BRIEFLY FIRE DEMOLISHES APARTMENT UNIT.BURBANK - An electrical fire at an apartment complex in Burbank on Saturday destroyed one unit, causing about $70,000 damage, a battalion chief said. The blaze was reported on Buena Vista Street between Oak Street and Verdugo Avenue about 9:15 a.m., said Battalion Chief Bill Sanders of the Burbank Fire Department. Firefighters quickly doused the fire, which caused fire and smoke damage to one apartment, Sanders said. A woman who lived in the apartment was displaced, Sanders said. No injuries were reported. The cause was determined to be electrical, he said. - Daily News Military support rally set for today STUDIO CITY - Several 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. merchants are holding a support-our-troops rally today to raise money for the Navy Marine Corps Relief Society. From 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., activities are planned in the Time Square Center at 12215 Ventura Blvd. There will be a haircut-athon, musical entertainment, food, refreshments and raffles, said Missy Woodward, one of the event's organizers. - Daily News Small plane lands in freeway traffic ANAHEIM - A small plane clipped a car and shattered shat·ter v. shat·tered, shat·ter·ing, shat·ters v.tr. 1. To cause to break or burst suddenly into pieces, as with a violent blow. 2. a. its rear window as it landed on the Riverside Freeway This article is about the Los Angeles freeway. For the Riverside Expressway in Brisbane, Australia, see Riverside Expressway The Riverside Freeway is the assigned name of a segment of California State Route 91 (CA/SR-91), a major east-west freeway located entirely within on Saturday afternoon, authorities said. No one was hurt. Pilot Mike Manning, 45, of West Covina West Covina, city (1990 pop. 96,086), Los Angeles co., S Calif., in the San Gabriel valley; settled 1905, inc. 1923. Before World War II, West Covina was a small rural community where walnuts, wheat, and livestock were raised. , was planning to land at nearby Fullerton Airport but landed in light traffic about 1:25 p.m., said California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. Officer Colleen col·leen n. An Irish girl. [Irish Gaelic cailín, diminutive of caile, girl, from Old Irish. Richardson. The single-engine Cessna 172 made an emergency landing on the westbound lanes near Kraemer Boulevard after apparently experiencing mechanical problems, Richardson 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. UC system crimes underreported The University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). violated federal law by underreporting campus crimes but has since corrected the problem, the U.S. Department of Education found in an investigation prompted by a series of newspaper articles. Investigators found the system is now complying with the law after it used the wrong standards to determine what crimes were reported and improperly had campus police review crimes to decide whether they should be included in annual reports required under the federal Clery Act The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act or Clery Act is a federal statute codified at 20 U.S.C. 1092(f), with implementing regulations in the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations at 34 CFR 668.46. . The department also found that only campus police reported crime data - a task that should have been extended to other school authorities including deans, coaches and residence advisers. The DOE investigation was launched in October 2000 after The Sacramento Bee reported that campuses ignored, misinterpreted or found loopholes to avoid the reporting requirements. The newspaper's investigation focused on a discrepancy between a high number of sexual assaults believed to have occurred and the small number reported by the university's nine campuses. - Associated Press |
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