BRIEFLY : FIRE BURNS WOMAN, DAMAGES RESIDENCE.PACOIMA - A woman received minor burns after her home caught fire in the 13800 block of Terra Bella Street on Tuesday, a fire official said. Within 15 minutes, 20 firefighters extinguished flames engulfing the single-family home near Stanwin Avenue at 2:34 p.m., said Brian Humphrey, a spokesman for the 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. . The woman, who was not immediately identified, received superficial burns that resembled a sunburn sunburn, inflammation of the skin caused by actinic rays from the sun or artificial sources. Moderate exposure to ultraviolet radiation is followed by a red blush, but severe exposure may result in blisters, pain, and constitutional symptoms. on her face, Humphrey said. She was treated at the scene and not hospitalized. Three adults and two children, ages 4 and 8 months, were forced from their home, Humphrey said. American Red Cross American Red Cross: see Red Cross. officials offered assistance. The cause of the fire was under investigation, officials said. - Daily News Police panel delays notice on bias unit Faced with protocol concerns from LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. brass, the Police Commission decided Tuesday to delay for two weeks the approval of a notice to police officers spelling out the role of a new Discrimination Unit. Police Chief Bernard C. Parks Bernard Parks (born December 7, 1943 in Beaumont, Texas) is a member of the Los Angeles City Council, representing the 8th District in South Los Angeles and former Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department. Parks attended Los Angeles City College, received his B.S. said there still needs to be procedures developed with how the Discrimination Unit reporting to the Police Commission interacts with other agencies charged with investigating discrimination and harassment in the department, including the Internal Affairs Internal affairs may refer to:
``We just look forward to developing protocol,'' Parks told the commission. ``There are a number of unanswered questions, such as how the work product flows.'' The City Council voted to create the Discrimination Unit to give officers a place to seek investigation of complaints independent from the LAPD's internal disciplinary process. Commissioner T. Warren Jackson said he is hopeful the new unit will have an impact on reducing discrimination in the LAPD, but he agreed that the department's concerns have to be addressed. - Daily News Suspect charged in transient's death Prosecutors on Tuesday filed a murder charge against a Sylmar man accused of killing a transient in Pacoima during the weekend. Scott Eveland, 38, remained in custody on $1 million bail, accused of beating to death 62-year-old Ramon Garcia. The victim's body was found in a vacant lot Sunday, said 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 Detective Frank Bishop of the Foothill Division. Investigators said the men got into an argument shortly after meeting each other for the first time. Eveland, also described by police as a transient, was arrested later Sunday. An 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 date has not been set, court officials said. - Daily News Warning issued on milk products Some Stueve's Natural Certified Raw Milk products may be contaminated contaminated, v 1. made radioactive by the addition of small quantities of radioactive material. 2. made contaminated by adding infective or radiographic materials. 3. an infective surface or object. with salmonella and should be discarded or returned for a refund, state and county health departments said Tuesday. Stueve's Natural raw certified whole and nonfat non·fat adj. Lacking fat solids or having the fat content removed. cow's milk in half-gallon containers with code numbers MAR 12C, MAR 15C and MAR 18C and certified raw all-purpose cream in half-pint containers with code number MAR 14C have been ordered removed from store shelves by the California Department of Health Services Department of Health Services may refer to:
The state issued a remove-from-sale order that doesn't affect other Stueve's Natural milk products or code numbers. Goat milk and goat milk products are not affected. - 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. Drywall company charged in pay case A Palms-based drywall company that received public money to do earthquake repairs at a homeless center was charged Tuesday with underpaying its workers. The misdemeanor case against Welow Enterprises, which does business as Dimension Drywall Co., was the third of its kind in the past 12 months filed by the City Attorney's Office. Mario L. Balestrieri, 34, and the company are charged with seven counts of failing to pay prevailing wages. He is due to enter a plea March 27 in Los Angeles Municipal Court, said Deputy City Attorney Deborah Sanchez. Drywall finishers working for the company were underpaid by $4,122 to $5,570 during March and April last year, Sanchez said. The workers had been making repairs at New Directions, a regional center for the homeless at 11301 Wilshire Blvd. in Brentwood. The underpayment for the seven alleged victims was a combined $28,955, prosecutors said. Sanchez said the prevailing wage was $27.85 an hour, and $39.43 an hour for overtime. The company allegedly paid workers 18 cents a square foot of finished drywall. Earlier this year, Arthur Aslanian of the Sherman Oaks-based Li-Con Construction Co. was charged with underpaying five employees a combined $112,687 in wages. - City News Service |
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