BRIEFLY : PEDESTRIAN STILL IN INTENSIVE CARE.

BURBANK - An 88-year-old woman hit by a car driven by Dr. Bruce Hensel of KNBC (Channel 4) remained in extremely critical condition Thursday at Los Angeles County/USC Medical Center, authorities said.

Pauline McClurg, 88, of Burbank is in the hospital's intensive care unit on a respirator, said County/USC spokeswoman Adelaida De La Cerda.

She suffered severe head trauma in the incident about 9:40 a.m. Wednesday in a Pass Avenue crosswalk at the Ventura Freeway off-ramp, said Burbank police Lt. Chris Welker.

An 81-year-old woman who also was hit suffered a fractured left ankle and foot in the incident. She was treated and released Wednesday.

No charges have been filed, and detectives are still investigating the incident, Welker said.

- City News Service

Seasonal storm nearing Southland

The second storm of the season is moving toward the Southland, with up to an inch of rain expected to fall on Los Angeles over the next three days, a National Weather Service spokesman said.

The Pacific storm that originated in the Gulf of Alaska should reach Southern California tonight, bringing rain and snow through Saturday, said Bill Hoffer, a meteorological technician.

``It's a cold and unstable air mass that will maintain the threat of showers Saturday and even bring a chance of thunderstorms and snow levels down to 5,000 and possibly 4,000 feet,'' Hoffer said.

He estimated that up to an inch of rain could fall in the Los Angeles Basin, almost double the amount from the season's first storm earlier this month.Four to eight inches of snow is possible in the mountains, while heavy surf already is pounding west-facing beaches.

- City News Service