BERNARD TAKING LOCAL CHP HELM.Byline: Carol Rock Staff Writer NEWHALL - Capt. Steve Bernard's commute TO COMMUTE. To substitute one punishment in the place of another. For example, if a man be sentenced to be hung, the executive may, in some states, commute his punishment to that of imprisonment. home will get a lot shorter in January when he replaces Capt. Ellen Conley as commander of the California Highway Patrol's Newhall division. Bernard was a sergeant in the Newhall office before moving up the ranks and taking over for Conley when she left the Ukiah office in Northern California Northern California, sometimes referred to as NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The region contains the San Francisco Bay Area, the state capital, Sacramento; as well as the substantial natural beauty of the redwood forests, the northern in 2004. Now he will replace her, in Newhall, effective Jan. 1, when Conley takes over as assistant chief of the agency's Southern Division, headquartered in Glendale. ``I'm excited,'' he said. ``I originally worked as an officer at the Newhall office from 1983 to 1985, then came back to Newhall as a sergeant in 1992 and worked there until 1999.'' When Bernard was promoted to lieutenant in 1999, he was sent to the Hayward office in the Bay Area for a year before returning to Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, to work in division headquarters and the West Valley station. Then he was named captain and took over for Conley in Ukiah. ``Gotta got·ta Informal Contraction of got to: I gotta go home. follow the leader and she's it,'' he said. ``She's done really well and impressed im·press 1 tr.v. im·pressed, im·press·ing, im·press·es 1. To affect strongly, often favorably: a lot of people.'' Bernard has until the end of the year to organize the Ukiah office for his successor. Lt. Mark Odle will be acting commander locally until the end of the year. Despite his transfers, Bernard and his wife, Leilani, have made the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. home since 1978. Carol Rock, (661) 257-5252 carol.rock(at)dailynews.com |
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