BRIEFLY : MISSING HIKER FOUND AFTER NIGHT IN BRUSH.A hiker missing overnight in the Pacific Palisades Palisades, cliffs along the west bank of the Hudson River, NE N.J. and SE N.Y., extending from N of Jersey City, N.J., to the vicinity of Piermont, N.Y., with a general altitude of from 350 ft to 550 ft (107–168 m). was spotted by a TV news team Monday, then hoisted to safety by a Fire Department helicopter crew. ``It's embarrassing. I could've walked out, but the helicopter ride was wonderful,'' a relieved Larry Leahy told KNBC-TV sometime later. Leahy, an experienced hiker, was walking in Topanga State Park Topanga State Park is a California state park located in Los Angeles County. It is located adjacent to the unincorporated community of Topanga, California, within the city of Los Angeles, California. Covering 11,000 acres (45 km²) it is the largest state park within city limits. when he got lost in the 8-foot brush and could not find a way out. ``I went up a canyon and I couldn't get out, and I could only go up from there, and it's so thick in there,'' he said. ``And then the moon clouded over and then I was done for. I had to sleep where I was.'' ?13- City News Service Police dogs locate 4 robbery suspects NORTH HOLLYWOOD - Four men held up a 99-Cents Only store in North Hollywood, pistol-whipping a clerk before getting away, but they were sniffed out by police dogs and captured only hours after the robbery Monday, police said. The suspects were nabbed after police, alerted as the 1:25 a.m. robbery was in progress, set up a perimeter near the store in the 6200 block of Laurel Canyon Boulevard Laurel Canyon Boulevard is a major street in the city of Los Angeles, California. It starts off at Polk Street in Sylmar in the northern San Fernando Valley near the junction of the San Diego (Interstate 405) and the Golden State Freeways (Interstate 5). , police said. Police Sgt. Matthew St. Pierre of the North Hollywood station said police dogs located the suspects' hiding places. Two suspects were under homes, he said, and a third was found under some bushes. St. Pierre could not immediately say where the fourth suspect was found, but he said the dogs assisted in his capture as well. A woman store clerk was pistol-whipped, but her injuries were minor and she did not have to be taken to the hospital, St. Pierre said. ?13- City News Service Reptiles reptiles terrestrial or aquatic vertebrates which breathe air through lungs and have a skin covering of horny scales. They are poikilothermic, oviparous or ovoviviparous, and, if they have legs they are short and constructed solely for crawling. can cause illness, buyers told With the popularity of pet reptiles booming, 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 health officials are trying to heighten awareness that the animals can spread salmonella, a bacteria that causes illness in humans. The majority of salmonella infections are food-related, and only 5 percent are related to reptiles. But 70 percent of imported iguanas carry salmonella. ``We are hoping people are thinking about this before they run out and get them as gifts,'' said Dr. Roshan Reporter of the county Department of Health Services' acute communicable disease communicable disease n. A disease that is transmitted through direct contact with an infected individual or indirectly through a vector. Also called contagious disease. control unit. Many experts agree that those who handle reptiles should wash their hands with disinfectant soap afterward. Salmonella infection can cause diarrhea, fever, cramps and vomiting vomiting, ejection of food and other matter from the stomach through the mouth, often preceded by nausea. The process is initiated by stimulation of the vomiting center of the brain by nerve impulses from the gastrointestinal tract or other part of the body. . ?13- Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. |
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