SOUTHLAND: BRIEFLY : OWNER CLAIMS DOG DROPPED FROM BRIDGE.VAN NUYS - An injured husky rescued from a 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. flood control channel Flood control channels are a series of large, concrete, and empty (except when a flood is actually present) open-air channels that extend a ways below the street levels of some larger cities, so that if and when a flood occurs, the flood will run into the channels, and proceed to be was claimed by its owner Saturday, officials said. The dog was reportedly dropped 30 feet from a bridge and was rescued Thursday by an officer of the Los Angeles City Department of Animal Regulation, who hoisted the dog out of the channel in the 13400 block of Sherman Way. The dog suffered a minor leg fracture from the fall and was cared for and housed at the city's East Valley Animal Care and Control Center. Authorities said the owner was not suspected of dropping the dog from the overpass. A witness said a man held the dog by its front legs over the side of the bridge and dropped it, police said. The owner, who was not identified, told officials that the tan-and-white Husky had been missing for several days. SOURCE: Daily News Jewish league condemns Brando The Los Angeles-based Jewish Defense League The Jewish Defense League (JDL) is a militant Jewish organization whose stated goal is to protect Jews from anti-Semitism.[1] Founded by Rabbi Meir Kahane in New York City in 1968, its self-described purpose was to protect Hasidic Jews from harassment in Brooklyn, and to blasted Marlon Brando on Saturday and vowed to make his life ``a living hell'' for comments the actor made during an interview with Larry King on CNN CNN or Cable News Network Subsidiary company of Turner Broadcasting Systems. It was created by Ted Turner in 1980 to present 24-hour live news broadcasts, using satellites to transmit reports from news bureaus around the world. . ``You gladly take money from Hollywood producers and then vilify the industry with slanderous accusations and anti-Semitic vulgarities,'' the JDL n. 1. Jewish Defense League. statement said. Irv Rubin, national chairman of the 6,000-member league, defended the heavy-handed language used in the message to the star of ``The Godfather'' and other films. He said members of his organization will protest Brando's upcoming film ``The Island of Dr. Moreau'' and demand Brando's star be removed from the Hollywood Walk of Fame The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a pavement along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States, which is embedded with more than 2,000 five-pointed stars featuring the names of not only human celebrities but fictional characters honored by . Brando could not be reached for comment. During Friday's interview with King, Brando complained about a Jewish-run Hollywood and of movie characters that stereotype minorities. He used derogatory words in reference to Jews and other groups. SOURCE: City News Service Crohn's disease seminar planned WOODLAND HILLS - A dietitian dietitian /di·e·ti·tian/ (di?e-tish´in) one skilled in the use of diet in health and disease. di·e·ti·tian or di·e·ti·cian n. A person specializing in dietetics. and exercise physiologist will present a seminar on nutritional therapy in the treatment of Crohn's disease
The treatment of Crohn's disease is sequential: to treat acute disease, and then to maintain remission. Treatment initially involves the use of medications to treat any infection and to reduce inflammation. and ulcerative colitis Saturday at Kaiser Medical Center in Woodland Hills. The event is sponsored by the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America's San Fernando Valley Chapter. Crohn's disease is characterized by chronic inflammation of the digestive tract. People interested in attending the seminar should telephone the chapter office at (818) 990-0448. SOURCE: Daily News Toddler killed in 4th-floor fall SANTA ANA - A 3-year-old girl climbed over the balcony of her family's fourth-floor apartment and fell to her death. Adriana Rodriguez had been watching television in the living room Thursday afternoon while her mother was cleaning the bathroom. The girl wandered out to the balcony through an open sliding door, police said. SOURCE: Associated Press |
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