BRIEFLY.Boy apprehended in Valley shooting VAN NUYS - A boy was in police custody Sunday on suspicion of shooting a 16-year-old Van Nuys girl in the face, apparently by accident, police said. The shooting in a home in the 16000 block of Vanowen Street occurred about 2:20 p.m. on Saturday. Police withheld the name of the boy, who was being held at the LAPD's Van Nuys station and was expected to be booked at Juvenile Hall in Sylmar, and that of the girl, who was hospitalized. No hospital condition was available, but LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. Sgt. Lonnie Tiano said the girl is expected to survive. The victim's 20-year-old sister told police two boys came over with a gun, and one of them accidentally shot her sister while showing off the weapon, Officer Mike Lopez said. The boy who was holding the gun when it discharged fled the scene, but police later caught him. He is expected to be booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon Assault with a Deadly Weapon is the term used to describe the act of threatening to harm one or more people by using a weapon (usually a firearm). Here, assault must be differentiated from battery as they are often confused. Assault is threatening to use force. , Tiano said. - City News Service Kids hospitalized after ATV (1) (Advanced TV) An early name for the digital TV standard proposed by the Advisory Committee on Advanced Television Service (ACATS). See ACATS. See also ATV Forum. (2) (Analog TV) Refers to the NTSC, PAL and SECAM analog TV standads. collision SYLMAR - Two children riding on an all-terrain vehicle all-ter·rain vehicle n. Abbr. ATV A small, open motor vehicle having one seat and three or more wheels fitted with large tires. It is designed chiefly for recreational use over roadless, rugged terrain. with their father were seriously injured Sunday when the ATV collided with a car, said 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 Brian Humphrey. The children and their father were not wearing helmets, Humphrey said. One of the children, a 10-year-old, was taken by helicopter to Childrens Hospital 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. and was in critical condition. His 3-year-old brother was taken to UCLA Medical Center UCLA Medical Center is a hospital located on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California. It is rated as one of the top three hospitals in the United States and is the top hospital on the West Coast according to US News & World Report. . The collision happened in the 15600 block of El Cajon Street in Sylmar at about 1 p.m., Humphrey said. The father had moderate injuries and was taken to Olive View-UCLA Medical Center Olive View-UCLA Medical Center is a hospital located in the Sylmar neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. The hospital was founded on October 27, 1920, and is funded by Los Angeles County [1]. . - Daily News Gas prices jump another 3 cents CAMARILLO - Retail gas prices across the country jumped an additional 3 cents, after a 9-cent hike reported earlier this month, according to a survey released Sunday. The weighted average price for all three grades climbed to $2.36 a gallon by Friday, said Trilby Lundberg, who publishes the semimonthly sem·i·month·ly adj. Occurring or issued twice a month. n. pl. sem·i·month·lies A semimonthly publication. adv. At intervals twice monthly. See Usage Note at bi-1. Noun 1. Lundberg Survey of 7,000 gas stations around the country. Self-serve regular averaged $2.33 a gallon nationwide. Midgrade cost $2.43 a gallon while the price for premium was $2.53. Prices at the pump have gone up nearly 20 cents since Dec. 2, 2005, Lundberg said. Among stations surveyed, the lowest average price in the country for regular unleaded was in Portland, Ore., at $2.10 per gallon. The priciest was $2.80 a gallon in Honolulu. In California, Sacramento had the best deal for regular at $2.33. The most expensive was $2.47 per gallon in San Diego. - Associated Press No one is injured in apartment fire Fire damaged a Mid-City apartment building Sunday, but no one was injured, a fire official said. The two-story building in the 2100 block of South Ridgeley Drive was reported at 6:59 a.m. and put out 14 minutes later, said Brian Humphrey of the Los Angeles Fire Department. The cause of the fire was not immediately known. - City News Service |
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