BRIEFLY : BRUSH FIRE CLOSES DOWN INTERSTATE 5.All northbound lanes of Interstate 5 were closed 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. at Balboa Boulevard Saturday afternoon after a brush fire broke out nearby. Rafael Carlos, a spokesman for Caltrans, said the freeway lanes had to be closed at around 1:45 p.m. because of blowing smoke and because firefighters had to use the road to fight the flames. Several helicopters and firefighters from 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. city and county fought the blaze, said Jim Wells Jim Wells MLA (born 27 April 1957) is a politician from the Democratic Unionist Party and a deputy speaker of the Transitional Assembly (Northern Ireland). Wells is one of six Assembly members for South Down. , a spokesman for the Los Angeles City Fire Department. He said the fire started at 1:43 p.m. and was brought under control around 2:30 p.m. The freeway was reopened about a half-hour later, officials said. - Daily News Two die in Ventura County plane crash Two Huntington Beach men were killed Friday night when their plane crashed in the hills north of Emma Wood State Park between Ventura and Santa Barbara, Ventura County sheriff's officials said. Pilot Erik Marshall Lind and passenger Tyson Michael Stearns, both 18, of Huntington Beach were found Saturday morning by a Ventura County sheriff's search and rescue team. The men were flying a Cessna 152 from Hawthorne to Santa Barbara when the plane crashed in the area of Emma Wood State Beach Emma Wood State Beach is a protected beach located in the state of California. It is located north of the main city of Ventura. Although known by its camping it is probably most famous for its amazing surf. Emma Wood has a great shore break which has resulted in many surf contests. . At approximately 8 a.m. Saturday, a Ventura County helicopter and search and rescue team were sent to the Emma Wood State Park area. At 9:15 a.m. searchers discovered the Cessna 152 and the bodies of Lind and Stearns. - Daily News Father of 2 missing since Wednesday The Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . is seeking help in finding a 37-year-old man missing since just after midnight Wednesday. Juan Francisco Madrigal madrigal, name for two different forms of Italian music, one related to the poetic madrigal in the 14th cent., the other the most common form of secular vocal music in the 16th cent. Bonilla was last seen walking out of his Sherman Oaks home in the 15100 block of Dickens Street. He is married with two children, ages 12 and 16. His wife said he had been depressed. A search of the area by friends and relatives as well as an LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. Air Support Division unit failed to find him. Bonilla worked for 14 years at the Sherman Oaks newsstand and is a trainer at the Billy Blanks Tae-bo Studio. Bonilla has brown hair, brown eyes, is 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighs 150 pounds with a muscular build. Anyone with information is asked to call (818) 756-8384. - Daily News CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Bonilla |
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