Accident

BURBANK — A gasoline spill on the Ventura (134) Freeway on Monday shut down westbound traffic for six hours after a tanker truck overturned near the Buena Vista Street exit. The spill occurred just before 8 a.m. as a result of an accident involving three cars and the tanker, California Highway Patrol Officer Francisco Villalobos said. "The collision resulted in the tanker truck losing about 100 gallons of fuel, which facilitated the closure of the westbound lanes of the 134," he said.

Ryan Carter CIVIC CENTER -- Police have released the name of an 81-year-old Studio City woman who died Tuesday after being run over by her car. Shirley Gross, 81, was apparently parking her car near the corner of Magnolia Boulevard and Keystone Street in Burbank when, while getting out of her Mercury Sable, the car went out of control and ran her over. It's still not clear how the woman fell or exited the car, Burbank Police Sgt. John Dilibert said, adding the cause of the accident is still being investigated.

Fred Ortega A traffic accident early Sunday morning on the Golden State (5) Freeway left two young women seriously hurt, a Glendale Fire Department official said. Ten emergency vehicles from Glendale, Burbank and Los Angeles City fire departments responded to a call at 2:43 a.m. Sunday morning of a car over the side on the northbound side of the freeway, north of the Western Avenue offramp, Glendale Capt. Carlos Guerrero said. Firefighters found a black 1994 Honda Accord that had smashed into a large eucalyptus tree, leaving the 21-year-old female driver and a 20-year-old female passenger, both from Burbank, trapped inside, California Highway Patrol Officer Vince Bell said.

BURBANK ? The Burbank Police Department's traffic division is investigating the cause of a fatal accident that occurred early Saturday morning in the Northwest District. Kenneth Rome, 49, of Burbank, was killed when his 1983 Allegro motor home collided with a parkway tree and a utility pole, Burbank Police Lt. Ron Caruso said. "As a result of the collision, the motor home overturned and crushed the partially ejected driver," he said. "The driver was pronounced dead at the scene."

Molly Shore A suspected drunken driver claimed the life of a Burbank man Friday on the San Gabriel River (605) Freeway, near Rose Hills Road in Whittier. Melvin Mendivil, 37, was fatally injured in the early-morning accident, and his brother, Burbank resident Jose Rocha, 34, was in critical condition at Beverly Hospital in Montebello after Brandon Houlette, 20, of Hayward, plowed into their vehicles, which were parked on the right shoulder of the freeway, California Highway Patrol officials said.

Good morning, readers. Today is Thursday, October 4. An accident that left two women dead in Valley Village is being investigated by the district attorney's office. On Aug. 22, the women were electrocuted after they tried to help at the scene of a solo car crash. The driver may face charges , reports Patch . L.A. City Councilman Tony Cardenas is looking to make an area of Van Nuys more attractive to businesses and their customers by shortening the metered street parking hours , reports the Daily News . L.A. Weekly reviews Al Amir, a Lebonese restaurant in Valley Village , where "The  mezze  here, essentially Middle Eastern tapas, are worth the visit alone.

Paul Clinton CIVIC CENTER -- Burbank has agreed to pay a Glendale woman $13,000 to settle her personal injury claim stemming from a car accident, the city attorney said. Shortly after a city transit van backed into her car in August 1998, Armine Grigorian filed suit against Burbank in Glendale Superior Court, City Attorney Dennis Barlow said. Grigorian, 41, and her children Kahren, 18, and Nune, 16, suffered minor neck and back injuries in the collision, Barlow said.

Good morning, readers. Today is Wednesday, September 26. Opponents of a Sherman Oaks synagogue had no problem filing a second lawsuit days before Yom Kippur.  The L.A. City Council previously approved the project, but on Monday, neighbors sought to overturn the decision . Contra Costa Times  If you've been to a neighborhood council meeting in the North Hollywood area in recent years, you've probably heard a neighbor or police officer...

Gerard Deegan was on one of his routine training sessions in 2001, bicycling around the Rose Bowl. He was working out in preparation for a world championship duathlon competition, a form of racing that combines running and cycling. Deegan’s training run came to a literal screeching halt when he was struck violently by a car. The incident not only took away his ability to train, it almost took his life. “I was in terrible shape after the accident,” said Deegan, a native of Ireland who lives in Burbank and who has served as an assistant cross-country coach at Burroughs since 2005.

