BRIEFLY.Blaze damages strip-mall units TARZANA - Firefighters put out a blaze that damaged at least two units at a Tarzana strip mall Sunday, a fire official said. About 75 firefighters were sent to 19235 W. Ventura Blvd. after the fire was reported at 7:01 a.m., said Jim Wells 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. . The flames were reported out at 8:10 a.m. No injuries were reported, Wells said. The cause of the blaze is under investigation. - City News Service Edison customers go through outage BELL CANYON - An underground system failure left 996 Southern California Edison Southern California Edison (or SCE Corp), the largest subsidiary of Edison International (NYSE: EIX), is the primary electricity supply company for much of Southern California. It provides 11 million people with electricity. customers in the Bell Canyon area without power Sunday. The area affected was bounded by Bell Canyon Road, Calvert Street, Manton Avenue and Saddlebow sad·dle·bow n. The arched upper front part of a saddle. Noun 1. saddlebow - handgrip formed by the raised front part of a saddle pommel Road, said Mashi Nyssen, a spokeswoman for Edison. - Daily News Deliveryman shot in face on route A man delivering the Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Morning daily newspaper. Established in 1881, it was purchased and incorporated in 1884 by Harrison Gray Otis (1837–1917) under The Times-Mirror Co. (the hyphen was later dropped from the name). was fatally shot early Sunday in an apparent robbery, police said. Alejo Amador Ortiz, 56, was shot in the face about 5:45 a.m. while delivering papers in South Los Angeles South Los Angeles is the official name for a large geographic and cultural area lying to the southwest and southeast of downtown Los Angeles, California. The area was formerly called South Central Los Angeles, and is still sometimes called South Central. and died at the scene, said Kristi Sandoval, police spokeswoman. A car loaded with undelivered copies of the Times was found near the body, said Sgt. R.L. Johnson. - Associated Press Disabled driver in freeway chase A suspected drunken driver with one arm and two prosthetic legs led California Highway Patrol officers on a 15-minute freeway chase before surrendering early Sunday, authorities said. Ernesto Montevilla, 32, was arrested on suspicion of felony evading and locked up in lieu of $75,000 bail, said Los Angeles police Lt. Nick Barbara of the Wilshire station. He was driving a Ford van erratically and refused to stop when Los Angeles police tried to stop him on the eastbound Santa Monica Freeway The Santa Monica Freeway is the westernmost segment of Interstate 10, beginning at the western terminus of I-10 at the Pacific Coast Highway in Santa Monica, California and ending southeast of downtown Los Angeles at the famous East Los Angeles Interchange. . - City News Service 2 adults, 2 kids injured in crash VALENCIA - Four people, including two children, were critically injured Sunday when their minivan was broadsided by 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. near Magic Mountain, a fire captain said. The crash was reported at 7:24 p.m. on the freeway just north of Magic Mountain Parkway, said Capt. Mark Savage of the Los Angeles County Fire Department Not to be confused with Los Angeles Fire Department. The Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD), serves unincorporated parts of Los Angeles County, as well as 58 cities and towns that choose to have the county provide fire and EMS services, including the City of La . Two children and two adults in the minivan were hospitalized critical condition, he said. One of the children was not expected to live, he added. Two people in other vehicles that were also involved in the crash were treated for minor injuries and released at the scene, Savage said. - City News Service |
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