BRIEFLY : FREEWAY CRASH HURTS DISNEYLAND VISITORS.THOUSAND OAKS Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. - Four Sunnyvale residents on the way home from a trip to Disneyland suffered injuries Thursday morning when their car crashed off 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. after the driver fell asleep at the wheel, officials said. Driver Tiehsheng Chin, 75, was admitted with a severe concussion and bruises to Los Robles Robles is a common surname in the Spanish language meaning oaks, and may refer to:
The crash occurred at 12:40 a.m. on the northbound Ventura Freeway at Hampshire Road, said California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. Officer George Myers George Myers can refer to
``It looks like the driver feel asleep, drifted off the right side of the roadway before Hampshire and went airborne 50 feet and landed down on Hampshire on the westbound lane,'' Myers said. From there, the 1989 Cadillac Coupe de Ville slid through a guard rail, where it came to a stop, he said. ``These people are lucky to be alive,'' Myers said. He said everyone was wearing a seat belt. - Daily News 18-year-old arrested in rash of burglaries 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. - An 18-year-old man was arrested Thursday at his home in the 2200 block of Callahan Avenue on suspicion of burglary, police said. Frederick Santos Pichel was booked at Ventura County jail, police said. A 16-year-old juvenile also was arrested but later released pending further investigation. For the past two months, 16 daytime residential burglaries have occurred in neighborhoods between Madera and Erringer roads, police said. Property taken in the burglaries was primarily in the form of jewelry, cash, electronic items and guns, police said. A week ago, police were able to link Pichel to at least one of those break-ins and obtained a search warrant for the homes of the suspect and the juvenile. Police found goods at Pichel's residence suspected to be stolen from the burglaries, but did not find any at the juvenile's home. - Daily News Motorist succumbs to collision injuries THOUSAND OAKS - A Thousand Oaks man died Thursday, more than a week after sustaining head injuries in a rush-hour traffic crash on the southbound Moorpark Freeway, coroner's officials said. Craig Tucker, 38, had been undergoing treatment for his injuries since June 14 at Los Robles Regional Medical Center, where he was taken after the morning crash. Officials said Tucker's Toyota Corolla The Toyota Corolla is a compact car produced by the Japanese automaker Toyota, which has become very popular throughout the world since the nameplate was first introduced in 1966. In 1997, the Corolla became the bestselling car in the world, with over 30 million sold as of 2007. veered off the road for unknown reasons and hit a van parked on the freeway shoulder just north of the Ventura Freeway. - Daily News Host homes needed for foreign students MOORPARK - A group of foreign students coming to study American life for one month need host homes in the Simi Valley and Moorpark area, according to a nonprofit organization Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. assisting with the trip. Educational Homestay Programs is asking for families, couples and single people over 25 years of age to open their homes to the high school students, who arrive on July 5. The students will studying at California Lutheran University Mission statement The University's mission statement is as follows: "California Lutheran University is a diverse, scholarly community dedicated to excellence in the liberal arts and professional studies. , and are from Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Holland, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Switzerland and Turkey. For further information, contact Patti Barale of Educational Homestay Programs at (805) 527-3629. - Daily News |
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