BRIEFLY 1 DEAD, 1 INJURED IN APARTMENT FIRE.NORTH HOLLYWOOD - One person died and another was seriously injured Monday night in an apartment fire on Oxnard Street, officials said. The fire in an apartment in the 14000 block of Oxnard Street was reported at 9:51 p.m. and put out in 11 minutes, said Bob Collis 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. . One person, described only as elderly, died at the scene, he said. A second person was taken to 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. and Health Center, Collis said. - Staff and Wire Services More officers join suit against LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. About 50 current and former LAPD officers have joined a lawsuit alleging they were subjected to harassment and retaliation for reporting police misconduct Police misconduct refers to objectional actions taken by police officers in connection with their official duties, which can lead to a miscarriage of justice. Types of misconduct
Attorney Bradley C. Gage, announcing the addition of the officers Monday, said misconduct occurred throughout the 9,300-officer department, not just in the scandal-ridden Rampart Division. ``This lawsuit demonstrates that Chief (Bernard C.) Parks' claim that corruption existed only within the Rampart Division is untrue,'' he said. The original suit, filed in August, named the department, Parks, the city and several high-ranking officials as defendants. It seeks $100 million in collective damages, an injunction prohibiting police officials from mistreating officers who report inappropriate behavior and the reinstatement of about 300 officers who Gage says have been wrongly terminated. - Daily News Police follow cab in 60-mile pursuit A man who had stolen a taxicab led 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. County sheriff's deputies on a 60-mile chase from the Palmdale area through 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. to Malibu where the vehicle flipped over on a canyon road Monday night, officials said. Deputies picked up the pursuit on the Antelope Valley Freeway The Antelope Valley Freeway is a freeway in Los Angeles and Kern counties in southern California. It is signed as California State Highway 14 along its length. It connects Greater Los Angeles to the rapidly developing Antelope Valley. after their flashing lights and sirens failed to bring the cab to a halt, said department spokesman Deputy Valentine Rosario. After a department helicopter joined the chase, the cruisers backed off and the chase continued south on the Golden State and San Diego freeways, and then west on the Ventura Freeway The Ventura Freeway is a freeway in southern California running from Ventura to Pasadena. It is the principal east-west route through Ventura County and in the southern San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County. , Rosario said. On Malibu Canyon Road the driver of the stolen cab was unable to round a curve in the canyon and it flipped over, officials said. A small fire erupted at the site of the crash, but the driver, whose identity was not available Monday, survived the crash and was to be taken to a hospital by a county rescue crew late Monday. - Daily News Marijuana crop in forest seized VENTURA - A marijuana crop valued at $500,000 to $1 million - using water from a U.S. Forest Service line for irrigation irrigation, in agriculture, artificial watering of the land. Although used chiefly in regions with annual rainfall of less than 20 in. (51 cm), it is also used in wetter areas to grow certain crops, e.g., rice. - was discovered north of the Wheeler Gorge campground in the Los Padres National Forest Los Padres National Forest is a forest located in southern and central California, which includes most of the mountainous land along the California coast from Ventura to Monterey, extending inland. Elevations range from sea level to 8,831 feet. . The 254 marijuana plants, ranging from 3 to 6 feet high, was the eighth crop discovered this year in Los Padres, officials said. No arrests have been made. What made this crop unusual, officials said, was that the grower tapped into a Forest Service water line, using a battery-operated timer to control the irrigation of the plants. - Daily News Simi public works director named SIMI VALLEY - The chief engineer for San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo (săn l  `ĭs ōbĭs`pō), city (1990 pop. 41,958), seat of San Luis Obispo co., S Calif., near San Luis Obispo Bay; inc. 1856. County has
been hired as the Public Works director for Simi Valley, effective Nov.
6.
Timothy Nanson, 53, will be responsible for a department of 224 employees and an annual operating budget of $36 million. He succeeds Ron Coons, who recently was hired as Ventura County's director of Public Works. - Daily News Thousand Oaks, Simi set forums Election forums have been scheduled for the Simi Valley and Thousand Oaks city council and school board elections. Candidates for Simi Valley mayor and council will present their views, 7-9:30 p.m. Thursday at City Hall, 2929 Tapo Canyon Road, Simi Valley. For information, call (805) 527-4446. Simi Valley school board candidates have been invited to address parents and teachers of special-needs children at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Simi Valley Unified School District A unified school district is a school district which includes both primary school (kindergarten through middle school or junior high) and high school (grades 9-12). In Illinois, these districts are called unit school districts. Office, 875 E. Cochran St. Call (805) 522-7719 or (805) 520-6191. The first of two Thousand Oaks council forums is scheduled for 7-9 p.m. Monday at Monte Vista Presbyterian Church, Lynn and Reino roads, in Newbury Park. Questions can be submitted in advance to Richard Vickers, (805) 498-0401 or rvick(at)arrowweb.com. A televised forum will be held, 6-9:30 p.m., Oct. 20 at St. Paschal Baylon Church, 155 E. Janss Road, Thousand Oaks. For information, call (805) 499-5126. - Daily News |
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