BRIEFLY : AREA MAN, 67, DIES AFTER POOL INCIDENT.WOODLAND HILLS - A 67-year-old man died at a hospital after family members pulled him from his backyard swimming pool Thursday and performed CPR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Definition Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a procedure to support and maintain breathing and circulation for a person who has stopped breathing (respiratory arrest) and/or whose heart has stopped (cardiac on him after finding him not breathing, a fire spokesman said. The man, who was not immediately identified, regained a pulse after family members, with the assistance of a neighborhood nurse and a police officer, performed ``excellent CPR'' on him, said Brian Humphrey, a spokesman for the 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. . The man was found in his pool in the 5100 block of Quakertown Avenue at 5:14 p.m., Humphrey said. The man was transported to Kaiser Permanente Kaiser Permanente is an integrated managed care organization, based in Oakland, California, founded in 1945 by industrialist Henry J. Kaiser and physician Sidney R. Garfield. Medical Center in Woodland Hills, where he died shortly after the incident, a coroner's official said. - Daily News Bird in engine forces jetliner into landing BURBANK - An Alaska Airlines Alaska Airlines, (NYSE: ALK) is an airline based in Seattle, Washington, United States. It operates hubs at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, Los Angeles International Airport, and Portland International Airport. jetliner sucked a bird into one of its engines shortly after takeoff Thursday and was forced to make an emergency landing, an airline spokesman said. No one was injured. Flight 367 took off at 5:56 p.m. from the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport for Portland, Ore., when the bird ended up in the right engine of the MD-80 aircraft, Alaska Airlines spokesman Jack Evans said. The damaged engine was shut down, and the plane turned around and landed at Burbank Airport, Evans said. None of the 95 passengers or five crew members suffered injuries. ``Once you shut down one engine, you have to come back down. You need to have both those engines to fly safely. You can fly safely with one but there's no backup for (the remaining engine),'' Evans said. Repairs on the plane during the busy summer season will cause at least several flights to be canceled, he said. - Associated Press 23-year-old driver dies after car crash CANOGA PARK - A Calabasas man was killed Thursday when his car flipped over several times after he rear-ended another vehicle, police said. Samuel Marque, 23, suffered massive head trauma and was pronounced dead at Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge Hospital Medical Center is a hospital in the Northridge town of Los Angeles, California, USA. It is currently operated by Catholic Healthcare West. History The hospital was founded in 1955 by Dr. after the 12:05 a.m. crash at Topanga Canyon Boulevard and Strathern Street, said Officer Connie Silber of the Los Angeles Police Department's Valley Traffic Division. The other driver, 40-year-old Ramesh Rasondra of Canoga Park was treated and released at the scene, she said. The crash occurred when Marque's 1972 Toyota Land Cruiser  The perspective and/or examples in this article do not represent a world-wide view. Please [ edit] this page to improve its geographical balance. rear-ended Rasondra's 1984 Oldsmobile Cutlass as they were
southbound on Topanga Canyon Boulevard, she said.
- Daily News Vehicle tumbles off freeway; 3 injured NORTH HOLLYWOOD - Three people were injured, two critically, in a crash in which a vehicle flipped off the Hollywood Freeway and landed in the Valley Plaza Park filled with people Thursday night, officials said. The silver BMW BMW in full Bayerische Motoren Werke AG German automaker. Founded as an aircraft engine manufacturer in 1916, the company assumed the name Bayerische Motoren Werke and became known for its high-speed motorcycles in the 1920s. landed in the 12400 block of Vanowen Street at about 8 p.m., police said. Witnesses reported the driver speeding in excess of 100 mph on the freeway before crashing and landing upside down in a drainage ditch that runs through the park, said Officer Richard Perez of the California Highway Patrol. More than 150 people were in or near the park when it happened, but no others were injured, said Brian Humphrey, a spokesman for the Los Angeles Fire Department. A 29-year-old woman and a 25-year-old man were critically injured and transported to Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Providence Holy Cross Medical Center is a hospital in Mission Hills, California, USA. The hospital has 254 beds, and is part of Providence Health & Services. History in Mission Hills. A third victim, a 35-year-old man, was seriously injured and transported to the Medical Center of North Hollywood, Humphrey said. - Daily News Police, civic leaders salute graffiti crew The most vigilant volunteers in a San Fernando Valley-wide effort to stamp out to put an end to by sudden and energetic action; to extinguish; as, to stamp out a rebellion s>. See also: Stamp graffiti blight were honored Thursday by top Los Angeles police commanders and other civic leaders. Forty-five of the 150 or so citizen volunteers of the Community Tagger tag·ger n. 1. One that tags, especially the pursuer in the game of tag. 2. taggers Very thin sheet iron, usually plated with tin. Noun 1. Task Force were singled out for their contribution to the program, in which they document and paint over graffiti in their neighborhoods. Police Chief Bernard C. Parks Bernard Parks (born December 7, 1943 in Beaumont, Texas) is a member of the Los Angeles City Council, representing the 8th District in South Los Angeles and former Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department. Parks attended Los Angeles City College, received his B.S. on Wednesday credited the community task force with contributing to a sharp drop in graffiti vandalism in the Valley. - Daily News |
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