BRIEFLY TEEN FOUND IN POOL TAKEN TO HOSPITAL.VAN NUYS- Paramedics were transporting a 17-year-old youth to Valley Presbyterian Hospital Presbyterian Hospital can refer to several places:
The teen was discovered at 10:10 p.m. Saturday in a pool at a house in the 6400 block of Firmament Avenue in Van Nuys, said Los Angeles Fire Department The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), also known as the Los Angeles City Fire Department to distinguish it from the Los Angeles County Fire Department. It is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Los Angeles. spokesman Bob Collis. His condition was not immediately available. - Daily News 19-year-old man dies in Northridge shooting NORTHRIDGE - A 19-year-old man who reportedly was shot in Northridge died Friday, police said. Officer Grace Brady of 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 . said
officers had been called to the 17800 block of Burton Street at 3:30
p.m. Friday and then were called to Northridge Hospital where they found
the victim.
The victim was a 19-year-old North Hills man who had been shot several times in the upper torso, police said The victim's friends told officers he was shot in an alley south of Roscoe Boulevard and east of Zelzah Street, Brady said. The man's friends took him to the hospital's emergency room where he was pronounced dead, officials said. - Daily News Councilwoman Greuel gives birth to baby boy Councilwoman Wendy Greuel Wendy Greuel is President Pro Tempore of the Los Angeles City Council representing the 2nd District. Greuel was elected in 2002 to fill the remainder of the term of Councilman Joel Wachs. She was elected in her own right in 2003 and reelected in 2007. can now add another title to her name: mother. Greuel and her husband Dean Schramm are the parents of a new baby boy born on the Fourth of July Fourth of July, Independence Day, or July Fourth, U.S. holiday, commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. Celebration of it began during the American Revolution. , it was announced Saturday. Greuel gave birth on Independence Day to a 7-pound, 2-ounce boy, named Thomas Weston Schramm, her office announced. The baby was born at 11:52 p.m. Friday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is a world-renowned hospital located in Los Angeles, California. History Cedars-Sinai is the result of a merger in 1961 between two major Los Angeles hospitals, Cedars of Lebanon and Mount Sinai Home for the Incurables, with Steve Broidy as , according to Janelle Erickson of Greuel's office. The baby is Greuel's first child, said Erickson. She is the third councilwoman in history to have a baby while in office. The other two were former Councilwomen Roz Wyman and Gloria Molina. Greuel has said she plans to take off three weeks before resuming her duties on a part-time basis. - Daily News Storage-unit body ID'd as Chatsworth man, 37 VAN NUYS - A decomposed de·com·pose v. de·com·posed, de·com·pos·ing, de·com·pos·es v.tr. 1. To separate into components or basic elements. 2. To cause to rot. v.intr. 1. body found in a self-storage unit in Van Nuys was that of a 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. man wanted in connection with an assault on a sheriff's deputy, a coroner's official confirmed Saturday. Christopher Walsh, 37, of Chatsworth had died from multiple gunshot wounds, said Lt. David Smith of the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office. Walsh was a suspect in an assault on an off-duty Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy in January, in which the deputy confronted two men outside an apartment near Lassen Street and Canyon Boulevard, and one of the men shot at the officer with a handgun, officials said. David Michael Steinberg, 36, was arrested June 30 in connection with the assault. A week earlier, an arrest warrant had been issued for Walsh, who was suspected of helping Steinberg hide from authorities. - City News Service Holiday traffic kills two in L.A. within 36 hours At least two people died in crashes on Los Angeles County highways during the first 36 hours of the Fourth of July holiday, the California Highway Patrol reported Saturday. Statewide, 18 traffic deaths were reported between 6 p.m. Thursday and 6 a.m. today. Those numbers reflect crashes handled by highway patrol officers or reported to 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 by local law enforcement agencies A law enforcement agency (LEA) is a term used to describe any agency which enforces the law. This may be a local or state police, federal agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). . During the 36-hour period, CHP officers arrested 154 motorists for driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol in the Los Angeles County. Statewide, 837 motorists were arrested on DUI charges. As it does with all major holidays, the CHP declared a ``maximum- enforcement'' period for the Fourth of July weekend. The effort began at 6 p.m. Thursday and runs through tonight. Figures from the 2002 Fourth of July holiday are not comparable with this year's because of the difference in the time spans of the two maximum- enforcement periods. - City News Service 110 firefighters battle fire near theme park SANTA CLARITA - Firefighters reduced a blaze to embers Saturday on the east side of the Magic Mountain theme park, and one fire truck and six firefighters stayed behind to guard against any flare-ups, officials said. Fire officials said they expected the fire would be out by this morning. The blaze had sparked at about 10 p.m and spread quickly to envelop en·vel·op tr.v. en·vel·oped, en·vel·op·ing, en·vel·ops 1. To enclose or encase completely with or as if with a covering: "Accompanying the darkness, a stillness envelops the city" about 25 acres, said Ed Osorio of the 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 . At the peak of the blaze, the dancing flames were battled by 110 firefighters in a phalanx phalanx, ancient Greek formation of infantry. The soldiers were arrayed in rows (8 or 16), with arms at the ready, making a solid block that could sweep bristling through the more dispersed ranks of the enemy. that grew through the fire's duration. The fire had started just outside the well-known amusement park at 26101 Magic Mountain Parkway, said Osorio. - City News Service |
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