AND THE RAIN CAME DOWN...\5-auto crash jams commute.Byline: R.A. Hutchinson Daily News Staff Writer A five-vehicle crash on the drenched drench tr.v. drenched, drench·ing, drench·es 1. To wet through and through; soak. 2. To administer a large oral dose of liquid medicine to (an animal). 3. Ventura Freeway The Ventura Freeway is a freeway in southern California running from Ventura to Pasadena. It is the principal east-west route through Ventura County and in the southern San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County. injured two people and stalled traffic Wednesday morning near Agoura Hills, but heavy rain that had been expected throughout the day bypassed the region. "The 'Pineapple Connection' has shifted to the south of us, hitting Orange and San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. counties. The threat has passed," said John Weikel, an engineer with Ventura County Flood Control. In Oxnard at the National Weather Service, spokesman Eugene Van Cor said the forecast is for cool, partly cloudy Partly Cloudy is an industrial band based in Hollywood, California. Band members
v. dwin·dled, dwin·dling, dwin·dles v.intr. To become gradually less until little remains. v.tr. To cause to dwindle. See Synonyms at decrease. chances of rain. "(Today) will be the start of a recovery," Van Cor said. Before the weather system diverted to the south, enough rain fell this week to push totals to nearly normal for the season thus far. At the Ventura County Government Center, rainfall for the season that started Oct. 1 totaled 10.24 inches as of 8 a.m. Wednesday, just shy of the normal reading of 10.85 inches. Although the heaviest portion of the storm shifted south, fender benders and flood watches persisted Wednesday in Ventura and 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. counties. In western Ventura County, about half a dozen residents in the beach community of La Conchita heeded sheriff's warnings and spent Tuesday night away from their homes. Mud as deep as 12 inches flowed through some streets. Senior Deputy Chuck Buttell of the Ventura County Sheriff's Department The Ventura County Sheriff's Department (VCSD) provides law enforcement for the unincorporated areas of Ventura County, California, USA, as well as several cities within the county. The cities that VCSD serves are Camarillo, Fillmore, Moorpark, Ojai, and Thousand Oaks. said the warnings related only to mud flows and not to the potential for a major mudslide like the one that destroyed seven homes and damaged three others a year ago. "We used sandbags sandbags small sacks containing sand used to support an anesthetized animal in dorsal recumbency and prevent it from rolling sideways during anesthesia or surgery. and barricades to direct the mud where we wanted it to go. . . . We brought in heavy equipment (on Wednesday) and removed it," Buttell said. In the collision near Agoura Hills, the driver of a Camaro lost control of the car and it slid into the path of a garbage truck on the eastbound Ventura Freeway, west of Las Virgenes Road, Officer Dwight MacDonald Dwight Macdonald (1906-1982) was an American writer, editor, social critic, philosopher, and political radical. Macdonald was born in New York City and was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy and Yale University. of the California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. said. He said three other vehicles also were involved in the collision, which caused minor injuries to three people, at about 9 a.m. Wednesday. As a result of the crash, the garbage truck for Foothill Waste swerved off the roadway, sprang a leak and spilled about 35 gallons of nontoxic hydraulic fluid hydraulic fluid toxic because of its high content of industrial triaryl phosphate. , McDonald said. It took officials about an hour to clear the freeway and clean up the fluid spill. A hospital spokeswoman at Westlake Medical Center said the driver of the Camaro, 27-year-old Camila Cox of Calabasas, was treated and released. Also was treated and released was Berny Lauw, 40, of Chino Chino (chē`nō), city (1990 pop. 59,682), San Bernardino co., S Calif.; founded 1887, inc. 1910. It is the business and processing center of a diversified farming (notably dairying) area. Hills, who was driving a Honda Accord that was struck by the Camaro and the garbage truck. The driver of the truck, Rafael Lopez, 30, of Sun Valley was not injured, nor was Fred Gessler, 27, of Newbury Park. Gessler was driving a Chevy tow truck involved in the collision. MacDonald said Richard Schaub, 31, of Ventura, was driving a Jeep Cherokee that became involved in the accident, and he complained of neck and back pain after the accident. According to the county flood control office, rain totals in the county for the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Wednesday ranged from 2.6 inches in Fillmore to 1.14 inches in Port Hueneme. Rainfall for the period totaled 1.74 inches in Simi Valley and 1.49 inches in Thousand Oaks. About 1.98 inches of rain fell at the Ventura County Government Center. CAPTION(S): PHOTO Photo (1--Color only in Conejo edition) County worker John Lagomarsino stands in a sink hole that he is helping to fill Wednesday beside the Arroyo Conejo channel in Thousand Oaks. (2--Color) Shoppers at The Oaks mall in Thousand Oaks walk past a puddle reflecting an oak tree during a pause in rain Wednesday. (3--Conejo edition only--Color) Water-loving Labrador retrievers look out at a wet world from a snug camper Wednesday at Conejo Valley Park. Michael Owen Baker/Daily News (4--Conejo edition only--Color) Eastbound traffic stops Wednesday on the Ventura Freeway after a collision near Las Virgenes Road. (5--Conejo edition only) The driver walks away from a waste truck that crashed after a car slid into its path Wednesday on the Ventura Freeway near Agoura Hills. Tina Gerson/Daily News |
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