A MUDDY MESS FLOODS, SLIDES CLOSE CRUCIAL ROADS.Byline: Patricia Farrell Aidem Staff Writer SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, - The day-after-Christmas journey home down Interstate 5 was slowed Friday by the closure of a short stretch of a key alternate route An official alternate route is a bannered highway that provides an alternate alignment for a highway. Originally, the term for these routes was "optional"; but in 1959, the designation became alternate. where slides in the surrounding burn area left sinkholes and mud. The Old Road near Calgrove Boulevard was closed for flooding after mud washed down from hillsides charred in the November firestorm that swept through the Santa Susana Mountains The Santa Susana Mountains are a transverse range of mountains in southern California, north of the city of Los Angeles, in the United States. The range runs east-west separating the San Fernando Valley and Simi Valley on its south from Santa Clara River Valley to the north and marking Santa Clarita's western boundary. On Thursday, water rose to a foot high as holiday motorists navigated their way through a storm that dropped nearly two inches of precipitation on the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. . More rain is expected Monday. While the view above of the Golden State Freeway The Golden State Freeway is a north-south freeway running through Kern County and Los Angeles County, California. Originally built as U.S. Highway 99, it was re-signed as Interstate 5 in 1964. early Friday afternoon showed crawling traffic, a stream of motorists made its way around the barriers on The Old Road, where the mud had dried and the road was passable pass·a·ble adj. 1. That can be passed, traversed, or crossed; navigable: a passable road. 2. Acceptable for general circulation: passable currency. 3. . The storm proved the first test of the hillsides burned in the fire that raged from Val Verde to Ventura County and back to Stevenson Ranch, charring vegetation that helps prevent erosion. Los Angeles County Public Works and Fire Department officials had hoped that most root structures in the mountain brush had been spared and that the area would revegetate re·veg·e·tate v. re·veg·e·tat·ed, re·veg·e·tat·ing, re·veg·e·tates v.tr. To cause (eroded land, for example) to bear a new cover of vegetation. v.intr. swiftly. For the most part, that held true, except for the slide on The Old Road and one that poured mud and water into a drainage area nearby at Pico Canyon Road and Stevenson Ranch Parkway. ``It filled with 20 feet of mud and water,'' fire Capt. Leonard Miller said Friday. ``We're going to have to get crews out there to clean it up.'' More rain is expected early next week, according to the National Weather Service. Today's forecast calls for mostly sunny skies, with highs in the 50s, giving away to cloudy skies by evening, with overnight lows in the 30s. Sunday will be partly cloudy with highs in the 50s and a 30 percent chance of rain by evening. Rain is likely Monday with more chilly temperatures. The chance of rain is expected to diminish to 20 percent early in the week, then give way to sunny skies New Year's Day New Year's Day, among ancient peoples the first day of the year frequently corresponded to the vernal or autumnal equinox, or to the summer or winter solstice. In the Middle Ages it was celebrated among Christians usually on Mar. 25. , with high temperatures in the mid-50s to lower 60s. Patricia Farrell Aidem, (661) 257-5251 pat.aidem(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) On Valley of the Falls Drive, a San Bernardino County firefighter bulldozes away mud from Christmas flooding. Al Cuizon/Staff Photographer |
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