Pool Owner Fined for Faulty Fence
LA MIRADA The pool owner William Brooks 39 of 14608 Calpelia Ave was fined 250 after neighbors alerted Downey officials to a drowning attempt by a 7 year old Torrance boy who nearly drowned when the boy fell into an unfenced pool. Brooks paid the fine and must comply with pool fencing ordinance requiring adequate surface fencing around pools. Mrs Mary Crothers and Mrs Kay Maslowski aided the boy until responders arrived. firemen credited the women for saving the child's life.