BRIEFLY MAN KILLED WHEN FIRE SWEEPS TRAILER.RESEDA - A 60-year-old man was killed when fire swept through the trailer he was renting in the back yard of a single-family home in the 18200 block of West Saticoy Street, fire officials said. The fire was reported at 11:43 p.m. Sunday and extinguished in seven minutes, said Jim Wells Jim Wells MLA (born 27 April 1957) is a politician from the Democratic Unionist Party and a deputy speaker of the Transitional Assembly (Northern Ireland). Wells is one of six Assembly members for South Down. of the 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. City Fire Department. Firefighters found the man's body inside the 20-foot trailer. The man's name was not released. The cause of death was not immediately determined. Property damages were estimated at $7,000, Wells said. - Daily News Man hurt by shots from another car NORTH HOLLYWOOD - A man was injured Monday afternoon during a car-to-car shooting that led police to search as far as 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. for suspects, police said. The man was shot just before 4 p.m. on Vineland Avenue, said Los Angeles police Lt. Kathleen Sheehan. ``Our victim is going to survive,'' she said. ``He has a couple of gunshot wounds to the thigh, the pelvis and the arm.'' Sheehan would not say exactly where the man was shot. Detectives were chasing leads in Simi Valley and one other community, she said. - Daily News Smith office open extended hours NORTHRIDGE - New Los Angeles Councilman Greig Smith Greig Smith is a Los Angeles City Councilman, representing the 12th District, which includes Granada Hills, Northridge and other parts of the Western San Fernando Valley. Smith is also a reserve officer for the Los Angeles Police Department. , who represents 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. , announced Monday that his district office in Northridge would be open evenings on Wednesdays and mornings and early afternoons on Saturdays. The office, at 18917 Nordhoff St., Suite 18, will be open until 8 p.m. Wednesdays and from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays beginning Wednesday, Smith said. ``My goal is to increase the availability of city services The examples and perspective in this article or section may represent an unduly geographically limited view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. to the greatest possible number of constituents, and extending our office hours office hours, n.pl See business hours. is an important step in that direction,'' Smith said in a news release. - Daily News Board set to rule on Skobin matter The Los Angeles city Ethics Commission is set to rule today on a potential conflict of interest for Alan J. Skobin, recently appointed by Mayor James Hahn to replace Bert Boeckmann on the Police Commission. According to the Ethics Commission, Skobin has an investment worth between $100,000 and $1 million in Run Flat America Corp., which sells a tire safety device marketed to law enforcement agencies A law enforcement agency (LEA) is a term used to describe any agency which enforces the law. This may be a local or state police, federal agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). , the military and governments. Skobin, vice president and chief counsel for Galpin Motors in North Hills, was appointed in June to the seat held by his boss at Galpin for about 17 years. - Daily News Wechsler named to head facility LAKE VIEW TERRACE - Phoenix Houses of California appointed Winifred B. Wechsler the state chief of the Lake View Terrace-based organization for the treatment of substance abuse. The nonprofit Phoenix House serves Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties with programs for adults and teens. - City News Service Five dead on road for holiday term Five people died in traffic incidents in Los Angeles County during the Fourth of July Fourth of July, Independence Day, or July Fourth, U.S. holiday, commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. Celebration of it began during the American Revolution. weekend, and 265 motorists were arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, authorities said Monday. Statewide, there were 41 traffic fatalities during the 78-hour period from 6 p.m. Thursday through midnight Sunday, said California Highway Patrol Officer John Seumanutafa. There were 1,497 DUI arrests statewide. During the last comparable Fourth of July weekend, in 1999, five people died in the county in traffic, and 39 died statewide, the 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 reported. Also during that weekend in 1999, there were 295 DUI arrests in Los Angeles County and 1,526 statewide. - City News Service |
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