BRIEFLY.Child airlifted to local hospital PACOIMA -- An 8-year-old was airlifted to a local hospital Saturday after he was struck by a car while riding his bicycle near Branford Park, fire officials said. The car, going about 25 mph, hit the boy just before 2 p.m. in the 8900 block of Beachy Avenue at Rangoon Street, d'Lisa Davies of 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. said. The boy was airlifted to a local hospital with a fractured left leg and facial injuries facial injuries, n.pl trauma to the face and its associated structures, most frequently from traffic accidents, contact sports, and domestic conflicts. , she said. The boy was not identified and his condition was unknown late Saturday. -- Daily News 30,000 expected at Israel festival The Israel Festival is a multidisciplinary arts festival, held every spring in Israel. Its center is Jerusalem. The Israel Festival started in 1961 as a summer festival for classical music in the ancient Roman theater in Caesarea. VAN NUYS -- An estimated 30,000 people are expected to attend the Israel Independence Day Festival today in Van Nuys. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Antonio Ramon Villaraigosa (born Antonio (Tony) Ramon Villar, Jr. on January 23, 1953) is the mayor of Los Angeles, California. He is the first Latino mayor of Los Angeles since Cristobal Aguilar in 1872. and Ehud Danoch, Israel's consul general consul general n. pl. consuls general Abbr. CG A consul of the highest rank serving at a principal location and usually responsible for other consular offices within a country. in 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. , are expected to attend the festival, which commemorates Israel's 59th Independence Day. The festival begins at 10 a.m. in Woodley Park, 6350 Woodley Ave., and will feature a performance by Israeli musician Yehoram Gaon and The Moshav moshav (Hebrew: “settlement”) Israeli cooperative community that combines privately farmed land and communal marketing, sometimes with light industry as well. The land on a moshav belongs to the state or the Jewish National Fund. Band. Admission is $5 and parking is free. -- City News Service Driver injured in vehicle crash MALIBU -- A driver was airlifted to a hospital Saturday morning after the vehicle he was driving ran off of Pacific Coast Highway Pacific Coast Highway may refer to:
The crash occurred at 3:15 a.m. near Latigo Canyon Road in Malibu, according to Sgt. Ken Crocker of the Los Angeles Sheriff Department's Malibu Station. The driver was taken by helicopter to a hospital, Crocker said. -- City News Service Suspect shot, hit by squad car LANCASTER -- A sheriff's deputy shot and wounded a man Saturday in the Quartz Hill area, a sheriff's deputy said. The man was reported shot at 9:46 a.m. in the 5100 block of West Avenue M-4, said Deputy Oscar Butao. No deputies were injured and the condition of the suspect was not immediately known, he said. A witness said deputies were investigating another incident when they were told about a nearby fight. When deputies arrived the witness said they recognized one of the fighters was wanted on a no-bail warrant. The man allegedly resisted arrest, and when the deputies saw what they believed to be a gun in his waistband, they shot him, the witness said. The man fled and deputies followed on foot and in a squad car, which struck the suspect, sending him into the windshield, the witness said. -- City News Service |
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