BRIEFLY PROTESTERS PICKET SUNSHINE LANDFILL.GRANADA HILLS - More than 50 residents picketed Saturday at the front gate of the Sunshine Canyon Landfill, protesting the removal of the third senior county inspector since the Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. voted to reopen the site in December 1999, organizers said.
The residents marched from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. to raise concern over the inspector's removal, which they claim could result in a lack of experienced oversight at the facility, said organizer Esther Simmons who lives in Granada Hills. County officials were not immediately available for comment. Police officials said the protest was orderly and that no arrests were made. - Daily News Falling power pole backs up freeway LA CRESCENTA - All lanes of the Foothill Freeway were closed for more than an hour Saturday afternoon because a power pole was about to fall across the freeway, a California Highway Patrol officer said. All lanes between Pennsylvania Avenue and Angeles Crest Highway The Angeles Crest Highway is a two-lane (one lane of travel in each direction) segment of California State Route 2 in the United States. The road is 66 miles in length, with its western terminus at the intersection at Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada Flintridge and its eastern were closed at 3:10 p.m. until Southern California Edison Southern California Edison (or SCE Corp), the largest subsidiary of Edison International (NYSE: EIX), is the primary electricity supply company for much of Southern California. It provides 11 million people with electricity. crews secured the pole, said CHP Officer Charles Blair. - City News Service 640-pound porker porker the class of pig judged to be most suitable for conversion to pork. The target age and weight vary too much between localities to make a general statement worthwhile. caught after stroll CANYON COUNTRY - A 640-pound pig escaped harm early Saturday morning after motorists reported the errant animal wandering along the Antelope Valley Freeway The Antelope Valley Freeway is a freeway in Los Angeles and Kern counties in southern California. It is signed as California State Highway 14 along its length. It connects Greater Los Angeles to the rapidly developing Antelope Valley. , authorities said. Just before 2 a.m., California Highway Patrol officers were able to corral the white, pink and gray animal from the northbound lanes near Placerita Canyon, using patrol cars to form a makeshift pig pen. According to the CHP, the animal's owner said it dug a hole under a fence at a Santa Clarita home and escaped. - Daily News Earlier sex attack by driver alleged A Metropolitan Transit Authority bus driver facing charges of sexually assaulting a passenger was previously found liable in a civil case alleging a similar attack 15 years ago, court records show. Leonard Howell, 56, of Pomona is scheduled to go on trial Monday after pleading not guilty to sexual assault charges. The MTA cannot comment on why Howell was allowed to keep his job after the 1991 case because the agency is barred by law from discussing personnel matters, spokesman Ed Scannell said. However, Howell has been suspended without pay pending resolution of the current criminal case, he said. - Associated Press Grand jury indicts 13 gang members SANTA ROSA - A federal grand jury has indicted INDICTED, practice. When a man is accused by a bill of indictment preferred by a grand jury, he is said to be indicted. 13 members of the Nuestra Familia prison gang, accusing the leaders of orchestrating killings and other crimes as inmates at Pelican Bay State Prison Pelican Bay State Prison is a California State Prison that houses some of California's most dangerous inmates. The prison is a "supermax" facility located in the northwestern part of the state near Crescent City, Del Norte County, on 275 acres (1.1 km²). , police said Saturday. The indictments were unsealed Friday, and all 13 people accused of crimes are now behind bars, according to the Santa Rosa Police Department. - Associated Press Car hits Marine on foot on freeway SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO San Juan Capistrano (săn wän kăpĭsträ`nō), city (1990 pop. 26,183), Orange co., S Calif.; inc. 1961. San Juan Capistrano has some manufactures, including aircraft parts, medical apparatus, and boats, but the economy is - A Marine was fatally hit by a car early Saturday while walking on the southbound 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. , a California Highway Patrol dispatcher said. The 23-year-old stationed at Camp Pendleton, who was not immediately identified, was in the number two lane at the San Joaquin Hills The San Joaquin Hills are a set of low hills in coastal Orange County, California. The hills extend in a northwest-southeast direction, starting in the northwest in Newport Beach at the southern edge of the Los Angeles Basin, and extending southeast to San Juan Capistrano. Transportation Corridor when he was hit shortly before 4 a.m. by a blue 2000 Ford Mustang going about 65 mph, CHP Dispatcher Mike Sheldon said. - City News Service |
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