BRIEFLY WALK OF FAME SET ACROSS FROM CBS.STUDIO CITY - The Cultural Affairs Commission has approved a plan to create a walk of fame to honor people in the entertainment industry. Hundreds of granite tiles will be installed in the sidewalks along Ventura Boulevard Ventura Boulevard is one of the primary east-west thouroughfares in the San Fernando Valley; as it was originally a part of the El Camino Real (the trail between Spanish missions), Ventura Boulevard is the oldest route in the San Fernando Valley. It was also U.S. , across from the CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. Studio Center. Among the shows to be immortalized in concrete are such sitcoms as ``Leave It to Beaver Leave It To Beaver tranquil life in suburbia (1957-1963). [TV: Terrace II, 18] See : Domesticity ,'' ``Gilligan's Island,'' ``Seinfeld'' and ``Will and Grace.'' The Studio City Improvement Association is paying the $175,000 tab. Installation is expected to begin in August and be completed by fall. - Associated Press Group seeking to protect bird MALIBU - A Malibu-based nature conservancy said Friday it had applied for an emergency permit to fence off the Hollywood by the Sea beach in Ventura County, where an endangered Western snowy plover is nesting. One fence has already been built around the rare bird's nest, but the agency wants to build a second fence to keep beachgoers from scaring the snowy plover away. The snowy plover was declared endangered in March 1993. Last year, 1,379 plovers were counted in California, including 233 in Ventura County. None was reported in Los Angeles County. - City News Service Driver ends chase by surrendering A suspected car thief led police on a circuitous cir·cu·i·tous adj. Being or taking a roundabout, lengthy course: took a circuitous route to avoid the accident site. freeway and surface street chase Friday before stopping in Panorama City, getting out, lying face down and waiting to be handcuffed. The chase that began about 12:25 p.m. in the northern 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. , and included high-speed runs up and down the 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. , ended about 1:10 p.m. The stocky man, wearing a white sleeveless undershirt, black shorts and white athletic shoes, surrendered without incident. He had been driving erratically in a black, two-door Ford Explorer. - City News Service Officials identify victim of crash GLENDALE - A motorcycle rider who was killed when he collided with a car was identified Friday as Edward Indzheyan, 23, of Glendale. He was killed about 6 p.m. Thursday in the 700 block of East Windsor Road, when his eastbound Yamaha motorcycle collided with a westbound BMW BMW in full Bayerische Motoren Werke AG German automaker. Founded as an aircraft engine manufacturer in 1916, the company assumed the name Bayerische Motoren Werke and became known for its high-speed motorcycles in the 1920s. , officials said. - City News Service Blaze breaks out behind strip mall Firefighters knocked down a brush fire burning behind a Santa Clarita strip mall Friday night. Some 85 firefighters responded to the 8:57 p.m. call in the 19600 block of Burces Place, said Inspector Ed Osorio of the Los Angeles County Fire Department Not to be confused with Los Angeles Fire Department. The Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD), serves unincorporated parts of Los Angeles County, as well as 58 cities and towns that choose to have the county provide fire and EMS services, including the City of La . Crews extinguished the blaze, about one to two acres, by 9:17 p.m., he said. - Daily News |
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