BRIEFLY : CATTLE TAKE MORNING RUN ALONG THE 101.AGOURA HILLS - First there was the famous annual running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain, then a little-known event in Nevada this month. Not to be outdone out·do tr.v. out·did , out·done , out·do·ing, out·does To do more or better than in performance or action. See Synonyms at excel. , six head of cattle staged their own impromptu run down the Ventura Freeway The Ventura Freeway is a freeway in southern California running from Ventura to Pasadena. It is the principal east-west route through Ventura County and in the southern San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County. in Agoura Hills on Saturday morning. In keeping with the auto culture of 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, , it was cars running along with the cattle at 7:30 a.m. on the freeway. Officials at the Lost Hills sheriff's station said the cattle - they were unsure if they were steers or cows - got loose from the Old Agoura Ranch and ran along with westbound traffic on the 101 Freeway near Chesebro Road. Authorities said the cattle were corralled and returned to their owners within 15 minutes. There were no injuries to people or cattle. - Daily News San Diego Freeway The San Diego Freeway (Interstate 405, and the part of Interstate 5 south of the El Toro Y[1]) is one of the principal north-south highways in Southern California, and the major beltway of I-5 running through Southern California. crash injures three NORTH HILLS - A man and a woman suffered serious injuries Saturday when they were trapped in a car after a multi-vehicle crash on the San Diego Freeway, a 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 fire spokesman said. The incident happened about 4:20 p.m. on the northbound freeway, north of the Nordhoff Street exit, said Fire Department spokesman Brian Humphrey. The victims appeared to be in their 20s, he said. Firefighters using special equipment took about 10 minutes to free the two from the badly damaged vehicle. A 25-year-old woman in a second car suffered minor injuries and complained of neck and back discomfort, Humphrey said. The crash briefly closed four northbound freeway lanes, with only the car-pool lane open. - City News Service Federal official OKs MTA (1) (Message Transfer Agent or Mail Transfer Agent) The store and forward part of a messaging system. See messaging system. (2) See M Technology Association. 1. (messaging) MTA - Message Transfer Agent. recovery plan LOS ANGELES - A top federal transportation official has approved the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's financial recovery plan, but he urged Congress to closely monitor the troubled agency to ensure that it allocates money to complete existing projects. Kenneth Mead, inspector general of the U.S. Department of Transportation, said the county's transit agency still faces ``major risks'' from financial uncertainties and recommended that lawmakers make sure sufficient funds are allocated to complete a subway to North Hollywood and implement court-ordered bus system improvements. Although the MTA still faces a projected $660 million shortfall in the next few years, MTA Chief Executive Officer Julian Burke said a new, multiyear federal transportation funding bill should reduce it by a ``substantial amount.'' The Inspector General's Office becomes the third federal agency - after the Federal Transit Administration The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is an agency within the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) that provides financial and technical assistance to local public transit systems. The FTA is one of eleven modal administrations within the DOT. and the General Accounting Office - to complete its review of the MTA's recovery plan. - Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. |
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