The crush of grieving pilgrims to the crash site, just a quarter-mile behind the Las Virgenes Municipal Water District headquarters and near its restricted reservoir in the northwest Santa Monica Mountains, has prompted the agency to hire additional security guards. Advertisement“It is entirely appropriate for people to want to get to the site and pay their respects,” Michael McNutt, a spokesman for the water agency, said. It may be several weeks before the overlapping property of the crash site, managed by the water district and the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority, is reopened to the public. Potential sites under review, officials said, include a dog park and a middle school parking lot near the New Millennium Loop trailhead just off the Las Virgenes Road exit. “We understand that people need a place to memorialize everyone who lost their lives,” Michael Russo, spokesman for the city of Calabasas, said.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 31, 2020 23:26 UTC