BRIEFLY : BOY, 10, IN HOSPITAL AFTER CAR'S STRIKE.NORTH HILLS - A 47-year-old Van Nuys man driving a pickup struck a 10-year-old boy crossing the street in a crosswalk, severely injuring the youth, police said Saturday. The boy was flown to Children's Hospital Los Angeles Childrens Hospital Los Angeles (founded 1901) is a private, non-profit teaching hospital in Los Angeles. It is affiliated with the Keck School of Medicine of USC and the Children's Miracle Network, an international non-profit organization dedicated to helping children by raising with a fractured pelvis and left elbow and abdominal injuries, said LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. Valley Traffic Officer Walter Hogue. He described the boy's injuries as serious. The incident at Sepulveda Boulevard and Nordhoff Street happened at 12:45 p.m. when the driver was eastbound on Nordhoff and failed to come to a stop while making a right turn onto Sepulveda, colliding with the boy who was walking north in the crosswalk across Nordhoff, Hogue said. The incident is under investigation, and the driver was not cited. - Daily News Crew mistakenly cuts gas line in two CALABASAS - A construction crew working at a Calabasas gas station Saturday accidentally severed a natural gas line, the California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. said. The accident near the Las Virgenes Road off-ramp of the southbound Ventura (101) Freeway was reported about 9:30 a.m. Ten nearby businesses were evacuated, and a section of Las Virgenes from the freeway south to Agoura Road was blocked off. The closure caused a backup of several miles on the northbound freeway as cars were detoured to the Lost Hills Road exit and over to Agoura Road to head south on Las Virgenes. Officials said roads were reopened by early afternoon. -Daily News Girl, 16, fatally hit in drive-by shooting drive-by shooting Public health A phenomenon in which one or more persons–commonly members of street gangs, open fire à la Al Capone from moving vehicles, often in retaliation for an alleged wrong-doing by a rival gang A 16-year-old girl standing with at least five other people near a South Los Angeles South Los Angeles is the official name for a large geographic and cultural area lying to the southwest and southeast of downtown Los Angeles, California. The area was formerly called South Central Los Angeles, and is still sometimes called South Central. home was killed in a drive-by shooting, police said Saturday. The teen-ager was standing with the group in front of 5407 S. Hoover St. when a minivan containing two young men believed to be in their late teens or early 20s passed by about 10:25 p.m. Friday, said LAPD Detective Rudy Lemos. The victim was shot once in the upper body and died at a hospital less than an hour after the shooting. The minivan was found abandoned in the 5300 block of West 53rd Street a few hours later It had been reported stolen. -City News Service Three hurt in crash in Woodland Hills WARNER CENTER - Three motorists, including a 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. park ranger A park ranger is a person charged with protecting and preserving protected parklands, forests (then called a forest ranger), wilderness areas, as well as other natural resources and protected cultural resources. responding to an assistance call, suffered minor injuries in a chain-reaction wreck at Victory Boulevard Victory Boulevard is a major thoroughfare on Staten Island, measuring approximately 8.0 miles (12.87 km) and stretching from the west shore community of Travis to the upper east shore communities of St. George and Tompkinsville. and Owensmouth Avenue, police said Saturday. The three-vehicle crash occurred about 8:05 p.m. Friday, said LAPD Officer Garry Kingsland. The ranger, driving west on Victory with lights flashing and sirens on, stopped at Owensmouth and then kept going. Witnesses told police the light was red for westbound Victory. The ranger was driving a sport-utility vehicle sport-u·til·i·ty vehicle n. Abbr. SUV A four-wheel-drive vehicle with a roomy body, designed for off-road travel. which collided with a pickup truck heading north. The truck careened into a car going south and getting ready to turn left, Kingsland said. The pickup flipped on its side, he said. The ranger and truck driver complained of pain and were released after being checked out at hospitals, the officer said. A woman who was driving the car complained of pain and was examined by paramedics at the scene, he said. -City News Nominations taken for alumni awards Cal State University, Northridge is seeking nominations for its Distinguished Alumni Awards, given to former CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge students who have achieved high success in their fields. The deadline for nominations is Oct. 16 and any CSUN alumni, faculty or staff member or emeriti faculty or staff can make nominations. The 1999 recipients were opera singer Carol Vaness Carol Vaness (born July 27, 1952) is an American soprano. She was born in San Diego and launched her professional career in 1979 with the New York City Opera. Carol spent her young years singing in the First Presbyterian Church of Encino, California's choir. , computer ethernet pioneer Dirk Gates, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Frank Del Olmo and charter school educator Yvonne Chan. The year 2000 winners will be honored April 15 at an award dinner at the Sheraton Universal Hotel. Anyone interested in nominating a candidate may call the CSUN Alumni Office at (818) 677-2137. -Daily News |
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