BRIEFLY MAN TICKETED AFTER CATCHING RARE TROUT.CARPINTERIA - Elezar Botello's catch has him up a creek. The 40-year-old Santa Barbara Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. man was cited by authorities for allegedly pulling an endangered steelhead trout out of rain-swollen Carpinteria Creek, tossing it into a wheelbarrow and attempting to cart it off. The 7 1/4-pound, 28-inch-long fish was killed. ``I think he wanted to eat it,'' said state Department of Fish and Game Warden Wes Boyle. ``He said he was walking over a bridge, saw it in the shallows and scared it into a spot where he could grab it. ``He claimed that he didn't know the creek was closed to fishing or that the fish was endangered.'' Botello was ticketed Monday morning after game officials received a tip. He was cited for fishing without a license, fishing in closed waters and the illegal taking of a rare or endangered species endangered species, any plant or animal species whose ability to survive and reproduce has been jeopardized by human activities. In 1999 the U.S. government, in accordance with the U.S. , which is a federal crime, Boyle said. If convicted, Botello faces fines of up to $10,000 and could serve as long as a year in jail. - 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. Ventura man dies after crash on 101 VENTURA - A 50-year-old Ventura man died Wednesday in the hospital, and his son suffered injuries, after the car they were in rolled over a slight embankment on 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. near the San Jon Road on-ramp, the Ventura County Coroner's Office reported. Donald Gordon Donald Gordon is a South African businessman and philanthropist. The Royal Opera House and Wales Millennium Centre received a donation of £20 million payable over five years from the leading London based South African businessman Donald Gordon. was pronounced dead at 3 a.m. after being transported to Ventura County Medical Center Ventura County Medical Center is a hospital in the city of Ventura, California, USA. It is a 208 bed acute care hospital. The county also operates a 49 bed campus in Santa Paula. and then to Community Memorial Hospital for surgery, officials said. Jesse Gordon, 29, was taken to VCMC VCMC Ventura County Medical Center (Ventura, California) VCMC Vice Chairman for Meetings and Conferences VCMC Vestal Center Motorcycle Club (Vestal Center, New York) with a broken arm. The accident occurred at 9:50 p.m. Tuesday as they drove onto the on- ramp and the driver lost control of the vehicle, officials said. Hospital records indicated the victim had alcohol in his system and was under the influence, officials said. - Daily News College president earns top honor MOORPARK - Moorpark College Moorpark College is a California-state funded community college located on a 134 acre (542,000 m²) property reclining on a hill in Moorpark, a town in Ventura County, California. President Jim Walker has become the first Ventura County community college president to receive the top honor from the Association of California Community College Administrators. Walker received the Harry Buttimer Distinguished Administrator Award, which honors distinguished leadership and service to the college and the community, given to a top administrator from one of the 71 California community college districts or 106 community colleges. Walker received the award along with Jane Kehoe, the president and superintendent of Long Beach College, at ACCCA's recent 25th annual conference in Pasadena. - Daily News High school joins Project Clean Cut CAMARILLO - Students from Camarillo High School participated in a ``Mow-off'' on Wednesday to launch Project Clean Cut - an effort to recycle gas-powered lawn mowers believed to cause environmental pollutions. Student Body Vice President Jason Soyster won the event, Set on the campus football field, by completing a mow of the field in two 50-yard passes, faster than his three competitors. Project Clean Cut offers $100 off the purchase of a Toro Toro may refer to:
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