BRIEFLY.Driver dies, 3 hurt in pickup crash NORTHRIDGE - A 23-year-old Granada Hills man was killed and his three passengers were injured - one critically - early Friday when the pickup they were in smashed into a utility pole A utility pole, telegraph pole, telephone pole, power pole, or telegraph post is a post or pole upon which telecommunication network equipment is situated. , police said. Shawn Eric Woodson died at the scene of the 1:30 a.m. crash that occurred at Parthenia Street and Balboa Boulevard, said Brian Humphrey, a spokesman for the 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. . The other three occupants, who were not immediately identified, suffered unspecified injuries and were transported to local hospitals. Firefighters had to extricate the occupants from the 1989 Ford Ranger The Ford Ranger name is used on two distinct and unrelated pickup truck lines by the Ford Motor Company
Police said Woodson, who was driving the truck, failed to negotiate a turn to eastbound Parthenia and the pickup hit the power pole power pole Noun Austral & NZ a pole carrying an overhead power line . No other vehicles were involved, and the cause of the crash was under investigation. - Daily News Molestation molestation n. the crime of sexual acts with children up to the age of 18, including touching of private parts, exposure of genitalia, taking of pornographic pictures, rape, inducement of sexual acts with the molester or with other children, and variations of these plea term is 16 years SAN FERNANDO San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. - A former Tujunga elementary school elementary school: see school. teacher who pleaded no contest to molesting a female student over a nine-month period was sentenced Friday to 16 years in state prison. Michael William McMurray, 36, of Palmdale was sentenced by San Fernando Superior Court Judge Shari K. Silver. The case involved one student at Plainview Elementary School who was molested mo·lest tr.v. mo·lest·ed, mo·lest·ing, mo·lests 1. To disturb, interfere with, or annoy. 2. To subject to unwanted or improper sexual activity. between September 2002 and June 2003, said Deputy District Attorney Tannaz Mokayef. Charges involving five other female students were dismissed as a result of the plea agreement. He was accused of inappropriately touching the students, both over and under their clothing. - City News Service Firefighter wins honor brother has Los Angeles Fire Department Capt. James Finn was honored Friday as the agency's Firefighter of the Year, an award bestowed upon his brother, Bill, in 1991. ``He's very, very well-respected in the department,'' said LAFD LAFD Los Angeles Fire Department LAFD Los Alamos Fire Department LAFD London Association of Funeral Directors (UK) Capt. Rex Vilaubi. ``He does a lot of volunteer work, and he's very involved in our historical museum.'' It's the first time two siblings have been named as the city's top firefighter since the awards began in 1967, Vilaubi said. Finn, who has about 30 years of service on the Fire Department, is assigned to Fire Station 29, near Wilshire Boulevard Wilshire Boulevard is one of the principal east-west arterial roads in Los Angeles, California, United States. It was named for H. Gaylord Wilshire (1861-1927), an Ohio native who made and lost fortunes in real estate, farming, and gold mining. and Western Avenue. - City News Service Valley man among Big Spin winners PANORAMA CITY - Fahim Boktor, a cashier from Panorama City, won $40,000 with a Big Spin Scratchers ticket purchased Dawud's Mobil in Sepulveda. Boktor said he planned to use his winnings toward his son's college education. - City News Service Earth Day event slated for park VAN NUYS - The WorldFest 2005 Earth Day Festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday at Woodley Park Woodley Park refers to the following:
The event will feature speakers, music, kids activities, food and a variety of environmental, humanitarian and animal-welfare nonprofits. Admission is $5, children under 12 are free, and pets are welcome. For more information, visit www.worldfestevents.com. - Daily News Suspect is sought in sexual assault HOLLYWOOD - Police said Friday that they need the public's help in tracking down a man who sexually assaulted a woman in a public restroom at Hollywood & Highland. The attack occurred Wednesday night at the entertainment complex at Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue, 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.
Investigators circulated a composite drawing of the assailant, described as white, about 30 years old, 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighing 150 pounds. He had a shaved head, a mustache and a goatee. - City News Service Renter subsidies will be restored The city's Housing Authority said it would restore rent subsidies to some 1,000 families who lost the aid more than a year ago when the agency ran out of money. Rental vouchers could be sent out this month to about 950 eligible families who still live in the city, agency Executive Director Rudolf Montiel said. The authority has about $361 million in federal funds Federal Funds Funds deposited to regional Federal Reserve Banks by commercial banks, including funds in excess of reserve requirements. Notes: These non-interest bearing deposits are lent out at the Fed funds rate to other banks unable to meet overnight reserve to spend this year on the Section 8 program that pays part of the rent for about 44,000 low-income households in Los Angeles. Last year, a federal audit alleged the city's Housing Authority ``inappropriately'' shifted $30 million to a nonprofit agency to avoid paying the cost of issuing excess rental vouchers. About 1,500 families found the vouchers they were issued were worthless. - Associated Press Disaster declared for February rain President George W. Bush on Friday declared a federal disaster area for Southern California counties struck by severe rainstorms in February that caused flooding and landslides. Bush's disaster declaration will speed federal aid to help clean up the aftermath of the weeklong drenching drenching farmer's term for the administration of medicines as solutions or suspensions in water by mouth with a drench bottle, gun or funnel. drenching bit to be included in a bridle as a bit. , which resulted in collapsed homes, mud-choked roads and at least nine deaths. The storm caused tens of millions of dollars in damage. The declaration announced by the White House press office Friday covers storm damage between Feb. 16 and Feb. 23. Federal money will be available in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and Ventura counties for emergency response and damage repair. - Associated Press |
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