CANYON NEWS JANUARY 12, 2014 PAGE EIGHT

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LOS ANGELES—Phil Ever-ly, the younger brother hit-ting the higher notes of therock duo “The Everly Broth-ers” died Friday due to com-plications from chronic ob-structive pulmonary dis-ease at a Burbank hospital.On the Everly Brothers of-ficial website, it was statedthat the 74-year-old dealtwith a long battle of smok-ing.As half of the famous rockduo, his brother Don bothwrote famous songs like“Wake Up Little Susie,” “AllI Have to Do Is Dream” and“Bye, Bye Love.” Makingtheir start on shows like“American Bandstand” and“The Ed Sullivan Show,”the Everly Brothers becameinstant sensations in thelate 50s and early sixties.The guitar playing pair be-came inspirations for theBeatles, Simon and Gar-funkel, and Linda Ronstadt.As the pair began their ca-reers, they played songsthat made the Top 10 list

every four months. “WakeUp Little Susie” was bannedfrom being played in someareas because of its sug-gestion of mischief and ado-lescent promiscuity. One oftheir biggest singles was

“Cathy’s Clown” that putthem in a rank all by them-selves with a harmony thatbecame memorable whenit hit the airwaves.Nancy Sinatra who oncetoured with the brothers

wrote on Twitter saying,“Phil Everly is gone. Tour-ing with Phil and Don wasone of the thrills of mylife.” Paul Simon, of Simonand Garfunkel said of thepair, “Phil and Don were themost beautiful soundingduo I ever heard,” “Bothvoices pristine and soulful,part of the birth of rock nroll.”The Everly Brothers havebecome a set of voices eas-ily recognizable to fans thatgrew up with them fordecades, but for his broth-er Don a mood of sorrownow follows him. “I alwaysthought I’d be the one to gofirst,” Everly said in a state-ment to the AssociatedPress. “The world might bemourning an Everly Broth-er, but I’m mourning mybrother Phil.”Phil Everly is survived byhis brother and motherMargaret Everly, and hiswife Patti, sons Jason andChris, along with twogranddaughters.

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MALIBU—The test results forpolychlorinated biphenyls(PCBs) at Malibu High Schoolwere released on Friday, Jan-uary 3. During the school’swinter break, the campus hadbeen tested, cleaned and test-ed for a second time; sampleshad been taken from air, dustand caulk and the Environ-mental Protection Agency iscurrently reviewing those re-sults. The results of the post-cleanup test will be releasedon Tuesday, January 14.Canyon News spoke to Dr.Paul Rosenfeld, the environ-mental consultant hired bythe parents of Malibu High

students. According to Dr.Rosenfeld, four out of 10 caulksamples show that the schoolis in need of PCB remediation.

Furthermore, not enough in-formation has been given onwhether the windows wereopened or closed during the

tests and whether the equip-ment was properly calibrated.It will continue to remainunclear whether the resultsand analysis are valid until thereports are released.Dr. Rosenfeld went on to saythat Malibu High is not theonly school in danger of PCBcontamination. “The rest ofLA’s schools have the same is-sue,” he said. “This is a na-tional problem.” More than150 incidents involving leak-ing or smoking fluorescentballasts (containing PCBs)have occurred in New Jerseyand New York schools during2012 and 2013.

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WOODLAND HILLS—Thebody of a 31-year-old manfrom Woodland Hills wasfound in the driver’s seat ofa 2008 Cadillac STS thathad crashed into the Tu-junga Wash. At 7:15 a.m. onThursday, January 2, fire-fighters saw the car from aparking lot behind Station86, which overlooks astretch of the Tujunga Wash.Firefighters ran to the carand discovered the body.Fallen trees and brokenfences off the Hollywood(101) Freeway provided ev-idence of the car’s descent;after veering off the road,the car had careened over100 feet into the TujungaWash near 4305 VinelandAve., landing on its left side.Tujunga Wash is a 13-

m i l e - l ong , man -madestream and is a tributary ofthe Los Angeles River. TheCadillac had crashed into

the concrete at the bottomof the Wash and was sub-merged in six inches of wa-ter. The exact cause of thecrash has not yet been de-termined. No witnesses re-

ported seeing the car leavethe road, but it has beenconfirmed that the man wasnot wearing a seatbelt by of-ficials. Officials are currently in-

vestigating the case and atoxicology report is inprocess. The man’s identitywill be withheld until rela-tives are notified of thedeath.

