ESCAPE ALARM TO BE TESTED.Byline: Daily News CASTAIC - Sirens will sound Thursday along the Golden State Freeway The Golden State Freeway is a north-south freeway running through Kern County and Los Angeles County, California. Originally built as U.S. Highway 99, it was re-signed as Interstate 5 in 1964. corridor through the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. as an inmate escape alarm system is tested. 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. County sheriff's deputies will check the six alarms - three on the grounds of the Pitchess Detention Center in Castaic and three along the I-5 in the neighborhood from Castaic to Stevenson Ranch and Valencia, Deputy Mike Johnson said. ``If we have an escape, we sound the alarms along the I-5 to alert the public,'' Johnson said. ``We test the system every year.'' Over the decade since the alarm system was installed, it's been credited with capturing inmates at the jail complex - sometimes before a would-be escapee escapee A popular term for older relatives of those at risk for Huntington's disease, who didn't develop the disease. See Huntington's disease. has even left the grounds. Residents are advised to be wary of strangers near their homes when the sirens sound. Some local schools lock down until the alert expires. Testing will take place from 9:30 to 10 a.m. |
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