BRIEFLY : BOY IN CRITICAL CARE DAYS AFTER SURGERY.The 8-year-old Panorama City boy whose right arm had to be reattached after a freak accident last week remained in critical condition at 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. on Monday. ``It will be a couple of days before doctors begin to know more about his long-term prognosis,'' said hospital spokesman Warren Robak. ``He's making progress, but they're still watching him very closely.'' Anthony Triado's family has been at his side much of the time since the accident on Thursday, Robak said. The limb was severed when a rope the boy had around his arm got tangled in the wheels of his mother's car as they were leaving on a holiday camping trip. Doctors reattached the limb and its nerves during 6-1/2 hours of surgery. So far, the procedure appears successful, with blood circulating to Anthony's fingers and hand, Robak said. - Daily News Mayor promotes 3 leaders from within With the retirement of two city department heads, Mayor Richard Riordan on Monday moved three veteran workers into the jobs as interim managers. City Engineer Sam Furuta and Street Lighting Director George Eslinger have retired, and Rirodan said he decided to promote three workers with ``diverse experience in the management of municipal infrastructure.'' Riordan named Transportation General Manager Tom Connor to Furuta's job and Deputy Street Lighting Director Philip Reed to Eslinger's job. Assistant Transportation Manager Frances Bannerjee will take over Connor's job. - Daily News Traffic jam blamed for fireworks fireworks: see pyrotechnics. fireworks Explosives or combustibles used for display. Of ancient Chinese origin, fireworks evidently developed out of military rockets and explosive missiles and accompanied the spread of military explosives westward to delay A Fourth of July Fourth of July, Independence Day, or July Fourth, U.S. holiday, commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. Celebration of it began during the American Revolution. fireworks celebration at Los Angeles Valley College LAVC redirects here. For the software library, see libavcodec. The university is adjacent to Grant High School. Often called "Valley College" or simply "Valley" by those who frequent the campus, it opened its doors to the public on September 12, 1949, at which time the campus was was delayed for 20 minutes while the fireworks operator fought holiday traffic to get to the college. The Valley college event began at 10:02 p.m. - 20 minutes later than scheduled, said Gene Waldman, event producer for the college. ``The licensed operator was delayed at Lake Balboa, where she was setting up fireworks for another show,'' Waldman said. Campus police said the crowd remained orderly throughout the delay and that there were no problems either before or after the celebration. ``The crowd got a bit antsy ant·sy adj. ant·si·er, ant·si·est Slang 1. Restless or impatient; fidgety: The long wait made the children antsy. 2. , but campus police and student workers were on hand to explain the delay,'' said Valley College campus Officer Mike Habicht. ``A few people left early, but most stuck around for the show.'' Once the operator arrived the show went well, Waldman said. - Daily News Police arrest wife of Pasadena mayor PASADENA - The wife of Mayor Chris Holden turned herself in Thursday and was arrested on suspicion of having sexual contact with a 16-year-old boy, officials said Monday. Michelle Elizabeth Holden, 35, posted $20,000 bail late Thursday, one day after the parents of the Pasadena boy made the allegations. She was arrested on suspicion of unlawful sexual intercourse sexual intercourse or coitus or copulation Act in which the male reproductive organ enters the female reproductive tract (see reproductive system). and oral copulation copulation /cop·u·la·tion/ (kop?u-la´shun) sexual union; the transfer of the sperm from male to female; usually applied to the mating process in nonhuman animals. cop·u·la·tion n. 1. with a person under 18. She faces arraignment A criminal proceeding at which the defendant is officially called before a court of competent jurisdiction, informed of the offense charged in the complaint, information, indictment, or other charging document, and asked to enter a plea of guilty, not guilty, or as otherwise permitted Aug. 3, officials said. The minor's name was not released because of his age. Chris Holden said his wife ``strongly denies the charges leveled against her'' and said the allegations would be proved false. Michelle Holden is the daughter-in-law of Los Angeles City Councilman Nate Holden. - Pasadena Star-News Overseer selected for CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge stadium Lee Kanon Alpert, a principal shareholder in the Encino law firm of Alpert, Barr and Gross, has been named to oversee the all-volunteer drive to build a new women's softball stadium at California State University, Northridge CSUN offers a variety of programs leading to bachelor's degrees in 61 fields and master's degrees in 42 fields. The university has over 150,000 alumni. It's also home to a summer musical theater/theater program known as TADW (TeenAge Drama Workshop) that leads teenagers through an , according to Steve Soboroff, an adviser to Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan and a 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. native who is spearheading the stadium effort. Known as the ``Field of Dreams,'' the stadium would seat 1,500 to 3,090 people and would cost taxpayers nothing, Alpert said. ``Everything will be donated or funds will be raised. CSUN's neighbors will not be negatively impacted because the stadium is a replacement facility that will be within the existing campus and parking is already in place,'' he said in a statement. Organizers of the effort hope the stadium, expected to cost $1.5 million, will open in early 2002. - Daily News |
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