BRIEFLY ACTIVIST VISITED BY ACTOR BEGLEY.SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, - Actor-activist Ed Begley Jr. overcame his fear of heights and shimmied up an old oak tree on Saturday as part of an effort to keep it from being moved to make way for a road-widening project. Begley joined John Quigley John B. Quigley is a professor of law at the Moritz College of Law at the Ohio State University, where he is the Presidents' Club Professor of Law. In 1995 he was recipient of The Ohio State University Distinguished Scholar Award. , an environmental activist who has spent the past 44 days in the branches. ``I'm not a climber,'' Begley said. ``I'm not good with heights, but it was very important, so I put that aside and just climbed on up.'' Begley hung out in the 400-year-old tree for 90 minutes. He supports asking the developer to postpone the road-widening project, possibly for years, or rerouting the road around the oak. The tree became a rallying point for Southern California environmentalists after plans were disclosed to cut it down. - Associated Press H.S. students buy toys for children NORTH HOLLYWOOD - Students from Polytechnic High School have collected more than $17,000 to use buying toys today for children 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. area. The toys will be purchased at KayBee Toy Store in North Hollywood and given to firefighters from Station 89 for distribution in the local neighborhoods, organizers said. - Daily News Blaze damages cabin; no one hurt ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST The Angeles National Forest (ANF) was established by executive order on December 20, 1892 as the San Gabriel Timberland Reserve. It covers over 2,600 km² (650,000 acres) and is located in the San Gabriel Mountains of Los Angeles County, just north of the metropolitan area of Los - A late-night fire in the Angeles National Forest just north of La Canada Flintridge destroyed a cabin, but firefighters extinguished the blaze without any injuries, officials said Saturday. The blaze broke out shortly after 9 p.m. Friday at 2143 Stonyvale Road, said Los Angeles County fire dispatcher Ed Pickett. About 75 firefighters put out the fire about midnight, Pickett said. - City News Service Web site offers info on transfers People who want to see how many students are transferring from community colleges to four-year universities now have a new tool: a Web site from the California Postsecondary Education Commission. The new information can be found at www.cpec.ca.gov/onlinedata/transferpathwayLine is overdrawn o·ver·draw v. o·ver·drew , o·ver·drawn , o·ver·draw·ing, o·ver·draws v.tr. 1. To draw against (a bank account) in excess of credit. 2. .asp. - Daily News Museums to get Warhol grants Two Southern California museums will soon receive grants from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, it was announced this week. The foundation awarded $70,000 to the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles and $60,000 to the Museum of Jurassic Technology The Museum of Jurassic Technology is a museum located at 9341 Venice Boulevard, in the Palms district of Los Angeles, California, USA. It has a Culver City address (zip code 90232). It was founded by David and Diana Wilson in 1989. in Culver City as part of a $1.3 million outlay. - City News Service Ex-coach in jail for sex with minor VENTURA - A former high school wrestling coach has been sentenced to a year in jail for having sex with a 14-year-old student he eventually married. Andrew Fonseca, 23, also was sentenced to four years' probation and ordered to register as a sex offender sex offender n. generic term for all persons convicted of crimes involving sex, including rape, molestation, sexual harassment and pornography production or distribution. . During Friday's hearing, the girl's mother asked Judge Kevin McGee for leniency le·ni·en·cy n. pl. le·ni·en·cies 1. The condition or quality of being lenient. See Synonyms at mercy. 2. A lenient act. Noun 1. . ``Andrew is living at our house, married to our daughter, and he works and supports her,'' the mother said. ``It's been the best thing that ever happened to her.'' The couple married in September, two months after the former Moorpark High School Moorpark High School, located in Moorpark, California, is a public high school in the Moorpark Unified School District and currently has an enrollment of 2,478 students.[1] volunteer coach pleaded guilty to three felonies involving the girl, who is now 15. - Associated Press |
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