it's terri-rae. i have a reporter friend on the scene. one of the workers in the trench that collapsed on temescal canyon road has been airlifted to ucla medical center. the second worker has passed away. the road will be closed for several hours for an investigation.
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Update on the trench rescue
Trench Rescue, 2nd Ld
Eds: UPDATES with one victim pulled out.
PACIFIC PALISADES (CNS) - Two workers became trapped in a trench in the
Pacific Palisades area this afternoon, and one of them was buried up to his
chest and unconscious, authorities said.
About 75 firefighters were sent to the 200 block of North Temescal
Canyon Road, at Pacific Coast Highway, about 1:35 p.m., said Erik Scott of the
Los Angeles Fire Department.
One of the men, who had been buried up to knee-level, was freed more
than an hour into the rescue operation.
Crews were using specialized equipment to shore up the trench in an
effort to free the unconscious -- an effort that was expected to last for ``an
extended period,'' Scott said around 3 p.m.
Paramedics, some of whom were members of the fire department's Urban
Search and Rescue Team, were ``working very hard to remove him as rapidly as
possible,'' Scott said, ``but we have to minimize movement around the hole.''
He said the whole operation ``was a very delicate prospect.''
Scott said the trench was 20 feet long and U-shaped, but its depth was
unclear.
Eds: UPDATES with one victim pulled out.
PACIFIC PALISADES (CNS) - Two workers became trapped in a trench in the
Pacific Palisades area this afternoon, and one of them was buried up to his
chest and unconscious, authorities said.
About 75 firefighters were sent to the 200 block of North Temescal
Canyon Road, at Pacific Coast Highway, about 1:35 p.m., said Erik Scott of the
Los Angeles Fire Department.
One of the men, who had been buried up to knee-level, was freed more
than an hour into the rescue operation.
Crews were using specialized equipment to shore up the trench in an
effort to free the unconscious -- an effort that was expected to last for ``an
extended period,'' Scott said around 3 p.m.
Paramedics, some of whom were members of the fire department's Urban
Search and Rescue Team, were ``working very hard to remove him as rapidly as
possible,'' Scott said, ``but we have to minimize movement around the hole.''
He said the whole operation ``was a very delicate prospect.''
Scott said the trench was 20 feet long and U-shaped, but its depth was
unclear.
traffic mess, workers trapped
t-rae here. reports from the scene are that the southbound side of temescal is closed and traffic is being routed to sunset. sunset is already backing up, as is pch.
PACIFIC PALISADES (CNS) - Two workers became trapped in a trench in the
Pacific Palisades area this afternoon.
More than 50 firefighters were sent to the 200 block of North Temescal
Canyon Road, at Pacific Coast Highway, about 1:35 p.m., said Erik Scott of the
Los Angeles Fire Department.
Crews were using specialized equipment to shore up the trench in an
effort to free the workers.
Pacific Palisades area this afternoon.
More than 50 firefighters were sent to the 200 block of North Temescal
Canyon Road, at Pacific Coast Highway, about 1:35 p.m., said Erik Scott of the
Los Angeles Fire Department.
Crews were using specialized equipment to shore up the trench in an
effort to free the workers.
Despite Billions in Bonds, LAUSD schools are still falling apart. I know! Let's buy every student an iPad!
L.A. schools falling apart, literally
Years of budget cuts have meant many repairs simply aren't getting done. There are at least 35,442 unresolved calls for service and repairs, with about 1,100 more coming in each day.
The bleachers in the Marshall High School gymnasium are an example of disrepair plaguing L.A. Unified schools, with holes in floorboards, jutting metal stumps where seats used to be, entire rows of missing seats, and traffic cones and yellow caution tape cordoning off particularly dangerous sections. (Steve Lopez / Los Angeles Times)
By Steve Lopez
Bill Would Let CA Bars Stay Open Until 4am!
Probably to make sure people are too drunk to drive the U-Haul out of State.
The bill, SB635 by Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, would allow cities and counties to petition the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to allow for alcohol service until 4 a.m., as happens in major cities like New York.
Leno said he envisions allowing nightclubs and other establishments that already stay open past 2 a.m. to continue serving alcohol as opposed to a blanket approval for all bars.
Leno is pushing the idea as a potential boon for the economy, though he said he expects push back from groups concerned about public safety and drunk driving.
Leno is pushing the idea as a potential boon for the economy, though he said he expects push back from groups concerned about public safety and drunk driving.
To find out more about the proposed law, go here.
Now the real story comes out! Dead Hugo Chavez TOLD Jesus to Pick a South American Pope. It all makes sense now.
Maduro: Chavez had hand in pope's election
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Argentina's Jorge Bergoglio, elected Pope Francis, waves from the window of St Peter's Basilica's balcony after being elected the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church on March 13, 2013 at the Vatican. He became the first non-European pope in nearly 1,300 years. UPI/Stefano Spaziani
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Published: March. 14, 2013 at 2:30 AM
CARACAS, Venezuela, March 14 (UPI) -- The late leader Hugo Chavez swayed Jesus to inspire the College of Cardinals to elect Catholics' first South American pope, Venezuela's interim president said.
"We know that our commander ascended to those heights and is face to face with Christ. Something must have influenced [Jesus] to call for a South American pope," Nicolas Maduro said on national television at the opening of an international book fair in Caracas, Venezuela's capital.
"Some new hand arrived and Christ said, 'Now is the opportunity for South America,' it seems to us," Maduro said.
The papal conclave Wednesday elected Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 76, to be the Roman Catholic Church's 266th pontiff. Bergoglio, who took the papal name Francis, is the first non-European pope in more than 1,200 years and the first member of the Jesuit order to lead the church.
Chavez, who led a nationalistic "Bolivarian Revolution" in the 1990s and was Venezuela's authoritarian president for nearly 14 years, died March 5 at age 58 after nearly two years of an unspecified cancer and being treated several times in Cuba.
Maduro, Chavez's handpicked successor who faces opposition leader Henrique Capriles Radonski in a special election April 14 to choose a new president, also said the late president might "call a constitutional assembly in heaven at any moment to change the [Catholic] church on Earth so the people -- the pure people of Christ -- may govern the world."
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