BRIEFLY VALLEY MAN DIES AFTER SIMI CRASH.A Sherman Oaks man died Thursday after his car crashed into the back of a tractor-trailer in Simi Valley, authorities said. David Klinzing, 23, was pronounced dead at Simi Valley Hospital Simi Valley Hospital (SVH) is a Seventh-day Adventist hospital located located in Simi Valley, California. SVH is a member of Adventist Health. New Construction Simi Valley Hospital is in the process of building a new wing to the hospital. a short time after the 10:15 a.m. crash on the westbound Ronald Reagan Freeway east of Alamos Canyon Road. Klinzing was speeding when he braked hard, lost control of his car, and slid sideways into the back of the big rig, California Highway Patrol Officer Randy Pickens said. - Daily News Threatening letter aimed at senator A threatening letter with a white powder was mailed to a state senator from East Los Angeles East Los Angeles, uninc. city (1990 pop. 126,379), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a residential suburb of Los Angeles, in an industrial area. It has a large Mexican-American population. There is a performing arts center and a cultural center. A junior college is there. looking into prison reform issues, the senator's office revealed Thursday. Democratic Sen. Gloria Romero said she would not be deterred by the threat. ``I want to make it very clear: I will not be intimidated by threatening messages and acts of cowardice,'' Romero said. The letter was mailed earlier this month at Salinas Valley State Prison, formerly Soledad State Prison, but was intercepted at the prison. Tests conducted by the FBI determined the powder was nontoxic, but investigators have been unable to determine who mailed the letter. - City News Service Deputies seeking hospital takeover An association of sheriff's deputies called on the state Thursday to take over a hospital where patients are alleged to have been neglected and mistreated. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger should appoint a special administrator with authority to hire and fire personnel at Martin Luther King-Drew Medical Center, according to the Association for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs. Representatives for the governor and the hospital did not immediately return calls seeking comment Thursday. - Associated Press Burbank chief set for fund-raiser BURBANK - Police Chief Thomas Hoefel will be the guest of honor at a fund-raiser today for the Burbank Temporary Aid Center to support a renovation of the nonprofit's headquarters. Those attending the event ``can expect a lot of fun,'' said Sharon Kurges of BTAC BTAC Branch Target Address Cache . The BTAC, which operates out of a front office at 1304 Burbank Blvd., plans to build a two-story addition to its offices and make other improvements as part of a two-year project, which will be funded in part by $575,000 the organization expects to receive this spring from the federal government. The organization must still raise $50,000 for the project. The event will be held at Castaway Castaway Arden, Enoch shipwrecked sailor; lost for eleven years. [Br. Lit.: “Enoch Arden” in Benét, 316] Bligh, Captain commander of H.M.S. Bounty who was cast adrift by mutinous crew. [Am. Lit. , 1250 Harvard Road., Burbank, at 6 p.m. For information and tickets call: (818) 846-2330. - Daily News Suit links staph infection Staph infection Infection with Staphylococcus bacteria. These bacteria can infect any part of the body. Mentioned in: Cephalosporins to jail A Redondo Beach man who says he got a staph infection while locked up in Men's Central Jail sued the county and the Sheriff's Department on Thursday. Barry Maselle, who was jailed for four months, claims he developed staphylococcus staphylococcus (stăf'ələkŏk`əs), any of the pathogenic bacteria, parasitic to humans, that belong to the genus Staphylococcus. The spherical bacterial cells (cocci) typically occur in irregular clusters [Gr. , or staph staph n. Staphylococcus. staph adj. - a painful skin infection resistant to most common antibiotics - because of poor hygiene at the jail. The Sheriff's Department declined comment, citing a policy of not commenting on pending litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. . Maselle, a 37-year-old native of Johannesburg, South Africa, was jailed in January 2003. - City News Service Authorities find body of driver, 23 IRVINE - Authorities searching for the driver of a car that ran off 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. in a rainstorm and into a raging Irvine flood control channel Flood control channels are a series of large, concrete, and empty (except when a flood is actually present) open-air channels that extend a ways below the street levels of some larger cities, so that if and when a flood occurs, the flood will run into the channels, and proceed to be recovered his body Thursday from a catch basin downstream. The body of Matthew Christopher Dodge, 23, of Anaheim was found at Greenmoor and Yale Avenue four hours after a silver Nissan Altima went off the southbound freeway about 5:30 a.m., said California Highway Patrol Officer Ken Yoon. The car was registered to Dodge, under an address in Signal Hill, but he might have moved recently, Yoon said. - City News Service Fewer students to get into UC Budget cutbacks appear likely to force the University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). to break its long tradition of finding a place for every eligible California graduate. ``It will be more difficult for applicants to gain admission this year,'' UC admissions director Susan Wilbur said Thursday. - Associated Press |
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