BRIEFLY : TWO BOYS HIT, INJURED BY VEHICLES IN VALLEY.In unrelated incidents about 70 minutes apart Thursday afternoon, two boys crossing streets 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. were hit by cars, authorities said. An 11-year-old was hit at Sarah Street and Colfax Avenue in North Hollywood about 3:10 p.m., 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 Jim Wells said. About 4:20 p.m. a 13-year-old was hit at 13812 W. Van Nuys Blvd., Wells said. The younger child suffered cuts and bruises, and was expected to be released from Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, spokesman Steve Rutledge said. The 13-year-old was hospitalized in fair condition, Rutledge said, with broken legs. - City News Service Motorcyclist caught after police pursuit NORTH HOLLYWOOD - A motorcyclist wanted on a warrant led police on a brief chase through residential streets Thursday, authorities said. The man, who was not immediately identified, sped away when officers tried to stop him for a traffic violation at Sherman Way and Whitsett Avenue about 4:45 p.m., said Lt. Len Hundshamer of the Los Angeles Police Department's North Hollywood Division. Eight minutes later, the man ditched his bike near Laurel Canyon Boulevard Laurel Canyon Boulevard is a major street in the city of Los Angeles, California. It starts off at Polk Street in Sylmar in the northern San Fernando Valley near the junction of the San Diego (Interstate 405) and the Golden State Freeways (Interstate 5). and Runnymede Street and ran into a house but quickly surrendered, Hundshamer said. The suspect was arrested on suspicion of misdemeanor evading and the warrant, he said. - Daily News Companies seeking guards for airport VAN NUYS - A group that represents about 100 companies at Van Nuys Airport Van Nuys Airport (IATA: VNY, ICAO: KVNY, FAA LID: VNY) is a public airport located in Van Nuys, California in the San Fernando Valley, within the Los Angeles city limits. wants the U.S. Customs Service to station officers there permanently, a spokeswoman said Thursday. The idea is to save time for foreign clients, including those from Mexico and England, said Evelyn Jerome of the Van Nuys Airport Association. Now, foreign planes en route to the airport are cleared by Customs officers at the Los Angeles International or Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena airports. Under a six-month pilot program, the Burbank officers will come to Van Nuys Airport by appointment, Jerome said. - City News Service Horse-burro program cancels college visit WOODLAND HILLS - A federal program designed to find homes for wild horses and burros has canceled a stop at Pierce College this month amid allegations that some animals have ended up in slaughterhouses. The Bureau of Land Management's horse and burro burro: see ass. adoption program is designed to find homes for about 42,000 wild horses and burros. The program had been slated for Oct. 16-18 at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, with about 100 animals to be offered for adoption during silent competitive bidding Competitive bidding A securities offering process in which securities firms submit competing bids to the issuer for the securities the issuer wishes to sell. competitive bidding 1. , BLM BLM n abbr (US) (= Bureau of Land Management) → les domaines spokesman Doran Sanchez said. Lawsuits against BLM filed by animal-rights groups alleging the agency has failed to protect the animals led to settlements requiring the agency to implement safeguards against the possibility of slaughterhouse slaughterhouse: see abattoir; meatpacking. sales after the animals are adopted. - Associated Press Officers in shootout Shootout Venture capital jargon. Refers to two or more venture capital firms fighting for the startup. get national honors The National Association of Police Organizations named 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 . officers who were part of the 1997 North Hollywood bank shootout among this year's Top Cops. The awards pay tribute to law enforcement officers for outstanding service to their communities. ``Each and every day, law enforcement officers do their job, protecting the citizens of our nation, yet not enough people recognize them as the true heroes they are,'' said Robert Scully, executive director of the association, which represents 220,000 law enforcement officers. - Associated Press Second test for drugs for Alatorre dropped City Councilman Richard Alatorre's motion to challenge a drug test that turned up positive for cocaine has been taken off the calendar by a Superior Court judge, officials said Thursday. An attorney for Alatorre did not return calls for comment, but sources said it means there now is no motion pending to challenge the accuracy of the drug test. The councilman had questioned the test, taken three weeks ago as part of a child custody The care, control, and maintenance of a child, which a court may award to one of the parents following a Divorce or separation proceeding. Under most circumstances, state laws provide that biological parents make all decisions that are involved in rearing their hearing. - Daily News |
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