BRIEFLY GIRL, 1, IS PULLED FROM SPA IN ARLETA.ARLETA - A 1-year-old girl was in critical condition after being pulled from an apartment building spa in Arleta on Saturday, a fire captain said. Fire personnel were called to the apartment building at 9301 Van Nuys Blvd. at 7:47 p.m., said Bob Collis of 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. . The baby was taken to Valley Presbyterian Hospital Presbyterian Hospital can refer to several places:
n. Abbr. CA A sudden cessation of cardiac function, resulting in loss of effective circulation. Cardiac arrest A condition in which the heart stops functioning. , he said. Saturday night, she was in the pediatric pediatric /pe·di·at·ric/ (pe?de-at´rik) pertaining to the health of children. pe·di·at·ric adj. Of or relating to pediatrics. intensive care unit with a restored pulse, but with assisted breathing, he said. It was unknown how long the child was in the spa before she was found, he said. -City News Service Man, 25, arrested in Del Taco Del Taco is a chain of North American fast-food restaurants specializing in Mexican-style offerings as well as American foods such as burgers, fries and shakes. The first Del Taco restaurant was founded in Yermo, California in 1961 by Ed Hackbarth and David Jameson. holdup SIMI VALLEY Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. - A 25-year-old man was arrested Saturday in connection with an armed robbery at a Del Taco, police said. Jason Newbury was arrested on suspicion of robbery and evading arrest after a man in a ski mask and armed with a pistol walked up to the drive- through of the Del Taco in the 1400 block of Los Angeles Street Los Angeles Street is a historic avenue in Downtown Los Angeles, California. Traffic on the street travels northbound only, from the I-10 Freeway in the south of downtown, through the Fashion District, and on through Little Tokyo, where it ends after passing between LAPD at 5:43 p.m. He demanded cash then fled, police said. Police said they spotted the man in a rented U-Haul truck and pursued him before he disappeared on foot. He eventually surrendered without incident outside his apartment. He was being held at the Ventura County Jail. - Daily News Car-to-car shots kill two teenagers COMPTON - Two teenagers were killed and two other people were wounded in a shooting in Compton on Saturday, a sheriff's deputy said. The shooting occurred about 12:30 a.m. in the 500 block of South Ward Avenue, said Deputy Scott Gage of the Sheriff's Headquarters Bureau. Some suspects were sitting in a parked vehicle in front of 520 S. Ward Ave. when a second vehicle pulled alongside, said Deputy Josie Woolum. People in both cars began arguing with one another before the suspects began shooting in the victims' vehicle. The suspects' vehicle then drove northbound on Ward Avenue and out of view. The shooting attack left two teenagers dead, another one wounded and an unidentified man wounded. - City News Service Man, woman dead after house fire HACIENDA HEIGHTS - A man and a woman in their early 50s died in a fire at a guest house in Hacienda Heights on Saturday, a county fire captain said. The fire was reported at 4:43 p.m. at a smaller house behind the main house at 1156 S. Galemont Ave., said Capt. Mark Savage of the Los Angeles County Fire Department Not to be confused with Los Angeles Fire Department. The Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD), serves unincorporated parts of Los Angeles County, as well as 58 cities and towns that choose to have the county provide fire and EMS services, including the City of La . The home had security bars that made it harder to get inside, he said. Once sheriff's deputies, helped by neighbors, were able to get in, they found the two victims, who appeared to have been overcome by smoke, he said. - City News Service |
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