BRIEFLY OXNARD MAN KILLED WALKING ON TRACKS.OXNARD - A northbound Amtrak Amtrak, the National Railroad Passenger Corp., authorized to operate virtually all intercity passenger railroad routes in the United States. Amtrak was created by Congress in 1970 in response to more than two decades of continuous operating deficits by privately run passenger train struck and killed a man walking on the tracks about 9 a.m. Saturday near Wagon Wheel Road, officials said. Oswald Rene Chavez, 43, of Oxnard was killed instantly, police said. The train was traveling about 25 mph after the engineer attempted an emergency stop. No one on the train was hurt. The Goleta-bound train carried 30 passengers, who returned to Oxnard and continued on a later train. - Daily News Woman motorist dies in collision A woman motorist was killed Saturday night when a man suspected of driving drunk ran a red light north of Granada Hills and collided with her vehicle, police said. The woman, whose name and age were not released, was pronounced dead at the scene of the 7:30 p.m. crash at San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. and Sunshine Canyon roads, LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. Lt. Steven Allen said. The suspected drunken driver, whose name was not released, was taken to Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Providence Holy Cross Medical Center is a hospital in Mission Hills, California, USA. The hospital has 254 beds, and is part of Providence Health & Services. History , Allen said. His condition was not available. - Daily News Helicopter hoists horse to safety AGOURA - A helicopter crew was brought in to hoist a horse to safety after it and its rider went over the side of a rural trail near Agoura on Saturday, but neither was hurt, according to a county fire dispatcher Software that determines what pending tasks should be done next and assigns the available resources to accomplish it. It may execute other programs or generate a list for human operators to follow. See scheduler. . Crews were notified of the incident near Troutdale Drive and Kanan Road about 8 a.m., said Los Angeles County Fire Department Not to be confused with Los Angeles Fire Department. The Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD), serves unincorporated parts of Los Angeles County, as well as 58 cities and towns that choose to have the county provide fire and EMS services, including the City of La supervising dispatcher Brendon Peart a. 1. Active; lively; brisk; smart; - often applied to convalescents; as, she is quite peart to-day s>. There was a tricksy girl, I wot, albeit clad in gray, As peart . Peart said firefighters, animal control officers and a veterinarian veterinarian /vet·er·i·nar·i·an/ (vet?er-i-nar´e-an) a person trained and authorized to practice veterinary medicine and surgery; a doctor of veterinary medicine. vet·er·i·nar·i·an n. were sent to the scene. The horse was sedated, then hoisted to safety about 10:50 a.m., he said. - City News Service Police think man was killed tagging KOREATOWN - Gunmen shot and killed a 30-year-old man in a drive-by shooting drive-by shooting Public health A phenomenon in which one or more persons–commonly members of street gangs, open fire à la Al Capone from moving vehicles, often in retaliation for an alleged wrong-doing by a rival gang early Saturday, according to Los Angeles police officials. Police say the slaying was gang-related. Police suspect the man was tagging a wall with spray paint in the 1300 block of Kenmore Avenue near Pico Boulevard about 12:30 a.m. when men drove slowly by in a late-model black Nissan Sentra and opened fire. Bullets struck the man in his head, abdomen and leg, police said. Paramedics rushed the man to USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. Medical Center, where they pronounced him dead about noon. - Daily News DUI patrol, check garner 11 arrests SANTA CLARITA - A crackdown on motoring scofflaws in Santa Clarita that ended early Saturday resulted in 11 people being arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence, the Sheriff's Department reported. The operation involved a checkpoint on northbound McBean Parkway, north of Bridgeport Lane, and a ``saturation patrol'' involving 11 law enforcement personnel throughout the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. , according to a statement from the sheriff's Santa Clarita station. Five of the arrests were made at the checkpoint, which was staffed from 8:45 p.m. Friday until 2:30 a.m. Saturday. Deputies said 1,345 of the 1,350 vehicles that passed through the checkpoint were screened, and a total of 15 drivers were given further field sobriety tests. - City News Service Young boy's body found in trash bin Someone digging for recyclable cans in a South Los Angeles South Los Angeles is the official name for a large geographic and cultural area lying to the southwest and southeast of downtown Los Angeles, California. The area was formerly called South Central Los Angeles, and is still sometimes called South Central. trash bin Saturday found the body of about a 7-year-old boy who may have been stabbed to death, police said. The grisly find in the 600 block of West 73rd Street was reported about 3 p.m., said Los Angeles police Lt. James West of the 77th Street Station. - City News Service Judge will make his ruling public A judge has changed his mind and agreed to make public his ruling on whether documents from the Los Angeles Catholic Archdiocese can be withheld from prosecutors investigating child-molestation allegations involving Catholic priests. Superior Court Judge Thomas F. Nuss was ordered by a state appeals court last December to reconsider his decision to seal the ruling. In court papers released Friday, Nuss said he decided this past week that when he prepares his much-awaited ruling he will do so ``in a way that will permit it to be publicly released.'' He also said he expects to rule within the next few weeks on whether the archdiocese's documents can continue to be withheld. - Associated Press |
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