BRIEFLY OFFICIALS IDENTIFY FATAL-CRASH VICTIM.CAMARILLO - Officials identified the victim from Tuesday morning's fiery crash on the Ventura Freeway The Ventura Freeway is a freeway in southern California running from Ventura to Pasadena. It is the principal east-west route through Ventura County and in the southern San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County. as Sophia Colling, 73, of Camarillo. Colling died of probable blunt force head injuries and asphyxiation asphyxiation /as·phyx·i·a·tion/ (as-fix?e-a´shun) suffocation; the stoppage of respiration. Asphyxiation Oxygen starvation of tissues. from smoke inhalation Smoke Inhalation Definition Smoke inhalation is breathing in the harmful gases, vapors, and particulate matter contained in smoke. Description Smoke inhalation typically occurs in victims or firefighters caught in structural fires. at the scene of the 10:50 a.m. collision, the Ventura County Coroner's Office reported Wednesday. The California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. has impounded the truck that was parked on the Central Avenue on-ramp and rolled into traffic Tuesday, setting off an explosion and a four-vehicle collision, which shut down the northbound lanes for most of the day. - Daily News Parents detained after child's death 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. police detained the parents of a 3-year-old North Hollywood girl who died on an operating table at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles on Wednesday night. Paramedics sent to the 11300 block of Califa Street in North Hollywood about 7:45 p.m. airlifted the girl to the hospital, said Sgt. Arthur Reyna of the Los Angeles Police Department's Northeast Division. The girl suffered a head injury, and doctors found ``a few other things on the body'' that aroused their suspicion about child abuse, Reyna said. Detectives with the child abuse unit were notified about the death, he said. The girl's body will be turned over to the coroner's office for an autopsy, a hospital representative said. - City News Service Girl found gagged, bound at roadway SUN VALLEY - A disoriented dis·o·ri·ent tr.v. dis·o·ri·ent·ed, dis·o·ri·ent·ing, dis·o·ri·ents To cause (a person, for example) to experience disorientation. Adj. 1. girl believed to be about 13 years old was found bound and gagged with a bag over her head Wednesday at an intersection in Sun Valley, witnesses said. Paramedics and police were called about 2 p.m. to the spot where the girl was found at Hershey Street and Kewen Avenue, said 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 . Officer Jason Lee. - City News Service Topanga Canyon acreage buy OK'd Nearly 1,700 acres of Topanga Canyon land that once belonged to William Randolph William Randolph (1650 - April 11, 1711) was a colonist and land owner who played an important role in the history and politics of what became the U.S. state of Virginia. He was born in Warwickshire, England, to Richard Randolph (1627-1671) and Elizabeth Ryland (1625-1670). Hearst could be used as a state park under a sale approved by the California State Public Works Board, it was announced Wednesday. No sale date has been set, but LAACO LAACO Los Angeles Aircraft Certification Office (US FAA) Ltd. has put the property, appraised at $43 million, in escrow, a company official said. The property runs along Topanga Canyon Boulevard from the top of the Santa Monica Mountains The Santa Monica Mountains are a low transverse range in southern California in the United States. Geography They run for approximately 40 mi (64 km) east-west from the Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles to Point Mugu in Ventura County. down to the Pacific Coast Highway Pacific Coast Highway may refer to:
- City News Service Shooting in Watts puts cops on alert The Los Angeles Police Department was put on tactical alert Wednesday afternoon when a large crowd gathered after a shooting in a Watts housing project, police said. Helmeted officers with batons and nonlethal firearms formed a line outside apartments near 103rd Street and Lou Dillon Avenue. - Associated Press Tarzana to hold 2nd Safari Night TARZANA - Musicians, mimes, clowns and face-painters will stroll among the jungle animal topiaries and tipu trees lining Ventura Boulevard in Tarzana when the second Safari Night on the Boulevard is held Friday night. Restaurants will feature outdoor dining and businesses will offer discounts and gifts from 6 to 9 p.m. in the Safari Walk area between Reseda Boulevard and Crebs Avenue. - Daily News Inmates can file for suit millions Former prisoners of the Los Angeles County jail who were held beyond their release dates and strip-searched can leave their names and numbers on a Web site to collect their portion of a $27 million class-action lawsuit settlement, attorneys said Wednesday. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is the five member governing board of Los Angeles County, California. Members of the board of supervisors are elected by district, the current members as of April 2006 are:
Those without access to the Internet can contact lead attorney Barrett S. Litt at (213) 386-3114 or attorney Donald W. Cook at (213) 252-9444. - Daily News Hahn announces panel nominees Mayor James Hahn on Wednesday released a list of 44 nominees to various commissions to fill a number of vacancies before a city deadline takes effect. Among the nominees are Ellen Stein, who was reappointed to the Board of Public Works and is the wife of new Airport Commissioner Ted Stein. Also, Hahn reappointed Kathleen Riordan, daughter of former Mayor Richard Riordan, to the Board of Animal Regulation. Another former commissioner, Robert Chick, former husband of Controller Laura Chick, was named to the Library Commission. - Daily News Motor home crash leaves 9 injured CASTAIC - Nine people were injured Wednesday in a motor home that was hit in the rear and became sandwiched between two big rigs on the Golden State Freeway The Golden State Freeway is a north-south freeway running through Kern County and Los Angeles County, California. Originally built as U.S. Highway 99, it was re-signed as Interstate 5 in 1964. in Castaic. Two of the adults from the motor home - a married couple believed to be from Canada - were airlifted to Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital. The man, 46, was listed in critical condition, and his 44-year-old wife was in stable condition. Seven others in the motor home, including children, suffered minor injuries. - Daily News Judge ordered off Superior bench A Superior Court judge who lied about his education and falsely claimed that he fought in Vietnam and traveled to Laos on covert CIA CIA: see Central Intelligence Agency. (1) (Confidentiality Integrity Authentication) The three important concerns with regards to information security. Encryption is used to provide confidentiality (privacy, secrecy). missions was ordered removed from the bench Wednesday by the state Commission on Judicial Performance. The commission found Judge Patrick Couwenberg guilty of willful misconduct in office, conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice and improper action under the state constitution. - Associated Press |
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