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Council voting results final

SANTA CLARITA - Results of the April 11 Santa Clarita City Council are official, with incumbents Marsha McLean, Frank Ferry and Laurene Weste retaining their seats, according to a final count issued Tuesday.

Just 11,982 - 15 percent - of the city's 79,000 registered voters went to the polls.

I-5 lanes to be shut down today

ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST - Caltrans will shut down up to three northbound lanes of Interstate 5 for most of today near Pyramid Lake to repair storm damage. Motorists are advised to expect delays.

The closure is scheduled, weather permitting, from 3 a.m. to 3 p.m. along a two-mile stretch from Vista Del Lago Road to Smokey Bear Road, said Jeanne Bonfilio, a state Department of Transportation spokeswoman.

Three lanes will be closed until 11 a.m., then two lanes will be shut down for the rest of the period. Caltrans advises motorists to expect delays up to 30 minutes.

Woman injured by carjacker

STEVENSON RANCH - A Castaic woman suffered minor injuries shortly before noon Tuesday when she tried to stop a man stealing her car from a Stevenson Ranch parking lot.

The woman told sheriff's investigators she left her keys on a counter inside the McDonald's in Wal-Mart and as she was sitting in the restaurant heard her car alarm sound. She saw a man getting into her 2004 black Honda Civic and ran to the parking lot to try to stop him, according to a sheriff's report.

She grabbed the door handle and was dragged a short distance until she lost her grip. The man drove toward The Old Road and out of sight. He was described as Latino, in his mid 20s and with short hair and a teardrop tattoo near his right eye.

Officials to meet over annexation

CANYON COUNTRY - Santa Clarita city officials will host a community meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday to discuss the proposed annexation of the Stonecrest neighborhood. The meeting will be held at Pinetree Community School, 29156 Lotusgarden Drive, Canyon Country.

Annexing Stonecrest would be a boon to the city because the tract is the nearest to the planned Cemex sand and gravel mine, a project the city has spent $5.5 million battling.Two Canyon Country men have been distributing dueling literature - one extolling the virtues of city government, the other urging residents to force the decision about annexation to a vote.

Stonecrest residents who oppose the annexation or who want it put to a vote will have more than 90 days to file protests with the Local Agency Formation Commission. A LAFCO hearing on the matter is set for June 28 in Los Angeles.

Bank announces record growth

SANTA PAULA - Santa Clara Valley Bank boasted record growth Tuesday in announcing its first-quarter results and credited $9 million in deposits in its new Valencia branch for the surge.

During the quarter, which ended March 31, deposits increased $9.4 million or 14 percent, while loans increased $7.3 million or 17 percent. Assets increased by $10.4 million or 14 percent, ending the period at $85.2 million.

Net profit for the quarter was $48,887 or 5 cents per share, less than half the earnings for the same period in 2005. The bank blamed the decrease on the costs of opening the Valencia branch, among other factors.

At the end of the quarter, assets totaled $85.2 million, a 23 percent increase over last year.

Vets to receive care packages

VALENCIA - Some 250 volunteers will pack 2,000 boxes of food Saturday in a Valencia warehouse for poor and disabled veterans, under a program sponsored by a housing agency and an insurance group.

The work will be done from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at GG Industries, 28545 Livingston Ave., in the Valencia Commerce Center.

The program is coordinated by L.A. Family Housing and Hoffman Brown Co. to benefit the poor in the San Fernando Valley and disabled veterans treated at the Sepulveda and West Los Angeles Veterans Administration hospitals.

For information, call Marianne Evans at [phone].

- Daily News