BRIEFLY.House fire causes $150K in damage SHERMAN OAKS - A house in the 15200 block of West Hartsook Street was damaged when a fire broke out in a ground-floor closet and then spread to the upper story, officials said Saturday. Firefighters responded to the call about 9:20 p.m. Friday and put out the blaze in 19 minutes. No one was injured. The incident caused about $150,000 worth of damage to the 2,800-square- foot home and its contents, officials said. The cause of the fire was under investigation. - Daily News Freeway rollover A graphic element in an application or on a Web page that changes its color or shape when the pointer is moved (rolled) over it. See JavaScript rollover. See also n-key rollover. injures SUV driver HOLLYWOOD - A motorist behind the wheel of an SUV that rolled over in an early-morning pileup on the rain-slick Hollywood Freeway was injured Saturday, a highway patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. officer said. Four or five vehicles collided in southbound lanes near Santa Monica Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. Boulevard about 1:25 a.m., California Highway Patrol Officer Alex Gonzalez said. An SUV overturned in the pileup, temporarily trapping its driver inside, said Brian Humphrey 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. . That person was taken to County-USC Medical Center, Humphrey said. No information was made available about his or her condition. - City News Service Terrorist hoaxer will be sentenced A man who falsely claimed terrorists planned to blow up a West Los Angeles
Zameer Mohamed, a 24-year-old Tanzanian national who had lived in Canada, faces up to 10 years in prison when he goes before U.S. District Percy Anderson. Mohamed pleaded guilty in December to one count of using a telephone to convey false information about an explosive attack. According to prosecutors, he phoned a Homeland Security tipline last April 23 and claimed four people affiliated with al-Qaida were about to enter the United States and carry out an attack on an unspecified mall near UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX . Authorities responded to the anonymous tip by alerting the public and beefing up security at Westside malls, though police stressed the threat had not been corroborated cor·rob·o·rate tr.v. cor·rob·o·rat·ed, cor·rob·o·rat·ing, cor·rob·o·rates To strengthen or support with other evidence; make more certain. See Synonyms at confirm. . - City News Service Hahn sets solar electricity goals Mayor James Hahn has told a task force to make plans for the city to generate 1 percent of its electricity from solar power by 2017. Hahn said Friday that would eliminate about 130,000 tons of carbon dioxide carbon dioxide, chemical compound, CO2, a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas that is about one and one-half times as dense as air under ordinary conditions of temperature and pressure. pollution annually, equal to the exhaust from about 16,000 cars. Los Angeles would have to increase its solar power energy from four megawatts to 80 megawatts to achieve the goal, said Matt Petersen, president of Global Green USA Global Green USA is the U.S. arm of Green Cross International. It is one of 30 national offices with over 70 professional staff worldwide. Global Green USA is a national environmental organization. References Global Green USA Website www.globalgreen. , which recommended the target. Costs could run as high as $200 million to install solar panels on about 30,000 rooftops, but the Department of Water and Power could reduce its share of the expense through private funding and state grants, Petersen said. Hahn said he would ask a ``green ribbon'' panel on renewable energy programs to find ways to expand solar power. - Associated Press |
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