LITTLE RAIN, BIG TROUBLE; STORM SNARLS ROADS, BLACKS OUT SOME AREA HOMES.Byline: Lisa Van Proyen Daily News Staff Writer Though Southland residents are expected to see clear skies Clear Skies could refer to:
v. snarled, snarl·ing, snarls v.intr. 1. To growl viciously while baring the teeth. 2. To speak angrily or threateningly. v.tr. traffic, caused scores of fender benders and knocked out power to hundreds of 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. residents, authorities said. The quick-moving Pacific storm dropped up to an inch of rain in most 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. areas - and much of the same is expected Saturday, said Rob Krohn, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Oxnard. From 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday, 389 crashes were reported in the California Highway Patrol's jurisdiction along freeways and county surface streets, said Officer Richard Perez. During the same period on the dry previous Thursday, 201 crashes were reported. One of Thursday's crashes included a Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . patrol car in North Hollywood that spun out of control on a
slick roadway in the 3100 block of Laurel Canyon Boulevard Laurel Canyon Boulevard is a major street in the city of Los Angeles, California. It starts off at Polk Street in Sylmar in the northern San Fernando Valley near the junction of the San Diego (Interstate 405) and the Golden State Freeways (Interstate 5). and hit a
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Both officers suffered minor injuries after attempting to pull over a motorist for a traffic violation at 3 a.m. About 1,600 customers throughout Los Angeles were without power for a couple of hours Thursday, including about 100 in the Valley, said Debra Sass, a spokeswoman for the Department of Water and Power. The Sepulveda Dam Located in Los Angeles, California, the Sepulveda Dam is a project of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, built in 1941 to control winter flood waters along the Los Angeles River. Recreation Area was closed Thursday for two hours, said Lt. Steve LaRoche of the LAPD's Van Nuys Division. A Central Pacific storm will likely hit late Saturday, dropping from half an inch to an inch of rain, Krohn said. ``It'll probably be over by Saturday night,'' the meteorologist said. Sunday will be partly cloudy Partly Cloudy is an industrial band based in Hollywood, California. Band members
L.A. RAINFALL Latest storm 0.96 inch Season9.12 inches Normal 7.62 inches Note: Season total is for the period beginning July 1, 1997, at 4 p.m. as measured at the Los Angeles Civic Center. LOCAL RAINFALL (In inches as of 5 p.m. Thursday) Chatsworth 0.70 Northridge 0.66 Woodland Hills 0.65 Newhall 0.45 Simi Valley 0.50 Thousand Oaks N/A Source: National Weather Service CAPTION(S): 2 Photos, chart PHOTO (1) Rodrigo Besnier, 23, and Vanessa Vicencio, 20, above, check out the view from Topanga Canyon Boulevard on Thursday. Tina Gerson/Daily News (2) Right, workers try to quell a fire hydrant struck by a car in Reseda. Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News Chart: Local rainfall (see text) |
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