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BRIEFLY : SETTLEMENT PROPOSED IN DEATH OF DEPUTY.


Los Angeles County should pay $175,000 to settle a lawsuit by the parents of a sheriff's deputy who was shot in the line of duty In the Line of Duty may refer to:
  • In the Line of Duty (film)
  • In the Line of Duty (Stargate SG-1)
 and died in 1992 at King-Drew Medical Center, the county Claims Board ruled Monday.

Deputy Nelson Yamamoto was shot in the back, abdomen, thigh and foot March 29, 1992, and taken to King-Drew, where he underwent nearly eight hours of surgery.

He developed adult respiratory distress syndrome Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome Definition

Adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), also called acute respiratory distress syndrome, is a type of lung (pulmonary) failure that may result from any disease that causes large amounts of fluid to
 in the hours after the surgery, and doctors gave two different drugs to deal with the problems.

The Claims Board decision was an economic one, because of the likelihood that the county could spend far more defending a difficult case with an extremely sympathetic victim, said chairwoman Nancy Singer. The recommendation will go before the Board of Supervisors next month for final approval.

?13Daily News

Man found near site of fatal forest crash

ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST The Angeles National Forest (ANF) was established by executive order on December 20, 1892 as the San Gabriel Timberland Reserve. It covers over 2,600 km² (650,000 acres) and is located in the San Gabriel Mountains of Los Angeles County, just north of the metropolitan area of Los  - A man whose pickup truck crashed down an embankment Saturday in the Angeles National Forest, near where two members of a family of four died in a similar wreck last week, was rescued Monday.

The victim of the latest crash, which occurred at mile marker 26 on the Angeles Crest Highway The Angeles Crest Highway is a two-lane (one lane of travel in each direction) segment of California State Route 2 in the United States. The road is 66 miles in length, with its western terminus at the intersection at Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada Flintridge and its eastern , was taken to Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena.

On April 18, a car occupied by a man, a woman and their two children tumbled off the roadway and into a ravine in the same general area. The couple died, but their children survived.

?13City News Service

Sewage spill prompts closing of beach area

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).  - County health officials ordered a two-mile stretch of beach from Topanga Canyon to Chautauqua Chau`tau´qua

1. a meeting, usually held in the summer outdoors or under a temporary tent, providing public lectures combined with entertainment such as concerts and plays. It originated in the village of Chautauqua, N. Y.
 boulevards closed Monday, after an undetermined amount of raw sewage spilled into the ocean.

Jack Petralia, director of environmental protection for the Department of Health Services Department of Health Services may refer to:
  • Los Angeles County Department of Health Services
  • California Department of Health Services a California state agency
, said a city sewage pumping plant failed, causing the spill at Sunset Boulevard in the Pacific Palisades.

He said the area probably would remain off-limits for 48 to 72 hours. Tests must be done on water samples until the bacteria count meets safety levels, he said.

Petralia said swimming in the water could cause a skin rash, diarrhea and intestinal problems.
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Date:Apr 29, 1997
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