BRIEFLY.Cooley says DNA DNA: see nucleic acid. DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid One of two types of nucleic acid (the other is RNA); a complex organic compound found in all living cells and many viruses. It is the chemical substance of genes. solving old cases District Attorney Steve Cooley Stephen Lawrence ("Steve") Cooley (born May 1, 1947 in Los Angeles, California) is a veteran prosecutor who was elected as Los Angeles County's 36th District Attorney on November 7, 2000. He was sworn in for his second term on December 6, 2004. on Tuesday cited a dramatic increase in the number of old cases being solved in California since voters approved a measure expanding the collection of DNA samples from felons. Less than a year after Proposition 69 was passed by the state's voters, there have been close to 1,700 so-called ``cold hits'' in the state so far this year involving previously unsolved cases, Cooley said. The number of cold hits in 2002 was just over 200, the county's top prosecutor said at a forum co-sponsored by the 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. County Sexual Assault Coordinating Council and the District Attorney's Crime Lab Advisory Board. Cooley said he expects the county could see ``incredible results'' in identifying the most violent offenders, getting them into the court system and behind bars and preventing crime by taking them off the streets. - City News Service Metrolink train strikes empty car OXNARD - A Metrolink train struck an empty vehicle near Oxnard just before 6 a.m. Tuesday, officials said. No injuries were reported at the crash scene between Oxnard and Camarillo and it is not clear why the car was abandoned on the railroad tracks, said Metrolink spokeswoman Denise Tyrrell. The train, which did not derail de·rail intr. & tr.v. de·railed, de·rail·ing, de·rails 1. To run or cause to run off the rails. 2. , was traveling from Montalvo in Ventura County to Union Station in downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or . The Ventura County and Oxnard fire departments as well as the California Highway Patrol responded to the non-injury collision. - Daily News Condor chick died of West Nile virus West Nile virus, microorganism and the infection resulting from it, which typically produces no symptoms or a flulike condition. The virus is a flavivirus and is related to a number of viruses that cause encephalitis. VENTURA COUNTY - A three-month-old California condor chick that recently died tested positive for West Nile virus, officials said Tuesday. Observers noticed a rapid decline in the chick's health and tried to remove it from the nest, but it died before it could be treated, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reported. A necropsy necropsy /nec·rop·sy/ (nek´rop-se) examination of a body after death; autopsy. nec·rop·sy n. See autopsy. necropsy examination of a body after death. See also autopsy. at the San Diego Zoo San Diego Zoo One of the world's largest collections of mammals, birds, and reptiles, located in San Diego, Calif., and administered by the Zoological Society of San Diego. The 100-acre (40. determined the cause of death was probably West Nile virus complicated by secondary fungal pneumonia. The chick hatched in the wild in Ventura County on May 19. Both of the chick's parents had been inoculated with a West Nile vaccine in June 2003 and again in June 2004, and all California condors have been inoculated at least once, with the exception of chicks hatched in the wild. - Daily News Supervisor's wife named to panel Barbara Yaroslavsky, a longtime advocate on children's issues and the wife of Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, was confirmed by the City Council on Tuesday to serve on the city's Commission on Children, Youth and Their Families. The council vote 12-0 to confirm the appointment, after Yaroslavsky pledged to be a ``vocal advocate'' on behalf of children, particularly those in poorer areas of the city. - Daily News Firefighter injures fingers in blaze SHERMAN OAKS - A firefighter crushed several of his fingers while trying to extinguish a blaze in the attic In the Attic can refer to:
The firefighter, whose name was not released, was taken to an area hospital for treatment of the non-life-threatening injury after the 4:30 p.m. blaze. Thirty firefighters from 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. extinguished the blaze on the 16100 block of Woodvale Road in 27 minutes, spokesman Brian Humphrey said. The cause of the fire and the amount of damage was not immediately available, Humphrey said. - Daily News |
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