BRIEFLY : MENORAH SPARKS HOUSE FIRE IN RESEDA.RESEDA - A fire ignited by a candle in an unattended menorah menorah Multibranched candelabra used by Jews during the festival of Hanukkah. It holds nine candles (or has nine receptacles for oil). Eight of the candles stand for the eight days of Hanukkah—one is lit the first day, two the second, and so on. apparently caused $8,000 damage to a house and its contents Thursday night, 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 said. The blaze at a house in the 6100 block of Camby Avenue was reported at 7:27 p.m. The candle set a bedspread and clothes on fire, said department spokesman Brian Humphrey. Firefighters took less than five minutes to put it out, Humphrey said. No one was injured in the fire. - Daily News Man, 81, found dead in apartment pool STUDIO CITY - An 81-year-old man was found dead at the bottom of a pool at an apartment complex Thursday afternoon, officials said. The man, who was not immediately identified, had recently undergone knee surgery and walked with a cane, said Brian Humphrey, a spokesman for the Los Angeles Fire Department. ``He may have fallen into the water,'' Humphrey said. The man's wife, who had been shopping for two hours, returned about 1 p.m. to the apartment in the 12800 block of Moorpark Street and found her husband in the pool, officials said. - Daily News Padilla urges new fire station, helipad hel·i·pad n. See heliport. A prepared area designated and used for takeoff and landing of helicopters. (Includes touchdown or hover point.) Councilman Alex Padilla has introduced two proposals aimed at boosting firefighting services in the 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. , an aide said Thursday. One directs the city to acquire a site in Arleta for a new Los Angeles Fire Department station, said spokesman David Gershwin. A second earmarks funding for a helipad in the foothills of 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. just north of Lake View Terrace. The helipad will help firefighters battle brush fires in the foothill fire zone. - City News Service Huffington sues studio over rights Political commentator Arianna Huffington sued Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) . Thursday, alleging it failed to abide by To stand to; to adhere; to maintain. See also: Abide an agreement to pay her $50,000 for use of her book in connection with the movie ``Surviving Picasso.'' In her Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit, Huffington said she had agreements allowing the studio to use her book ``Picasso'' for the film. A Warner Bros. spokesperson could not be reached for comment late Thursday. - City News Service Sierra Club Sierra Club, national organization in the United States dedicated to the preservation and expansion of the world's parks, wildlife, and wilderness areas. Founded (1892) in California by a group led by the Scottish-American conservationist John Muir, the Sierra Club fights Pepperdine plans The Sierra Club filed court papers Thursday challenging the California Coastal Commission's decision to approve a change in Pepperdine University's plan for long-range development at its Malibu campus. The environmental group contends that further grading for a new upper campus area would be done in ``an area of intense geologic instability.'' The project also would ``completely destroy a rare needlegrass habitat,'' the group contends. Pepperdine officials could not be reached for comment. - City News Service |
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