BRIEFLY CAR CRASH SPARKS FIRE IN MOUNTAINS.MOJAVE - Kern County firefighters battled a brush fire that started on the eastern slopes of the Tehachapi Mountains Te·hach·a·pi Mountains A range of southern California extending from east to west between the Sierra Nevada and the Coast Ranges north of Los Angeles. after a car hit a utility pole A utility pole, telegraph pole, telephone pole, power pole, or telegraph post is a post or pole upon which telecommunication network equipment is situated. . In just over an hour Friday afternoon, the fire had blackened black·en v. black·ened, black·en·ing, black·ens v.tr. 1. To make black. 2. To sully or defame: a scandal that blackened the mayor's name. 3. more than 100 acres, fire officials said. Officials said power lines were downed across the intersection at Oak Creek Oak Creek, city (1990 pop. 19,513), Milwaukee co., SE Wis., a suburb of Milwaukee, on Lake Michigan; inc. 1955. Electronic, plastic, paper, metal, and concrete products; machinery; computers; chemicals; and transportation equipment are made there. and Tehachapi-Willow Springs roads but could not be sure whether the downed power lines started the fire or the crash itself. The 2:15 p.m. crash sparked two fires, about 200 yards apart. One burned through brush toward the tops of a group of small mountains, officials said. One fire was extinguished within minutes but terrain and heavy brush hampered the control of the other, officials said. Officials were not sure what caused the crash and did not immediately know whether anyone was seriously injured. - Daily News Retirement party to benefit center LANCASTER - A retirement dinner for outgoing City Manager Jim Gilley will benefit Grace Resource Center and an Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley United Way program. The dinner will be held June 29 at Park Plaza, 44916 10th St. W. The social hour will begin at 6 p.m. and the dinner at 7:30 p.m. Dress is business casual, organizers said. The cost is $25 a person. For information on the dinner and how to make donations, call (661) 723-6133. - Daily News Democratic Club to hold meeting LANCASTER - Democratic Club of the High Desert will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Antelope Valley Allied Arts Association's Cedar Centre, 44857 Cedar Ave. Subjects to be discussed include ``three strikes, you're out'' law reform, state union contracts, United Farm Workers The United Farm Workers of America (UFW) is a labor union that evolved from unions founded in 1962 by César Chávez, Philip Vera Cruz, Dolores Huerta, and Larry Itliong. This union changed from a workers' rights organization that helped workers get unemployment insurance to that of negotiations with Gallo, stem-cell research Noun 1. stem-cell research - research on stem cells and their use in medicine biological research - scientific research conducted by biologists embryonic stem-cell research - biological research on stem cells derived from embryos and on their use in medicine , veterans issues, voter registration efforts and upcoming club and candidate fund-raisers. Democratic candidates for federal and state offices have been invited to attend. The meeting is open to people who are registered Democrats or who are considering registering as Democrats. For more information, contact club President Lynda von Husen at (661) 266-2720 or by e-mail to lyndavon(at)pacbell.net. - Daily News |
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