ODDLY ENOUGH | In Los Angeles, long lines form after $1.10-a-gallon gas goof

ODDLY ENOUGH

In Los Angeles, long lines form after $1.10-a-gallon gas goof

LOS ANGELES

Word spread quickly about a Los Angeles gas station selling premium unleaded for $1.10-a-gallon, but it wasn’t a promotion. The owner says the too-good-to-be-true price was a computer glitch that cost him $21,000.

Long lines snaked from the pumps at the Valero station in Wilmington on Sunday. Police were even called to control traffic.

The Torrance Daily Breeze reports that within four hours, about 7,000 gallons of premium were pumped at the discounted rate.

Station owner Kenny Nguyen says the attendant on duty was busy staffing the convenience store and register.

He says a price change didn’t take, so the system defaulted to the $1.10 price — a cut of more than $3 a gallon.

Nguyen hopes motorists who got the break come back and pay the real price.

Border agents make bologna bust at NM crossing

SANTA TERESA, N.M.

It wasn’t drugs or human trafficking but illegal bologna that caught the attention of border agents at a New Mexico port of entry.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Santa Teresa seized 385 pounds of the Mexican contraband meat from behind the seat of a pickup that stopped at the port Friday.

It’s illegal to bring the bologna across the border because it’s made of pork and has the potential to introduce foreign animal diseases into the U.S. pork industry.

The 33-year-old Mexican man who was transporting the meat was assessed a $1,000 fine and released.

Usually officers see one or two rolls of bologna — not 35, as in this case.

Officials say it was the largest bologna bust ever recorded at the Santa Teresa crossing.

Councilman wants action against dirty bird feeders

CUYAHOGA FALLS, Ohio

A city councilman in Ohio wants his community to crack down on messy bird feeders, saying they’re unhealthy for both humans and their feathered friends.

Councilman Jerry James in Cuyahoga Falls says a local law on the feeding of pigeons should be expanded so residents are required to keep things sanitary when feeding any birds.

James tells Akron radio station WAKR that rotting bird seed can make birds sick.

He says another concern is that old bird seed that falls to the ground can attract rodents.

The city council took no action Monday on the ordinance, indicating it needed more time.

Councilman Terry Mader representing a rural part of the city said he feared the proposal could impact chicken farmers.

Associated Press