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Less than one day after receiving approval, workers on Saturday began building a temporary Metrolink station in Camarillo. Government officials on the site of the planned station at Lewis Road and Ventura Boulevard called the cooperation between government and private industry remarkable. "The ability to react in an emergency has been nothing short of amazing," said Joe Castro, manager of construction operations for Metrolink. "This kind of project would have normally taken months to complete."

City building officials refused Friday to halt the trucking of tons of dirt to Sunshine Canyon Landfill, an operation that Los Angeles City Councilman Hal Bernson claims is part of a plan to expand the controversial dump. Senior Department of Building and Safety officials said they had no basis for stopping Browning-Ferris Industries, the dump's owner, from hauling the dirt. The operation, which began Monday, has resulted in loud protests from Granada Hills residents.

* C.A. Rasmussen Inc. of Simi Valley won a $3-million contract from the Army Corps of Engineers in Los Angeles for property maintenance and repairs. * Karagozian & Case in Glendale won a $288,935 contract from the Defense Special Weapons Agency in Alexandria for research and development. * Senior Flexonics Inc. of Burbank won five contracts from the Defense General Supply Center in Richmond, Va.

Eva Greiner knows it's necessary. She knows traffic will have to get worse before it gets better. She's sure her little coffee shop can weather the trials. But she also knows 2 1/2 years is a long time to weather. That's when the California Department of Transportation expects to have a new Seaward Avenue bridge in place over the Ventura Freeway, an $8.6-million, fast-track project expected to unclog one of the most frustrating intersections in the city--where Seaward and Harbor Boulevard meet.

Patricia and Doyle Boatwright looked forward to the day they could sell their Simi Valley house and retire to Oklahoma, where they could be near their children and other family members. But whether they will be able to recoup their investment and realize their dream will depend on a judge and jury. The Boatwrights and the owners of six other Simi Valley homes are suing Larwin-Southern California Inc. and its subcontractors for $1.

On a windy April day in 1991, about 100 civic leaders gathered in Moorpark to watch a bulldozer cut a swath out of a hillside. With this ceremonial bit of earth-moving, state transportation officials took the first step to close a critical gap in the web of highways in east Ventura County. Construction crews began linking the Moorpark and Simi Valley freeways.

Their work began with late-night phone calls in January, urgent requests to clear mud-soaked highways or remove tons of debris from storm-choked flood channels. Within minutes, they waded into the darkness, organizing an army of bulldozers, skip-loaders and dump trucks through a driving rain to answer Caltrans' emergency call.