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Police remove Mercedes from Verdugo Wash
Officials were at a loss to explain how a 53-year-old Glendale woman drove her Mercedes about a mile up a concrete Verdugo Wash channel Thursday before barreling to a stop just short of an 8-foot drop-off into the L.A. River.
The woman, whom police...Tags: Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation, Building Material, Back Pain
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For the Record
The A1 story on Friday headlined “Mercedes goes awash” incorrectly attributed the decision to use a crane to extract the sedan to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The decision was made by Glendale police and public works officials. -
Woman who drove Mercedes up Verdugo Wash won't face charges
The Glendale woman who drove her Mercedes up the Verdugo Wash at freeway speeds Thursday before getting trapped in the concrete-lined waterway will not face criminal charges because she broke no laws, officials said.
The 53-year-old woman, whom police...Tags: Highway Transportation, Church and State Relations, Crime, Law and Justice, Heart Attack, Religion and Belief
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Woman drives Mercedes down Verdugo Wash channel
Glendale police and public works crews decided to bring in a crane during the rush hour commute to hoist the sedan out due to the slippery conditions in the channel caused by flowing water.
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FOR THE RECORD: An earlier...Tags: Commuting, Highway Transportation, Car Repair and Maintenance Tips, Back Pain
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South Pasadena voters knock mayor out of office
It appears that Mayor Mike Ten’s stance on the Long Beach (710) Freeway has cost him his job.
Ten finished sixth in the South Pasadena City Council race Tuesday, as Councilman Richard Schneider and newcomers Marina Khubesrian and Bob Joe won the...Tags: Highway Transportation, Local Elections
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Small Wonders: Yes, a river runs through it
Los Angeles is not the first place that comes to mind when one thinks of river rafting — probably not the second, third or thousandth, for that matter. But there's a group of folks hoping to change that. When I read last week that a section of...Tags: Sports, Metal and Mineral, Building Material, Canoeing and Kayaking
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Lake Wyman environmental, recreational project stalled
— An effort to clear canoe trails so that paddlers can glide through Lake Wyman's mangroves as they did 10 years ago is in danger of running aground. The delay could mean the money to get the project done will be lost. In the face of...Tags: Sports, Boats, Engineering, Canoeing and Kayaking, Science and Technology
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Senate OKs dropping beach grooming rules
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A program regulating how property owners maintain beaches along the Great Lakes would be eliminated under a measure passed Wednesday by the state Senate, a move supporters say would make it easier for people to clean beaches...
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Beach grooming gets Michigan Senate OK; House next
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Senate has passed a bill to abolish a state program that regulates maintenance of beaches by property owners along the state’s Great Lakes shorelines. The measure approved Wednesday would end a five-year...
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Pride and pain duel a year after town's deadly twister
JOPLIN, Mo. — Arielle Speer started to cry. She was having a panic attack, and the movie hadn't even started. Speer is a Joplin tornado survivor, and she had come to remember. Almost a year ago, the 28-year-old was standing on the side of...Tags: Natural Disasters, Human Interest, Politics, Health, Entertainment
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Michigan bill revives shoreline grooming debate
Associated PressTRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — When Great Lakes water levels dropped suddenly and steeply in the late 1990s, aquatic plants sprang up along stretches of newly exposed shoreline. Property owners, environmentalists and government officials have argued...Tags: Gardening, Lakes and Ponds, Politics, Elections, Environmental Issues
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In Our Opinion: Floodwater brought memories, lessons
It has been about a year since the historic Missouri River flooding. Record flooding was caused by other record weather events such as: ·Almost a year's worth of rain fell over the upper Missouri River basin in the last half of May 2011....Tags: Rivers, Disasters and Accidents, Weather, Bodies of Water, Floods
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Nov 10, 2011
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Aug 19, 2011
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May 26, 2012
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May 24, 2012
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May 23, 2012
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May 19, 2012
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May 19, 2012
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May 17, 2012
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