PEOPLE MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN TRAFFIC SAFETY! See below and page 12
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TELLING THE TRUTH FOR 12 YEARS!
Safe Streets Committee Discusses Traffic Stats
photo: Dyan McManus
Another Wildfire in Little Tujunga Canyon
VOLUME 12 • NUMBER 24
Safe Streets members John Laue, Lori Apthorp, Eve Sinclair, Randy Perez, Alejandro Magallanes, David DeMullé and Marlene Hitt; not shown is Liliana Sanchez.
Firefighter battles to control wildfire! by
David DeMullé
A wildfire possibly started by an automobile accident Monday morning burned
more than 50 acres in the L.A. County portion of Little Tujunga Canyon and required the efforts of the LAFD, Cal Fire and the Erickson Sky
Crane to extinguish it. The initial alarm came in about 5:15 a.m. with a call for help in putting out a onesee Inferno, page 9
I N S I D E : Candidates for CD 7
Herb Wesson Visits STNC
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................ Halloween Ain’t Exactly Over
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................ Kathy’s Trees INCOMING! ............
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DEPARTMENTS Foothills Happenings............. 2 View from the Rock.............. 3 Letters to the Editor.............. 3 Legion Post Calendar............. 4 Chef Randy........................... 5 Artfully Speaking.................. 5 Crime Stats......................... 10 Take My Card..................... 11
L.A. Council Seat
JAIME HERRERA, Corporate Officer/Entreprenuer BONNIE D. CORWIN Businesswoman/Bookkeeper ROBERT C. SORIANO Los Angeles City Employee NANCY WOODRUFF (WITHDRAWN) Realtor JOSE G. CASTILLO Real Estate Broker MARTHA “MARLIN” MEDRANO Community Activist MONICA RODRIGUEZ Los Angeles Commissioner/ Businesswoman TERRENCE “TERRY” GOMES Financial Advisor FRANKI MARIE BECERRA
Manager, State Government
The Safe Streets Committee met last Saturday at the North Valley City Hall to examine different thoughts on how to reduce the traffic accidents in our community. Traffic fatalities and accidents are up 300% from this
time last year and something has to be done about it. One suggestion to check out is the installation of “bollards” down the center of Foothill Blvd. to discourage illegal left-hand turns and unsafe Uturns.
Joyous, Solemn Event At Two-Strike Park
CONNIE SAUNDERS Lender Mortgage Subservicer BENNY “BENITO” BERNAL Community Advocate MIKE SCHAEFER Public Interest Advocate CARLOS LARA Community Leader DALE GIBSON Rancher/Stuntman OLGA AYALA Community Organizer RICARDO BENITEZ Business Owner KARO TOROSSIAN Chief Environmental Planner
see Candidates, page 9
Lt. Col David Worley salutes the colors at Two-Strike Park. Bunting and flags were blowing in the warming morning as groups of revelers, were gathering at twostrike Park in La Canada last week. It looked more like a 4th of July get together than a solemn occasion. What made the 100-plus happy participants stand out were their American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars uniform caps, hats with campaign pins and a steel drum filled with burning logs. This
was the annual American Legion Veterans Day and Flag Retirement Ceremony. This year, flags that were to be retired were cut into strips of red white and blue and carried by the Boy and Cub Scouts as well as participants that brought their own American flags to the park for a proper and dignified retirement. It was a beautiful day. The program began with the pledge of allegiance and the see Colors, page 5
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