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SANTA MONICA—Coyoteshave been sighted in OceanPark, heading towards thebeach, though the numberof coyote complaints hasdecreased throughout thepast few months. The biggestincentive for encroachingon human property is food,whether it is in the form oftrash, fallen fruit, pets leftoutside, food handouts, etc.California law does not per-mit the relocation of coy-otes, which can result inthe increased risk of a coy-ote being attacked by othercoyote families and findingother neighborhoods toroam. Police are required toeither set free or euthanizeany coyotes that have beencaught in the traps, usuallyin the form of leg traps that

spring shut and are chainedto a stake in the ground.There were no coyotes

trapped in the area through-

out the past year and AnimalControl has yet to put downa coyote. According to theHumane Society of the Unit-

ed States, about 32,000 coy-otes are killed each year onboth public and privatelands.

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WOODLAND HILLS—Amountain biker who wasseriously hurt was rescuedby firefighters on Wednes-day, January 8.Firefighters from the LosAngeles Fire Departmentwere notified of an injuredbiker off the 17500 block ofMulholland Drive around8:43 a.m., according toLAFD Spokesman ErikScott. A rescue was thenundertaken to remove theunnamed man off of theslope.Around 20 firefighters in

total were dispatched forthe rescue, which includedparamedics and a battalionchief on-scene. Two heli-copters were used as well,where one was utilized toactually hoist the man uparound 10:00 a.m. whilethe other was used for“communication and over-sight,” as noted by Mr.Scott.The man was taken to alocal hospital in seriouscondition. Officials havenot yet disclosed who madethe call for help. TTwwoo hheelliiccoopptteerrss wweerree uusseedd..

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BEVERLY HILLS—DetectiveGabe Coyoca, of the BeverlyHills Police Departmentpassed away on Monday, De-cember 23, after a ninemonth battle with leukemia.According to a press releasefrom the Beverly Hills PoliceDepartment, Detective Coy-oca had been fighting thedisease after being exposed tounsafe chemicals during hiswork. A private service washeld for Detective Coyoca byhis family on Friday, January3.Detective Coyoca had pre-viously served with the Cos-ta Mesa Police Departmentbetween 1996 and 2005. Hiscareer there was marked bywork that ranged from beingassigned to patrol, SWAT anda Special Enforcement Detail

that encompassed parole andvice, amongst others.After joining the Beverly

Hills Police Department in2005, he served as a patrol of-ficer before being selectedto work as a detective forthe Special Enforcement Sec-tion, which included han-dling vice and narcotics. Thedepartment notes that hewas a co-recipient of the Fe-lix Rothschild Award.Coyoca leaves behind a wife,a 9-year-old son and a 5-year-old daughter. To help pay forthe children's college ex-penses, the Gabriel CoyocaFamily Fund has been es-tablished, which is beingcared for by the Beverly HillsEmployee Credit Union. Formore information, contact800-729-3802. DDeetteeccttiivvee GGaabbee CCooyyooccaa

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HOLLYWOOD HILLS—TheLos Angeles Conservatory willbe offering SAG-AFTRA mem-bers the opportunity to par-ticipate in classes to increasetheir skill set. According totheir website, The Los Ange-les Conservatory “worksthrough education and advo-cacy to recognize, preserve,and revitalize the historic ar-

chitectural and cultural re-sources of Los Angeles Coun-ty.”The Conservatory is provid-ing the members of the SAG-AFTRA (Screen Actors Guildand the American Federationof Television and Radio Artists)a chance to hone their abilitiesin acting by attending classes,workshops, symposia and lec-

tures to give participants awide variety of help or tools toeducate themselves on differ-ent modes of acting.The workshops continue

into the summer, but thosethat wish to participate in theevents are encouraged to signup as soon as possible as theirmembership with the SAG-AFTRA ends at the end of

summer, along with the work-shops held by the LA Conser-vatory. The classes will beheld on the American Film In-stitute’s campus.To become a member ofthe SAG-AFTRA, go to:https://conservatory.sagaftra.org/welcome. For more in-formation call SAG-AFTRA at(323) 856 –7736.

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