BRIEFLY MOTORIST LEAPS TO SAFETY; TRAIN HITS CAR.SUN VALLEY - Police on Wednesday called a motorist ``lucky'' after she managed to jump out of her car moments before a train destroyed her vehicle that stalled on railroad tracks a day earlier. Sofia Lopez, 48, of North Hollywood, was stalled in her car at a railroad crossing at Sunland Boulevard and San Fernando Road San Fernando Road is a major street in the city and county of Los Angeles. It starts off in Castaic as The Old Road, passing through Santa Clarita and the Newhall Pass, where upon its intersection with Sierra Highway near the junction of the Golden State (I-5) and the about 6 p.m. on Tuesday. Suddenly, police said, she heard train bells and sirens. Lopez leaped out of her 1983 Toyota Corolla The Toyota Corolla is a compact car produced by the Japanese automaker Toyota, which has become very popular throughout the world since the nameplate was first introduced in 1966. In 1997, the Corolla became the bestselling car in the world, with over 30 million sold as of 2007. and tried to get a driver in back of her to help move her car out of the way, said LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. Officer Kurt Garcia of the Valley Traffic Division. But it was too late. The driver pushed her away from the train as it crashed into her car. - Daily News Syphilis outbreak baffles officials County health officials reported Tuesday an outbreak of syphilis among gay men. The sexually transmitted infection has been found in 23 men within the last two weeks. The finding puzzles health officials who said that in recent years, syphilis has been reported predominantly among heterosexual men and women. The Deparmtent of Health Services health services Managed care The benefits covered under a health contract is offering free testing for syphilis and other STDs over the next several weeks. For more information, call the STD (Subscriber Trunk Dialing) Long distance dialing outside of the U.S. that does not require operator intervention. STD prefix codes are required and billing is based on call units, which are a fixed amount of money in the currency of that country. hotline at (800) 758-0880. - Daily News Padilla pushes new baseball field A Los Angeles official called on Wednesday for the Recreation and Parks Department to take action on a lease with the Little League of Americafor a new baseball field in the Dronfield Area of Hansen Dam. Councilman Alex Padilla's proposal, to be considered by the City Council next week, would approve the lease to take advantage of a grant from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation. - Daily News Court won't block trial for fugitive The state Supreme Court refused Wednesday to block the bomb conspiracy trial of a former Symbionese Liberation Army Symbionese Liberation Army small terrorist group that kid-napped Patty Hearst (1974–1975). [Am. Hist.: Facts (1974), 105] See : Terrorism fugitive, whose lawyers claimed the grand jury that indicted INDICTED, practice. When a man is accused by a bill of indictment preferred by a grand jury, he is said to be indicted. her was chosen improperly. The court denied, without comment or dissenting votes, a request by Sara Jane Olson to review the issue and block the trial, scheduled Aug. 14 in Los Angeles Superior Court. - Associated Press |
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