ASK MS. TRAFFIC\Regional hot lines help steer transit rider to information.Byline: Compiled by Virginia Gonzalez What is the correct telephone number for Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. residents to call for information about buses, trains and other transit? A telephone number advertised on buses I've seen, (800) 2LA-RIDE (252-7433), doesn't work for Ventura County. - M.D., Simi Valley Several telephone numbers are available to Simi Valley residents interested in transit information, said Ray Turpin, that city's transit administrator. For Simi Valley bus transportation, call Simi Valley Transit at (805) 583-6456 or the Ventura County Transportation Commission at (800) 438-1112 for bus transit information for the entire county, Turpin said. For information about bus transportation and Metro Rail throughout 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, call the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority at (800) 266-6883. Metrolink travel information can be obtained by calling (818) 808-LINK (5465). Several large potholes on the outside southbound south·bound adj. Going toward the south. southbound Adjective going towards the south Adj. 1. lane of Chase Street between Van Nuys Boulevard and Woodman Avenue in Arleta make driving dangerous. When can they be fixed? The potholes were filled as a result of your concern, said Ernie Fortier, a supervisor in the East Valley Street Maintenance Bureau. The department plans to completely resurface re·sur·face v. re·sur·faced, re·sur·fac·ing, re·sur·fac·es v.tr. To cover with a new surface: resurfacing a road; resurfaced the floor. v.intr. this portion of Chase Street during 1997, he said. A neighbor at Rajah Street and Gavina Avenue in Sylmar runs an auto repair shop out of his garage that takes up all available curbside curb·side n. 1. The side of a pavement or street that is bordered by a curb. 2. A sidewalk. adj. Located, operating, or occurring at or along the sidewalk or curb: parking spaces, and illegally double-parks vehicles in front of his garage. I've made several unsuccessful attempts to get a representative from the city's Department of Building and Safety to visit the location. Can you have someone check this place out? It's got to be illegal. - S.G., Sylmar Sgt. Roger Gornick with the Department of Transportation's Valley Parking Enforcement Division said they checked the location and found no violations. The property's fence was covered with materials, and it appeared the tenant moved the business from his garage and street into his back yard, Gornick said. Gornick said a complaint can be registered with City Councilman Richard Alarcon at (818) 756-8409. - E.R., Van Nuys Who should I contact to report our neighbors for turning their half-acre residential properties into commercial-industrial businesses in Van Nuys by parking commercial vehicles on their properties and neighboring neigh·bor n. 1. One who lives near or next to another. 2. A person, place, or thing adjacent to or located near another. 3. A fellow human. 4. Used as a form of familiar address. v. streets? The properties are at Wish Avenue and Hart Street. The 6900 block of Wish - where a commercial vehicle and a cement cement, binding material used in construction and engineering, often called hydraulic cement, typically made by heating a mixture of limestone and clay until it almost fuses and then grinding it to a fine powder. work truck are parked; and the 17100 block of Hart Street, where plumbing plumbing, piping systems inside buildings for water supply and sewage. The Romans had a highly developed plumbing system; water was brought to Rome by aqueducts and distributed to homes in lead pipes—hence the name plumbing from the Latin word plumbum trucks are parked. Isn't there a law that prohibits this kind of nuisance nuisance, in law, an act that, without legal justification, interferes with safety, comfort, or the use of property. A private nuisance (e.g., erecting a wall that shuts off a neighbor's light) is one that affects one or a few persons, while a public nuisance (e.g. ? - C.K., Van Nuys Some commercial vehicles were seen and cited, said Sgt. Roger Gornick with the Department of Transportation's Valley Parking Enforcement Division. Those who would like to report similar problems can call the department any time at (818) 756-9418. |
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