BRIEFLY : HOLIDAY TRAFFIC TOLL HITS SEVEN IN COUNTY.At least seven people were killed in car crashes in Los Angeles County this New Year's holiday, the California Highway Patrol said Sunday. The reporting period was from 6 p.m. Thursday to 6 a.m. Sunday, said California Highway Patrol Officer Frank Sandoval. Statewide, the 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 reported 21 traffic deaths in that 60-hour period, Sandoval said. During that time, CHP officers arrested 239 motorists in Los Angeles County for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Statewide, there were 1,112 DUI arrests, Sandoval said. The CHP declared a maximum enforcement period from 6 p.m. Thursday to 6 a.m. this morning, meaning more officers than usual will be on patrol in an effort to cut down on holiday crashes, many of them drinking-related. - City News Service Man shot in the arm during drug dispute CANOGA PARK - An argument over drugs in a Canoga Park alley ended with one man shot in the arm, police said Sunday. The gunman got away, said 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 . Sgt. C. Hees of the West Valley station. The shooting occurred behind the 21700 block of Lanark Street shortly after 9 p.m. Saturday night, Hees said. The wounded man, whose name was withheld, was taken to a hospital. - City News Service Pair of Mars-bound spacecraft lift off PASADENA - Two Mars-bound spacecraft managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory “JPL” redirects here. For other uses, see JPL (disambiguation). Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is a NASA research center located in the cities of Pasadena and La Cañada Flintridge, near Los Angeles, California, USA. in Pasadena lifted off Sunday from Florida on a mission to explore the Red Planet's southern polar cap, according to JPL (language) JPL - JAM Programming Language. officials. Deep Space 2 and the Mars Polar Lander The Mars Polar Lander was part of the NASA Mars Surveyor '98 program, which consisted of two spacecraft launched separately, the Mars Climate Orbiter (formerly the Mars Surveyor '98 Orbiter) and the Mars Polar Lander (formerly the Mars Surveyor '98 Lander). lifted off at 12:21 p.m. PST PST Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia, see there atop a Delta II rocket from the Cape Canaveral Air Station, JPL reported. After landing, the Polar Lander will spend three months digging for traces of water beneath the frozen Martian surface and will search for evidence of a physical record of climate change. A miniature microphone aboard the craft will allow scientists to record 10-second sound bytes of natural noises from the planet. - City News Service Deputies searching for missing bicyclist PIRU PIRU Public Information Reference Unit PIRU People in Red Uniform (band) - A search was under way Sunday night for a bicyclist who failed to return from a ride at Piru Creek, according to Ventura County Sheriff's Department The Ventura County Sheriff's Department (VCSD) provides law enforcement for the unincorporated areas of Ventura County, California, USA, as well as several cities within the county. The cities that VCSD serves are Camarillo, Fillmore, Moorpark, Ojai, and Thousand Oaks. deputies. Search and rescue teams were looking for the man, both on the ground and in helicopters, said Sheriff's Capt. Rod Thompson. ``He was dropped off there at the Piru Creek trail head and they were supposed to pick him up at 4 p.m.,'' Thompson said. Rescue teams were concerned because the man was not wearing much clothing and it was expected to get colder in mountain areas overnight. Thompson could not provide the biker's age or name. - Daily News |
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