ALL - WELL, MOST - IS CALM CHRISTMAS LARGELY QUIET FOR DEPUTIES.Byline: Heather MacDonald Staff Writer NEWHALL - Early on Christmas morning, nothing was stirring in 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, , not even a mouse. But just in case, the Santa Clarita sheriff's station was staffed for those few Grinches and Scrooges who had not connected with the holiday spirit. ``Christmas morning is usually quiet,'' said Deputy John Grisbach. ``People are sleeping and opening presents. How much trouble can you cause doing that?'' For a skeleton crew The term skeleton crew is used to indicate the minimum number of personnel needed to operate and maintain an item at its most simple operating requirements, such as a ship or business, during an emergency and, at the same time, to keep vital functions operating. of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County sheriff's deputies keeping an eye on the valley and dozens of other essential workers in and around Santa Clarita, Christmas was a day to be whiled away, watching movies out of the corners of their eyes, hoping they'd be able to cut out early. ``In the afternoon, it will start to get busier, as people start to look around, and say, hey, I never much liked my stupid uncle,'' Grisbach said, as he loaded up his patrol car, locking his shotgun into place. Some deputies killed time by trading each other their own version of the ``Twelve Days of Christmas'' that boasted not five golden rings but 10 burglars burgling. Grisbach patrolled several of the new home developments, watching for thieves who might grab lumber lumber, term for timber that has been cut into boards for use as a building material. The major steps in producing lumber involve logging (the felling and preparation of timber for shipment to sawmills), sawing the logs into boards, grading the boards according to or construction equipment while workers were off for the holiday. ``You won't have people breaking into homes today because everyone is home, but with all the construction, you never know,'' Grisbach said, waving to two tow-headed kids trying out their new scooters List of scooter models per manufacturer Aprilia
But it wasn't quiet for long, as several domestic disputes kept deputies busy throughout the afternoon. Around 1 p.m., Grisbach - and three other deputies - were called to an apartment in Newhall by a crying child, who told the dispatcher Software that determines what pending tasks should be done next and assigns the available resources to accomplish it. It may execute other programs or generate a list for human operators to follow. See scheduler. her father had punched her mother in the shoulder and knocked down a door. Arriving to find other deputies had already arrested the man, Grisbach spoke to the woman in Spanish - and their four children, three standing barefoot bare·foot also bare·foot·ed adv. & adj. With nothing on the feet: walking barefoot in the grass; a barefoot boy. in front of their scarred scar 1 n. 1. A mark left on the skin after a surface injury or wound has healed. 2. A lingering sign of damage or injury, either mental or physical: Eighth Street apartment complex. As Grisbach coaxed the woman to tell him what had happened, Deputy Jake Kuredijan passed out teddy bears to the crying children. As the woman signed a restraining order restraining order: see injunction. against her husband, she worried out loud about who would look after her children when she went to work at a factory in Valencia on Christmas night. ``There goes Christmas,'' Kuredijan said. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- 2 -- color) Los Angeles sheriff's Deputy Glen Swanson, above, fields a call to the Santa Clarita sheriff's station on Christmas Day. At left, Deputy John Grisbach responds to a domestic violence call in Newhall. Deputies patrolling the area Monday morning found little crime, although activity picked up later in the day. John Lazar/Staff Photographer |
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