BRIEFLY PRINCE GAINS SPOT ON VALLEY BALLOT.Northridge activist Walter Prince said he has been placed back on the ballot for the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. city council after initially being disqualified dis·qual·i·fy tr.v. dis·qual·i·fied, dis·qual·i·fy·ing, dis·qual·i·fies 1. a. To render unqualified or unfit. b. To declare unqualified or ineligible. 2. because he was one signature short on his nominating papers. After Prince complained about the County Registrar-Recorder's Office disqualifying dis·qual·i·fy tr.v. dis·qual·i·fied, dis·qual·i·fy·ing, dis·qual·i·fies 1. a. To render unqualified or unfit. b. To declare unqualified or ineligible. 2. nine names on his nominating petitions, the county took a second look at them and decided to allow one of the names, which had been disqualified because the signer had transposed trans·pose v. trans·posed, trans·pos·ing, trans·pos·es v.tr. 1. To reverse or transfer the order or place of; interchange. 2. two digits in her address. - Daily News Twins no longer listed as in critical Both Guatemalan twins separated last week in a lengthy operation were breathing on their own Thursday and doctors upgraded their condition to serious from critical. Maria Teresa Quiej Alvarez had her breathing tube removed on Thursday, two days after her sister Maria de Jesus Maria de Jesus dos Santos (born September 10, 1893) is a Portuguese supercentenarian, and, as of August 13, 2007, the second-oldest person in the world. She has been the oldest verified living person in Portugal since the death of fellow 114-year-old Maria do Couto Maia-Lopes on began breathing on her own. In other developments, Maria de Jesus began feeding from a bottle, said Roxanne Moster, a UCLA Medical Center UCLA Medical Center is a hospital located on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California. It is rated as one of the top three hospitals in the United States and is the top hospital on the West Coast according to US News & World Report. spokeswoman. Maria Teresa continues to be fed intravenously and remains slightly sedated. Both girls were slowly continuing to grow more alert and active. Their vital signs remained stable as they recovered in the pediatric pediatric /pe·di·at·ric/ (pe?de-at´rik) pertaining to the health of children. pe·di·at·ric adj. Of or relating to pediatrics. intensive care unit of UCLA's Mattel Children's Hospital A children's hospital is a hospital which offers its services exclusively to children. The number of children's hospitals proliferated in the 20th century, as pediatric medical and surgical specialties separated from internal medicine and adult surgical specialties. . - Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Bus lane project given green light A $232 million project to put bus lanes on Wilshire Boulevard and make other improvements along the line got the go-ahead Thursday from the MTA (1) (Message Transfer Agent or Mail Transfer Agent) The store and forward part of a messaging system. See messaging system. (2) See M Technology Association. 1. (messaging) MTA - Message Transfer Agent. board, which voted to approve an environmental impact report. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority plans to conduct a trial run early next year of a curb lane for Metro Rapid buses on Wilshire between Centinela and Federal avenues, said David Mieger, Westside area planning team director. Marc Littman of the MTA said the trial run would last from 90 to 180 days, operating in both directions during morning rush hour and only on the eastbound side during afternoon rush hour. The city of Los Angeles
The goal is to get the other cities along the Wilshire corridor, namely Beverly Hills and Santa Monica, to also dedicate curb lanes for buses in their jurisdiction, he said. - City News Service Bill requiring gun locks advances A bill by state Sen. Jack Scott, D-Pasadena, to require the gun lock devices that gun owners attach to guns to be safe and effective made it through the Assembly on Thursday. The Aroner-Scott-Hayden Firearms Safety Act of 1999 required all new firearms to be accompanied by a locking device approved by the California Department of Justice. But trigger locks sold separately did not need to meet the same standards, according to Scott. The penalty for those who sold or distributed unsafe firearm locks would range from a fine of $500 to $5,000 and after three violations within five years a licensed firearm dealer's license would be permanently revoked, according to Scott. - City News Service Family terrorized by naked intruder SAN GABRIEL - A naked man invaded an apartment and was thrown out, then jumped back in through a window and collapsed and died after terrorizing a family, authorities said. The man, identified as a neighbor who did not know the family, walked through the apartment's front door about 11:30 p.m. Wednesday, Los Angeles County sheriff's Sgt. Brenda Cambra said. A 27-year-old man pushed the intruder outside, but he banged on the door and then crashed through the glass front window, sustaining numerous cuts, she said. The intruder headed toward a bedroom where two children were sleeping as their 28-year-old mother struggled with him and pushed him into a bathroom, Cambra said. The melee continued until the children's father pulled the attacker off the woman, she said. Then, covered in blood, the intruder collapsed and died. - Associated Press |
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