BRIEFLY.Weather station's contact restored WOODLAND HILLS -- The Pierce College In 2006 the Library won a national Excellence award. Academics Pierce College offers associate's degrees, mainly in the arts and sciences. There are also certificate programs in early childhood education, social services, dental hygienist, and others. weather station was fully restored Wednesday, allowing West Valley weather watchers around the world to get up-to-the-minute data, according to officials. A computer glitch A temporary or random hardware malfunction. It is possible that a bug in a program may cause the hardware to appear as if it had a glitch in it and vice versa. At times it can be extremely difficult to determine whether a problem lies within the hardware or the software. See glitch attack. on Oct. 2 had severed online links to the 57-year-old facility, dubbed by one climatologist cli·ma·tol·o·gy n. The meteorological study of climates and their phenomena. cli  ma·to·log as ``the Rolls Royce of weather stations.'' The restored Internet connection automatically links station weather gauges to the National Weather Service and the station Web site, www.piercecollege.com/offices/weather. -- Daily News Power discharge burns contractor LA CRESCENTA -- An electrical discharge severely burned a 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. maintenance contractor Wednesday and disrupted power for more than 2,100 customers, officials said. The discharge from a 16,000-volt circuit occurred about 10:30 a.m. near Pennsylvania Avenue and Foothill Boulevard, where a crew with Riverside-based Pouk & Steinle was repairing faulty transformers, said Tom Boyd, an Edison spokesman. The contractor's identity was not immediately released, but he suffered first- and second-degree burns to the arms and face and was transported to Verdugo Hills Hospital, Boyd said. The wounds did not appear life-threatening. Boyd said 2,158 customers were affected, though power was restored to all but 103 by 11:20 a.m. -- Daily News Morning shooting hurts man's back NORTH HILLS -- A bullet grazed a man's back early Wednesday morning in what police believed was a gang-related shooting. The man, who was shot at 5:30 a.m. in the 8700 block of Langdon Avenue, was taken to a local hospital for treatment, said Kevin Maiberger, a 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 . spokesman. Witnesses saw two Latino men with shaved heads running north on Langdon immediately after the shooting, he said. -- Daily News Jury still unsure in market deaths A jury ended its eighth day of deliberations on Wednesday without reaching a verdict in the case of an 89-year-old man whose car tore through a Santa Monica farmers market, killing 10 people and injuring 63 others. Earlier in the day, jurors asked the judge to clarify the charges against George Russell Weller George Russell Weller (born December 7, 1916) is a retired salesman from Santa Monica, California, who gained notoriety as the motorist in a fatal car accident, fueling a national debate on safety risks posed by elderly drivers. , who is accused of 10 counts of vehicular manslaughter vehicular manslaughter n. the crime of causing the death of a human being due to illegal driving of an automobile, including gross negligence, drunk driving, reckless driving, or speeding. with gross negligence An indifference to, and a blatant violation of, a legal duty with respect to the rights of others. Gross negligence is a conscious and voluntary disregard of the need to use reasonable care, which is likely to cause foreseeable grave injury or harm to persons, property, or in the incident that occurred on July 16, 2003. Weller's lawyers said he mistook the accelerator for the brake pedal and lost control of his car. The jury foreman told Superior Court Judge Michael Johnson that members ``have not been able to reach common ground'' and sought clarification on the definition of gross negligence. -- Associated Press Hit-and-run driver injures two girls A hit-and-run driver injured two 16-year-old female students Wednesday, one critically, near Fremont High School Fremont High School can refer to:
The girls, whose names were withheld, were struck at 78th and San Pedro streets shortly before 9 a.m., said Kevin Maiberger of the Los Angeles Police Department. One of the teens was hospitalized in critical condition with a head injury and internal injuries, while the other was reported to have stable vital signs and a leg injury, according to police and school district officials. Police said despite her injuries, the critically injured girl is expected to survive. The suspect was described only as a male in his mid-30s. Anyone with additional information on the collision was asked to call (323) 290-6063. After hours or on weekends, call (877) 529-3855. -- City News Service |
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