Hillary a Valley girl

Thousands of supporters braved chilly conditions Thursday in the San Fernando Valley to hear Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton reiterate her plans to stimulate the country's troubled economy on a day when fears of a looming recession sent the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunging more than 300 points. Tony Castro and Connie Llanos in the Daily News.

But hundreds of backers were left out in the cold at the Clinton rally at California State University, Northridge, where her campaign had booked the campus's Grand Salon, which could seat only 250.

Reaching out to those left in the elements, the New York senator personally greeted and shook hands with many outside the hall who had waited for hours.