BRIEFLY CITY GROUP VIEWS EUROPEAN WASTE.Los Angeles City Councilman Greig Smith and a group of city officials and consultants are scheduled to crisscross Europe starting today at city expense, but Smith said the group's sightseeing will mostly be limited to waste-processing facilities. Smith, who represents areas of the northwest 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. that have been impacted by landfills, said the group plans to look at environmentally sensitive alternatives to trash dumps. The group will visit seven trash-to-energy plants in Germany, Spain and Belgium over nine days, Smith said. Smith said the technology reduces the amount of land occupied by trash while creating clean energy. Smith said his travel expenses will be covered by his office budget, while expenses for Bureau of Sanitation officials accompanying him will be paid through their office travel budget. - Daily News Boy revived after falling into pool MISSION HILLS - A 14-month-old child found unconscious in a backyard swimming pool was revived at the hospital, officials said Saturday. 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. paramedics arrived at the home in the 10000 block of Marklein Avenue at 2:12 p.m. to attend to the boy, who'd been out of sight for more than three minutes when adults found him, according to LAFD LAFD Los Angeles Fire Department LAFD Los Alamos Fire Department LAFD London Association of Funeral Directors (UK) spokesman Brian Humphrey. ``We were led to believe the child may have been enchanted en·chant tr.v. en·chant·ed, en·chant·ing, en·chants 1. To cast a spell over; bewitch. 2. To attract and delight; entrance. See Synonyms at charm. by toys in the pool, leading him to topple in unnoticed,'' Humphrey said. ``This may have been a preventable emergency. People think of pool accidents as a summertime occurrence, but this is a reminder that it's a year-round danger.'' The crew transported the child 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 , where nursing supervisor Marie Ogilvie said a team was able to restore his pulse. Once stable, she said, he would be transferred to Valley Presbyterian Hospital. - Daily News Man fatally shot in gang incident MISSION HILLS - A suspected gang member fatally shot a man in the parking lot of a Mexican restaurant across from the San Fernando Mission Cemetery The San Fernando Mission Cemetery is a Roman Catholic cemetery operated by the Los Angeles Archdiocese since 1800, and is located at 11160 Stranwood Avenue in the Mission Hills community of northern Los Angeles, California, near the Mission San Fernando Rey de España. , police said Saturday. Leonel Castillo, 29, of Sylmar was pronounced dead at nearby Providence Holy Cross Medical Center after the roughly 11:45 p.m. Friday shooting at El Presidente, 11451 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles police Sgt. Dean Watts said. Witnesses told detectives Castillo was a passenger in a silver Honda Accord that pulled into the parking lot just as a dark-color four-door was leaving. Someone in the dark-color car asked ``Hey, man, what's up?'' then shouted a gang name, said Detective Frank Bishop of the Los Angeles Police Department's Foothill Division. Castillo got out of his car, started toward the other vehicle and was shot numerous times, Bishop said. It was unclear whether Castillo was listed as a gang member in the police database, he said. Anyone with more information about the killing was asked to call detectives at (818) 834-3115 between normal office hours office hours, n.pl See business hours. or (818) 756-8861 after hours. - City News Service DWP DWP Department of Work and Pensions (UK) DWP Drinking Water Program DWP Dynamic Weapon Pricing (gamin, Counter-Strike: Source) DWP Department of Water & Power DWP Drinking Water Protection settlement reached on mold The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) is the largest municipal utility in the United States, serving 3.9 million residents in 2006. It was founded in 1902 to deliver water and electricity supplies to residents and businesses in Los Angeles. has reached a $4.7 million settlement with the architects and builders of an office building in Sun Valley that was abandoned after it was plagued by toxic mold. The DWP commission is scheduled to vote Tuesday on a settlement of $3.9 million with the architects and builders of the Anthony Office Building and an additional $775,000 payment from insurers. The DWP had planned to sell the Sun Valley building to the Los Angeles Unified School District The Los Angeles Unified School District (the "LAUSD") is the largest (in terms of number of students) public school system in California and the second-largest in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population. for $50 million, but had to drop the price to $37 million after a mold infestation infestation /in·fes·ta·tion/ (-fes-ta´shun) parasitic attack or subsistence on the skin and/or its appendages, as by insects, mites, or ticks; sometimes used to denote parasitic invasion of the organs and tissues, as by helminths. . In addition, 143 DWP employees who joined the lawsuit against the builder after becoming ill from the mold are slated to receive $1.7 million. - Daily News |
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