ANTELOPE VALLEY: BRIEFLY : WEED-WHACKER CITED IN START OF 90-ACRE FIRE.ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST The Angeles National Forest (ANF) was established by executive order on December 20, 1892 as the San Gabriel Timberland Reserve. It covers over 2,600 km² (650,000 acres) and is located in the San Gabriel Mountains of Los Angeles County, just north of the metropolitan area of Los - A person operating a weed-whacker on a Bouquet Canyon Road ranch was blamed for sparking a wildfire that 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. 90 acres of brush, officials said Tuesday. The blaze, which started about 3:30 p.m. Monday and was controlled by 9 p.m., was the largest so far in the Angeles National Forest this fire season, which has started earlier than usual. SOURCE: Daily News Quartz Hill High to host parent night QUARTZ HILL - Parents of private school eighth-graders who plan to attend Quartz Hill High School Quartz Hill High School is a public, co-educational high school located in Lancaster, California. Founded in 1964, it is the third oldest comprehensive high school in the Antelope Valley High School District (AVHSD). next fall should attend a parent information night June 6 at the campus, 6040 W. Ave. L, school officials said. The meeting will start at 6:30 p.m. in the school's small gymnasium. Parents who cannot attend the June 6 meeting should call the school counseling office after Aug. 2 for registration information. A counselor will register children in an individual appointment Aug. 14 through 20. SOURCE: Daily News Man held after van crashes, injures teen CASTAIC - A Long Beach man was in custody Tuesday on suspicion of drunk driving after his van went out of control and crashed, seriously injuring a teen-age passenger, officials said. Juan Cortez, 38, was driving south on 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. on Monday night when a rear tire lost tread, causing the van to go up a dirt hillside and overturn, said California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. Officer Wendy Moore. Passenger George Ayala, 17, of Lindsay, who was not wearing a seat belt, was thrown out of the van, and taken to Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital for treatment of major injuries, she said. Cortez was arrested after being treated at the hospital for minor injuries and released, Moore said. He was being held in 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. sheriff's station jail. SOURCE: Daily News |
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