BRIEFLY 2 CHILDREN NEARLY DROWNED IN POOLS.Two 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. children were in serious condition Saturday night after parents rescued them from backyard swimming pools. A handicapped Van Nuys girl, 9, and a Northridge boy, 4, were swimming when, in both cases, their parents turned away for only a moment, said 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 Brian Humphrey. The girl was pulled from her pool at 5 p.m. Saturday in the 5800 block of Bevis Avenue and taken to Valley Presbyterian Hospital Presbyterian Hospital can refer to several places:
Parents gave mouth-to-mouth resuscitation mouth-to-mouth resuscitation n. A technique used to resuscitate a person who has stopped breathing, in which the rescuer presses his or her mouth against that of the victim and, allowing for passive exhalation, forces air into the lungs every few in both instances. ``We must remind everyone that these incidents are preventable,'' Humphrey said. ``It need not be a backyard pool or even a bathtub - something as simple as a bucket of water is a danger to children.'' - Daily News Marchers honor anti-war protest Several hundred people on Saturday commemorated a historic Chicano protest against the Vietnam War Vietnam War, conflict in Southeast Asia, primarily fought in South Vietnam between government forces aided by the United States and guerrilla forces aided by North Vietnam. , retracing the path that nearly 30,000 demonstrators marched in 1970. The procession extended from Belvedere Park to what is now Salazar Park, which was renamed in honor of Ruben Salazar, a prominent journalist killed during the original protest. Salazar died when a sheriff's deputy fired a tear gas tear gas, gas that causes temporary blindness through the excessive flow of tears resulting from irritation of the eyes. The gas is used in chemical warfare and as a means for dispersing mobs. canister into a bar and it struck him in the head. Two other people also died during the 1970 demonstration. The protesters Saturday said they wanted to honor the original marchers and raise awareness of Latino concerns. - Associated Press Churches difficult to reach by phone Two out of five Protestant churches fail to respond to telephone inquiries, even if a person calls several times, according to a new study reported Saturday. The study, released by the Ventura-based Barna Research Group, found that of the churches that don't respond, 44 percent don't even have answering machines. The study surveyed 3,764 Protestant churches. - Associated Press |
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