BRIEFLY POLICE ASK FOR HELP AFTER FINDING BODY.NORTH HILLS - LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. homicide detectives were investigating a shooting death Saturday and were asking for the public's help finding the gunman or gunmen. The body of Vincent Chavez, a 21-year-old Granada Hills resident, was found lying on the sidewalk in the 16700 block of Devonshire Blvd. about 3 a.m., authorities said. He had been shot in the chest several times. Police have no further information on the case and are asking anyone with information to call Devonshire homicide detectives at (818) 756-8291. - Daily News Mail center to test biohazard bi·o·haz·ard n. 1. A biological agent, such as a virus or a condition that constitutes a threat to humans, especially in biological research or experimentation. 2. system Officials on Monday will begin testing a state-of-the-art system to detect biohazards - including anthrax - at 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. mail processing center. The L.A. Processing and Distribution Center at Florence and Central avenues is among 15 sites nationwide that will conduct a monthlong test of the Biohazard Detection System, according to the U.S. Postal Service The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) processes and delivers mail to individuals and businesses within the United States. The service seeks to improve its performance through the development of efficient mail-handling systems and operates its own planning and engineering programs. . The system operates in conjunction with mail-canceling equipment and continuously collects samples of air as letters move through the equipment. Airborne particles are injected into a sterile water base, and a DNA test is performed to determine whether anthrax is present. - City News Service Helicopter rescue after cycle crash ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST The Angeles National Forest (ANF) was established by executive order on December 20, 1892 as the San Gabriel Timberland Reserve. It covers over 2,600 km² (650,000 acres) and is located in the San Gabriel Mountains of Los Angeles County, just north of the metropolitan area of Los - A male was taken by helicopter to a hospital after his motorcycle crashed Saturday in the San Gabriel Wilderness The San Gabriel Wilderness is comprised of over 36,000 acres (150 km²) within the Angeles National Forest and can be entered via the following trails:
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 received a call at 2:49 p.m. that a motorcycle had crashed near mile marker 46 on the Angeles Crest (2) Highway, said Officer Brian Joy. A 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 Life Flight helicopter was dispatched because that was ``the only way they can transport out of there,'' Joy said. - City News Service Coast Guard helps sick man on boat An ailing man aboard a small boat sailing between Hawaii and California was rescued on the high seas after his crewmates spent three days radioing for help. An emergency team parachuted from a U.S. Coast Guard plane into the water alongside the boat on Friday. They treated the man, who was then transferred to a nearby cargo ship. He was expected to be moved to the hospital ward of a Navy transport ship en route from Iraq to California. The two crewmates of the 47-year-old man began issuing mayday calls after he suffered seizures and lost consciousness. Until Friday, the signals were too weak to be picked up by other ships. The 32-foot Kai Aka had been sailing from Honolulu to San Francisco. Its crew began radioing for help when they were about 650 miles southwest of San Diego. - Associated Press Disabled man, 51, gone since Friday ATHENS - Sheriff's officials sought the public's help Saturday in finding a 51-year-old disabled man who can't talk and has seizures if he doesn't take medication. Carlos Godinez wandered away about noon Friday from his residence in the 12500 block of Normandie Avenue in unincorporated Athens, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department This article is about the Los Angeles County Sherriff's Department, not to be confused with the smaller Los Angeles County Police The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) is a local law enforcement agency that serves Los Angeles County, California. . Godinez's family began searching for him, and when they showed residents near 135th Street and Normandie his photograph, the residents said he was seen walking south on Normandie about 2 p.m. Friday, according to the Sheriff's Department. Godinez cannot speak and gets 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. easily. He also takes medication, without which he could suffer seizures. Therefore, authorities said it was critical that he be found soon. - City News Service |
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