BRIEFLY NURSE ARRAIGNED IN SEDATIVE DEATH.BURBANK - One of two Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center is a hospital in Burbank, California, USA. The hospital has 455 beds, and is part of Providence Health & Services. It's adress is: 501 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91505. nurses charged with involuntary manslaughter last month in the death of an elderly patient pleaded not guilty in the case Thursday.Registered nurse Amy Brunner, 25, of Alhambra was arraigned Thursday after being charged last month along with registered nurse Kelly Miyasato, 31, of Redondo Beach, accused of administering a sedative sedative, any of a variety of drugs that relieve anxiety. Most sedatives act as mild depressants of the nervous system, lessening general nervous activity or reducing the irritability or activity of a specific organ. to an 80-year-old cancer patient without a physician's consent. The patient, Pierre Azar, died on June 7 shortly after being given the sedative, officials said. Police said the nurses were trying to make Azar more comfortable but were negligent because they did not contact the doctor first. The nurses came forward, and both the hospital and the Burbank Police Department The Burbank Police Department is the police department serving Burbank, California. Tim Stehr became the Police Chief of the department on August 1, 2007. The previous chiefs were Thomas Hoefel, David Newsham and Glen Bell. launched an investigation. Miyasato is expected to be arraigned today. - Daily News Building's murals lead to charges STUDIO CITY - A Studio City property owner, accused of failing to obtain permits for giant murals advertising the ``Shrek 4D'' ride and ``Terminator 3'' movie on his building, was charged Thursday with six misdemeanors. Robert Lusk Davis, who owns the building at 3280 Cahuenga Blvd., faces two counts of installing an unapproved un·ap·proved adj. Not approved or sanctioned: an unapproved vaccine; an unapproved protest march. mural without a permit, two counts of having an unapproved mural in violation of city ordinance and two counts of failing to follow a Los Angeles Building and Safety order. - City News Service Adult bookstore ordered to close Operators of the Big Apple in North Hollywood were fined $25,000 and ordered to close the adult bookstore and movie arcade because of lewd acts that occurred in and around the store, officials said Thursday. A Los Angeles Superior Court judge declared the business at 10654 Magnolia Blvd. a public nuisance under the state Red Light Abatement Act The Red Light Abatement Act was passed by the California legislature in 1913 as part of efforts to eliminate prostitution. Under this Act, most brothels in San Francisco were shut down. . The judge also found the operators, Whitey whit·ey also Whit·ey n. pl. whit·eys Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a white person or white people. Noun 1. Inc. and Steven Wiener, guilty of unfair competition and business practices. - City News Service Murder charges mount for Munoz VAN NUYS - A Valley man arrested for the weekend slayings of two Tijuana police officers was formally charged with capital murder Thursday for the Aug. 13 shooting deaths of two people in North Hollywood, prosecutors said. Authorities believe Juan Francisco ``Frank'' Munoz, 25, fled to Mexico after the killings of Rosaura Amy Bone, 18, and Devin Lesser, 38. Munoz was arrested on murder charges in Mexico after Tijuana police said he shot two of their officers Saturday night. - City News Service PUC (Public Utility Commission) A regulatory body in every state in the U.S. that governs public utilities within its jurisdiction such as electricity, gas, oil, sewer, water, transportation and telephone service. Some states call it the Public Service Commission (PSC). votes against splitting 310 area The California Public Utilities Commission The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC; also often commonly referred to as simply the PUC) [1] is a state Public Utilities Commission which regulates privately-owned utilities in the state of California, including electric power, voted 3-2 Thursday not to split the 310 area code at Imperial Highway, opting instead to continue to monitor the supply of telephone numbers. Several years ago the PUC proposed adding new area codes to Southern California, saying the stock of available phone numbers with current area codes was dwindling. - City News Service Death on freeway ruled not suicide SYLMAR - The death of a transient who tried to run from the center divider to the shoulder of the Foothill Freeway and got hit by a vehicle was an accident, the coroner's office announced Thursday. The 41-year-old man had been on the eastbound 210 Freeway east of Roxford Street, about 11 p.m. Wednesday, when he was struck, said California Highway Patrol Officer Alex Gonzalez. The driver involved stopped at the scene, Gonzalez said. A 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 officer initially surmised the death was a suicide, but David Campbell of the coroner's office said an investigator determined it was an accident. The dead man's name was withheld pending notification of next of kin The blood relatives entitled by law to inherit the property of a person who dies without leaving a valid will, although the term is sometimes interpreted to include a relationship existing by reason of marriage. Cross-references Descent and Distribution. , Campbell said. - City News Service |
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