BRIEFLY : CARDINAL MAHONY TO BE HOSPITALIZED.Cardinal Roger Mahony His Eminence Roger Michael Cardinal Mahony (born February 27, 1936) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He currently serves as the fourth Archbishop of Los Angeles, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1991. , who underwent surgery to remove a cancerous prostate gland last month, will be hospitalized for several days for treatment of a blood clot blood clot n. A semisolid, gelatinous mass of coagulated blood that consists of red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets in a fibrin network. , the Archdiocese of Los Angeles announced Saturday. Mahony, 62, said he feels ``terrific,'' according to a news release, which also said the appearance of a blood clot after major surgery is not uncommon. It was unclear when Mahony would be hospitalized or what treatment was expected. Details on the clot also were unavailable, and a phone call to the archdiocese spokesman was not immediately returned. Mahony, head of the largest Roman Catholic archdiocese in the United States, underwent surgery June 15 after early detection of prostate cancer prostate cancer, cancer originating in the prostate gland. Prostate cancer is the leading malignancy in men in the United States and is second only to lung cancer as a cause of cancer death in men. . Mahony had resumed his normal duties after recuperating when the clot was discovered. - Associated Press Teen shot in chest, but walks to get aid A 19-year-old was shot in the chest in North Hollywood on Saturday night but was able to walk into a nearby Pizza Hut restaurant to ask for help, authorities said. The man, a North Hollywood resident whose name was not released, was shot around 7:40 p.m. After walking to the restaurant at 12447 Victory Blvd., he was taken to a local trauma center trauma center n. A medical facility that is designated to treat severe physical trauma as a result of the specialized training of its staff and the availability of appropriate diagnostic and treatment tools. by paramedics, said 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. spokesman Brian Humphrey. Humphrey said the man was expected to survive. Further details were not available. - Daily News Polanco resurrects bill on leaf blowers With the ink barely dry on a Los Angeles ban on gas-powered leaf blowers, a state senator has resurrected a bill that would quash the new law and many such prohibitions in California, including one in Carmel that's been on the books for 23 years. ``It's baa-ack!'' said Bill Mabie, aide to state Sen. Richard Polanco, a Los Angeles Democrat and author of the bill. Using a method known as ``gut and amend,'' Polanco took over a languishing lan·guish intr.v. lan·guished, lan·guish·ing, lan·guish·es 1. To be or become weak or feeble; lose strength or vigor. 2. jury service bill and substituted his plan for letting cities set decibel decibel (dĕs`əbĕl', –bəl), abbr. dB, unit used to measure the loudness of sound. It is one tenth of a bel (named for A. G. Bell), but the larger unit is rarely used. limits rather than impose blower bans. Thus he may avoid the committee where his previous bill prohibiting bans died in May because the jury service bill had already been approved there. Supporters said the move caught them off guard. - Associated Press |
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