BRIEFLY : MAN DECLARED VIOLENT SEX PREDATOR BY JURY.VENTURA - A man with a history of mental illness and a long criminal record was declared a violent sexual predator The term sexual predator is used pejoratively to describe a person seen as obtaining or trying to obtain sexual contact with another person in a metaphorically predatory manner. Tuesday and ordered confined to a state mental hospital for two years. A jury deliberated five hours before unanimously agreeing that Ronald Steven Herrera, 53, formerly of Santa Paula Santa Paula (săn`tə pôl`ə), city (1990 pop. 25,062), Ventura co., S Calif., on the Santa Clara River in a fertile valley that yields citrus fruits, avocados, vegetables, flowers, nursery products, and walnuts; laid out 1875, inc. resident, would pose a serious threat if released from Atascadero State Hospital History Atascadero State Hospital is located on the central coast of California, halfway between San Francisco and Los Angeles. It is an all-male, maximum-security facility, that has patients from all over the state. . Although Herrera is not facing any criminal charges, prosecutors sought to keep him locked up under the state's 1996 Violent Sexual Predator Act. In 1996, Herrera became the first person in Ventura County to be declared a predator under the law. - Daily News County clerk's totals in election accepted VENTURA - The Board of Supervisors on Tuesday accepted county Clerk The term "county clerk" has been commonly applied, in several English-speaking countries, to an official of a county government. United States Most counties in the U.S. Richard Dean's certification for Nov. 3 vote totals, which were lower than expected in Ventura County and statewide. Only 211,113 of the county's 394,821 registered voters, or 53.5 percent, cast ballots. ``It was total voter apathy throughout the state,'' said Bruce Bradley, assistant county registrar of voters. ``I have no idea (why). That's the question That's the Question is an American quiz game show on GSN, hosted by game show veteran and former Entertainment Tonight reporter, Bob Goen, which premiered in October 2006. everybody asks. Nobody has the answer.'' About 63 percent of the county's registered voters cast ballots in the 1994 gubernatorial election. - Daily News Mediator to work on stalled union talks VENTURA - A state negotiator will begin work today in trying to end a yearlong stalemate between the county and sheriff's deputies, whose employment contract expires Saturday. Talks between county officials and the 800-member Ventura County Sheriff's Deputies Association broke down last week over Sheriff Bob Brooks' demand for make changes in the overtime system and working conditions, said Barbara Journet, county human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. director. Negotiators also will deal with what kind of a raise will be given to deputies, who average about $67,000 a year in salary and benefits, Journet said. - Daily News Supervisors won't halt Ahmanson plan VENTURA - County supervisors refused Tuesday to halt the 3,050-home Ahmanson Ranch project, saying that open space near Rocketdyne that was donated by developers did not need separate testing for possible contaminants. By a 2-1 vote, supervisors also rejected a claim by Save Open Space that a Planning Commission Noun 1. planning commission - a commission delegated to propose plans for future activities and developments commission, committee - a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle decision that allows the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy The Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy is an agency of the state of California in the United States founded in 1979 and dedicated to the acquisition of land in the Santa Susana and Santa Monica Mountains and the Simi Hills, north and west of Los Angeles, for preservation as open to take control of 2,633 acres of open space is illegal. Additionally, supervisors retained a clause in the 1992 development agreement allowing developers to draw 800 acre-feet of water a year from the tract for construction and irrigation irrigation, in agriculture, artificial watering of the land. Although used chiefly in regions with annual rainfall of less than 20 in. (51 cm), it is also used in wetter areas to grow certain crops, e.g., rice. purposes. Susan Lacey, who has opposed the Ahmanson Ranch project from start, cast the lone vote in favor of SOS SOS, code letters of the international distress signal. The signal is expressed in International Morse code as … — — — … (three dots, three dashes, three dots). . - Daily News Ventura County OKs 3-year union accord VENTURA - The Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved a new three-year contract with the county's largest employee union, marking completion of the first of eight contracts that have expired or will soon do so. Service Employees International Union Local 998's 4,200 members will receive across-the-board 1 percent salary hikes this fiscal year and parity pay that eventually will put them in line with salary structures in other municipalities. The contact expires June 27, 2001. Barry Hammitt, Local 998's executive director, said many employees' salaries will not be in line with employees' of other cities and counties in Southern California by the end of the fiscal year, or June 30, 1999. - Daily News |
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