Bee Canyon Park

O'Melveny Park and Bee Canyon Park, two contiguous recreation areas in Granada Hills, will soon be divided by a four-lane ribbon of concrete and speeding cars when an 800-foot-long segment of Sesnon Boulevard is built between them. And if that isn't enough, nearby residents are also unhappy because Los Angeles City Councilman Hal Bernson is supporting a 90- to 100-foot-long pedestrian tunnel under the new road for users of the two parks.

O'Melveny Park and Bee Canyon Park, two contiguous recreation areas in Granada Hills, will soon be divided by a four-lane ribbon of concrete and speeding cars when an 800-foot-long segment of Sesnon Boulevard is built between them. And if that isn't enough, nearby residents are also unhappy because Los Angeles City Councilman Hal Bernson is supporting a 90- to 100-foot-long pedestrian tunnel under the new road for users of the two parks.

Critics of the proposed Sunshine Canyon Landfill expansion demonstrated in Granada Hills on Monday, urging residents to oppose the plan at a county hearing this week. About 25 people attended the rally at Bee Canyon Park, complaining that the larger dump will create health hazards and destroy an oak forest. Browning-Ferris Industries is seeking to extend its 230-acre landfill north of Granada Hills in the city of Los Angeles onto 542 acres it owns nearby, just outside the city limits.

The North Valley Coalition and Citizens United will hold their second annual Environmental Hall of Shame Award ceremony Saturday at Bee Canyon Park in Granada Hills.

The Quimby Act, passed in 1965 and authored by San Bernardino County Assemblyman John P. Quimby, requires developers to set aside 2.5 acres of parkland for every 1,000 residents or donate money to parks departments if they build within a one-mile radius of a park. Here's a list of land in the city of Los Angeles acquired through the Quimby program since February, 1976. SITE LOCATION ACREAGE Alizondo Drive Park Woodland Hills 6.65 Bee Canyon Park Addition Granada Hills 4.

Critics of the proposed Sunshine Canyon Landfill expansion demonstrated in Granada Hills Monday, urging residents to oppose the plan at a county hearing this week. About 25 people attended the Bee Canyon Park rally, complaining that the larger dump would create health hazards and destroy an oak forest. Browning-Ferris Industries is seeking to extend its 230-acre landfill, located north of Granada Hills in the city of Los Angeles, onto 542 acres it owns nearby, just outside the city limits.

Last year Mary Lee of Chatsworth had a choice: She could remodel her kitchen or she could replace her wood shake roof with a fire-retardant one. "I played Russian roulette and went with the kitchen," Lee said. But this year, after watching television images of hundreds of houses gutted by brush fires, she ordered a new roof.

A year after the state shut down the popular playground in Bee Canyon Park for safety reasons, new equipment is finally being installed this month. But the Granada Hills North Neighborhood Council is picking up the bill, not the Los Angeles parks department. Officials with the Department of Recreation and Parks pleaded poverty, so frustrated members of the neighborhood council stepped in, along with Councilman Greig Smith.

Charles Garland Lewis Sr. Basketball coach at San Marino High Charles Garland Lewis Sr., 97, a former basketball coach and athletic director at San Marino High School, died Dec. 6 of a heart attack at an assisted-living facility in Laguna Hills, said his son, Gary. Lewis became the first employee hired by the San Marino Unified School District and worked at San Marino High from 1952 until retiring in 1973. "He was just a very, very excellent coach and probably a better gentleman," said Bob Sommers, who graduated from San Marino in 1959 and later played basketball at Stanford University.