BRIEFLY VALLEY RESIDENTS WIN AT 'BIG SPIN'.RESEDA - Two 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. residents were winners Saturday on the California Lottery's ``The Big Spin'' show. Sherry Dumas of Reseda won $75,000. The office assistant for the Los Angeles Unified School District The Los Angeles Unified School District (the "LAUSD") is the largest (in terms of number of students) public school system in California and the second-largest in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population. said she is thinking of buying a house and helping out family and friends with the money. Yumiko Pearlman, a store owner in Studio City, won $70,000 and plans to take a vacation. - Staff and wire reports Fatal head wound linked to gangs ARLETA - A 20-year-old man died of a gunshot wound to the head Saturday night, police authorities said. The incident, believed to be gang-related, occurred about 7:30 p.m. at Stanwin Avenue and Pierce Street. Police officials are still investigating the incident. - Daily News Canine distemper canine distemper n. See distemper1. Noun 1. canine distemper - a viral disease of young dogs characterized by high fever and respiratory inflammation distemper - any of various infectious viral diseases of animals breaks out in city City and county officials have declared an outbreak of distemper distemper, in veterinary medicine, highly contagious, catarrhal, often fatal disease of dogs. It also affects wolves, foxes, mink, raccoons, and ferrets. Distemper is caused by a filtrable virus that is airborne; it is also spread by infected utensils, brushes, and and are recommending vaccinations against the virus for all dogs in the city. Canine distemper is highly contagious and has caused death or permanent disability of more young dogs than any other disease, said Animal Services veterinarian veterinarian /vet·er·i·nar·i·an/ (vet?er-i-nar´e-an) a person trained and authorized to practice veterinary medicine and surgery; a doctor of veterinary medicine. vet·er·i·nar·i·an n. Casandria Smith. The virus was first detected when officials began receiving reports of sick and dying raccoons - one of the animals susceptible to infection - in the foothills above Sherman Oaks. Tests later confirmed the outbreak. Other susceptible animals include coyotes, foxes, wolves, ferrets, skunks, minks, leopards, lions and tigers. - City News Service Beverly Hills Beverly Hills, city (1990 pop. 31,971), Los Angeles co., S Calif., completely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles; inc. 1914. The largely residential city is home to many motion-picture and television personalities. fire destroys mansion BEVERLY HILLS - Authorities on Saturday sifted through a fire-gutted Beverly Hills mansion, searching for clues to the cause of the blaze that destroyed it. No one was in injured in the fire, which broke out shortly before 7:30 p.m. Friday in the 9400 block of Sunset Boulevard Sunset Boulevard is a street in the western part of Los Angeles County, California, that stretches from Figueroa Street in downtown Los Angeles to the Pacific Coast Highway at the Pacific Ocean in the Pacific Palisades. , according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Deputy Chief Robert Cavaglieri, who said the home is a total loss. ``The center of the home completely collapsed, then the fire moved outward to the east and west portions of the residence,'' Cavaglieri said. Two people who were inside the 7,000-square-foot mansion when the fire started escaped uninjured, Cavaglieri said. - City News Service Workers file suit against academy Two construction workers hurt when scaffolding collapsed during preparations for last year's Oscar show sued the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Friday. The Superior Court suits, filed just two days before today's awards show, allege that the scaffolding was poorly constructed. They name Eugene Gonzalez and Carl Hicks as plaintiffs. Two similar suits were filed Wednesday. All seek unspecified damages. Five workers were hurt on March 22, 2001, when 20-foot-high scaffolding collapsed as it was being erected outside the Shrine Auditorium The Shrine Auditorium is a landmark large-event venue in Los Angeles, California, USA. It is also the headquarters of the Al Malaikah Temple, a division of the Shriners. . All were treated at hospitals and released within days of the accident. - 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. Patrol cars crash, injuring deputies LYNWOOD - Four Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies suffered minor injuries Saturday after their patrol cars crashed into one another during a pursuit, officials said. The collision occurred between two sheriff's cruisers about 2:45 a.m. at the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Bullis Road, said sheriff's Deputy Bill Spear. The deputies were on their way to assist in a chase of a stolen-car suspect when they crashed into each other, Spear said. None of the deputies suffered major injuries, Spear said. - City News Service |
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