In a continued attempt to make good use of the dilapidated bungalows at the North end entrance of the campus, Pierce College is considering letting the Fire Department utilize them in a much-wanted training exercise. The bungalows were built in the forties and structurally they are very strong, said Dave Bush, Plant Facilities manager at Pierce, about the bungalows located on Mason Street and Olympic Drive. Members of the Southwest Aquatic Masters Swim team, coached by Fred Shaw, practices hard in the Pierce College pool. Coyotes displaced by Warner Ridge project By Jennifer Betz Staff Writer Dan Knapp, L.A. Animal Services general manager conducted a news conference Sept. 15 at the West Valley Shelter in Chatsworth, to clarify the City's coyote trapping policy. The conference was in response to phone calls and letters from Woodland Hills residents expressing concern about coyote sightings in close proximity to their homes.
Many areas are locations where children play and domestic animals, such as cats and dogs, live.
A natural inhabitant of the Los Angeles basin, coyotes are tan in color, have a distinguished long pointed muzzle, long ears and legs, weigh between 20 and 30 lbs., and resemble a small shepherd-like dog. These intelligent predators primarily feed on mice, rats, rabbits, ground squirrels, insects, and fruit. With a cease and desist order to shut off the water from the administration, dry land farming techniques have been used for the past three years in the agriculture science laboratory. Totally dependent on the whims of Mother Nature, dry land farming uses only rainfall for irrigation. With a severe budget crunch, a committee was appointed to examine the Pierce College campus for possible cost savings in 1996.