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Freeway and Santiago Canyon Road.The 241 was back to full operation by about 9 a.m. Monday, a week after the fire broke out, but Santa Ana Canyon Road between Woodcrest and Gypsum Canyon roads in Anaheim remains closed.Peters Canyon and Santiago Oaks regional parks remained closed, and it's not known when they will reopen, according to Marisa O'Neil of the OC Parks Department. But Irvine Regional Park was partially reopened this morning, she said.Visitors can enjoy the Irvine Park Railroad and the pumpkin patch, though the zoo remains closed, she said."We anticipate (the zoo) will reopen this weekend, probably on Saturday,'' O'Neil said.Parts of the park remain off-limits and visitors were asked to keep out of the barricaded areas, O'Neil said. Visitors also should be aware that parking is limited for the popular pumpkin patch, she said.All evacuation orders were lifted by 5 p.m. last Wednesday, and several local schools and colleges that closed earlier in the week were open for business by Thursday.Four minor injuries were reported in the fire, including two firefighters who suffered minor smoke inhalation, according to CalFire.The blaze erupted near the Riverside (91) Freeway east of Gypsum Canyon Road, near the Coal Can... (KESQ - KESQ)
Miami’s professional trash dumpers like to abandon on county roads rarely yield much evidence for investigator Santiago Callejas when he pulls on blue latex gloves to sift through the illicit debris.It’s the minor litter that can really crack a case. The enforcement officer for Miami-Dade’s Solid Waste Department recalls finding a receipt from a tile supplier buried under construction scraps, and he traced the sale to a contractor who eventually admitted to the illegal dumping. Another time, Callejas ripped open a few black trash bags tossed on a grassy swale to find paperwork from a property manager, who blamed a handyman for the mess. A Pollo Tropical receipt revealed the culprit behind another mound of building trash: A fellow investigator tracked the credit-card number to a homeowner, who said he had bought lunch for roofing workers for a job that included disposal in the fee. Rather than eat the cost of landfill fees, a roofer pocketed the money and dumped the refuse roadside for someone else to handle. “A lot of people don’t think you’ll go through the piles,” Callejas, 39, said as he approached a mound of s... (Miami Herald)