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Notricas 32nd Street Market closed until
at least Friday after a health inspection finds evidence of rat droppings
By JULIE KUO
Assistant City Editoi
Notricas 32nd Street Market in University Village has temporarily closed its doors because of signs of rat infestation, a public health official said.
Evidence of rodent droppings caused the immediate closure of the store, Terrance Powell, chief environmental health specialist for the Los Angeles County Department of Environmental Health, said.
"The facility has an active rodent infestation that was in various portions of the facitttyf Powell said.
The department closed the market after receiving a complaint, and its market permit has been temporarily suspended.
When conditions involve risking public health, the policy is to “take immediate action," Powell said.
According to a manager who declined to give his name, the market has been closed since Wednesday afternoon.
Health officials inspected tht store on Wednesday and found about 15 rodent droppings in the produce section, eight to nine fresh droppings beside the rear door and more than 15 beside its rear-loading door, Powell said.
“There were also areas where the rodents are getting in," he added.
The unidentified market manager said the closure was due to electrical problems, and the store would be reopened Friday afternoon.
The supermarket will be re-inspected Friday, but that does not ensure a definite reopening, Powell said.
Many workers in University Village said they believed the store closed to electrical problems. Some, however, said there was talk about rats in the store.
“The health department has something to do with it,” Eric Schrang, Department of Public Safety p.m. supervi-
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Ralphs liquor sales suspended
Local grocery store was caught selling alcoholic products to a minor
By BRIAN REED
Staff Writer
Two-liter bottles of Coca-Cola and Pepsi stack the shelves in aisle two at Ralphs, where bottles of Jack Daniel’s, Jose Cuervo and Captain Morgan had sat until Tuesday.
Twelve-packs of soda occupy the refrigerators that usually keep cases of beer cold.
The Ralphs grocery store located off campus at the comer of Vermont Avenue and Adams Boulevard recently had its liquor license suspended by the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.
Ralphs received the suspension after it was cited for selling to a minor, a representative for the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control said.
The suspension, which began Tuesday, is effective for 10 days.
The on-duty Ralphs manager declined to comment Thursday evening.
Two student shoppers at Ralphs Thursday evening said they had successfully used fake IDs to purchase alcohol at the store. Both are USC freshmen.^
Brandon Franake, a Ph.D. student in electrical engineering, said he did not know what else the store could do to prevent minors from purchasing alcohol.
Franzke said the store had only accepted California IDs for a time and that he had had to use his passport to prove his age.
Ralphs can resume selling alcohol Sept 26.
Ralphs liquor license suspended until Sept. 26.
Bottles of soda products now fill the liquor aisle.
Annenberg lecturer replaced
By JESSICA FITZPATRICK
Contributing Writer
On SepL 9, following complaints from students in a public relations course, a part-time journalism lecturer was replaced with a new instructor.
Instructor Kate Jacobs replaced Joan Kerr in the 351 Public Relations/Media course. Before the change, each had taught one section of the course. Jacobs now teaches both. The dass is part of public relations majors’ core curriculum.
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concerns
Dormitories and other housing facilities lack paper bins because of fire risk and cost
By GINA GOODHILL
Contributing Writer
While many on-campus areas are equipped* with aluminum and glass-recycling containers, the majority of the same areas do not have paper recycling due to possible fire safety problems, a housing official said.
? Dormitories in particular lack paper-recycling bins. Stacks of used paper in hallways would be a fire hazard, said Jeff Urdahl; director of auxiliary services.
“Safety comes first," he said.
The volume and weight of large stacks of paper would be consider-
ably more than the volume and weight of aluminum and glass, Urdahl said. Thi? would make it more difficult for the student who empties the bins,
Even if there were a safe way to implement a paper-recycling program. he said the money needed for additional recycling bins and labor would cause students' rent to rise.
Recycling in university housing is paid out of students’ rent
“We’re not making a buck on it" Urdahl said. ‘We do it more as a social concern."
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products. Although there are some newspaper receptacles on campus, few exist in university housing.