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Slow recovery for Sport Chalet burn victims
Nearly two weeks after a gas explosion rocked the La Caņada Flintridge Sport Chalet store, two employees who sustained severe burns in the incident find themselves in a slow recovery. Lauren Polzin, a 27-year-old who led the store's scuba department,...
Tags: Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center, American Red Cross
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2 employees hurt in explosion at Sport Chalet in La Caņada
Two people were taken to the hospital after an explosion occurred in the pool area at the Sport Chalet in La Canada Flintridge. The incident occurred around 10 a.m., according to Sgt. Cynthia Gonzales of the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station....
Tags: Injuries and Wounds, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Explosions, Google+, Sport Chalet Incorporated
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Sport Chalet employees hurt in explosion were asked to investigate gas odor
The two Sport Chalet employees who were hurt in an explosion at the sporting goods store Friday were asked to shut off a gas valve after someone reported smelling gas, authorities said. Two employees, who were not identified, had unspecified injuries,...
Tags: Explosions, Employees, Career and Workplace, Google+, Sport Chalet Incorporated
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Sport Chalet calls explosion at La Caņada store a 'tragic event'
Sport Chalet on Friday released a statement hours after two employees were injured in an explosion at the store in La Canada Flintridge, calling it a “tragic event” that was being investigated by outside agencies. The two employees -- who...
Tags: Southern California Gas Company, Sport Chalet Incorporated
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Explosion burns two Sports Chalet workers
Two employees at the Sports Chalet in La Caņada Flintridge suffered burns Friday after an explosion ripped through the sporting goods store, authorities said. The two employees — who remained unidentified Friday afternoon — were asked to shut...
Tags: Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Southern California Gas Company, Explosions, Google+, Media Industry
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Around Town: Let's do better this time
Today, one-third of homeless adults are veterans. Half of those are Vietnam vets. On any given night, there are approximately 107,000 homeless veterans. Every night, more than 50,000 Vietnam vets sleep on the streets. There are more than two million...Tags: Government, Iraq, Defense, Explosions, Vietnam
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Volunteer aids tornado victims
A local Americorps volunteer working with the Red Cross returned recently from aiding victims of April’s devastating tornados in Alabama, following a career path inspired while she was a student at La Caņada High School.
Jennifer Lazo, 24, helped...Tags: Alabama, Joplin Tornado (2011), University of Southern California, Tornadoes, Joplin (Jasper, Missouri)
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In Theory: Save the mother or the baby?
Q. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix, Ariz. has stripped St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, also in Phoenix, of its Catholic affiliation for performing emergency surgery on a woman that saved the woman's life but ended her pregnancy, which...Tags: Depression, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Medical Procedures and Tests, Crimes, Abortion Issue
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Quake drill gets school ready for shaker
Palm Crest Elementary students and faculty responded to a non-existent earthquake the morning of Nov. 10. The school-wide earthquake drill had originally been planned to take place Oct. 21 as part of the Great California Shakeout, but inclement weather...Tags: Earthquakes, Emergency Planning, Health and Safety at School, California, Disasters and Accidents
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Around Town: Miss Hepburn rides again
It began as an average evening. We came home from work and noticed the shredded cardboard.
What had happened? Suddenly, we realized, Miss Audrey Hepburn had ingested half of a chocolate cake.
Not just any cake. This was a dark chocolate birthday...Tags: Heart Attack, Pasadena (Los Angeles, California), Annapolis, Audrey Hepburn, Family
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Youth Briefs
Performance to spotlight Gulf crisis Students in the advanced placement environmental science classes at Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy are hosting a musical event in Memorial Park from 4 to 7 p.m. on June 3 to bring awareness of the oil spill in the...Tags: Financial Aid, Environmental Issues, Long Beach (Los Angeles, California), Science and Technology, Education
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Inspections start as fire season nears
With fire season bearing down, Los Angeles County firefighters from La Caņada's Station 82 and Station 19 are conducting daily property inspections to ensure hazards have been properly cleared from structures, fire officials said this week. The...Tags: Forestry and Timber, Forests, Los Angeles, Explosions, Wildfires
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