BRIEFLY BOY SUFFERS SHOCK IN POWER STATION.THOUSAND OAKS - A boy was injured Friday when he was hit by a bolt of electricity in a Southern California Edison Southern California Edison (or SCE Corp), the largest subsidiary of Edison International (NYSE: EIX), is the primary electricity supply company for much of Southern California. It provides 11 million people with electricity. substation, officials said. Emergency crews were called at 4 p.m. to the substation in the 100 block of Wilbur Road, where they found the boy, said Ventura County Fire Department Not to be confused with Ventura Fire Department. The Ventura County Fire Department (VCFD) provides fire protection and emergency response services for the unincorporated areas of Ventura County, California, and for six other cities within the county. spokeswoman Sandi Wells. The boy, whose name, age and condition were not immediately available, was taken to Los Robles Robles is a common surname in the Spanish language meaning oaks, and may refer to:
- Daily News Double murderer gets 2 life terms VAN NUYS - A 25-year-old Sylmar laborer convicted of murdering a couple who owned a popular North Hollywood restaurant was sentenced Friday to two consecutive life prison terms without the possibility of parole. Israel Pulido was found guilty Wednesday of capital murder in the Nov. 22, 2000, stabbing deaths of Eugenia and Sabato Russo, both 73, in their North Hollywood home, where he and others had recently installed a hardwood floor. The house was a few blocks from their eatery, Sabatino's Italian Restaurant. - City News Service Sentinel chickens to warn of virus VENTURA - Sentinel chickens are being used as an early warning system that the California-bound West Nile virus West Nile virus, microorganism and the infection resulting from it, which typically produces no symptoms or a flulike condition. The virus is a flavivirus and is related to a number of viruses that cause encephalitis. has arrived in Ventura County. One of the first lines of defense is chicken No. 6359, and 200 clucking colleagues statewide, that are taking needle sticks for the sake of the population's health. They will warn California scientists in advance about the arrival of the mosquito-borne disease. West Nile virus claimed the lives of 274 people and infected more than 4,100 last year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), agency of the U.S. Public Health Service since 1973, with headquarters in Atlanta; it was established in 1946 as the Communicable Disease Center. . The virus, in its most serious form, can cause encephalitis in people and is spread to humans only through a mosquito bite. - Associated Press Free parent drug seminar planned THOUSAND OAKS - Thousand Oaks High School Thousand Oaks High School is a high school established in 1962 and located in Thousand Oaks, California. It is a California Distinguished School, and offers curriculum at all levels for Thousand Oaks students. The mascot is the lancer. will present a free parent education seminar Tuesday, April 29, on substance abuse among teenagers. The forum, titled ``What We Don't Know Could Hurt Our Teens,'' will be presented from 7 to 9 p.m. in the school's performing arts center A performing arts center, often abbreviated PAC, is a multi-use performance space that can be adapted for use by various types of the performing arts, including dance, music and theatre. . It is sponsored by the school's PTSA PTSA Parent Teacher Student Association PTSA P-Toluenesulfonic Acid PTSA Prevention Through Service Alliance PTSA Petroleum Transportation and Storage Association PTSA Pre-Task Safety Analysis and counseling department and the Conejo Valley Unified School District's pupil services division. - Daily News Suspect arrested in theft from bank THOUSAND OAKS - A 42-year-old Thousand Oaks man has been arrested on suspicion of stealing $16,000 from a Union Bank branch after police found a large stash stash Drug slang noun A place where illicit drugs are hidden of money in the home of the bank's cleaning crew member, authorities said. Moorpark police arrested Alejandro Ortega after investigators found about $14,000 in his home Thursday, the day of the theft. After reviewing their surveillance videotape, bank employees suspected a member of the cleaning crew had taken the money from Union Bank in Moorpark. - Daily News Motorcyclist dies in crash with car GRANADA HILLS - A motorcyclist was killed Friday when he crashed into a car that pulled out of a parking lot, police said. The motorcyclist was traveling south on Zelzah Avenue near Chatsworth Street at 4:30 p.m. when a man driving a car pulled out from a parking lot, apparently into his path, said Sgt. Ken Buscarino of the Los Angeles Police Department's Valley Traffic Division. The unidentified motorcyclist was taken to Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Providence Holy Cross Medical Center is a hospital in Mission Hills, California, USA. The hospital has 254 beds, and is part of Providence Health & Services. History in Mission Hills where he died. - Daily News |
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