BRIEFLY : EXPLOSION AT SHOP INJURES 2 WELDERS.CAMARILLO - Two welders were injured Monday, one of them seriously, when one of them accidentally set off an explosion in a tank used to store gasoline at their shop, fire officials said. Shop owner Ed Chamberlain, 48, suffered serious injuries in the 4:11 p.m. blast in the 570 block of South Dawson Drive, said Ventura County Fire Department Not to be confused with Ventura Fire Department. The Ventura County Fire Department (VCFD) provides fire protection and emergency response services for the unincorporated areas of Ventura County, California, and for six other cities within the county. spokesman Fred Ponce. Chamberlain was taken to St. John's Regional Medical Center St. John's Regional Medical Center may refer to: In the United States:
An employee of the shop, who was not identified, was also injured, Ponce said. It was not immediately clear which of the men were welding at the time of the explosion that witnesses said shook the industrial park like an earthquake and could be heard for blocks. - Daily News Rental-listing con yields fine, service A Granada Hills man was sentenced Monday to 30 days on a California Department of Transportation The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is a government agency in the U.S. state of California. Its mission is to improve mobility across the state. It manages the state highway system and is actively involved with public transportation systems in California. work crew and ordered to pay restitution after refusing to refund service charges to customers of his Northridge-based prepaid rental listing service, prosecutors said. Darryl Edward Strucke, 30, pleaded no contest to three counts of failing to refund the service charges as required by law, said Los Angeles Deputy City Attorney P. Greg Parham. The charges stem from a state Department of Real Estate investigation of Strucke's Five-Star Management at 8630 Balboa Blvd. According to victims, Strucke charged them between $170 to $195 for lists of residential rental properties that, it turned out, had already been rented or were for sale, Parham said. People who complained were refused a refund of their prepaid fees, Parham said. - Daily News Event fights spur review by school VAN NUYS - A day after fistfights marred a cultural festival on campus, Birmingham High School Birmingham High School is a public coeducational high school in the neighborhood/district of Lake Balboa in the San Fernando Valley section of the city of Los Angeles, California. The school is a part of District One of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). officials said Monday that they will review the policy of allowing private groups to lease the campus stadium. Thirty Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . officers had to disperse several hundred patrons of a festival sponsored by an Armenian organization after fights broke out among a few alleged gang members, police said. Athletic director Rick Prizant said security likely would be increased at such events in the future. The event Sunday was not sponsored by the school, nor were students believed to be involved in any of the fights, police said. - Daily News State dog unearths fruit fly infestation infestation /in·fes·ta·tion/ (-fes-ta´shun) parasitic attack or subsistence on the skin and/or its appendages, as by insects, mites, or ticks; sometimes used to denote parasitic invasion of the organs and tissues, as by helminths. A 2-year-old springer spaniel's nose may have saved the state a million dollars or more fighting an Oriental fruit fly infestation, the state Department of Food and Agriculture announced Monday. Dana, part of the DFA's two-year pilot program, detected the contaminated fruit in an unmarked parcel last month at an Ontario facility. The package, sent from Michigan to an address in Diamond Bar, contained 5 pounds of fruit, along with 13 fly larvae Larvae, in Roman religion Larvae: see lemures. , according to the state agency. If the larvae had gone undetected, it could have led to the imposition of quarantines in the region and implementation of an eradication program, officials said. All of that ``could easily cost the state more than $1 million in crop losses, eradication costs and lost exports,'' according to the DFA DFA - Deterministic Finite-state Automaton. See Finite State Machine. . - City News Service More Marines going to Air Force base EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE Edwards Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 301,000 acres (121,805 hectares), S Calif., NE of Lancaster; est. 1933. It is one of the largest air force bases in the United States and has the world's longest runway. - Edwards Air Force Base will gain a second Marine Corps helicopter unit as the result of the impending im·pend intr.v. im·pend·ed, im·pend·ing, im·pends 1. To be about to occur: Her retirement is impending. 2. closure of the El Toro Marine Corps Air Station, bringing a total of about 360 Marines to the Antelope Valley. Marine and Air Force officials said Monday that Edwards will be the new home for Heavy Helicopter Squadron 769 and Medium Helicopter Squadron 764 once environmental impact documents are completed and approved. - Daily News |
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