BRIEFLY BUSINESS OWNERS WARNED OF SCAM.State environmental officials are warning Los Angeles-area business owners to be wary of a scam in which people who claim to be state employees are collecting a fee for EPA EPA eicosapentaenoic acid. EPA abbr. eicosapentaenoic acid EPA, n.pr See acid, eicosapentaenoic. EPA, n. Identification numbers. The identification numbers are free. They are required by any business that generates or handles hazardous waste Hazardous waste Any solid, liquid, or gaseous waste materials that, if improperly managed or disposed of, may pose substantial hazards to human health and the environment. Every industrial country in the world has had problems with managing hazardous wastes. and allow officials to track hazardous waste from its origin to final disposal. In some cases, business owners have paid $100 to $300 to the scam artists. Any business owners approached by someone who says their EPA identification number has expired and they must pay to renew it should call the Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and Criminal Investigation Division at (626) 583-7528. - Daily News Worker badly hurt after 40-foot fall SUN VALLEY - A 30-year-old construction worker was in critical condition Thursday after he fell several stories at a construction site in Sun Valley. The man, whose name was not immediately available, fell about 40 feet at the site near the intersection of Sheldon Street and Telfair Avenue, said Bob Collis, a spokesman with 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. . Emergency crews airlifted the man to County/USC Medical Center. - Daily News Work interrupted during small fire MOORPARK - Construction of a two-story home in the Country Club Estates area was interrupted shortly after a small blaze broke out Thursday morning. Workers were evacuated and no one was injured, a Fire Department spokeswoman said. Investigators determined electrical damage had caused the fire, which occurred shortly before 8 a.m. Confined to the walls, the fire was out by 9 a.m. - Daily News Two people killed near intersection PALMDALE - Two people were killed in a traffic collision between a vehicle and a garbage truck Thursday. The vehicles collided at 4 p.m. near the intersection of Palmdale Boulevard and 80th Street East, said Officer Vince Ramirez with the California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. . The vehicle overturned after colliding with the garbage truck, killing two people inside. The crash remained under investigation. - Daily News Hotel workers set to vote on strike About 2,800 hotel workers in a contract dispute with nine premier 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. hotels will vote Monday on whether to authorize a strike, the union announced Thursday. UNITE H.E.R.E. Local 11 and the Los Angeles Hotel Employer's Council, which represents the Westin Century Plaza Hotel The Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles is a landmark 19-story luxury hotel forming a sweeping crescent design fronting the spectacular fountains on Avenue of the Stars adjacent to the twin Century Plaza Towers. and Spa, Millennium Biltmore and Sheraton Universal among others, have been at an impasse for months. - City News Service Nearly five hours in van fatal to girl SANTA ANA Santa Ana, city, El Salvador Santa Ana (sän'tä ä`nä), city (1993 pop. 129,873), W El Salvador. It is the second largest city in the country and the commercial and processing center for a sugarcane, coffee, and cattle region. - A 5-month-old girl left inside a van for nearly five hours Thursday died at a hospital and her father was detained de·tain tr.v. de·tained, de·tain·ing, de·tains 1. To keep from proceeding; delay or retard. 2. To keep in custody or temporary confinement: for questioning, police said. At 4:43 p.m., Santa Ana firefighters were sent to a parking lot at Third and Main streets, after the girl's father returned to the white van and called 911, said Santa Ana Fire Capt. Dave Thomas. The temperature in Santa Ana at 4 p.m. was 92 degrees, Thomas said. Firefighters ``grabbed the child, who was in critical condition'' and took her to Western Medical Center, but she was dead by the time they got there, Santa Ana police Sgt. Carlos Rojas said. - City News Service Vegas-bound bus crashes; 19 hurt BAKER, Calif. - A tour bus ran off a freeway in heavy rain near the Nevada border Thursday, injuring all 19 people aboard, authorities said. The bus was heading north about 3 p.m. when it went off Interstate 15 and landed on its side, said Tracey Martinez, spokeswoman for the San Bernardino San Bernardino, city, United States San Bernardino (săn bûr'nədē`nō), city (1990 pop. 164,164), seat of San Bernardino co., S Calif., at the foot of the San Bernardino Mts.; inc. 1854. County Fire Department. The crash caused six major and 13 minor injuries. Victims were taken by a fleet of ground and air ambulances to Las Vegas-area hospitals, Martinez said. - Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. |
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