BRIEFLY : CARJACKERS REMOVE AN INFANT FROM AUTO.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. - A Simi Valley woman was robbed and carjacked in a residential neighborhood Tuesday night by a group of men who took her baby out of her car before driving off with the vehicle, officials said. Susan Smith for the Playboy playmate see Susan Smith Susan Smith (born September 24, 1971 as Susan Leigh Vaughan), of Union, South Carolina, was convicted July 22, 1995, of murdering her two sons, 3-year-old Michael Daniel Smith, born October 10, 1991, and 14-month-old Alexander Tyler , 36, was getting out of her car in the 600 block of Double Eagle Drive at 7:10 p.m. when she saw a dark-colored Mazda sedan filled with five men in their 20s and 30s approach and stop in front of a house, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Simi Valley Police Department The Simi Valley Police Department (SVPD) is the police department of the city of Simi Valley, California. The department currently has over 120 sworn officers, and more than 65 support personnel[1]. The department has a patrol area that covers over 39 square miles. . Two of the men went up to Smith and, armed with handguns, took her purse and her car keys from her, officials said. When she told them her infant child was still in the car, one of the suspects removed the baby. Two more men joined the group and the four drove off in Smith's car, while the fifth suspect drove off after them in the sedan. Smith's car was later found in a shopping center shopping center, a concentration of retail, service, and entertainment enterprises designed to serve the surrounding region. The modern shopping center differs from its antecedents—bazaars and marketplaces—in that the shops are usually amalgamated into at Wood Ranch Parkway and Country Club Drive. - Daily News Air bag explosives maker hit by blast MOORPARK - Special Devices Inc., manufacturer of air-bag explosives, had a small explosion Wednesday morning at the company's new Moorpark plant, officials said. The explosion rang out at 10:13 a.m. as workers loaded pyrotechnic chemicals used in air bags into the devises, but there were no injuries and no damage to the facility on White Sage Road, officials said. Ventura County Fire Department Not to be confused with Ventura Fire Department. The Ventura County Fire Department (VCFD) provides fire protection and emergency response services for the unincorporated areas of Ventura County, California, and for six other cities within the county. spokeswoman Sandi Wells said the machine was equipped with a built-in mechanism that helps contain explosions from spreading. She said inspectors spent much of the day at the facility going over current safety procedures and determining ways to keep the plant safe. - Daily News New winery uses earth-friendly ways BUELLTON - Environmental friendliness is the key at Sanford Winery's new facility, including the use of adobe bricks and recycled timbers from Oregon. ``It's very rewarding to be building from earth,'' owner Richard Sanford said. ``I'm interested in earth structures - it's appropriate technology for where we are. What you see is what it is, rather than being something different.'' Sanford purchased his 485-acre Rancho La Rinconada La Rinconada is a city located in the province of Seville, Spain. According to the 2006 census (INE), the city has a population of 33370 inhabitants. External links
Sanford and his wife, Thekla, are known for their environmental efforts, which include organic farming organic farming, the practice of raising plants—especially fruits and vegetables, but ornamentals as well—without the use of synthetic pesticides, herbicides, or fertilizers. and a conservation easement easement, in law, the right to use the land of another for a specified purpose, as distinguished from the right to possess that land. If the easement benefits the holder personally and is not associated with any land he owns, it is an easement in gross (e.g. that protects 100 acres of oaks at Rancho La Rinconada. - Associated Press Growers sign pact to protect farmland SANTA BARBARA - Three Santa Maria Valley growers have signed up for farmland security zone status, a new county program designed to protect agricultural land from development for two decades. William, Thomas and Andrew Adam were the first to sign up under the newly-adopted plan calling on them to lock up their land in agriculture and avoid development for 20 years. That's twice as long as the standard cropland crop·land n. Land that is fit or used for growing crops. protection plan now followed. In exchange, growers get an extra 35 percent property tax cut. William and Thomas Adam own 135 acres and Andrew Adam owns 320 acres west of Santa Maria. They were the only ones to apply by Friday's deadline to take advantage of the program for the next tax year. ``They're the pioneers,'' Santa Barbara County Agricultural Commissioner Bill Gillette said. ``There's not a huge response at this point because others are weighing the pluses and minuses of the 20-year commitment. We're encouraging them to take a good, hard look.'' Farmland security zones enhance the state's Williamson Act, which helps preserve farms by giving owners a tax break on their land. - Associated Press |
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