BRIEFLY : TAFT HIGH STUDENT STABBED WITH PEN.WOODLAND HILLS - A 16-year-old freshman student received minor injuries when he was stabbed with a pen Monday by a 15-year-old ninth-grade student in what was supposedly a fight over a female classmate at Taft High School, police said. The teen-age boys began fighting about 12:30 p.m. during lunch period. In the fight, the 15-year-old boy pulled out his pen and stabbed the 16-year-old boy on the side of his body, said Los Angeles police Detective Bud Mehringer. Their identities were not disclosed because of their ages. The 16-year-old boy was taken to a local hospital where his centimeter-deep wound was cleansed and bandaged. The other boy received physical bruises in the fight. Both were taken into police custody Monday afternoon. ?13Daily News Man's lung collapses on flight from N.Y. A North Hollywood man who was a passenger on an airplane suffered a collapsed lung, and the Boeing 747 was diverted Monday to Port Columbus International Airport Coordinates: Port Columbus International Airport (IATA: CMH, ICAO: KCMH, FAA LID: CMH), commonly shortened to Port Columbus in Ohio. The Tower Air plane was on its way from New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of to Los Angeles when it landed about 10 a.m., said an airport representative. It resumed its trip about 20 minutes later. The passenger, Nicholas Spampanato, 28, was taken by ambulance to Mount Carmel East Hospital in Ohio. He was being treated for a collapsed lung and was listed in fair condition Monday afternoon, said hospital spokesman Mark Hopkins. ?13Associated Press Galileo probe closer to Jupiter moon The unmanned Galileo spacecraft passed Monday within 686 miles of Jupiter's frozen moon Callisto, believed to be one of the most heavily cratered objects in the solar system. The flyby fly·by also fly-by n. pl. fly·bys A flight passing close to a specified target or position, especially a maneuver in which a spacecraft or satellite passes sufficiently close to a body to make detailed observations without was at 5:34 a.m. PST PST Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia, see there and scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory “JPL” redirects here. For other uses, see JPL (disambiguation). Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is a NASA research center located in the cities of Pasadena and La Cañada Flintridge, near Los Angeles, California, USA. in Pasadena received the signal 46 minutes later. ``Everything is going very smoothly,'' said Bill O'Neil, the Galileo project manager at JPL (language) JPL - JAM Programming Language. . Scientists hope the close approach will give them more hints about how Jupiter formed but they will have to wait until next week to see what the spacecraft saw. That's when they'll begin playing back Galileo's taped data on the encounter. ?13Associated Press LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. to report on creating new units A City Council panel called Monday for the Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . to report back in three months on the feasibility of taking
in security forces operated by other city agencies, including the
airports, harbor and park rangers.
Councilwoman Laura Chick proposed the comprehensive report after LAPD officials voiced concern about creating a park-ranger unit within its ranks or allowing existing park rangers to carry guns. ?13Daily News Injured firefighter taken off ventilator Glendale Firefighter William Jensen, who was caught in the Calabasas Fire, was breathing on his own but remained in critical condition Monday as he faced a fourth surgery, the hospital said. Jensen, 52, was removed from a ventilator Sunday afternoon. ``Doctors are encouraged by his ability to breathe on his own, but Jensen remains in critical condition,'' read a statement from the Grossman Burn Center at Sherman Oaks Hospital Sherman Oaks Hopital (SOH) is an 153 bed acute care facility in Sherman Oaks, California, USA and is home of world renowned the Grossman Burn Center. SOH is owned and operated by Prime Healthcare Services, Inc. . He was able to speak to family members and his medical team, according to the statement. ?13Associated Press People urged to use police station ATMs Police Chief Willie L. Williams Willie L. Williams (born 1 October, 1943) was chief of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) from 1992 to 1997, taking over after chief Daryl Gates' resignation following the 1992 Los Angeles riots. urged Los Angeles residents Monday to use automated teller machines automated teller machine (ATM), device used by bank customers to process account transactions. Typically, a user inserts into the ATM a special plastic card that is encoded with information on a magnetic strip. available in the lobbies of 14 police stations and facilities on a 24-hour basis. ATMs are available to the public in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. at the Devonshire, Foothill, Van Nuys, West Valley and North Hollywood police stations. ?13Daily News Ethics Commission open position filled Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. President John Ferraro has appointed Los
Angeles County Bar Association executive director Richard Walch to the
city Ethics Commission to fill a vacancy created by the resignation of
founding commissioner Treesa Drury.
Walch, 46, oversees the largest voluntary bar association in the country, with 23,000 members. The association provides educational programs for attorneys, and dispute resolution services. ?13Daily News Ex-Marine kills self in lawmaker's office SAN MATEO, Calif. - A former Marine apparently distraught over his treatment by the federal Veterans Affairs Department The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) operates programs to benefit veterans and members of their families. Benefits include compensation payments for disabilities or death related to military service, pensions, education, and rehabilitation. shot himself to death Monday inside the offices of Rep. Tom Lantos. Lantos was not in the office. Victor Francis, 40, shot himself once in the chest and was declared dead upon arrival at Mills Peninsula Hospital. Police spokesman Terry Reidy said Francis entered the offices around midday and talked briefly with a woman working in the lobby. ``The gal said he had a handgun and (she) said, `Don't fire that.' Then he fired one round into his chest,'' Reidy said. ``He was known to the office. He had some kind of disagreement with the staff there over disability.'' In a statement, Lantos said Francis was a former Marine ``who served during the Vietnam era'' and may have been suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome. He came to the office ``to work with a member of my staff on a Veterans Affairs matter,'' Lantos said. ?13Associated Press |
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