BRIEFLY BUDGET STALEMATE DRAGS ON IN SENATE.SACRAMENTO - The state Senate came up one vote short Saturday of the two-thirds majority needed to pass a $101 billion state budget as California entered its 21st day without a budget. Senators talked through the afternoon trying to resolve the standoff after the morning vote and returned to the floor in the evening for further discussions. There was no immediate end to the impasse. - Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Jury to deliberate father's sentence SAN FERNANDO San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. - The penalty phase begins Monday in the trial of a Pacoima man convicted of murdering his 2-year-old daughter and 5-year-old son, whose bodies were found in shallow graves in the Angeles National Forest The Angeles National Forest (ANF) was established by executive order on December 20, 1892 as the San Gabriel Timberland Reserve. It covers over 2,600 km² (650,000 acres) and is located in the San Gabriel Mountains of Los Angeles County, just north of the metropolitan area of Los . The San Fernando Superior Court jury that convicted Marco Barrera of two counts of first-degree murder last Tuesday is being asked to recommend whether he should face the death penalty or life in prison without parole for the beating deaths of the youngsters. The panel found true the special circumstance allegations of torture and multiple murder, making the 38-year-old defendant eligible for a death sentence. - City News Service Vari-Eze crashes near Palm Springs PALM SPRINGS - An experimental plane crashed near Palm Springs International Airport Palm Springs International Airport (IATA: PSP, ICAO: KPSP, FAA LID: PSP) is a public airport located two miles (3 km) east of the central business district (CBD) of Palm Springs, California, serving the Coachella Valley area of Riverside County. , killing its two occupants, officials said Saturday. The names of the victims were not immediately known. The U.S. Air Force alerted Civil Air Patrol  The U.S. Civil Air Patrol (CAP) is the civilian auxiliary of the United States Air Force (USAF). It was created on 1 December, 1941 by Administrative Order 9, with Maj. Gen. John F. officials late Friday that the home-built Rutan Vari-Eze had disappeared from its radar on approach to the airport. The plane, which had taken off from Chino Chino (chē`nō), city (1990 pop. 59,682), San Bernardino co., S Calif.; founded 1887, inc. 1910. It is the business and processing center of a diversified farming (notably dairying) area. , was last seen about 7 p.m. Friday at 4,000 feet about five miles from the airport, said Palm Springs police Sgt. Patrick Williams. - Associated Press Man, 52, injured in highway crash ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST - A 52-year-old Palmdale man suffered major injuries Saturday after he drifted into oncoming traffic and collided head-on with a pickup truck, California Highway Patrol officials said. The man, whose name was not released, was airlifted to a hospital following the 2:30 p.m. collision on Angeles Forest Highway The Angeles Forest Highway traverses the Angeles National Forest and connects the Los Angeles basin to the Antelope Valley by going up and over the San Gabriel Mountains. The highway is variously known as County Road N-3 or FH-59 or the Palmdale cutoff. It is about 25 miles long. south of Aliso Canyon Road. The crash occurred as he traveled southbound in a 1976 Ford pickup truck, crossed the center line into the northbound lanes and struck a 2001 Ford pickup truck driven by a 39-year-old Palmdale man. The second motorist suffered minor injuries, 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 officials said. - Daily News |
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