Body of woman found near fwy.

Foul play is suspected in the discovery of a woman’s body found Thursday beneath the Garden Grove Freeway in Westminster.

According to the California Highway Patrol, the body of a woman, who appeared to be in her late 20s to mid-30s, was discovered in a drainage canal near Hoover Street by a passerby around 9:30 a.m.

Westminster police initiated the investigation, which was handed off to the CHP upon learning the body was on state property. The woman has not yet been identified.

Anyone with information relating to the situation is asked to call (714) 892-4426.

Change in WSD schools? Not yet

A final decision on returning classes in the Westminster School District to the hybrid model by the planned date of Feb. 16 has not yet been made.

At Thursday’s meeting of the Westminster School District Board of Trustees, Superintendent Cynthia Paik briefed the board on the district’s actions to cope with the many challenges of operating a public school system during a pandemic, but no action was taken.

According to Van Dam, public information officer for the WSD, the subject will be taken up again, likely at the Feb. 11 meeting of the board. The district is a K-8 public school system serving most of Westminster and parts of adjacent cities.