CITY TRASH TRUCK DELIVERS SOME.Byline: Jesse Hiestand Daily News Staff Writer An overstuffed o·ver·stuff tr.v. o·ver·stuffed, o·ver·stuff·ing, over·stuffs 1. To stuff too much into: overstuff a suitcase. 2. To upholster (an armchair, for example) deeply and thickly. trash truck dumped a 5-foot high pile of recyclables in the middle of a residential street Monday, bewildering be·wil·der tr.v. be·wil·dered, be·wil·der·ing, be·wil·ders 1. To confuse or befuddle, especially with numerous conflicting situations, objects, or statements. See Synonyms at puzzle. 2. passing motorists and angering some neighbors. The Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Bureau of Sanitation truck lost roughly a third of its load about 3 p.m. in the 11200 block of Ruffner Avenue, said Conley Abrams, whose home was directly across from the trash. ``The latch just popped on the truck, and it started spilling onto the street,'' said Abrams, 43, a music producer who made the best of the situation by climbing into the pile to pose for a picture of himself and a friend reading scraps of newspaper. ``(The driver) had to keep opening and closing, opening and closing (the door) until it was latched so he could drive away,'' Abrams said. Sanitation officials could not be reached for comment Monday, but city crews cleaned up the 2-ton mess by about 6:30 p.m., Abrams said. Residents had worried that wind would scatter the tattered tat·tered adj. 1. Torn into shreds; ragged. 2. Having ragged clothes; dressed in tatters. 3. a. Shabby or dilapidated. b. Disordered or disrupted. newsprint newsprint low grade paper used for newspapers. Old newspapers are fed to cattle as an alternative roughage and may occasionally be ingested by dogs. Significant amounts of lead are accumulated in tissues; no cases of poisoning have been recorded in cattle, though it has been , plastic jugs and aluminum cans across front lawns, driveways and sidewalks unless the mess was cleaned up before Tuesday. ``It's more than an eyesore eye·sore n. Something, such as a distressed building, that is unpleasant or offensive to view. eyesore Noun something very ugly Noun 1. . It's a health problem no matter what type of trash it is. That kind of thing can spread all over the neighborhood,'' said Mary Horwath, 42, who lives about two blocks from the spill. CAPTION(S): photo PHOTO A Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation truck spills nearly 2 tons of recyclable trash Monday onto Ruffner Avenue in Granada Hills. Darin Pappas/Special to the Daily News |
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