BATTERED SOUTHLAND CLEANS UP.Byline: Eric Moses Daily News Staff Writer As the Southland dried off from the season's fiercest storm Wednesday, wayward seals and sea lions sought refuge on beaches and cleanup crews raced to clear mud and trees before more wet weather arrives tonight. Forecasters said there's a 30 percent chance of showers in 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. and Ventura counties this afternoon, increasing to 60 percent Friday. As much as an inch could fall in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. , with up to four inches in Ventura. Skies will clear briefly Saturday, but another storm is expected late Saturday or Sunday morning Sunday Morning may refer to:
``The rainfall is expected to be less than the previous storm but still may be heavy at times,'' said Stuart Seto, a weather specialist with the National Weather Service. ``These things "These Things" is an EP by She Wants Revenge, released in 2005 by Perfect Kiss, a subsidiary of Geffen Records. Music Video The music video stars Shirley Manson, lead singer of the band Garbage. Track Listing 1. "These Things [Radio Edit]" - 3:17 2. are moving really fast so the timing may change a little bit.'' The brief respite from El Nino-powered rainfall gave Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, just enough time to take inventory of serious damage wrought by Tuesday's storm. Gov. Pete Wilson For others named Pete Wilson, see . 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The closed sections of Burbank Boulevard and Woodley Avenue in the Sepulveda Basin were reopened. The three golf courses nearby remained closed. City Recreation and Parks Department officials could reopen nine holes at the Encino Golf Course this weekend if silt can be removed from them. Most roads had reopened in Ventura County by the end of Wednesday. A section of the Ronald Reagan Freeway, between Somis Road and Tierra Rejada Road, remained closed as Caltrans engineers checked the stability of the road where rushing water had washed away soil supporting the highway. Metrolink service from downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or to Camarillo and Oxnard was scheduled to resume this morning after Union Pacific crews replaced the rock ballast that had been washed away under a section of track between the two cities. In the San Fernando Valley, 21 parks facilities had roof leaks or trouble with flooding. Crews fixed those problems, and pumped the rainwater out of the Bernardi Senior Center basement, which flooded when a plastic tarp blew off the roof and a sump pump failed to operate when the power went out. However, George Stigile, who is in charge of emergency preparedness for the parks department, said his crews reacted quickly and were able to limit the damage. ``We were really prepared, and we took advantage of the really good weather reporting,'' he said. City and county agencies were instructed last fall to prepare for the El Nino weather effect and the possibility that rainstorms would bombard bom·bard tr.v. bom·bard·ed, bom·bard·ing, bom·bards 1. To attack with bombs, shells, or missiles. 2. To assail persistently, as with requests. See Synonyms at attack, barrage2. 3. the Southland this winter. Being prepared Storm drains, catch basins and flood channels, including the Tujunga Wash Tujunga Wash is a stream in Los Angeles County, California. It is a tributary of the Los Angeles River, providing about a fifth of its flow, and drains about 225 square miles. , were cleared of debris to allow for the unimpeded unimpeded Adjective not stopped or disrupted by anything Adj. 1. unimpeded - not slowed or prevented; "a time of unimpeded growth"; "an unimpeded sweep of meadows and hills afforded a peaceful setting" flow of water through the thousands of miles of channels to the ocean. ``That paid off well because we didn't get the calls that you typically get, like, `We lost all our yard furniture,' '' said Ellis Stanley, who is in charge of the city's emergency preparedness division in the City Administrative Office. Many residents also appeared to heed the city's advice and cleared gutters and stocked up on 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. to prevent flooding in their homes. ``Had citizens not done what they were instructed to and city departments didn't get out there we would've had other problems than what we were wrestling with,'' Stanley said. Sea lions take naps By Wednesday morning, dozens of sea animals tired from battling the massive waves that pelted the coastline took shelter on beaches from Ventura County to Malibu to the South Bay. Breakers between 8 and 15 feet continued to pound the shores Wednesday. Beachgoers were told to stay away from the seals and sea lions and not to feed them. Officials also warned that it is illegal to interfere with the normal behavior of the federally protected marine mammals marine mammals mammals inhabiting the sea; generally taken to include the cetaceans (whales, porpoise, dolphin), the sirenians (sea-cows, including manatees and dugong) and the pinnipeds (the carnivores of the group, seals, sealions, walruses). . Animal control officials were instructed to take the sickest animals to the Marine Mammal Care Center at Fort MacArthur, but only if they had been onshore for 48 hours. Veterinarians Veterinarians and veterinary surgeons (vets) are medical professionals who operate exclusively on animals. Well-known and notable veterinarians include:
``We want to leave the pups on the beach till after these storms subside to give them a chance to swim back out to sea,'' said Jackie Ott, director of the San Pedro animal hospital. Ventura County crews worked furiously to clean up damage, and county officials were happy to learn that state and federal aid could soon be on the way. The governor's disaster-area declaration will allow Ventura and nine Northern and Central California counties to recover overtime, supplies and other costs from disaster relief efforts, officials said. Flooding hit the first harvests of strawberries and damaged other low-lying row crops in Ventura County, the county agricultural commissioner said. Damage to celery, broccoli, cauliflower cauliflower (kô`lĭflou'ər, käl`ĭ–), variety of cabbage, with an edible head of condensed flowers and flower stems. Broccoli is the horticultural variety (botrytis); both were cultivated in Roman times. and sod was estimated at $2 million collectively. Since most such crops are located in the rich-soil fields of the Oxnard Plain, the heavy rains had the largest effect on farms in the western part of the county. Daily News Staff Writers Paul Hefner and Sonia Giordani contributed to this story. CAPTION(S): 4 Photos, box PHOTO (1 -- color) Pedestrians near Ventura Harbor find their path blocked Wednesday after storm runoff washed out a slab of sidewalk. Michael Owen Baker/Daily News (2 -- color) Janice Sandoval looks at the deluge of mud that slid into her back yard on Floral Drive in Ventura during Tuesday's torrential rains. Tina Gerson/Daily News (3 -- color) Driftwood and debris lie strewn strew tr.v. strewed, strewn or strewed, strew·ing, strews 1. To spread here and there; scatter: strewing flowers down the aisle. 2. about the beach in Ventura on Wednesday, showing the force of rain, wind and waves the day before. Tina Gerson/Daily News (4 -- color) A city street sweeper cleans silt off Burbank Boulevard near the Sepulveda Dam on Wednesday. David Sprague/Daily News Box: L.A. Rainfall |
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