BRIEFLY : WOMAN HOSPITALIZED AFTER PIT BULL ATTACK.NORTH HOLLYWOOD - A woman was hospitalized Wednesday after being attacked by two pit bulls in North Hollywood, authorities said. The attack occurred about 1:35 p.m. at 11561 Sylvan sylvan emanating from or pertaining to woods. See also sylvatic. St., said Brian Humphrey of the 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. . The woman, whose name was not immediately released, was taken to Saint Joseph Saint Joseph, cities, United States Saint Joseph (sānt jō`zəf). 1 City (1990 pop. 9,214), seat of Berrien co., SW Mich., a port on Lake Michigan at the mouth of the St. Joseph River across from Benton Harbor; inc. Medical Center, he said. Her injuries were not believed to be life-threatening. The animals reportedly were left behind by the woman's neighbors when they moved several days ago. - City News Service Man gets 32 years in officer wounding SAN FERNANDO San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. - A man who shot and wounded a police officer responding to a domestic violence call at his home pleaded guilty Wednesday to felony charges and was sentenced to 32 years in state prison. Reynaldo Rivera, 48, will have to serve 85 percent of his sentence before he is eligible for parole, said Deputy District Attorney Darren R. Levine. The defendant entered his plea to a pair of counts of assault with a firearm on a police officer during a pretrial conference A meeting of the parties to an action and their attorneys held before the court prior to the commencement of actual courtroom proceedings. A pretrial conference is a meeting of the parties to a case conducted prior to trial. and was sentenced by San Fernando Superior Court Judge Charles Peven, the prosecutor said. - City News Service Fraud charge filed in earthquake case An engineer who was hired to evaluate damages caused by the Northridge Earthquake The Northridge earthquake occurred on January 17, 1994 at 4:31 AM Pacific Standard Time in the city of Los Angeles, California. The earthquake had a "strong" moment magnitude of 6. has been charged in a federal fraud case, authorities said Wednesday. LeAndre Drake Davis, 36, was charged Tuesday with three counts of mail fraud, said Thom Mrozek, a spokesman for Alejandro Mayorkas, the U.S. attorney for the Central District of California. The case is part of an ongoing investigation conducted by a task force that includes the FBI, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the California Department of Consumer Affairs The California Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) is a government agency in the U.S. state of California dedicated to consumer protection and ensuring a fair and competitive marketplace. and the California Department of Insurance The California Department of Insurance (CDI), established in 1868, is the angency charged with overseeing the regulation of insurance regulations, enforcing statutes mandating consumer protections, educating consumers, and fostering the stability of insurance markets in the state . - City News Service Meetings seek input on Hansen Dam Hansen Dam in Los Angeles County, California was built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District in 1939 and 1940. The project is located near the northern edge of the San Fernando Valley on Tujunga Wash, about one mile below the confluence of the Big Tujunga Wash use Two public meetings have been scheduled for this month to let residents review and comment on the ambitious $25 million plan to develop Hansen Dam, officials have announced. The first meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Sept. 13 at at Lake View Terrace Recreation Center, 11075 Foothill Blvd., with the second to be at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 27 at Ritchie Valens Park, 10736 Laurel Canyon Blvd., Pacoima. Officials said the meetings are designed to get initial community input on the plans that called for a wide variety of uses at the park from open space to soccer and baseball fields before going ahead with the next stage of the effort. - Daily News Boy has near brush with death in pool A 12-year-old boy was hospitalized in serious condition after he almost drowned in a pool at his Northridge apartment complex Wednesday afternoon, according to Los Angeles Fire Department officials. The boy was swimming in the pool at 8455 Lindley Ave. when he slipped under water for a few minutes, his baby sitter told paramedics. She ran for help, then jumped in the water to pull him out, according to Fire Department spokesman Brian Humphrey. - Daily News Law to help schools on quake hazards SYLMAR - Gov. Gray Davis on Wednesday signed into law a local legislator's bill to spend $75,000 to develop an educational pamphlet on nonstructural earthquake hazards in schools. The pamphlet will be developed by the governor's Office of Emergency Services emergency services Emergency care '…services …necessary to prevent death or serious impairment of health and, because of the danger to life or health, require the use of the most accessible hospital available and equipped to furnish those services' , which works with local governments and schools on disaster preparedness, response and recovery, said Davis aide Michael Bustamante. The pamphlet will focus on potential hazards such as light fixtures and school equipment. - City News Service |
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