ANTELOPE VALLEY: BRIEFLY : 7 PEOPLE FALL ILL AT MALL HAIR SALON.PALMDALE - Seven people were treated for nausea and watery eyes Thursday after they became sick inside a hair salon A hair salon (also called 'Hairdresser' and 'Hair Parlour')is a place where one goes to get their hair cut, as well as styled, highlighted or coloured. There are many different types of hair salons that one can choose to go to. at the Antelope Valley Mall The Antelope Valley Mall is an enclosed shopping mall in Palmdale, California. Opened in September, 1990, its buildings take up around 1 million square feet (90,000 m²). Its physical main building, parking lots, and ring road businesses encompass an area a bit less than 0. , fire officials said. Fire officials closed down the Master Cuts for two hours following the 11:20 a.m. report, while hazardous materials experts searched for fumes fumes odorous gases and other volatile materials; inhalation of irritating fumes causes coughing and, if sufficiently severe, irreversible pulmonary edema. or chemicals that might be responsible. ``We investigated but couldn't find anything,'' said Fire Capt. Terry Holden. ``The employees said they were not working with chemicals - that they were just cutting hair.'' None of the victims sought further medical attention. SOURCE: - Daily News Former Rosamond official sentenced BAKERSFIELD - The former manager of the Rosamond Community Services District, who was accused of trying to defraud a local water agency, was sentenced Thursday to a year in jail. Raymond Archie ``Bud'' Hill, 50, pleaded no contest last month to a felony forgery charge. Hill also was placed on three years' supervised felony probation. Hill was charged with forging a $157,000 Antelope Valley-East Kern Water Agency receipt, which allowed water meters to be installed in a housing tract, officials said. SOURCE: - Daily News Man to stand trial in invasion robbery LANCASTER - A Lancaster man was ordered Thursday to stand trial on charges of robbery, burglary, assault and false imprisonment false imprisonment, complete restraint upon a person's liberty of movement without legal justification. Actual physical contact is not necessary; a show of authority or a threat of force is sufficient. The person falsely imprisoned may sue the offender for damages. in a home invasion home invasion n. Burglary of a dwelling while the residents are at home. Noun 1. home invasion - burglary of a dwelling while the residents are at home robbery during which a woman was sexually assaulted. Craig Spratley, 25, was captured on a bank surveillance camera using a stolen ATM card An ATM card (also known as a bank card, client card, or cash card) is an ISO 7810 card issued by a bank, credit union or building society. Its primary uses are: Spratley is accused of being one of three armed men who entered an apartment in the 600 block of East Woodington Drive on Nov. 17, rounded up the occupants, and tied them up with duct tape duct tape n. A usually silver adhesive tape made of cloth mesh coated with a waterproof material, originally designed for sealing heating and air-conditioning ducts. Noun 1. . A co-defendant, Curtis Daniels, 21, of Lancaster, faces up to 85 years to life in prison after he was convicted of charges in the case. A third suspect is still at large. SOURCE: - Daily News Rexhall industries reports rise in profits LANCASTER - Rexhall Industries Inc. reported that even with its California motor home assembly line shut down for two weeks in January, as operations moved from Saugus to Lancaster, net profits were up on slightly less sales. First-quarter revenues in 1996 were less than $15.1 million, compared with $15.3 million for the same quarter in 1995, the company said. Net income for the first quarter in 1996 was $461,000, or 18 cents per share Cents per share The amount of a mutual fund's dividend or capital gains distributions that a shareholder will receive for each share owned. , compared with net income of $457,000, or 18 cents per share, for the same quarter last year. In April 1996, Rexhall's net shipment for both its California and Indiana plants was up 34 percent compared with April 1995. With this increase, management is optimistic of greater second-quarter profits, the company said in a statement. Nearly 300 employees work at the new 87,000-square-foot facility in Lancaster. SOURCE: - Daily News Man who died in crash identified PALMDALE - Officials identified the 72-year-old man who died Wednesday evening when his Toyota van The Toyota Town Ace/Lite Ace was a vehicle made by Toyota and distributed worldwide in a multitude of different versions. It featured a sharply sloped front, in contrast to the upright flat front common in other similar Japanese vans. plunged off the Antelope Valley Freeway The Antelope Valley Freeway is a freeway in Los Angeles and Kern counties in southern California. It is signed as California State Highway 14 along its length. It connects Greater Los Angeles to the rapidly developing Antelope Valley. (14) at Avenue P-8.. In Suk SUK Sveriges Unga Katoliker (Swedens Young Catholics) Choi, of Lancaster, was driving north at 7:45 p.m. at 75 miles per hour when his car drifted off the pavement north of Palmdale Boulevard. His 1986 Toyota van traveled along the shoulder for more than 80 yards before it went airborne, said California Highway Patrol Officer Shirley Gaines. The van then veered off the freeway and landed on its roof on Avenue P-8, Gaines said. SOURCE: - Daily News Man arrested after collision ACTON - A motorist suspectedof driving drunk caused a three-vehicle accident Thursday morning that tied up traffic along Sierra Highway for about an hour, California Highway Patrol officials said. Silvio Conrado, 20, of Lancaster was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol after his 1993 Honda Civic pulled in front of 1994 Dodge van and a 1996 Toyota Camry travelling southbound on Sierra Highway near Santiago Road. ``He was entering northbound Sierra Highway from a frontage road when he pulled directly in front of oncoming traffic,'' said CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan Officer Miguel Siordia. ``He was sideswiped by one vehicle and broadsided by another vehicle.'' Conrado suffered moderate injuries along with his passenger, Alma Gonzalez, 17, of Acton. Both were transported to Antelope Valley Hospital, where they were treated and released. Occupants in the other vehicles suffered minor injuries. SOURCE: - Daily News Steering fails postal truck PALMDALE - A U.S. Postal Service The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) processes and delivers mail to individuals and businesses within the United States. The service seeks to improve its performance through the development of efficient mail-handling systems and operates its own planning and engineering programs. contract driver escaped injury early Thursday after his tractor-trailer's steering failed, sending the rig off an Antelope Valley Freeway (14) embankment, California Highway Patrol officials said. According to CHP officials, L. Hall was driving a 1986 Freightliner southbound south of Rayburn Road, when his steering linkage disconnected, leaving him with no steering control. ``He applied his brakes, struck a curve, went over an embankment, rolling down rolling down The liquidation of an option position by an investor at the same time that he or she takes an essentially identical position with a lower strike price. the hill and resting on its wheels,'' said CHP Officer Miguel Siordia. ``He suffered no injuries.'' SOURCE: - Daily News Northrop delivers 11th stealth bomber PALMDALE - The 11th operational B-2 stealth bomber was delivered to Whiteman Air Force Base Whiteman Air Force Base (Whiteman AFB) is a base of the United States Air Force in Johnson County, Missouri, United States. It is near the town of Knob Noster, Missouri. The population was 3,814 at the 2000 census. in Missouri, officials said Thursday. The B-2 was flown Wednesday night from the Northrop Grumman assembly site at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale to Whiteman. Ten more bombers are scheduled to be delivered to Whiteman by early 1998, officials said. SOURCE: - Daily News |
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