BRIEFLY YOUNG REAGAN ARRESTED IN DUI.SHERMAN OAKS - Cameron Michael Reagan, the 23-year-old grandson of former President Ronald Reagan, was arrested early Monday outside his Sherman Oaks home on suspicion of drunk driving. Police stopped Reagan for speeding as he was returning from a friend's house about 8:30 a.m. Monday, officials said. A breath analysis test revealed he had a blood-alcohol level of 0.10 to 0.11, above the 0.08 level for driving under the influence. Officials said Reagan has a previous conviction for drunk driving. He was released on his own recognizance own recognizance (O.R.) n. the basis for a judge allowing a person accused of a crime to be free while awaiting trial, without posting bail, on the defendant's own promise to appear and his/her reputation. . - Daily News Davis plans five new VA facilities Expanded services and five new veterans homes - including a facility in Lancaster - are in the works, according to a plan announced Monday by Gov. Gray Davis. Davis' proposed initiative would build assisted-living homes in Lancaster and in the Ventura County town of Saticoy. A facility in a West Los Angeles
Homes also are planned for Fresno and Redding Redding, city (1990 pop. 66,462), seat of Shasta co., N central Calif., on the Sacramento River; inc. 1872. A principal tourist center for a mountain and lake region, it also has lumbering, food-processing, and diverse manufacturing. . The five new homes would be funded through a 65 percent federal and 35 percent state partnership. Home construction is contingent on federal funding. - City News Service UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX scientist earns top honor A physician and scientist at the Jonsson Cancer Center at University of California, Los Angeles UCLA comprises the College of Letters and Science (the primary undergraduate college), seven professional schools, and five professional Health Science schools. Since 2001, UCLA has enrolled over 33,000 total students, and that number is steadily rising. , garnered one of the nation's highest honors for medical researchers, the university announced Monday. Dr. Charles Sawyers was named an investigator for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Howard Hughes Medical Institute, (HHMI), nonprofit medical research organization founded in 1953 by Howard Hughes and largly funded from proceeds of the 1984–85 sale of Hughes Aircraft. Headquartered in Chevy Chase, Md. , a biomedical research organization in Chevy Chase, Md. It employs scientists at medical schools, hospitals, universities and research institutes across the nation, so Sawyers will remain in Los Angeles. He is known for his achievements in leukemia and prostate cancer prostate cancer, cancer originating in the prostate gland. Prostate cancer is the leading malignancy in men in the United States and is second only to lung cancer as a cause of cancer death in men. research. - City News Service Work to crowd LAX-area road Beginning today, construction work will restrict traffic on Century Boulevard near Los Angeles International Airport “LAX” redirects here. For other uses, see LAX (disambiguation). “KLAX” redirects here. For other uses, see KLAX (disambiguation). Los Angeles International Airport (IATA: LAX, ICAO: KLAX, FAA LID: LAX to one lane in each direction. City workers will be resurfacing Century Boulevard, between Sepulveda and Airport boulevards, restricting eastbound traffic from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. today through Thursday. Traffic in both directions also will be limited to one lane on Saturday. The closure hours will affect the northbound lanes of the Sepulveda tunnel and the airport's upper- and lower-level Century Boulevard exits. Southbound exiting airport traffic should use the southbound Sepulveda exit from LAX, officials said. Incoming airport traffic should use Sepulveda and La Tijera boulevards to reach LAX to avoid traffic congestion The condition of a network when there is not enough bandwidth to support the current traffic load. congestion - When the offered load of a data communication path exceeds the capacity. . - City News Service Man stabbed, robbed of gold MISSION HILLS - An unidentified man was stabbed in the chest and robbed of a gold necklace Monday afternoon in a gang-related assault in the 9000 block of Orion Avenue, authorities said. The victim refused medical service and did not appear to be seriously injured, officials said. - Daily News Blazes probed as suspicious GRIFFITH PARK - Firefighters doused two small blazes in Griffith Park on Monday, the latest in what appears to be a string of suspicious fires to hit the canyons near the historic Griffith Observatory. More than 80 firefighters, along with two water-dropping helicopters, worked to contain the two blazes, which scorched scorch v. scorched, scorch·ing, scorch·es v.tr. 1. To burn superficially so as to discolor or damage the texture of. See Synonyms at burn1. 2. between three and five acres before being doused shortly after 6 p.m., said Jim Wells, a 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. No structures, including the observatory, were threatened, and there were no reports of any injuries. Wells said the first fire broke out at 4:47 p.m., and about a half an hour later, firefighters noticed that brush had caught fire on the opposite side of the canyon. The cause of both fires was under investigation, Wells said. Firefighters have been called to battle between seven and 10 suspicious fires in the park in the past six weeks, Wells said. - Associated Press |
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