BRIEFLY VEHICLE FIRE CLOSES WESTBOUND LANES.PALMDALE Palmdale, city (1990 pop. 68,842), Los Angeles co., S Calif., in the irrigated Antelope Valley; a growing residential suburb of Los Angeles near Little Rock Creek where it forms Lake Palmdale Reservoir, inc. 1962. - A van fire spread to a nearby auto repair shop, threatening gas pumps and forcing the closure of westbound Palmdale Boulevard, officials said Monday. -- A fire erupted about 1:35 p.m. in the engine compartment compartment a part of the body as a whole and divided from the rest by a physical partition. fluid compartment that liquid part of the body excluded by cell membranes. Includes intravascular and intercellular compartments. of a van parked at I's Pit Stop, 470 E. Palmdale Blvd. The fire spread to the business, and deputies closed westbound Palmdale Boulevard for 10 minutes when flames got too close to the gas pumps. ``We had to block traffic in case of an explosion,'' said fire Inspector Mike Brown. ``We had it out pretty quickly and reopened lanes as soon as it was safe.'' Damage estimates were not yet available. The cause of the fire had not been determined. - Daily News Molestation molestation n. the crime of sexual acts with children up to the age of 18, including touching of private parts, exposure of genitalia, taking of pornographic pictures, rape, inducement of sexual acts with the molester or with other children, and variations of these trial delayed two days LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. - The trial for former Palmdale City Council member and retired sheriff's Sgt. Kevin Carney car·ney n. Informal Variant of carny. was delayed Monday until Wednesday after the defense attorneys filed a request to get information from prosecutors. Carney, 49, has pleaded not guilty to charges he molested mo·lest tr.v. mo·lest·ed, mo·lest·ing, mo·lests 1. To disturb, interfere with, or annoy. 2. To subject to unwanted or improper sexual activity. four girls, including one over an eight-year period. He was released from jail May 15, three days after a judge reduced his bail from $1 million to $500,000. Carney was relieved of duty from the Lancaster sheriff's station after his arrest on Oct. 29, 1999, on suspicion of molesting one of the four girls. He has since retired from the Sheriff's Department. Carney resigned his City Council post after serving less than six weeks. - Daily News |
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