BRIEFLY : FREEWAY COLLISION LEAVES WOMAN HURT.A four-car collision on the westbound Ventura Freeway near the Las Virgenes Road exit in Calabasas on Friday morning left a female motorist with moderate injuries, authorities said. Alicia Busler, 28, was airlifted to 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. , where she was listed in fair condition after being treated for a minor pelvic fracture Pelvic Fracture Definition A pelvic fracture is a break in one or more bones of the pelvis. Description The pelvis is a butterfly-shaped group of bones located at the base of the spine. and possible concussion, said hospital spokesman Alan Eyerly. The 7:30 a.m. collision held up traffic for more than two hours, officials said. It started when one car made an unsafe lane change causing the other three to crash, said CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan spokesman Ron Cohan. The other three motorists involved were Sharen Ajee and Lisa Stevenson of Woodland Hills, and David Weimer of Northridge, Cohan said. - Daily News High school pupils hold class walkout Upset over metal detector searches and the lack of permanent teachers, more than 2,000 students staged a walkout Friday morning at Fremont High School Fremont High School can refer to:
The students, who stayed out of classes for more than an hour, also protested the lack of lockers for students and the school's failure to hire a specific teacher as its librarian, according to a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles Unified School District The Los Angeles Unified School District (the "LAUSD") is the largest (in terms of number of students) public school system in California and the second-largest in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population. . The students walked out of class around 9:10 a.m. and issued a list of demands, said district spokeswoman Hilda Ramirez. ``They were very well-organized, well-orchestrated,'' she said. - Daily News Grants to help buy gas-powered buses The MTA (1) (Message Transfer Agent or Mail Transfer Agent) The store and forward part of a messaging system. See messaging system. (2) See M Technology Association. 1. (messaging) MTA - Message Transfer Agent. got two clean-air grants totaling $8.4 million to help buy compressed natural gas-powered buses that will be in service by spring, the agency's chief officer said Friday. The Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee - a regional clean air funding group - provided $6.4 million to help the MTA buy 277 buses. That grant is the largest single clean-air award of its type in Southland history, said Metropolitan Transportation Authority head Julian Burke. The South Coast Air Quality Management District The South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD), formed in 1976, is the air pollution agency responsible mainly for regulating stationary sources of air pollution for most of Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Riverside County, and all of Orange county. approved an additional $2 million to help the MTA buy 73 buses. The grant is funded by the State Air Resources Board through a $25 million program aimed at replacing diesel engines with clean fuel equivalents. - City News Service Downtown building inaugurated, again State officials on Friday rededicated the renovated Broadway department store building in downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or - a cornerstone for the effort to revitalize the historic downtown district. The rehabilitation of the 10-story, 85-year-old structure at 320 W. Fourth St. and Broadway cost $69 million. The building, which has been vacant since 1973, will house about 1,100 employees from a dozen state agencies. Several features of the building were preserved, including a stairwell from the original 1914 structure, flagpoles and a marble art deco department store floor medallion. - City News Service Man pleads guilty in racial assault A white man who set his Rottweiler Rottweiler (rŏt`wīlər), breed of sturdy working dog developed from a Roman cattle dog introduced into S Germany more than 1,900 years ago. It stands from 21 3-4 to 27 in. (55.3–68. on an African-American man at an Arco station in Sun Valley pleaded guilty Friday to two misdemeanor hate-crime charges. Robert L. Gable was pumping gas at the station at 9055 Sunland Blvd. when McConnell unleashed the dog on him, officials said. After Gable ran into the store for protection, McConnell shattered the windshield of the man's vehicle. Gable was unharmed, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Gennaco. - City News Service |
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