BRIEFLY TWO INJURED AFTER CRASH, FIRE ON 405.Two people were injured Wednesday afternoon when a car burst into flames after colliding with another car on the San Diego Freeway The San Diego Freeway (Interstate 405, and the part of Interstate 5 south of the El Toro Y[1]) is one of the principal north-south highways in Southern California, and the major beltway of I-5 running through Southern California. near Sherman Way. The 2 p.m. crash forced the temporary closure of the southbound lanes in order to evacuate a critically injured man by helicopter. The man, believed to be in his 50s, was flown to 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. with first- and second-degree burns and internal injuries, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. City Fire Department spokesman Jim Wells Jim Wells MLA (born 27 April 1957) is a politician from the Democratic Unionist Party and a deputy speaker of the Transitional Assembly (Northern Ireland). Wells is one of six Assembly members for South Down. said. A passer-by used a fire extinguisher fire extinguisher: see fire fighting. to put out the blaze before rescue workers arrived and pulled the burned victim from his vehicle. A woman driving the other car was taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital with internal injuries, Wells said. An infant traveling in her car was uninjured. - Daily News `Bob Hope Airport' idea gains steam The Economic Alliance of 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. is adding its name to the list of organizations that support renaming the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport in honor of entertainer Bob Hope. Hope, who lived in Toluca Lake several miles from the airport, died July 27. The Economic Alliance had honored Hope in 1998 at its Valley of the Stars Gala Dinner and Awards Ceremony. ``He was America's ambassador of goodwill - and a true star of our Valley,'' said David Fleming
David Fleming , chairman of the Economic Alliance. ``It is befitting be·fit·ting adj. Appropriate; suitable; proper. be·fit  ting·ly adv.Adj. 1. that we honor a man of his stature for a world-class airport, such as Burbank has.'' - Daily News Key Hahn deputy quits for new job Deputy Mayor Matt Middlebrook announced on Wednesday he is leaving his job for Mayor James Hahn to join a private public-relations firm. Middlebrook, who served as Hahn's campaign manager in campaigns for city attorney and then mayor, will be leaving on Friday to work for the firm of Fleishman-Hillard International. He will head up the firm's San Francisco office for public affairs. - Daily News Second victim sues rapist Luster VENTURA - The second of three women drugged and raped by Max Factor heir Andrew Luster took her civil case to court Wednesday, seeking about $40 million in damages from her former boyfriend and attacker. One of his victims already has been awarded $19 million in civil damages against Luster, who is serving a 124-year state prison term for the serial druggings and rapes. Wednesday, the 30-year-old woman known as Tonja Doe testified that when prosecutors told her they had tapes showing she had been drugged and raped by Luster, she miscarried one of the twins she was carrying. The woman had broken with Luster by then and married. - Daily News |
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