BRIEFLY : DWP COMMISSIONER HEARING POSTPONED.A hearing on the reappointment reappointment Hospital practice The renewal of medical staff membership and privileges of a practitioner whose previous service on the medical staff has met the staff's standard of Pt care. See Appointment. of Department of Water and Power Commission President Rick Caruso has been rescheduled from Monday to Friday. A City Council committee will hold a hearing on Caruso's reappointment at 9 a.m. Friday, and the entire council will hear the issue at 10 p.m. A group of North Valley residents have opposed Caruso's reappointment because he supports using part of Chatsworth Reservoir for recreation facilities or limited commercial or residential development. Caruso said he will seek a compromise between conservation and development that is acceptable to the community. - Daily News Four inmates injured in county jail fight LYNWOOD - A brawl brawl n. 1. A noisy quarrel or fight. 2. A loud party. 3. A loud, roaring noise. intr.v. brawled, brawl·ing, brawls 1. To quarrel or fight noisily. 2. Sunday between African-American and Latino inmates at the county's Century Regional Detention Facility left four inmates injured, a sheriff's deputy said. The fight, which broke out about 6:30 a.m., involved about 20 inmates and lasted a couple of minutes, said Deputy Boris Nikolof. Deputies stopped the brawl using verbal commands, he said. Three inmates were treated at the jail's clinic for minor injuries, he said, and an additional inmate was taken to Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center (also known as County USC) is an 800-bed teaching hospital located in East Los Angeles in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. with a cut on his forehead. - City News Service Woman's condition stable after gunshot ARLETA - The condition of an Arleta woman who was shot by her husband, who then killed himself, has been upgraded from critical to stable, 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. police sergeant said Monday. The shooting, which occurred just after noon Sunday in a home in the 13800 block of Wingo Street, is believed to be an attempted murder-suicide, police said. Police went to the home after neighbors reported hearing gunshots. When they got there, they heard another shot. By the time they got into the residence, the woman had been shot at least once, and the man apparently shot himself in the head, police said. Both were taken to hospitals, where the man died from his wound. - City News Service Resident of Ojai, 82, mending leg wound OJAI - An 82-year-old woman who was hit by a stray bullet while gardening in the back yard of her Ojai home remained in good condition Monday, Ventura County sheriff's officials said. Gwen Hosie was in her yard in the 2000 block of Woodland Avenue on Sunday afternoon when she heard a loud popping sound behind her and suddenly felt a sharp pain in her lower leg. Hosie told officials she realized she was bleeding heavily and immediately telephoned a friend. She was taken to Ojai Valley Hospital, where doctors treated her for a bullet wound and released her later that day. The bullet probably came from someone negligently firing a gun, officials said. - Daily News Lewis telethon tel·e·thon n. A lengthy television program to raise funds for a charity. [tele- + (mara)thon. sets $51 million record Jerry Lewis' annual muscular dystrophy muscular dystrophy (dĭs`trōfē), any of several inherited diseases characterized by progressive wasting of the skeletal muscles. There are five main forms of the disease. telethon raised a record $51.57 million during a 21-1/2-hour event featuring musicians, magicians and comedians. ``Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!'' Lewis said Monday as the 33rd Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Association The Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) is an organization founded in 1950 which combats muscular dystrophy and diseases of the nervous system and muscular system in general by funding research, providing medical and community services, and educating health professionals Labor Day Labor Day, holiday celebrated in the United States and Canada on the first Monday in September to honor the laborer. It was inaugurated by the Knights of Labor in 1882 and made a national holiday by the U.S. Congress in 1894. Telethon drew to a close. ``What more can I say?'' - Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. |
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