Watt Pacific Inc

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.

Silvercrest Corp. of Santa Ana, in joint venture with Watt Pacific Inc. of Santa Monica, plans to develop a $70-million, 100-acre manufactured-home community in Orange, on the site of the Conrock crushing plant being acquired from CalMat Properties Co., half a mile east of the Newport Freeway, off Chapman and Prospect avenues. Richard Simonian, president of Silvercrest, said about 400 of the planned 900 homes will be rentals ($375 to $475 a month) for senior citizens.

Lawmakers on Wednesday voted to spend $1.9 million to buy a six-acre parcel in Sylmar for development of a train station for the downtown Los Angeles-to-Santa Clarita Metrolink rail line. The Metrolink line is scheduled to open in October, and city officials are racing to acquire the Sylmar property and build a covered platform and adjacent 500-space parking lot for commuters to meet that deadline.

A 100-acre sand and gravel pit in Orange will be the site of a major mobile-home development to be jointly constructed by Silvercrest Corp. and Watt Pacific Inc. The two companies said Monday that they have paid $12 million in cash to Cal Mat Properties Co. Inc. for the property and plan to build $70 million worth of prefabricated homes on the triangular parcel, bounded by Santiago Creek, Prospect Avenue and Spring Street.

A protest by homeowners took an unexpected turn Thursday when residents of Calabasas and Agoura appeared before Los Angeles County supervisors to oppose a new housing project in their neighborhood. Instead of arguing that single-family houses should be built near them rather than condominiums--the usual position of homeowner groups--these residents came out for condos.

Burbank-based World Title Co. has made two announcements: Michael G. Biales, a founder and board member of World Title Co., has been appointed first vice president and director of sales, and Milt Baker, a senior vice president, has been given new responsibilities as manager of corporate sales. Consultants Clifford Mensch has been promoted to senior vice president of Jackson & Parent, headquartered in San Diego.

Woodland Hills homeowners, sipping coffee and rubbing chilly morning goose bumps, revolted against thunderous truck noise early Tuesday by blocking passage of huge trucks that jar them awake most weekday mornings. "You're not supposed to be here until seven o'clock! Seven o'clock!" Wendy Brockman yelled at the driver of a construction truck that rumbled up Dardenne Street at 6:20 a.m. and screeched to a stop within inches of the protester.