San Fernando Valley : FLOOD AND FIRE
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Citing the potential for brush fires in the Santa Monica Mountains, the Los Angeles City Council voted Wednesday to close a 6.4-mile stretch of Mulholland Drive to vehicles at night and during potential flood and fire periods.
The unimproved stretch of Mulholland Drive from Woodland Hills to Encino is a notorious gathering spot for lovers, rowdy teen-agers, off-road enthusiasts and others who routinely start campfires and ignite fireworks along the brush-lined mountain road, according to police and fire officials.
A temporary barricade will close off the road for the Fourth of July holiday, and a permanent gate should be installed sometime in the next month . . .
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