BRIEFLY : SYLMAR CRASH KILLS TWO, INJURES THREE.SYLMAR - A traffic collision killed two people and left three others injured Friday, fire officials said. The deceased were not identified pending notification of relatives. They were a 60-year-old woman and a woman in her 50s, both of whom were in a Chevrolet Camaro when it collided with a Pontiac Firebird The Pontiac Firebird was a pony car built by the Pontiac division of General Motors between 1967 and 2002. The Firebird was introduced in the same year with its platform sharing cousin the Chevrolet Camaro. , said 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. spokesman Bob Collis. Two others in the Camaro were injured in the 4:10 p.m. crash at San Fernando Road San Fernando Road is a major street in the city and county of Los Angeles. It starts off in Castaic as The Old Road, passing through Santa Clarita and the Newhall Pass, where upon its intersection with Sierra Highway near the junction of the Golden State (I-5) and the and Sierra Highway Sierra Highway is a road in Southern California, United States. It runs from Tunnel Station near the north limit of the City of Los Angeles, where it intersects with San Fernando Road and Foothill Boulevard, as well as Interstate 5, and continues north to Mojave, mostly paralleling , Collis said. A 54-year-old man suffered head trauma and was taken to a hospital in critical condition, while a 69-year-old man suffered minor injuries. The driver of the Firebird, a 16-year-old boy, was taken to Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Providence Holy Cross Medical Center is a hospital in Mission Hills, California, USA. The hospital has 254 beds, and is part of Providence Health & Services. History in Mission Hills with minor injuries, Collis said. - Daily News Emaciated e·ma·ci·ate tr. & intr.v. e·ma·ci·at·ed, e·ma·ci·at·ing, e·ma·ci·ates To make or become extremely thin, especially as a result of starvation. horses prompt one arrest TUJUNGA - Police arrested a Tujunga woman on suspicion of felony animal cruelty Friday after finding 13 of her horses apparently suffering from malnutrition. Some of the horses in the 9700 block of Sunland Boulevard appeared to be starving, said 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. police Officer Shelley Savage. Some had their ribs showing, she said. Police at the Foothill Station had received several complaints about the horses, Savage said. The woman was arrested about 12:30 p.m. The animals were taken to the city's East Valley shelter, and the case was turned over to animal control officials, police said. Savage said the woman, whose name was not made public, was the same woman who nearly a year ago said a neighbor's dog chewed on the foot of her comatose co·ma·tose adj. 1. Of, relating to, or affected with coma. 2. Marked by lethargy; torpid. comatose (kō´m daughter. ``It turned out it was her own dog,'' Savage said. - City News Service Gang member gets jail in weapons case A Sun Valley gang member was sentenced to 90 days in jail for having a loaded pistol in his car, a prosecutor said Friday. Eduard Petrosyan, 20, also was barred from associating with any gang members, especially his gang, and was placed on three years' probation, said Deputy City Attorney Debra Siedorf. Petrosyan, who pleaded no contest Thursday to one count of possessing a concealed gun in a motor vehicle, was sentenced by a Van Nuys Municipal Court judge. Los Angeles police officers who stopped Petrosyan on Sept. 13 for an expired vehicle registration spotted the gun on the front seat. The semiautomatic pistol was loaded with hollow-point bullets, with one in the chamber, Siedorf said. - City News Service Beach water poorer, Heal the Bay Heal the Bay is a U.S. environmental advocacy non-profit organization based in Santa Monica, California. Heal the Bay is dedicated to protecting California's Santa Monica Bay, a region of the Pacific coast encompassed by Malibu's Point Dume on the north and the Palos Verdes says Beach water quality declined this year due to heavy runoff from El Nino-driven rains, Heal the Bay announced in its summer beach report card. The report card measured overall scores for 61 beaches rated weekly throughout the summer. Based on daily and weekly water monitoring data by local regulatory agencies, Heal the Bay assigns each beach grades of A plus to F. Those marks indicate the levels of bacteria in coastal water that can cause stomach, respiratory and skin ailments, with an A showing excellent water quality and F representing unhealthful conditions for swimmers. For the summer season, 42 of the locations monitored received grades of B or higher, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the report. However, the report states, that is down from 51 beaches in 1997 and 54 in 1996. Most of the beaches in the North Bay except Paradise Cove and Malibu Surfrider beaches had good water quality throughout the summer. Venice beaches also scored high marks all season. - Daily News |
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