BRIEFLY : HOSPITAL TREATS BOY WHO BROKE LEG IN FALL.A 4-year-old boy who broke his leg in a fall in Panorama City Friday was being treated at Childrens Hospital 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. , a Fire Department spokesman said. The boy was taken to a clinic in the 14600 block of Parthenia Street, where a doctor determined the upper leg was badly broken and called paramedics about 3:30 p.m., said Brian Humphrey of 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. . Paramedics decided to airlift the boy and his mother to the hospital, he said. - City News Service Suspects are sought after fatal shooting VAN NUYS - Detectives were searching on Friday for suspects in the killing of a 22-year-old man the night before. Police responding to a 9:50 p.m. report of a shooting Thursday in the 15000 block of Friar friar [Lat. frater=brother], member of certain Roman Catholic religious orders, notably, the Dominicans, Franciscans, Carmelites, and Augustinians. Although a general form of address in the New Testament, since the 13th cent. Street found a man identified as Joel Enciso dead from a gunshot wound to his upper torso, said LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. Detective Matthew Sibayan of the Van Nuys Division. Police were still trying to determine a motive for the shooting. - Daily News Girl hit by vehicle suffers minor injury PACOIMA - A girl hit by a vehicle while crossing a Pacoima street Friday suffered a minor injury, a fire department spokesperson said. Paramedics sent to the 13000 block Van Nuys Boulevard about 11:20 a.m. treated the child, believed to be about 6 years old, said Jim Wells Jim Wells MLA (born 27 April 1957) is a politician from the Democratic Unionist Party and a deputy speaker of the Transitional Assembly (Northern Ireland). Wells is one of six Assembly members for South Down. of the Los Angeles Fire Department. - City News Service Council OKs study on `smart sewers' LOS ANGELES - The City Council gave its go-ahead Friday to study whether to make new or rehabilitated sewer lines capable of carrying fiber optics fiber optics, transmission of digitized messages or information by light pulses along hair-thin glass fibers. Each fiber is surrounded by a cladding having a high index of refractance so that the light is internally reflected and travels the length of the fiber . ``Smart sewer'' technology could bring high-speed communication and Internet access See how to access the Internet. to thousands of people, said Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas Mark Ridley-Thomas (born 1954) is currently a California State Senate where he chairs the Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee]]. He represents the 26th district which includes the communities of Vermont Knolls, Jefferson Park, Leimert Park, Hancock Park, Korean , who introduced the proposal. The motion requires the bureaus of engineering and sanitation and the Information Technology Agency to study the proposal and report back within 30 days. - City News Service Community cleanup set for Sylmar area City Councilman Alex Padilla's office invites volunteers to participate in a community cleanup in Sylmar today with local groups and high school volunteers. Volunteers will meet at 8 a.m. in front of St. Didacus Church, 14339 Astoria St., at Glenoaks Boulevard and Astoria Street. - Daily News `Green power' plan attracts customers About 20,000 customers have signed up for the Department of Water and Power's ``Green Power for a Green L.A.'' program, which relies on solar, wind and geothermal resources, officials said Friday. Customers who sign up for the program receive two compact fluorescent light bulbs initially and another two bulbs in six months, as well as a home energy survey CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). . The light bulbs and CDs are intended to lower customers' electricity usage. ``While the rate for new green power is 6 percent higher than conventional electricity sources, customers that put the light bulbs to work and reduce their energy usage will see little or no increase, and some will experience a reduction in their electricity bills,'' said General Manager David Freeman. - City News Service |
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