BRIEFLY.Man thought dead in Castaic Lake Castaic Lake is a lake on Castaic Creek formed by Castaic Dam, in northwestern Los Angeles County, California, near the town of Castaic. The 323,700 acre foot lake (399,000,000 m³) is the terminus of the West Branch of the California Aqueduct, though some comes from the 154 mi² CASTAIC - A 19-year-old man was presumed dead after he jumped off a boat Sunday and disappeared in 170 feet of murky water in Castaic Lake, officials said. Still, rescuers will resume their search today for the man, who disappeared about 1 p.m., said Gary Wise Gary Wise is a professional player from Canada. He was inducted to the in November 2006. He also wrote the "Wise Words" and "Limited Skills" articles.[5] Gary Wise is also involved with another popular card game – poker. , supervising fire dispatcher Software that determines what pending tasks should be done next and assigns the available resources to accomplish it. It may execute other programs or generate a list for human operators to follow. See scheduler. for the Los Angeles County Fire Department Not to be confused with Los Angeles Fire Department. The Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD), serves unincorporated parts of Los Angeles County, as well as 58 cities and towns that choose to have the county provide fire and EMS services, including the City of La . County lifeguards, a Sheriff's Department diving team and a helicopter searched for the man, but visibility was poor and the search was called off at about 4:30 p.m., authorities said. The man jumped off a boat in the northwest portion of the upper lake, and the man ``became distressed'' and went underwater, said Fire Department Capt. Mark Savage. The teen was swimming in water about 170 feet deep, Savage said. - Daily News SAG board OKs deal on animation 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. - The Screen Actors Guild national board approved a new three-year TV animation contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, the actors union announced Sunday. The deal - which runs retroactively from July 1, 2005, to June 30, 2008 - includes an annual 3 percent increase in minimum pay, and a 1 percent boost in contributions to the union's benefit plans, beginning Jan. 1 of next year, according to SAG. Contract talks between SAG and AMPTP AMPTP Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers AMPTP Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers on the TV animation agreement began in May. SAG, the nation's largest union representing actors, has 120,000 members. - City News Service 2 killed when car plunges off road MALIBU - A car filled with teenagers plunged off an embankment and rolled over several times early Sunday, killing a 17-year-old girl and a male companion and leaving two others seriously injured. Police blamed the crash on drinking. The California Highway Patrol said the 1999 Acura was traveling northbound on Malibu Canyon Road just before 1 a.m. when it veered off the road and rolled down a 50-foot embankment. The passengers in the rear seat - a teenage girl from Arcadia and a male believed to be in his late teens - died after being ejected from the vehicle. The 18-year-old driver and another passenger, 19, both from Van Nuys, suffered major injuries and were taken 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. . The CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan did not release the names of the victims or the two injured teenagers. - City News Service Patrol vehicle hits automobile on call LANCASTER - A sheriff's deputy responding to a ``shots fired'' call in Lancaster collided with another car, leaving the deputy and a passenger in the other car slightly injured, authorities said Sunday. The collision at Avenue K and 30th Street West occurred about 11:15 Saturday night, according to deputies at the Lancaster station. Deputy Guillermo Martinez was taken to Antelope Valley Hospital to be checked out after complaining of back pain, deputies said. Martinez, who had switched on the patrol car's emergency lights and siren, was driving south on 30th Street West when his car collided with the Toyota, which was headed west on Avenue K, deputies said. Soonbok Whong, 63, of Lancaster, who was driving the Toyota, was uninjured, but passenger Phillip Whong, also 63, suffered minor injuries and was taken to Antelope Valley Hospital, according to the watch deputy at the station. - City News Service Firefighters put out house blaze Firefighters put out a noninjury blaze at a home in South Los Angeles South Los Angeles is the official name for a large geographic and cultural area lying to the southwest and southeast of downtown Los Angeles, California. The area was formerly called South Central Los Angeles, and is still sometimes called South Central. on Sunday, a city Fire Department spokesman said. Fire crews sent at 4:27 a.m. to the 700 block of West 141st Street had the flames out in less than 15 minutes, said 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 Brian Humphrey. The cause of the blaze is under investigation. - Daily News |
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