BRIEFLY : GAS ODOR AT SCHOOL LINKED TO PIPE WORK.A gas smell reported by students and faculty at Francis Polytechnic High School in Sun Valley on Aug. 19 appears to have come from a nearby natural gas pipeline being worked on by the gas company, school officials said Tuesday. Testing conducted by the 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. Unified School District's maintenance and operations branch found there was no presence of gas at the school, Superintendent Ruben Zacarias told school board members in an interoffice in·ter·of·fice adj. Transmitted or taking place between offices, especially those of a single organization: an interoffice memo; interoffice conferences. memo. There were no further reports of a chemical odor since the incident, Zacarias wrote. School officials said the problem was unrelated to previous tests at the campus because of its proximity to a city landfill where nonhazardous levels of methane, carcinogens Carcinogens Substances in the environment that cause cancer, presumably by inducing mutations, with prolonged exposure. Mentioned in: Colon Cancer, Rectal Cancer and other toxins have been detected in the past. - City News Service Police call detailed in ex-athlete's trial A teary Monique Brown told police that her football legend husband threatened during an argument to kill her by snapping her neck, an officer testified Tuesday at Jim Brown's spousal abuse trial. Laurine Arellano was one of the Los Angeles police officers sent to investigate the 25-year-old woman's 911 call June 15 at the couple's Hollywood Hills home. But in a number of media interviews since the incident, she has denied that her husband hit her. She has urged prosecutors to drop the case. During a break in his Hollywood Municipal Court trial, the 63-year-old National Football League Hall of Famer alleged that police lied about what had happened that day. - City News Service Valley man killed in possible drug buy A 22-year-old Van Nuys man who was reportedly going to visit a drug dealer was shot to death late Monday night on Sepulveda Boulevard, police said. Ernesto Morales was shot multiple times around 11:35 p.m. Monday in the area of 7100 Sepulveda, according to 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 . spokesman Officer Robert Eisenhart. Fire Department paramedics took Morales to Valley Presbyterian Hospital, where he died a short time later. The victim's wife told detectives Morales had called a drug dealer earlier to arrange to purchase some drugs, but did not return home, Eisenhart said. Witnesses saw a man running away from a blue Geo parked in the area that was later determined to be Morales' car. Detectives were attempting to identify the drug dealer and his associates. - Daily News Rocketdyne target of negligence suit A Simi Valley woman and her husband sued Rocketdyne on Tuesday, alleging that airborne pollution from the firm's Santa Susana Field Laboratory may have caused her lung disease lung disease Pulmonary disease Pulmonology Any condition causing or indicating impaired lung function Types of LD Obstructive lung disease–↓ in air flow caused by a narrowing or blockage of airways–eg, asthma, emphysema, chronic bronchitis; . Mary Bland, who is in her late 40s and says she has pulmonary fibrosis Pulmonary Fibrosis Definition Pulmonary fibrosis is scarring in the lungs. Description Pulmonary fibrosis develops when the alveoli, tiny air sacs that transfer oxygen to the blood, become damaged and inflamed. , alleges negligence, fraudulent concealment fraudulent concealment, n the deliberate attempt to withhold information or to conceal an act to avoid contractual responsibility. Fraudulent concealment as applied to health care providers arises when a treating doctor conceals from an aggrieved patient and intentional infliction of emotional distress The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , among other things. Her husband, Frank, is suing for loss of consortium. Spokesmen for the defendants, which include Boeing North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. Inc. and Rockwell International Corp., could not immediately be reached for comment. - City News Service |
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