a planning deputy for Councilwoman Laura Chick. ?13- Daily News |
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