BRIEFLY : SEVERAL CATS KILLED IN APARTMENT FIRE.TARZANA - Thirty firefighters extinguished a fire caused by careless smoking that killed some cats in a Tarzana apartment Christmas morning, officials said. Firefighters were called at 4:42 a.m. and quelled the flames in 16 minutes. The fire didn't spread beyond the one apartment in the two-story building, said Jim Wells Jim Wells MLA (born 27 April 1957) is a politician from the Democratic Unionist Party and a deputy speaker of the Transitional Assembly (Northern Ireland). Wells is one of six Assembly members for South Down. , Fire Department spokesman. The apartment sustained $75,000 in property and structural damage, Wells said. No people were injured, but several cats died, he said. Daily News Holiday arrests up from one year ago There was one traffic fatality fa·tal·i·ty n. 1. A death resulting from an accident or disaster. 2. One that is killed as a result of such an occurrence. on 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 roadways in the first 12 hours of the Christmas holiday weekend - the same as last year, the California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. reported Saturday. The reporting period ran from 6 p.m. Friday to 6 a.m. Saturday, said CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan officer Lou Aviles. Statewide, nine traffic-related deaths were reported in the first 12 hours of the Christmas holiday, up from seven last year. CHP officers arrested 62 motorists in Los Angeles County on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs between 6 p.m. Friday and 6 a.m. Christmas Day, up from 49 last year. Statewide, CHP officers made 230 DUI arrests over the same period, up from 217 last year. City News Service Library will waive late book charges GLENDALE - The Glendale Public Library The Glendale Public Library is located in Glendale, California, and serves a diverse community of over 200,000 people. GPL has a total of 6 branches (a 7th branch is slated to open in 2007) in addition to the large Central Library, including the unique Brand Library and Art Center. will waive fines for patrons who return their overdue books between Dec. 31 and Jan. 3, said spokeswoman Cindy Cleary. The program is part of the library system's ``millennium fine-free week,'' she said. Overdue library materials returned to any Glendale Public Library book drop during that time also will be fine-free. Materials from the Brand Library may not be returned through a book drop at any time, and overdue fees for rental and lost materials will not be waived, Cleary said. For more information, contact the Glendale Public Library at (818) 548- 2043. City News Service Vehicle collision injures 3 critically Six people were injured Saturday - three of them critically - when two vehicles collided on a street near downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or , a city fire spokesman said. The crash occurred about 2:50 p.m. at West Venice Boulevard and Fourth Avenue, said Los Angeles city fire spokesman Jim Wells. Two of the three critically injured victims were taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is a world-renowned hospital located in Los Angeles, California. History Cedars-Sinai is the result of a merger in 1961 between two major Los Angeles hospitals, Cedars of Lebanon and Mount Sinai Home for the Incurables, with Steve Broidy as , while the third was taken to Los Angeles County/USC Medical Center, Wells said. All three were men, he said. The other three victims were treated at the scene for minor injuries. City News Service |
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