Writing 'til the cows come home
You know how the USMC says "every Marine is a rifleman?" Well, we joke that every reporter is a GA around here. So, while I'm the courts guy at the moment, I got pressed into service to write this:
SYLMAR -- Wandering livestock turned city employees into impromptu cowboys today when barnyard animals took a late-morning stroll through a broken fence.
Around 11:30 a.m., the Los Angeles Fire Department responded to call of the wayward creatures hanging around Wheeler Avenue and Herron Streets. They'd made their way through a downed fence and turned the neighborhood into an all-you-can-eat spread.
"I can't get over the pictures," chortled spokeswoman d'Lisa Davies. "It was two bulls, two horses and a goat from a private residence... the animals were just grazing in the neighborhood."
The Department of Animal Regulation responded to wrangle the stock, then the Department of Transportation provided backup to keep the streets clear. By 2 p.m., they had a plan in place, herded the animals back to their pens and re-erected the fence within half an hour.
"That used to happen quite often," chuckled Rev. Zedar Broadous, a long-time Northeast San Fernando Valley resident, who works nearby. "I remember driving down Glenoaks one time, talking to someone. I told them, 'I swear I'm not drunk, but there's a horse running down the street.' I grew up around here, so I'm used to it."
So no more courts news for you today, dear readers, but I'll be back in Van Nuys tomorrow morning. Stay tuned, same bat time, same bat blog.
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