BRIEFLY : INSPECTORS PROBE CAUSE OF HOUSE FIRE.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. County fire inspectors are trying to determine the cause of a fire Wednesday night at a Topanga Canyon home whose owner said the blaze started on a wooden deck that had been lacquered lac·quer n. 1. Any of various clear or colored synthetic coatings made by dissolving nitrocellulose or other cellulose derivatives together with plasticizers and pigments in a mixture of volatile solvents and used to impart a high gloss to earlier in the day. Two of homeowner David Hayano's cats died in the fire, and Hayano said he burned his hand while trying to save them. ``I just wanted to save what I could,'' said Hayano, who was being treated at the scene by paramedics. ``I wanted to save my cats, but I couldn't catch them.'' His house, in the 21400 block of Summit Drive, appeared to have been severely damaged by the fire, which Hayano reported to 911 operators about 6:30 p.m., authorities said. Hayano, a retired professor at California State University, Northridge CSUN offers a variety of programs leading to bachelor's degrees in 61 fields and master's degrees in 42 fields. The university has over 150,000 alumni. It's also home to a summer musical theater/theater program known as TADW (TeenAge Drama Workshop) that leads teenagers through an , said he smelled smoke while watching television. He checked and found the deck in flames In Flames is a melodic death metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden founded in 1990. Along with Dark Tranquillity and At the Gates, they pioneered what is now known as melodic death metal. . Five fire engines arrived at the scene shortly after the call and extinguished the blaze about two hours later. There were no damage estimates Wednesday night. Andrea Hawkins, a county Fire Department dispatcher Software that determines what pending tasks should be done next and assigns the available resources to accomplish it. It may execute other programs or generate a list for human operators to follow. See scheduler. , said inspectors are looking into what caused the blaze. - Daily News Fire officials explain meaning of mapping 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. officials reiterated Wednesday that a special mapping program, which uses red dots to identify homes with wood roofs, does not signify those structures would be ignored during a brush fire. Instead, the department insisted the map is designed to alert firefighters to special conditions in the area and help in the deployment of resources. Council members accepted the report without comment and also approved the development of a program to educate homeowners on what they can do to protect their property. - Daily News Padilla pushes city for Internet options With the Internet increasingly becoming a part of daily life, a city councilman Wednesday called for greater use of it to allow residents to pay everything from parking tickets to utility bills. Alex Padilla Alex Padilla is a politician in California. He was elected as the State Senator for the 20th District of California in November 2006 and was inaugurated in early December. In order to enter the Senate he had to resign as Councilman for the 7th District on the Los Angeles City , who chairs the City Council's Information Technology and General Services Committee, urged the city to look at expanding the role of the Internet in making the city an ``e-government.'' Under his proposal, residents would be able to pay bills, tickets and permit fees over the Internet, as well as access postings for government jobs and city contracts. Padilla also wants the city to post all notices of meetings by various city agencies. - Daily News Reports could bring charges at Rampart Preliminary reports that could lead to the first criminal charges to be filed in the LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. Rampart corruption scandal were presented to prosecutors Wednesday, sources told City News Service. The reports involved three cases in which convictions have already been overturned and inmates may have been freed. No charges have been filed against officers yet, the sources said. Officer Nino Durden Gino Floyd Durden (born May 5 1963), known as Nino Durden, was an officer in the elite Los Angeles Police Department Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums unit implicated in the Rampart Scandal. , disgraced Officer Rafael A. Perez's former partner, was involved in two of the incidents, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. sources. Officers who have been relieved of duty, but have not been accused in the ongoing investigation, also are named in the reports. Perez, as part of his plea agreement, is cooperating with investigators looking into allegations that police lied under oath and planted evidence in dozens of drug cases. As a result of information Perez has given investigators, at least eight convictions have been overturned. Some inmates have been freed from prison. - City News Service Ventura schools ban campus pesticides VENTURA - Seeking to create a safer learning environment, the Ventura Unified School District A unified school district is a school district which includes both primary school (kindergarten through middle school or junior high) and high school (grades 9-12). In Illinois, these districts are called unit school districts. has unanimously approved a new policy banning the use of pesticides on school grounds. An advisory committee of parents and district administrators is scheduled to meet Monday to explore alternatives to using pesticides to control insects and weeds. ``It's like learning math all over again,'' said Lynda Uvari, a member of the board of Community & Children's Advocates Against Pesticide Poisoning pesticide poisoning, n a toxic condition caused by the ingestion or inhalation of a substance used for the eradication of insects, fungi, and other pests. . ``We're going to see that the kitchen staff and the maintenance (workers) are trained to know what the alternatives are. Most people just pick up a can of Raid and spray. It's very harmful, especially to children, because their systems are just developing.'' - Daily News |
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