VIGIL TO SAVE OAK GROWING STRANGER.Byline: Heather MacDonald Staff Writer STEVENSON RANCH Stevenson Ranch, California (in the 91381 ZIP Code) is a Los Angeles County, USA, unincorporated community west of Santa Clarita a few miles south of Six Flags Magic Mountain amusement park. The Stevenson Ranch fountain was redone in 2007. - Day 31 of the vigil to save a 400-year-old oak tree turned into a circus Monday, as squealing squeal v. squealed, squeal·ing, squeals v.intr. 1. To give forth a loud shrill cry or sound. 2. Slang To turn informer; betray an accomplice or secret. v.tr. fans of a popular disc jockey disc jockey (DJ) Person who plays recorded music on radio or television or at a nightclub or other live venue. Disc jockey programs became the economic base of many radio stations in the U.S. after World War II. joined several dozen protesters ready for a showdown that did not come. As a vendor dished dished adj. 1. Concave. 2. Slanting toward one another at the bottom. Used of a pair of wheels. Adj. 1. dished - shaped like a dish or pan dish-shaped, patelliform concave - curving inward out grilled hot dogs with onion and jalapeno peppers to a hungry crowd of 100, the developer of a nearby subdivision said there are no immediate plans to begin moving the majestic tree at the center of the protest. Alarmed by John Laing For John Laing, the 15th century bishop of Glasgow, see John Laing (bishop) John Laing plc is a British developer and operator of privately financed, public sector infrastructure projects such as roads, railways, hospitals and schools through Public-Private Partnership (PPP) and Homes' decision to ban parking along Pico Canyon Road near the tree, activists called in dozens of reinforcements and a Spanish-language radio disk jockey - Renan Almendarez Coello, popularly known as El Cucuy - who broadcast live throughout the morning on KSCA-FM (101.9). ``They should save the tree because it's our heritage,'' said Juan Ramos of Val Verde Val Verde may mean:
Activist John Quigley John B. Quigley is a professor of law at the Moritz College of Law at the Ohio State University, where he is the Presidents' Club Professor of Law. In 1995 he was recipient of The Ohio State University Distinguished Scholar Award. , who has been perched in the oak's boughs, off and on since Nov. 1, again called on Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich Michael Dennis Antonovich (born 1939 in Los Angeles, California) is a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors representing the Fifth District, which covers northern Los Angeles County, the Antelope, Santa Clarita, Pasadena, and parts of the San Fernando and San and the developer of the nearby Southern Oaks subdivision in Stevenson Ranch to find a way to save the 70-foot-tall tree. ``We felt it was important to mount a strong presence today because of the warning signs we saw,'' Quigley said. ``We need to reach a rational, reasonable solution to save the tree.'' 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 has called for the oak tree - dubbed ``Old Glory'' by its supporters - to be uprooted so Pico Canyon Road can be widened from two lanes to four lanes to accommodate future development west of Santa Clarita, including the fifth phase of Stevenson Ranch and the planned 21,600-home Newhall Ranch. John Laing Homes division President Bill Rattazzi said his company has no plans to confront the protesters this week. Complaints from residents fed up with the traffic congestion The condition of a network when there is not enough bandwidth to support the current traffic load. congestion - When the offered load of a data communication path exceeds the capacity. created by protesters prompted the company to restrict parking along the stretch of Pico Canyon Road near the tree, Rattazzi said. ``We're getting complaints from all over Stevenson Ranch about the trash, the noise and the overnight camping,'' Rattazzi said. Supporters of the tree feared that the parking ban meant the company was planning to move in the equipment necessary to begin the process of preparing the tree for its quarter-mile move to an oak preserve. While arborists hired by the developer say they are confident the oak tree will flourish after the move, other tree experts contend that the relocation plan is tantamount to a death sentence. Lynne Plambeck, first vice president of the Santa Clarita Organization for Planning and the Environment, said group leaders were working diligently to pick up trash, reduce the noise and prevent traffic tie-ups. ``We even knocked on the doors of the nearest homeowners, to see if there were any problems, and many urged us on,'' Plambeck said. ``We're acting responsibly.'' CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1 -- color) ``Old Glory'' supporters Jose Vasquez and Martybell Bernal, both of Los Angeles, eat grilled hot dogs sold by a food vendor Monday at the tree site in Santa Clarita. (2 -- 3 -- color) Above, Valley resident Fred Stamer wears a cap to ward off the chill Monday morning as he sings a song he wrote for the threatened oak tree to TV news crews. At left, Renan Almendarez Coello, the popular Spanish-language radio DJ known as El Cucuy to his listeners at KSCA-FM (101.9), waves as he arrives at Stevenson Ranch to broadcast live from ``Old Glory.'' About 100 people showed up Monday to protest against any plan to remove the ancient tree. David R. Crane/Staff Photographer |
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