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A marauding squirrel triggered a fire at a high-voltage substation Thursday afternoon, dousing power to 8,600 customers for more than four hours and causing major headaches for public works crews and police. \"It took out all of our traffic signals, which caused us a problem,\" said San Fernando police Sgt. David Harvey. \"We had several minor traffic accidents and a lot of phones were down during this time.\" The fire began at the unmanned substation at 15001 Mission Blvd. about 12:20 p.m. when the squirrel crawled onto a circuit breaker and caused an electric arc, or \"flashover,\" said Steve Hansen, spokesman for Southern California Edison.

The Girl Scouts thought they were in trouble, and Kazaam! Shaq was there to help. Newly signed Los Angeles Laker Shaquille O'Neal offered to pay up to $250 a year to allow Girl Scouts to sing songs like \"God Bless America\" and \"This Land is Your Land,\" when it appeared they would have to pay royalty fees or find new campfire favorites.

Miriam Carranza's 9-year-old son was about to board a plane headed for the Olympic Games in Atlanta, and it was all she could do but hold him tight in her arms and sob. Raul and five other Pacoima youths, clad in matching T-shirts and Olympic logo baseball caps, received an Olympic send-off with an entourage of well wishers, teary-eyed family members and media to record the event. It was a big deal for the youths who were going on an all-expense paid trip as spectators to watch the Olympic judo competitions. They also will get a chance to meet and work out with the American judo team.

San Fernando residents were encouraged Thursday night to take on powerful alcohol, billboard and advertising industries in what could be a brutal battle with their children's future lying in the balance. Two leaders in the fight against alcoholic beverage advertising told a group of about 30 at a forum sponsored by the San Fernando and Pacoima chapters of the Alcohol Prevention Coalition that billboards are luring young people into drinking beer and hard liquor, and that the east San Fernando Valley could join other communities that have successfully restricted such advertisements. The forum's goal was to educate community leaders about how alcohol and tobacco billboard advertisements affect youths and communities, said Xavier Flores, a coalition member and executive director of Pueblo Y Salud, a local alcohol prevention agency. Pueblo Y Salud means \"community and health.\"