BRIEFLY HUMANE SOCIETY SAVES THREE DOGS.NORTH HOLLYWOOD - Three dogs whose pictures were in the Daily News on Saturday were saved from potential euthanasia at the East Valley Animal Care and Control Center when they were adopted by an animal rescue center in North Hollywood. The dogs were taken to the East Valley shelter in Van Nuys after their former owner suffered a stroke. City officials said the dogs would have to be euthanized if no one adopted them, but Holiday Humane Society A humane society is a group that aims to stop animal suffering due to cruelty or other reasons. Examples Examples of humane societies include: The Humane Society of the United States, Peninsula Humane Society, American Humane which was founded in 1877 as a network of paid the city animal shelter "Dog Pound" redirects here. For the rap group, see Tha Dogg Pound. An animal shelter is a facility that houses homeless, lost or abandoned animals; primarily a large variety of dogs and cats. $59 each to adopt the dogs Saturday morning. The pooches were taken to Holiday's facility at 7301 Fulton Ave., where they will be taken care of for the rest of their lives unless someone else wants to adopt all three together, said the Holiday Humane Society president. - Daily News Kids can take ride on Thomas' train FILLMORE - Rides behind Thomas the Tank Engine This article is about the fictional tank engine. For the television series, see Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends. Thomas the Tank Engine is a fictional anthropomorphic tank locomotive created by the Rev. W. V. will be offered today and Monday at the Fillmore & Western Railway in Fillmore. Tickets are $14, but children 12 months and younger ride free provided they or their diaper bags do not occupy a seat on the train. Trains depart every 45 minutes during the day. The railway is in Central Park in Fillmore, 20 miles west of Magic Mountain on State Highway 126. - Daily News 5 die on freeways as holiday begins Five people died in crashes on 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. County freeways in the first 12 hours of Labor Day Labor Day, holiday celebrated in the United States and Canada on the first Monday in September to honor the laborer. It was inaugurated by the Knights of Labor in 1882 and made a national holiday by the U.S. Congress in 1894. weekend, up from two during the same period last year, the California Highway Patrol reported Saturday. CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan officers made 69 arrests for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs between 6 p.m. Friday and 6 a.m. Saturday, down from 79 arrests during the first 12 hours of the holiday last year. Statewide, six people died in crashes, down from eight last year, and driving-while-intoxicated arrests fell slightly - from 418 last year to 412 this year, according to the CHP. All available CHP officers will be on patrol through the long weekend. - City News Service Parents suspects in Amber Alert An Amber Alert was issued Saturday evening for two children believed to have been abducted abducted Distal angulation of an extremity away from the midline of the body in a transverse plane and away from a sagittal plane passing through the proximal aspect of the foot or part, or away from some other specified reference point by their parents, who had lost custody of them after another child died of shaken baby syndrome Shaken Baby Syndrome Definition Shaken baby syndrome (SBS) is a collective term for the internal head injuries a baby or young child sustains from being violently shaken. , authorities said. The alleged abduction Abduction Balfour, David expecting inheritance, kidnapped by uncle. [Br. Lit.: Kidnapped] Bertram, Henry kidnapped at age five; taken from Scotland. [Br. Lit. occurred at 1:35 p.m. outside a county office in the 3000 block of Wilshire Boulevard, said Officer Brian Joy of the California Highway Patrol. The father, Leonardo Arciniega, 24, and mother, Diana Polentino, 22, were at a supervised visit with their daughter, Laura Arciniega, 6, and son, Jonathan Steven Arciniega, 2, and their children's foster mother, according to Officer Don Cox of the Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . . The CHP issued the Amber Alert at 6:05 p.m., Joy said. The parents lost custody of their children May 17 after their youngest child died of shaken baby syndrome, Cox said. Arciniega is a 5-foot-tall, 130-pound Hispanic with black hair, balding, and brown eyes, Joy said. Polentino is a 5-foot, 6-inch, 140-pound Hispanic with brown hair and brown eyes and a tattoo on her hand, Joy said. Laura, who is 3 feet tall, was wearing a blue and white flowered dress when she was abducted. Jonathan Steven is 2 feet tall and was wearing red shorts and a red shirt. Anyone with information on the whereabouts of the family is asked to call police at (213) 485-3586. - City News Service |
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