BRIEFLY.DWP DWP Department of Work and Pensions (UK) DWP Drinking Water Program DWP Dynamic Weapon Pricing (gamin, Counter-Strike: Source) DWP Department of Water & Power DWP Drinking Water Protection worker suffers shock RESEDA -- A Department of Water and Power worker fought for his life Tuesday after suffering an electrical shock while working on a power pole in the backyard of a home, a firefighter said. The man, whose identity was not immediately available, was transported to Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge Hospital Medical Center is a hospital in the Northridge town of Los Angeles, California, USA. It is currently operated by Catholic Healthcare West. History The hospital was founded in 1955 by Dr. after the 1:30 p.m. accident in the 7000 block of Enfield Avenue, 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. . Humphrey said the man was working on a power pole in a yard of a single-family home when he suffered an electrical injury. -- Daily News Old cell phones benefit soldiers GLENDALE -- Looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a place to ditch that old cell phone? Local AT&T stores are collecting used handsets to benefit soldiers serving overseas, officials said Tuesday. Phones collected from the orange bins placed at the telecom giant's 1,800 wireless retail stores nationwide will be donated to the charity Cell Phones for Soldiers Cell Phones For Soldiers is a charity based out of Norwell, Massachusetts. It was created by a pair of teenage siblings. 13-year-old Brittany Bergquist and her 12-year-old brother Robbie created this organization. , said Mauro Martinez, Jr., a director of sales and diversity with AT&T. The nonprofit group uses the proceeds from recycling used cell phones to purchase prepaid phone cards for those serving in the U.S. military. The drive will run for at least the next six months, Martinez said. -- Daily News Motorcyclist killed on I-5 MISSION HILLS -- A motorcyclist was killed Tuesday in a crash with a big rig on the Golden State Freeway The Golden State Freeway is a north-south freeway running through Kern County and Los Angeles County, California. Originally built as U.S. Highway 99, it was re-signed as Interstate 5 in 1964. , causing closures of southbound lanes and onramps, the California Highway Patrol said. The crash occurred just before 3 a.m. near San Fernando Mission Boulevard, 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 said. -- City News Service Man sentenced in swastika case A man was sentenced to nine months in jail Tuesday for pasting swastikas on the entrance of City Councilman Jack Weiss' San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. office. Adonis Irwin, 32, also received three years probation after pleading no contest to vandalism, posting a swastika on private property and a hate crime charge, said city attorney's spokesman Jonathan Diamond. He was ordered to undergo psychological counseling and to stay away from Weiss and his official offices, Diamond said. -- Associated Press Crews quell two small fires CHATSWORTH -- Two small brush fires were knocked down in a little more than a half hour Tuesday, authorities said. The fires were reported in the Santa Susana Pass Santa Susana Pass is a mountain pass connecting Simi Valley to the San Fernando Valley. The road used to be an Indian trail, and later a wagon road (a famous part was called Devil's Slide) before the road was paved. area north of the Ronald Reagan Freeway near North Topanga Canyon Boulevard at 5:51 p.m., said Brian Humphrey of the Los Angeles Fire Department. -- City News Service Greuel pushes for ethanol sites A city official called Tuesday for an effort to find land that could be used as sites for ethanol fueling stations. Councilwoman Wendy Greuel said ethanol stations are a potential new market that could help in reducing reliance on foreign oil and in cleaning the environment. -- Daily News Pitchess to have more prisoners The Pitchess Detention Center in Castaic will soon house more inmates, thanks to a $4.1 million allocation approved Tuesday by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is the five member governing board of Los Angeles County, California. Members of the board of supervisors are elected by district, the current members as of April 2006 are:
The Sheriff's Department will use the money from its Inmate Welfare Fund to reopen 252 jail beds and hire 29 employees at the jail's South Facility. -- City News Service |
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