BRIEFLY : UCLA NAMED BEST HOSPITAL IN THE WEST.UCLA Medical Center UCLA Medical Center is a hospital located on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California. It is rated as one of the top three hospitals in the United States and is the top hospital on the West Coast according to US News & World Report. on Wednesday was ranked the best hospital in the western United States Noun 1. western United States - the region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River West Santa Fe Trail - a trail that extends from Missouri to New Mexico; an important route for settlers moving west in the 19th century for the eighth consecutive year in a U.S. News & World Report U.S. News & World Report Weekly newsmagazine published in Washington, D.C. U.S. News was founded in 1933 by David Lawrence (1888–1973) to cover important domestic events; he founded World Report in 1945 to treat world news. The two magazines were merged in 1948. survey of 2,550 board-certified physicians nationwide. UCLA Medical Center was also ranked fifth best nationally in the latest survey. ?13- City News Service Theft suspect faces charge of murder VAN NUYS - A Sun Valley man who allegedly stole a car last week was charged with capital murder Wednesday because the vehicle's owner was hit and killed by another vehicle while chasing the thief. Defendant Albert Cavazos, 34, is being held without bail. Deputy District Attorney William H. Johnson said the driver whose vehicle hit and killed Di Zhong Song was not charged with a crime. Cavazos is accused of taking a car from Song, who ran into the street and was hit while apparently trying to flag down a taxi. ?13- City News Service Robbers ignore cash in register Three men robbed an employee of a Northridge clothing store Wednesday, but fled without emptying the cash register, police said. Posing as customers, the robbers entered The Family Gift Shop in the 8500 block of Reseda Boulevard shortly before 11 a.m. and quickly pulled a 9 mm gun on the cashier, said Sgt. Robert Davis Robert Davis can refer to:
After the robbers bound the employee's hands and feet they demanded her purse which contained an undisclosed amount of cash, said Davis. ?13- Daily News Pacoima man falls to death in Arizona LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. - A Pacoima man who climbed a cliff, to chase what he thought was a bighorn sheep Bighorn sheep a tall (up to 3 ft), heavy (up to 300 lb body weight) wild sheep that lives in inaccessible mountain country where it exercises its principal achievement of prodigious leaping and climbing. Called also Ovis canadensis. Several regional varieties, e.g. O. c. , was killed when he jumped 150 feet into Lake Havasu, authorities said. The 21-year-old victim was boating with friends Tuesday when the incident happened in an area known as Devil's Elbow near Topock, said Steve Johnson, spokesman for the Mohave County Sheriff's Department. The name of the man was being withheld pending notification of relatives. The man's friends tried to discourage him when he said he was jumping from an overhang about 150 feet up the cliff, Johnson said. ?13- Associated Press Morning fire chars bar on Sunset Strip WEST HOLLYWOOD - A smoldering smol·der also smoul·der intr.v. smol·dered, smol·der·ing, smol·ders 1. To burn with little smoke and no flame. 2. fire at the Thunder Roadhouse road·house n. An inn, restaurant, or nightclub located on a road outside a town or city. roadhouse Noun a pub or restaurant at the side of a road Noun 1. restaurant and bar caused $400,000 in damages before it was put out by some 75 firefighters, officials said. The blaze at 8363 W. Sunset Blvd., was reported at 1:13 a.m. and extinguished at 1:54 a.m., a Los Angeles County Fire Department Not to be confused with Los Angeles Fire Department. The Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD), serves unincorporated parts of Los Angeles County, as well as 58 cities and towns that choose to have the county provide fire and EMS services, including the City of La official said. |
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