News Briefs

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Deadlines Engineering, Morro Bay, Ca., expanded its Morro Bay location after closing its Corona, Ca., office; the firm serves EWP manufacturers and distributors ...

Zero Internationalhas opened a Western DC in North Las Vegas. Nv.; Chuck McCloskey is mgr.l..

Weyerhaeuse r Co., Federal Way, Wa., agreed to pay the states of Oregon and Washington $55,000 each for legal costs and contribute $130,540-to a product research fund for allegedly selling defective wood composite building products; the company settled a similar case in Wisconsin Louis iana- Pac ific, Masonite Corp. and Georgia-Pacific are also under lnvestlgatton

Pacific Lumber Co., Scotia, Ca., has received word that Caltrans never claimed ownership over property in Mendocino County, Ca., on the site of a memorial for an activist, who was killed bv a l"elled tree; Caltrans blames EarthFirst! and a local radio station for the misunderstanding (see May, p. 16) ...

Louisiana- Pacific C orp., Portland, Or., has sold its 65% share in an OSB plant in Ireland. to its minority partner, Coillte

Cre sline-Northwest LLC has acquired l 7 acres in Chehalis, Wa., to build a 60,000-sq. ft. plastic piping plant

Sierra Stair Co., Loomis, Ca., now offers Metallon wood and metal finishes on its balusters and stair parts ...

Barnes Lumber Co., Cloverdale, Ca., was recently named the city's Business of the Month

Building Material Distributors, Galt, Ca., is now distributins James Hardie siding products

Robert C. Mitchell Lumber, Simi Valley, Ca., is distributing in So. Ca., Nv. and Az. eastern white pine from Bois Omega Ltee.; the lumber is being stored at California Reload Center, Long Beach ...

Emerson Hardwoods, Portland. Or., and its three Crosscut Hardwoods retail outlets are now stocking Braided Accents products

Custom Building Products, Seal Beach, Ca., has been honored as one of Ace Hardware Corp.'s top 10 vendors.

Lowe's Fingers Employee

An employee at Lowe's, Chino Hills. Ca.. was arrested on suspicion of stealing customer's credit cards and store merchandise.

Nineteen-year-old Jared Irvine, along with two accomplices from Pomona, Ca., was arrested after search warrants in Pomona reportedly produced $3,000 in merchandise stolen from Lowe's.

Loss prevention officers at the store had been monitoring Irvine's activities and say they have evidence of him stealing credit cards and allowing accomplices to pass through his check-out line without paying for thousands of dollars in merchandise. All three suspects were booked on suspicion of numerous felony charses.

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