BRIEFLY : SLAIN MILITARY FAMILY HAD VALLEY ROOTS.The military family who died in a murder-suicide at Vandenberg Air Force Base Vandenberg Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 3,456 acres (1,399 hectares), SW Calif., near Lompoc; chief Pacific coast launch site for military satellites. was from the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. , family friends said Tuesday. Master Sgt. Joseph Macaluso Joseph Macaluso was a Canadian Member of Parliament for the riding of Hamilton West, representing the Liberal Party of Canada. He was elected in the 1963 Canadian federal election. Jr., a 20-year Air Force veteran, and his wife, Pamela, grew up in Canoga Park and were married in 1978 at St. John Eudes Church in Chatsworth. Their bodies, along with their two teen-age sons, were found Monday morning in their home on the base. Macaluso apparently shot to death his family before killing himself, Lt. Carol Kanode said. The shooting deaths apparently occurred several days earlier. Pamela Macaluso, 41, graduated from Canoga Park High School Canoga Park High School is a public school located in Canoga Park in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, California, USA, within the Los Angeles Unified School District. It is located right across the street from the Topanga Plaza shopping center. in 1973 before attending Cal State Northridge, where she graduated in 1977 with a bachelor's degree in biology, said Susan Heteniak, a Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. resident who met Macaluso through the Delta, Delta, Delta Sorority sorority: see fraternity. . ``Pam was a great person,'' Heteniak said. ``She was very creative, very fun loving. We used to play practical jokes on one another.'' ?13Daily News Hearing waived in gay bar attack A Lancaster man accused of throwing an explosive into a gay bar waived his right to a preliminary hearing Tuesday, allowing his case to proceed directly to Superior Court. Geoffrey Barr, 21, remains in jail in lieu of $685,000 bond and will return to court for arraignment A criminal proceeding at which the defendant is officially called before a court of competent jurisdiction, informed of the offense charged in the complaint, information, indictment, or other charging document, and asked to enter a plea of guilty, not guilty, or as otherwise permitted April 15. He faces up to 12 years in prison if convicted of all charges and special hate crime allegations stemming from the October attack on the Backdoor See trapdoor. Bar in Lancaster. One bar customer was injured. Barr's attorney, Ronald Taylor, declined to say why his client waived the hearing. Barr is charged with terrorism by use of a destructive device, use of an explosive causing great bodily injury, assault with a deadly weapon Assault with a Deadly Weapon is the term used to describe the act of threatening to harm one or more people by using a weapon (usually a firearm). Here, assault must be differentiated from battery as they are often confused. Assault is threatening to use force. and allegations that he specifically targeted the bar because of its patrons' sexual orientation sexual orientation n. The direction of one's sexual interest toward members of the same, opposite, or both sexes, especially a direction seen to be dictated by physiologic rather than sociologic forces. . ?13Daily News City begins probe of garage homes Los Angeles city officials took the first step Tuesday to create a task force of agencies to look into the problem of illegally converted garages as a result of the deaths of three people last month in Sun Valley. On a request from Councilman Richard Alarcon, the council ordered the city Building and Safety, Housing, Water and Power, Police and Fire departments and the City Attorney's Office to look into what can be done about the structures and how the city can shut them down. Maria Magdalena Gonzalez and two of her grandchildren, Joanne Paz, 7, and Janesa Paz, 3, died March 19 when the converted garage in which they were living caught fire. ?13Daily News Police panel to audit anti-gay actions The Police Commission warned the LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. brass Tuesday to guard against unfair enforcement against gay bars after an audit found such bars do receive a slightly disproportionate number of inspections and citations. Commissioner Art Mattox, who is openly gay and asked for the audit, said he'll push for similar audits each year to better track what many in the gay and lesbian communities see as police harassment. ?13Daily News Council OKs funds for LAPD shotguns The City Council approved $60,000 Tuesday to outfit the motorcycles of LAPD traffic officers with shotguns, despite concerns that the city may be overarming its officers. The proposal predates the recent North Hollywood shooting in which two bank robbers carrying automatic weapons had LAPD officers outgunned, but some council members referred to the incident during Tuesday's debate. ``This will send the message to (the public) that motor officers are fully equipped to handle some serious criminal activities out there,'' said Councilman Richard Alarcon. ``I think this is a reasonable approach.'' The LAPD had previously approved the deployment of high-powered rifles and more powerful handguns in response to the North Hollywood shooting, but without Tuesday's action, motorcycle officers would be left with handguns to respond to crime, LAPD officials told the council. The council voted 11-2 to approve the project with council members Nate Holden and Rita Walters dissenting. ?13Daily News |
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