California workplace safety officials are investigating the death of a worker who was accidentally crushed in Burbank last week after becoming trapped in the bottom-dump doors of a gravel truck. The death of the worker, 58-year-old Vigen Boodaghian, was caused by “mechanical asphyxiation,” said Los Angeles County coroner spokesman Ed Winter, who added that there were “compression injuries to the torso.” The accident occurred about 10 a.m. on Memorial Day at a lot leased by a construction company on Magnolia Boulevard, west of Front Street, near the Golden State (5)

Ireland's hills roll forever, folding over and underneath each other. They are a sea within a sea, this island of grassy hillocks pocked with farms and fences. I had seven days in which to capture them as grandly as I could. My trusty Canon committed these autumn memories to bits and bytes; by the end of it all the castles and rainbows and deeply mossed forest glens told a story of adventure in a perfect glossy palette. It is a palette of surprise. The digital era has made portraitists and landscapists of us all, increasing our appetite and our capacity for photography.

Burbank will be getting more than $800,000 in federal grant assistance for pedestrian and traffic safety upgrades along the North San Fernando Boulevard corridor, where officials logged 89 collisions over a five-year period, one of them fatal. The collisions occurred between January 2006 and December 2010 within a roughly half-mile stretch of the corridor that carries more than 20,000 cars daily each way, according to the city's grant application. About 20% of the accidents involved rear-end collisions and right-of-way incidents, partly because of speeding motorists.

Good morning, readers. Today is Monday, December 17. LAPD Chief Charlie Beck is calling for more security at LAUSD schools in the wake of Friday's mass shooting in a Newtown, Conn., elementary school. Beck says he hopes to have LAPD officers patrol the district's K-8 schools each day , beginning after students return to classes on Jan. 7 following winter break. Patch A big rig accident snarled traffic along the Golden State (5) Freeway early Monday, reports the Daily News . Police have arrested a 22-year-old man in connection with the death of his grandmother , who appeared to have been stabbed multiple times with a barbecue fork.

Good morning, readers. Today is Thursday, October 4. An accident that left two women dead in Valley Village is being investigated by the district attorney's office. On Aug. 22, the women were electrocuted after they tried to help at the scene of a solo car crash. The driver may face charges , reports Patch . L.A. City Councilman Tony Cardenas is looking to make an area of Van Nuys more attractive to businesses and their customers by shortening the metered street parking hours , reports the Daily News . L.A. Weekly reviews Al Amir, a Lebonese restaurant in Valley Village , where "The  mezze  here, essentially Middle Eastern tapas, are worth the visit alone.

Good morning, readers. Today is Wednesday, September 26. Opponents of a Sherman Oaks synagogue had no problem filing a second lawsuit days before Yom Kippur.  The L.A. City Council previously approved the project, but on Monday, neighbors sought to overturn the decision . Contra Costa Times  If you've been to a neighborhood council meeting in the North Hollywood area in recent years, you've probably heard a neighbor or police officer...

Good morning, readers. Today is Thursday, August 23 and here are some of the latest local stories from around the Web. Two women died in Valley Village last night while trying to help victims of an auto accident , Patch reports. They were allegedly electrocuted and several others were injured.  Almost a dozen people in Los Angeles County are listening to police scanners and tweeting out micro crime reports to thousands of followers , L.A. Times reports. Many inject snarky comments or opinion in their daily tweets.

The recent grand opening of Story Tavern on San Fernando Boulevard stirred a lot of memories for Les Rosenberg, former owner of Photo Art Shop that was located down the block. Rosenberg grew up in town and is a member of the Burbank Historical Society board of directors. The society provided the more than 80 photographs of early Burbank that grace the walls of the pub known as Story Hardware in the 1920s. Today's restaurant owners have kept the Story name to honor the past. One of the photographs on display is of Story Hardware, taken by Les' father.

California workplace safety officials are investigating the death of a worker who was accidentally crushed in Burbank last week after becoming trapped in the bottom-dump doors of a gravel truck. The death of the worker, 58-year-old Vigen Boodaghian, was caused by “mechanical asphyxiation,” said Los Angeles County coroner spokesman Ed Winter, who added that there were “compression injuries to the torso.” The accident occurred about 10 a.m. on Memorial Day at a lot leased by a construction company on Magnolia Boulevard, west of Front Street, near the Golden State (5)

Burbank police say they're concerned about an increase in the number of bicycle accidents over the past two years - a trend made all the more troublesome since the injuries have also gotten more serious. Through October this year, police have responded to 32 injury bike collisions - more than the whole of 2007, when there were 24, and nearly as many as the 33 reported in 2008, Lt. J.J. Puglisi said. Based on the number of complaints from the public, police are worried that the rise is due, in part, to the behavior of cyclists, such as running red lights.

Burbank Police Department Traffic officers are investigating one of two accidents that occurred Thursday night involving bicyclists. The first accident occurred at Hollywood Way and Alameda Street, where three bicyclists were traveling southbound Hollywood Way and one of them was struck by a car going eastbound. The bicyclist landed on the hood of the SUV that struck him. The impact shattered the windshield of the vehicle. The victim was transported by paramedics LA County USC Trauma Center with critical head injuries and other injuries.