BRIEFLY; SUPERVISOR SEEKS AHMANSON REVIEW.VENTURA - A Ventura County Supervisor on Monday called for considering further environmental review of the proposed Ahmanson Ranch development now that endangered species endangered species, any plant or animal species whose ability to survive and reproduce has been jeopardized by human activities. In 1999 the U.S. government, in accordance with the U.S. have been found on the site. Supervisor Frank Schillo said a supplemental environmental impact report would offer an opportunity to address concerns about protection of the endangered the red-legged frog Red-legged Frog is a common name for two alike kinds of frog of the west coast of North America, which are also known, in distinction from each other, as the Northern Red-legged Frog and the California Red-legged Frog. and 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. spineflower. The 3,050-home development is being planned in southeast Ventura County, and developers already have taken various steps to protect the species found at the site. - Daily News COCKFIGHT RAIDED; TWO MEN CITED SANTA PAULA Santa Paula (săn`tə pôl`ə), city (1990 pop. 25,062), Ventura co., S Calif., on the Santa Clara River in a fertile valley that yields citrus fruits, avocados, vegetables, flowers, nursery products, and walnuts; laid out 1875, inc. - About 30 dead roosters were recovered during an Easter Sunday raid The Easter Sunday Raid was an air raid carried out by the Empire of Japan on Easter Sunday, April 5, 1942 on Colombo, Ceylon, as a part of the Indian Ocean Raid. A few days later Trincomalee was also attacked. on a cockfight in an orange grove attended by nearly 200 people. There were no arrests, but 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. issued citations to Rafael Beltran, 37, of Oxnard for owning trained fighting roosters, and Fabian Avila, 20, of Los Angeles for possession of a weapon used in the illegal sport. An anonymous telephone call led to the 1 p.m. raid on the Balcom Canyon Road event, where alcohol was also being sold and men, women and children were on hand for the cockfights. ``They come, bring money, place bets,'' sheriff's Capt. Rod Thompson said. ``They come here for a nice Sunday event. There's something like this every couple of months.'' Senior Animal Control Officer Pat Bryan picked up about 15 dead roosters, but he said he left about 15 more for the ``coyotes to take care of.'' Bryan rescued four that were still alive but badly injured. Those four will be euthanized because, as trained fighters, they pose a threat to other animals, he said. - Associated Press BROCKOVICH GIVES AWARD TO REAL BOSS BEVERLY HILLS - The real Erin Brockovich will present the Muscular Dystrophy muscular dystrophy (dĭs`trōfē), any of several inherited diseases characterized by progressive wasting of the skeletal muscles. There are five main forms of the disease. Association's Humanitarian Award to her real boss, attorney Ed Masry, at a black-tie event in Beverly Hills on Saturday. The efforts of Brockovich and Masry in exposing major water pollution near Barstow are dramatized in the movie ``Erin Brockovich,'' which stars Julia Roberts and Albert Finney. Masters of ceremonies for the event at the Beverly Hilton will be Olympic gold medalists Nadia Comaneci and Bart Conner, both MDA (1) (Monochrome Display Adapter) The first IBM PC monochrome video display standard for text. Due to its lack of graphics, MDA cards were often replaced with Hercules cards, which provided both text and graphics. See PC display modes and Hercules Graphics. vice presidents. - City News Service |
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