BRIEFLY.LAUSD LAUSD Los Angeles Unified School District (Los Angeles, CA) cop's legs broken by truck NORTHRIDGE - A Los Angeles Unified School District The Los Angeles Unified School District (the "LAUSD") is the largest (in terms of number of students) public school system in California and the second-largest in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population. police officer suffered two broken legs when a pickup truck driven by a drunk-driving suspect slammed into his patrol car, pinning the officer between two vehicles, officials said Wednesday. Officer Crawford Thompson was on patrol at 9:40 p.m. Tuesday when he saw paramedics treating patients for minor injuries sustained in a two-car crash. With only one Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . car providing
traffic control, the LAUSD officer stopped to assist, positioning his
car to shield the paramedics and patients from oncoming traffic,
officials said.
``He put his lights on and was going to start assisting,'' LAUSD spokeswoman Ellen Morgan Ellen Morgan may refer to:
The officer is expected to fully recover, Morgan said. The paramedics already on scene treated the officer and three people in the pickup truck, all of whom were seriously injured. - Daily News Man kills himself in brother's firm SIMI VALLEY Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. - A man who had lost his job at a company owned by his brother apparently fatally shot himself Wednesday after entering the business with a handgun, police said. Simi Valley police surrounded the building in the 700 block of Cochran Street and determined that the few employees who were there when the gunman arrived about 1:55 p.m. were able to evacuate safely. After police were unable to reach the man by phone, a special weapons team entered the building and found him dead, apparently from a single gunshot, authorities said. - Daily News LAUSD gets help to improve fitness NORTH HILLS - 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. will help the Los Angeles Unified School District come up with a plan to reduce childhood obesity childhood obesity Public health Overweight in a child, an average BMI of ≥ 85% for age and sex; ≥ 95% for age and sex is very obese. See Body-mass index, Obesity. Cf Adult obesity. and diabetes, district officials said Wednesday. The district will use a $25,000 gift from the hospital to help reverse the unhealthy trends. As part of the effort, teachers, students, parents and elected officials attended an event at Sepulveda Middle School to kick off the obesity and diabetes prevent program. Northridge Hospital has helped five LAUSD campuses in North Hills and Panorama City address the nutrition and physical fitness needs of students, parents and staff. - City News Service Animal-services contract adopted GLENDALE - The Glendale City Council has voted unanimously to enter into a $15.2 million contract to receive animal-welfare services from the Pasadena Humane Society and Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) is any of a number of animal welfare organisations whose operations include protecting and providing shelter to animals in danger. for the next 16 years. The council voted Tuesday evening to approve the contract. Officials said it would be too expensive for Glendale to build its own animal shelter. The contract includes an immediate payment of $2 million to help the Pasadena Humane Society expand its facility. - Daily News Southland cutting outdoor water use Southern California residents have reduced outdoor watering by nearly nine minutes a day over the past two years, which could equal yearly savings of $160 per house, a survey released Wednesday said. The dollar amount is based on savings of up to 75,000 gallons annually that are possible if watering time is reduced by the average amount found in a survey by the the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is the largest bulk water supplier for municipal use in the world. The name is usually shortened to the "Metropolitan Water District" or simply "MWD". . In the region, up to 70 percent of residents' water usage goes to lawns and other landscaping, a district official said. Other studies have shown that homeowners use twice as much water as they need outdoors. - City News Service Greuel questions spending controls Councilwoman Wendy Greuel called Wednesday for a review of city rules allowing the general managers of the Water and Power, Airport and Harbor departments to execute contracts under $150,000 without approval from their boards of commissioners. Overall, such purchases and contracts may exceed $100 million per year at the Department of Water and Power, she noted. ``Given the significant amount being expended in this manner, it is important to ensure that appropriate oversight is being provided,'' Greuel said in a written motion, which calls for city administrators to analyze the oversight of such spending. Greuel, who represents the East 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. , also introduced a motion Tuesday calling on the 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 to develop an incentive program for customers to install weather-sensitive ``smart meters'' for residential and commercial 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. - Daily News |
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