BRIEFLY ESCAPEE INDICTED FOR POSING AS DOC.A 69-year-old prison escapee escapee A popular term for older relatives of those at risk for Huntington's disease, who didn't develop the disease. See Huntington's disease. with a history of impersonating a doctor was indicted INDICTED, practice. When a man is accused by a bill of indictment preferred by a grand jury, he is said to be indicted. Tuesday on charges he pretended to be a physician and worked at a North Hollywood medical office. Gerald C. Barnes is named in a 16-count indictment returned by a Los Angeles federal grand jury. Prosecutors say he escaped from prison on Aug. 21, 2000, and was hired that September at the Family Medical Center. They allege that he worked there briefly until he was tracked down and arrested. Barnes obtained the job after using false identification and the credentials of a real doctor named Gerald Barnes, who until recently practiced in Northern California, Assistant U.S. Attorney Daniel Saunders said. - City News Service CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge solar panels starting to pay off NORTHRIDGE - The installation of more than 3,000 solar panels at California State University, Northridge CSUN offers a variety of programs leading to bachelor's degrees in 61 fields and master's degrees in 42 fields. The university has over 150,000 alumni. It's also home to a summer musical theater/theater program known as TADW (TeenAge Drama Workshop) that leads teenagers through an , is expected to save the university more than $50,000 annually in energy costs, officials said Tuesday. One of the largest solar electric installations at a California public university, the $1.8 million Photovoltaic The generation of voltage by a material that is exposed to light in the visible and invisible ranges. See photoelectric and photovoltaic cell. Project was developed through a partnership with the university's physical plant management, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) is the largest municipal utility in the United States, serving 3.9 million residents in 2006. It was founded in 1902 to deliver water and electricity supplies to residents and businesses in Los Angeles. , Southern California Gas This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. Company and Shell Solar Industries. DWP DWP Department of Work and Pensions (UK) DWP Drinking Water Program DWP Dynamic Weapon Pricing (gamin, Counter-Strike: Source) DWP Department of Water & Power DWP Drinking Water Protection and Gas Company officials will present the university with incentive checks totaling more than $1.6 million at a special ceremony at 1 p.m. today. - Daily News Councilman urges club safety review Los Angeles City Councilman Jack Weiss on Tuesday called for a review of the city's fire inspection procedures, specifically as they relate to nightclubs. The action comes in the aftermath of two recent disasters - one in Chicago and the other in Rhode Island Rhode Island, island, United States Rhode Island, island, 15 mi (24 km) long and 5 mi (8 km) wide, S R.I., at the entrance to Narragansett Bay. It is the largest island in the state, with steep cliffs and excellent beaches. - that left scores of clubgoers dead. Weiss' motion calls for a report to the council's Public Safety Committee on how fire inspectors can improve their efforts to ensure nightclubs are operating safely. - City News Service Local memorials get funding boost Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Pasadena, announced Tuesday the approval of $500,000 in federal funding to help build community memorials to honor fallen law enforcement or other public safety officers. The funds were allocated as part of the Law Enforcement Tribute Act of 2001, which Schiff authored and introduced. - City News Service Search continues for cobra mailer CANOGA PARK - Police on Tuesday continued the search for the person who mailed a Canoga Park songwriter a deadly cobra. Joseff Calhoun, 30, of Canoga Park was the victim of an apparent attack by mail Friday. He opened up a package in his kitchen in the 6900 block of Jumilla Avenue, and inside was a rare South African black-necked spitting cobra. Malanie Baghdaian, Calhoun's attorney, said her client doesn't know who might have sent the snake, and has shaken nerves because of the incident. ``He's trying to take it all in stride,'' she said. ``He's trying to go on every day to try to figure out what's going on What's Going On is a record by American soul singer Marvin Gaye. Released on May 21, 1971 (see 1971 in music), What's Going On reflected the beginning of a new trend in soul music. and why somebody would do that to him.'' - Daily News Spending limit concept approved Ventura County supervisors on Tuesday approved the concept of spending and contribution limits in countywide races. Under the proposed draft, candidates would be limited to maximum contributions of $600 per donor if they agreed to a voluntary spending limit of $150,000 per election. Candidates would be faced with $300 contribution limits if they did not agree to spending limits. - Daily News |
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