BRIEFLY : MAN GETS JAIL TERM AFTER DOUGHNUT TIFF.A fight over Krispy Kreme doughnuts has landed a North Hollywood man in jail after he injured his live-in girlfriend in front of her 8-year-old daughter, authorities said Wednesday. Terrence Henry Dance, 34, has been in custody since Sunday when he pushed the woman, who was not identified, into a night stand during an argument, according to Los Angeles Deputy City Attorney Kenneth Tso. ``He said he was going to go buy some Krispy Kreme doughnuts for some co-workers, but she thought he was going to buy them for another girlfriend,'' Tso said. ``When she accused him of that, he took it very seriously and went after her.'' Dance was sentenced to 30 days in jail on Tuesday after pleading no contest to one count of spousal battery. Van Nuys Municipal Court Judge Karen Nudell ordered Dance to stay away from the woman, spend three years on probation and undergo a year of domestic violence counseling. - Daily News Fruit fly's discovery extends quarantine SUN VALLEY - The discovery of another Oriental fruit fly in the east San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. has led state agricultural officials to extend a quarantine for another six months. An unmated female turned up in a trap Tuesday within the 80-square-mile quarantine area centered on Sun Valley. While finding an unmated female is encouraging because eradication targets males, the single fly find means the quarantine period must start over, said Oscar Hidalgo Hidalgo, state, Mexico Hidalgo (ēthäl`gō), state (1990 pop. 1,888,366), 8,058 sq mi (20,870 sq km), central Mexico. Pachuca de Soto is the capital. , a spokesman for the California Department of Food and Agriculture California Department of Food and Agriculture, which was established in 1919 by the California Legislature,[1] works in partnership with the agricultural industry and other governmental agencies to regulate various aspects dealing with food and agriculture related . State crews began eradication of the Oriental fruit fly in the area after two were discovered in traps in mid-July. Eradication involves painting trees and utility poles with a mixture of a powerful sexual attractant attractant a material used to attract animals for capture purposes. and an insecticide. Nine more turned up in traps, triggering the quarantine, which covers a larger area than eradication and prohibits moving fruit or trees within or taking them outside the boundaries. The fly found Tuesday was the first since the quarantine began. A quarantine lasts three life cycles, or about six months depending on weather conditions. - Daily News Morning meeting takes up Valley The Valley Industry and Commerce Association is hosting a round-table discussion open to the public this morning, with Los Angeles City Councilman Alex Padilla to discuss issues affecting the San Fernando Valley. The meeting will take place from 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. at Los Angeles Mission College Los Angeles Mission College is a two-year community college located in Sylmar, California neighborhood of Los Angeles in the San Fernando Valley, United States. It is part of the Los Angeles Community College District. in Sylmar, 13356 Eldridge Ave. An entrance fee of $10 will include breakfast. Topics to be discussed include a new police station for the North San Fernando Valley, reopening of the Sunshine Canyon Landfill and banners on city street poles. For more information, contact VICA VICA Vocational Industrial Clubs of America VICA Video Conferencing Alliance (UK) VICA Vocational Industrial Chapters of America VICA Vision Counsel of America publicist Laurie Golden at (818) 888-9337. - Daily News Lead screenings, zoo passes bundled Lead poisoning lead poisoning or plumbism (plŭm`bĭz'əm), intoxication of the system by organic compounds containing lead. screening for children ages one to five years will be rewarded with four free passes to the Los Angeles Zoo The Los Angeles Zoo founded in 1966, is a large zoo located in Los Angeles, California, USA. The Zoo, located in Los Angeles' Griffith Park, is home to 1,200 animals from around the world. on Sunday. Los Angeles County's Lead Poisoning Prevention Program will be screening children who have not been screened for lead poisoning from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the zoo's parking lot. Labeled the ``Silent Epidemic,'' because children usually don't exhibit any symptoms of having been exposed, lead poisoning can cause permanent damage to the nervous system and can be responsible for learning disabilities such as Attention Deficit Disorder attention deficit (hyperactivity) disorder (ADD or ADHD) formerly hyperactivity Behavioral syndrome in children, whose major symptoms are inattention and distractibility, restlessness, inability to sit still, and difficulty concentrating on one thing for any . The Los Angeles Zoo is located in Griffith Park at 5333 Zoo Drive, Los Angeles. Call (800) 524-5323 for more information on lead poisoning. - Daily News Plague warnings posted in Altadena County health officials closed a park east of Altadena after a ground squirrel caught during routine monitoring tested positive for sylvatic sylvatic /syl·vat·ic/ (sil-vat´ik) sylvan; pertaining to, located in, or living in the woods. sylvatic found in the woods; occurring in animals of the forest. plague. Warning signs were posted at Eaton Canyon Park, and officials began dusting the area for flea suppression. The closure will remain in effect for at least 10 days, officials said. Sylvatic plague, which does not occur in humans, is endemic among ground squirrels in the San Gabriel Mountains San Gabriel Mountains, S Calif., E and NE of Los Angeles, running c.50 mi (80 km) westward from Cajon Pass. San Antonio Peak (10,080 ft/3,072 m) is the highest of the range. Citrus fruits are raised on the southern foothills. , said Jonathan Fielding, the county's public health director. But the bacterial infection can be transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected flea. Such a transmission causes bubonic plague, symptoms of which include enlargement of lymph glands and rapid onset of fever and chills. - City News Service Set of aftershocks rocks Southland A series of four aftershocks to last weekend's 7.11 Hector quake shook Southern California just before 7 p.m. Wednesday. The first, a magnitude 4.3, struck at 6:25 p.m. A 5.1 magnitude aftershock af·ter·shock n. 1. A quake of lesser magnitude, usually one of a series, following a large earthquake in the same area. 2. struck at 6:54 p.m. and was immediately followed by another measured at 4.5. Then another 5.1 shock hit at 6:57 p.m. - Daily News |
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