Battle to curb signs

Despite being virtually outlawed by the city three years ago, advertising trailers are spreading like a virus across the San Fernando Valley, drawing the ire of officials and the attention of vandals. Barbara Correa in the Daily News.

Parked on the shoulder of major thoroughfares, the 4-by-6 signs on miniature trailers advertise everything from professional services to fast-food restaurants, although the messages on many of them have been obliterated by vandals in recent days.

"I refer to them as something you wouldn't be able to put in the paper," said Los Angeles City Councilman Dennis Zine, who backed a 2005 ordinance restricting unhitched trailers from being parked on city street