RIVERWOOD RANCH REOPENS FOR MAIL, TRASH COLLECTION.Byline: Alex Dobuzinskis Staff Writer SUNLAND - A rural community isolated for more than two weeks because of a flood-damaged road is again receiving mail and getting trash collection after city and county crews reopened a crossing at the Tujunga Wash Tujunga Wash is a stream in Los Angeles County, California. It is a tributary of the Los Angeles River, providing about a fifth of its flow, and drains about 225 square miles. , officials said Tuesday. Oro Vista Avenue reopened late Monday after county workers reduced the water flowing from the Big Tujunga Dam dam, barrier, commonly across a watercourse, to hold back water, often forming a reservoir or lake; dams are also sometimes used to control or contain rockslides, mudflows, and the like in regions where these are common. , allowing city workers to clear drainage drainage, in agriculture drainage, in agriculture, the removal of excess water from the soil, either by a system of surface ditches, or by underground conduits if required by soil conditions and land contour. culverts and the road. Ed Miller, 61, said the weeks of isolation brought the 100 residents of Riverwood Ranch ranch, large farm devoted chiefly to raising and breeding cattle, horses, sheep, and goats. The cattle ranch was introduced from Latin America to Texas and the plains of the W United States and Canada. closer together. ``I think probably the most important (thing) is everyone talks to one another and takes a little time to visit. And on the back road, when you pass somebody, you generally stop and say hello,'' he said. Alex Dobuzinskis, (818) 546-3304 alex.dobuzinskis(at)dailynews.com |
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