BRIEFLY RED CROSS TO OPEN FIVE DONOR CENTERS.For the first time on Thanksgiving, the American Red Cross American Red Cross: see Red Cross. will open five donor centers in Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, today to ensure the community blood supply. The Red Cross currently imports more than 40 percent of the blood needed to care for Southern California's sick and injured from other areas because of low local blood donations. The organization hopes to collect 500 units from the five locations, which will be open from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Donors must be 17 years or older, weigh at least 110 pounds, be in good health and not at risk for HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome . To make an appointment, call 1-800 GIVE LIFE. - Daily News City acts on 911 cell phone calls The Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. on Wednesday directed the Police
Department to figure out a better way to handle local 911 calls from
cell phones.
Currently, cell phone distress calls go to California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. dispatchers before being forwarded to a local 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. . But that can delay a response, as Councilman Jack Weiss noted based on his own experience. The council directive asked the Police Department to report back to the council's Public Safety Committee about how to solve that problem, including looking at establishing a line for 9-11 calls, for cell phone users to call directly into LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. dispatch. - Daily News 3 mobile centers set for the LAPD The 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 . will add three more mobile
substations to the Pacific, Van Nuys and Devonshire divisions on
Tuesday, as part of its specialty vehicle arsenal, officials said
Wednesday.
These state-of-the-art vehicles help police respond more effectively to major crime scenes and allow police to communicate more effectively. The LAPD also received a 39-foot mobile command post and all-purpose truck for the department's scuba diving team that arrived in August. - Daily News City Council takes break till Dec. 10 The Los Angeles City Council will be in recess until Dec. 10, in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday and then because many of the members are going to attend a National League of Cities The National League of Cities is the oldest and largest organization in the United States devoted to strengthening and promoting cities as centers of opportunity, leadership and governance. conference in Salt Lake City. The council will be back in session for two weeks, then break again Dec. 20 for the Christmas recess, returning on Jan. 7, 2003. - Daily News 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. driver sets fund for victim An MTA bus operator established a fund in memory of a Maryland counterpart killed by the Beltway sniper. ``As a bus operator I felt pain, it was very personal,'' said Florence Henry, who has more than 20 years on the job and began the collection campaign for the family of sniper victim Conrad Johnson. MTA employees or members of the public can donate to the fund at the Northrop Grumman Federal Credit Union office, on the Plaza Level of the MTA Headquarters Building, One Gateway Plaza, Los Angeles. - City News Service Infant dropped off at L.A. fire station A woman dropped off a newborn infant at a Los Angeles city fire station Wednesday in response to new ``save haven'' laws intended to protect babies that might otherwise face death or injury if simply abandoned. The baby, given up at 8:30 a.m. at Station 38 in Wilmington, appeared healthy, the Fire Department said in a statement. Battalion Chief Bob Franco, a spokesman, said the baby boy was the first infant received by city firefighters. - Associated Press |
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