BRIEFLY.Hillside fire burns near two houses A brush fire briefly threatened two homes in the Hollywood Hills The Hollywood Hills, an unofficial designation of part of the City of Los Angeles, California, are part of the eastern section of the low transverse range of the Santa Monica Mountains, which extends from the Los Feliz District and Hollywood, on the south side of the Valley, to on Friday night, but firefighters contained the blaze in about 30 minutes. The fast-moving fire at 8720 W. St. Ives Drive near the Sunset Strip The Sunset Strip is the name given to the mile and a half stretch of Sunset Boulevard that passes through West Hollywood, California. It extends from West Hollywood's east border with Hollywood at Marmont Lane to its west border with Beverly Hills at Phyllis street. was reported about 8 p.m. It appeared to burn through trees and grass on a quarter-acre of land between two structures before it was knocked down at 8:24 p.m., 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 Jim Wells Jim Wells MLA (born 27 April 1957) is a politician from the Democratic Unionist Party and a deputy speaker of the Transitional Assembly (Northern Ireland). Wells is one of six Assembly members for South Down. . Neither of the structures was damaged and no injuries were reported, Wells said. The cause of the fire is under investigation, Wells said. - Daily News Speed suspected as crash's cause TUJUNGA - One man was killed and another was listed in serious condition Friday when the car they traveled in hit two trees before overturning along Haines Canyon in Tujunga, police said. Police believe the driver, an unidentified man in his 30s, lost control of the car as he drove off the road about 6:35 p.m. The car hit two trees before it flipped over, said 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. police Sgt. Ed Wheelis. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene. His passenger, another man in his 30s, was taken to Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Providence Holy Cross Medical Center is a hospital in Mission Hills, California, USA. The hospital has 254 beds, and is part of Providence Health & Services. History , where he was reported in serious condition, Wheelis said. Neither man was immediately identified. Police believe the driver was speeding. ``There was no evidence of drugs or alcohol,'' Wheelis said. ``Only this car was involved. There were no witnesses.'' - Daily News Bernardi funeral set for Tuesday VAN NUYS - Funeral services will be held Tuesday for former Los Angeles City Councilman Ernani Bernardi at the Van Nuys church where he had been a longtime member. Mass will be recited at 10 a.m. at St. Elizabeth's Church, 6635 Tobias Ave. Burial will follow at San Fernando Cemetery. Bernardi, 94, died at his Van Nuys home Wednesday of apparent congestive heart failure congestive heart failure, inability of the heart to expel sufficient blood to keep pace with the metabolic demands of the body. In the healthy individual the heart can tolerate large increases of workload for a considerable length of time. . - Daily News Lawmakers deny link to Abramoff More Southern California lawmakers said Friday they see no reason to return donations from a California American Indian tribe that once hired Jack Abramoff as a lobbyist. Reps. Howard Berman, D-Van Nuys and Rep. Grace Napolitano, D-Santa Fe Springs, said they never worked with or even met Abramoff, and that they have long-standing relationships with the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians in Palm Springs. ``I've been working with the tribes since I was in the statehouse state·house also state house n. A building in which a state legislature holds sessions; a state capitol. statehouse Noun NZ a rented house built by the government Noun 1. . I don't even know Abramoff,'' said Napolitano, who accepted $2,500 from the tribe in 2002. She also noted that the tribal entities have been the victims of Abramoff's scheming. A spokeswoman for Berman said a $500 donation in 2000 from the Agua Caliente band was in no way connected to Abramoff. The tribe hired Abramoff in 2002. - Daily News Eight drivers hurt in nine-car pileup WOODLAND HILLS - Eight motorists were hurt early Friday in a nine-car pileup that closed the westbound Ventura (101) Freeway and backed up rush-hour traffic for miles. One woman was hospitalized in critical condition after rescuers extricated ex·tri·cate tr.v. ex·tri·cat·ed, ex·tri·cat·ing, ex·tri·cates 1. To release from an entanglement or difficulty; disengage. 2. Archaic To distinguish from something related. her from her vehicle, authorities said. Three people were transported to local hospitals with less serious injuries, and five others were treated at the scene. The chain-reaction crash was reported about 5:40 a.m. at the Topanga Canyon Boulevard off-ramp. Westbound lanes and one eastbound were closed for 45 minutes, and the off-ramp remained closed for several hours. - Daily News Unhappy returns for tax preparer A Van Nuys tax preparer pleaded no contest Friday to a felony charge of preparing fraudulent state income tax returns, officials said. RLL (Run Length Limited) An encoding method commonly used on magnetic disks, including RLL, IDE, SCSI, ESDI, SMD and IPI interfaces. The actual number of bits recorded on the disk is greater than the data bits. Services operator Jose L. Ordonez prepared more than 1,000 tax returns for his clients in 2002. A sampling of nine returns revealed a scheme where Ordonez prepared tax returns for his clients for the purpose of generating larger state income tax refunds. Ordonez' scheme involved claiming a fraudulent amount of the Child and Dependent Care Credit The Household and Dependent Care Credit is an American nonrefundable tax credit that can be claimed if a taxpayer paid someone to care for a qualifying individual so that the taxpayer could seek to be gainfully employed. . Ordonez benefited from the scheme through an increase in the number of clients at his business. Taxpayers contacted by FTB FTB Franchise Tax Board (California; they collect income and sales tax) FTB Family Tax Benefit (Australian welfare assistance) FTB First Time Buyer (housing) investigators stated that they did not know the care provider listed on their individual tax return and did not provide any care provider information to Ordonez. - Daily News |
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