BRIEFLY : AREA CODE OVERLAYS BACKED FOR COUNTY.Supervisor Michael Antonovich wants his colleagues to go on record against any more area code splits in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County. In a motion to be considered Tuesday, he's asking the Board of Supervisors to instead support a new overlay area code for cellular telephones, pagers, fax machines and computer modems. Several new area codes have been added in the county over the past seven years, and more splits are planned. ``New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. uses an overlay system and they have only added one area code in the last 12 years,'' Antonovich said. ``This action eliminates confusion, inconvenience and increased costs of adding area codes. Connecticut has already adopted overlays for all wireless services and has requested the Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission (FCC), independent executive agency of the U.S. government established in 1934 to regulate interstate and foreign communications in the public interest. to repeal its ban on overlays.'' - Daily News Alatorre undergoes diaphragm surgery Los Angeles City Councilman Richard Alatorre was listed in good condition Friday following a 3-1/2-hour operation to repair a tear in his diaphragm. Alatorre, 54, underwent the surgery at University Hospital to correct problems to his esophagus and stomach. Aides said doctors told them the operation took one hour longer than necessary because of the seriousness of the rupture and to remove scar tissue scar tissue n. Dense, fibrous connective tissue that forms over a healed wound or cut. that had built up over the past 10 years. Alatorre is expected to be recuperating for the next five weeks. - Daily News Girl, 11, hit by van while riding bike SIMI VALLEY - An 11-year-old girl was in intensive care Friday after she rode her bike from behind a parked car and was hit by a van, Simi Valley police officials said. The crash occurred at 2:37 p.m. in the 1700 block of Bridget Avenue. Police said the girl apparently darted out on her bike into the path of a Dodge van driven by Jolene Kitchen, 45, of Simi Valley. The girl suffered a skull fracture skull fracture, n a rupture or break in the cranial bones. skull fracture Orthopedics A fracture of one or more cranial bones, caused by MVAs, falls, assault, sports, occupational accidents and other forms of blunt trauma , nose fracture and bleeding in the brain. She was admitted into the intensive care unit at Simi Valley Hospital Simi Valley Hospital (SVH) is a Seventh-day Adventist hospital located located in Simi Valley, California. SVH is a member of Adventist Health. New Construction Simi Valley Hospital is in the process of building a new wing to the hospital. , police said. The driver was not cited. - Daily News Burke asks for time on MTA (1) (Message Transfer Agent or Mail Transfer Agent) The store and forward part of a messaging system. See messaging system. (2) See M Technology Association. 1. (messaging) MTA - Message Transfer Agent. proposal A last-minute proposal to make MTA interim Chief Executive Officer Julian Burke the agency's permanent leader will have to wait at least until April 23. Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan proposed making Burke's appointment permanent, but Burke asked for more time to meet individually with each board member to determine their perceptions of the agency's long-term direction. Burke, 70, a longtime corporate turnaround specialist, was hired in August to repair the troubled finances of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. - Daily News Victim of 101 crash files damage claim A motorist injured when a Los Angeles city street maintenance truck crashed through the center divider of the Hollywood Freeway on March 5 has filed a claim against the city for unspecified monetary damages, officials said Friday. Colin Rock of Burbank said the truck hit his Ford Bronco while both were going southbound before both vehicles crossed the divider into northbound traffic. Rock claims to have suffered disabling injuries when his vehicle was flipped end over end twice. The claim said Rock was working at Denny's Restaurant for $6 an hour but was about to take a test to become a licensed X-ray technician. The claim, which is a prerequisite to filing a lawsuit, says damages will be some amount in excess of $10,000. - Daily News Public help sought in locating man, 52 NORTH HILLS - Inquiries at hospitals, coroner's offices and through a nationwide crime computer system have turned up no clues to the whereabouts of a 52-year-old man who has been missing for 10 days, police said. Juan Olmos Esqueda disappeared March 16 after going for a walk near his Sophia Avenue home near Hayvenhurst Avenue, according to relatives. He has a history of mental problems and can become disoriented dis·o·ri·ent tr.v. dis·o·ri·ent·ed, dis·o·ri·ent·ing, dis·o·ri·ents To cause (a person, for example) to experience disorientation. Adj. 1. and aggressive without medication, relatives said. The missing man is 5 feet 6 inches tall, weighs 180 to 190 pounds, has gray hair, is slightly balding on top and has a mustache. He was wearing black pants, a red-and-black plaid shirt and Nike shoes. Anyone with information is asked to call detectives at the Devonshire Division of 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 . at (818) 756-8291.
- Daily News 22 illegal aliens return to Mexico Twenty-two Mexican nationals who were detained by immigration immigration, entrance of a person (an alien) into a new country for the purpose of establishing permanent residence. Motives for immigration, like those for migration generally, are often economic, although religious or political factors may be very important. officials after a routine traffic stop in Lake View Terrace voluntarily returned to their home country Friday, according to Immigration and Naturalization Service Noun 1. Immigration and Naturalization Service - an agency in the Department of Justice that enforces laws and regulations for the admission of foreign-born persons to the United States INS agents. The illegal immigrants, all male adults, were riding in a van that was stopped by the California Highway Patrol at about 11:45 p.m. Thursday on Lopez Canyon Road, north of Paxton Road, said CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan Sgt. Marco Ruiz of the Altadena office. The driver and two passengers, who are suspected of smuggling smuggling, illegal transport across state or national boundaries of goods or persons liable to customs or to prohibition. Smuggling has been carried on in nearly all nations and has occasionally been adopted as an instrument of national policy, as by Great Britain , fled on foot but were later captured by police, he said. - Daily News |
|
||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion