BRIEFLY.Firefighters quell 2-acre brush fire SHERMAN OAKS -- A brush fire burned up to 2 acres Thursday night in the Sepulveda Basin, but there were no injuries and no structures were ever threatened, authorities said. Firefighters took about 50 minutes to put out the fire near Haskell Avenue and the Ventura Freeway The Ventura Freeway is a freeway in southern California running from Ventura to Pasadena. It is the principal east-west route through Ventura County and in the southern San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County. , said Ron Myers, 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. -- Daily News No-contest plea to hitting woman VAN NUYS -- A motorist who rammed a pregnant woman with her car after a confrontation over a fender-bender pleaded no contest Thursday to felony charges. Julia Lunney-Rowland entered her plea to one felony count each of assault by force likely to produce great bodily injury and leaving the scene of an accident, a court clerk said. Sentencing is scheduled for Sept. 21 at the Van Nuys courthouse. Gloria Babinec -- who was 81/2 months pregnant at the time of the July 10, 2006, altercation -- was not seriously injured The casualty status of a person whose injury may or may not require hospitalization; medical authority does not classify as very seriously injured, seriously injured, or incapacitating illness or injury; and the person can communicate with the next of kin. Also called NSI. See also casualty status. and her baby was unharmed, authorities said. Police said the argument began after Babinec came out of her doctor's office in the 15200 block of Vanowen Street in Van Nuys and saw paint damage on her car. She got out of her vehicle and confronted Lunney-Rowland, who got back in her car, stepped on the gas and hit Babinec, according to investigators. Babinec ended up on the hood of Lunney-Rowland's car, then rolled onto the sidewalk as the defendant drove away in her silver Saturn, police reported. -- City News Service Area around LAX set for spruce-up Work began Thursday on a $1.2 million project to spruce up the area around Los Angeles International Airport “LAX” redirects here. For other uses, see LAX (disambiguation). “KLAX” redirects here. For other uses, see KLAX (disambiguation). Los Angeles International Airport (IATA: LAX, ICAO: KLAX, FAA LID: LAX with landscaped medians from Aviation to La Cienega boulevards and a "Gateway to L.A." sign. The Century Boulevard Median Enhancement Project involves construction of four landscaped median islands with irrigation irrigation, in agriculture, artificial watering of the land. Although used chiefly in regions with annual rainfall of less than 20 in. (51 cm), it is also used in wetter areas to grow certain crops, e.g., rice. systems and two paved median islands, and adding the sign featuring small pylons similar to the lighted pylons at LAX. Construction is expected to be completed in March. -- City News Service Ports, city to get security funding The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach will receive $8 million in federal funding, and the Southland another $4.3 million for transit security, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's office announced Thursday. The port funds, which were allocated in the latest Iraq supplemental spending bill, will expand counterterrorism coun·ter·ter·ror adj. Intended to prevent or counteract terrorism: counterterror measures; counterterror weapons. n. Action or strategy intended to counteract or suppress terrorism. efforts, build interagency communications and improve the ports' infrastructure. "The Port of Los Angeles The Port of Los Angeles is located on San Pedro Bay in the San Pedro neighborhood of Los Angeles, approximately 20 miles (30 km) south of downtown. Also called Los Angeles Harbor and WORLDPORT LA is very pleased that additional DHS DHS Department of Homeland Security (USA) DHS Department of Human Services DHS Department of Health Services DHS Demographic and Health Surveys DHS Dirhams (Morocco national currency) funding has been provided," said John M. Holmes, deputy executive director of operations at the Port of Los Angeles. "We believe that it will greatly assist the port partners in enhancing security. With respect to the Port of Los Angeles specifically, any funding identified will help us in accelerating our strategic plan for safety and security, particularly in the areas of incident response and continuity of operations The degree or state of being continuous in the conduct of functions, tasks, or duties necessary to accomplish a military action or mission in carrying out the national military strategy. planning." -- City News Service |
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