ANTELOPE VALLEY: BRIEFLY : SUSPICIOUS BOX HELD CLOTHES, DEPUTIES FIND.LAKE 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. - A woman who left a box of clothing for her incarcerated incarcerated /in·car·cer·at·ed/ (in-kahr´ser-at?ed) imprisoned; constricted; subjected to incarceration. in·car·cer·at·ed adj. Confined or trapped, as a hernia. boyfriend alarmed sheriff's deputies who feared the package might contain a bomb. Deputies said the box left outside the Lake Los Angeles sheriff's substation bore a note that deputies described as threatening, though they would not reveal the wording. ``The note gave rise to the deputies who read it,'' said Sgt. Pat Hunter. ``It did not have his name on it.'' The box was cautiously opened by arson-explosives deputies, who discovered it contained clothing. ?13Daily News 20 fire crews confront swift-moving blaze QUARTZ HILL - More than 20 fire units battled a fast-moving grass fire that broke out around 6 p.m. Tuesday near 70th Street West and Avenue K-4. No word was immediately available on what might have started the fire, which blackened black·en v. black·ened, black·en·ing, black·ens v.tr. 1. To make black. 2. To sully or defame: a scandal that blackened the mayor's name. 3. 75 acres in 15 minutes. Firefighters said the fire, pushed by stiff breezes, initially threatened no homes. Ash was reported falling as far away as Sierra Highway Sierra Highway is a road in Southern California, United States. It runs from Tunnel Station near the north limit of the City of Los Angeles, where it intersects with San Fernando Road and Foothill Boulevard, as well as Interstate 5, and continues north to Mojave, mostly paralleling , some six miles east, as the flames sent up a pall of smoke over the central Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley . Sheriff's deputies blocked several roads around the fire. ?13Daily News Public's help sought in hit-and-run incident PALMDALE - Sheriff's officials are asking for the public's help in identifying and locating a motorist who hit a bicyclist and then fled. The bicyclist, who suffered minor injuries, was hit from the rear at 7:05 p.m. April 30 on Avenue R-12 west of 50th Street East, officials said. The vehicle is described as possibly being a red 1985 to 1988 Ford Escort Over the years, the name 'Ford Escort' has been used for several models. For more information, see:
Ford Motor Company 4-door or a station wagon with a license plate similar to 2JY487. Anyone with information is asked to call Deputy Mike Redding Redding, city (1990 pop. 66,462), seat of Shasta co., N central Calif., on the Sacramento River; inc. 1872. A principal tourist center for a mountain and lake region, it also has lumbering, food-processing, and diverse manufacturing. at the Palmdale sheriff's station at (805) 267-4350. ?13Daily News Kern Kern, river, 155 mi (249 km) long, rising in the S Sierra Nevada Mts., E Calif., and flowing south, then southwest to a reservoir in the extreme southern part of the San Joaquin valley. The river has Isabella Dam as its chief facility. County agency investigating death MOJAVE - Kern County sheriff's officials are investigating the death of a transient who was found early Monday. The man, who has not been identified, was found in the desert about 5:42 a.m. Monday approximately one-half block south of Highway 14. He was found by a Los Angeles Department of Water and Power The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) is the largest municipal utility in the United States, serving 3.9 million residents in 2006. It was founded in 1902 to deliver water and electricity supplies to residents and businesses in Los Angeles. employee, officials said. Officials say the death is suspicious but would not elaborate. ?13Daily News Kern County officials to hold road meeting TEHACHAPI - An update on a ``wish list'' of highway and traffic improvements will be presented at the May 14 meeting of the East Kern Alliance. Representatives of the Kern Council of Governments will discuss responses to suggestions presented at an alliance meeting in October. The meeting, open to the public, will be held in the Summit Dining Hall, on Tehachapi Boulevard at Highway 58 east of Tehachapi. A no-host chicken dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. and the meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m. For information and reservations, call alliance President Bill Deaver at (805) 824-8417 or e-mail to wdeaverhughes.net. ?13Daily News |
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