BRIEFLY.Parole hearing postponed A parole hearing was postponed Wednesday for Kenneth Bianchi Kenneth Alessio Bianchi (born May 22, 1951 in Rochester, New York, U.S.) is, along with cousin Angelo Buono, Jr., one of the Hillside Stranglers. He is serving a prison term in Washington. , who was convicted along with his cousin of the ``Hillside Strangler'' murders in the late 1970s. The hearing was delayed because the state Board of Prison Terms panel requested additional documents that had been referred to by mental health experts, said Dave Dahle, who was representing the District Attorney's Office. No new date was immediately set. Bianchi, who is imprisoned im·pris·on tr.v. im·pris·oned, im·pris·on·ing, im·pris·ons To put in or as if in prison; confine. [Middle English emprisonen, from Old French emprisoner : en- in Washington state, has been denied parole six times, most recently in 2001. The former security guard, now 53, was sentenced to seven life prison terms after pleading guilty in 1979 to the murders of five women in the 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. area and the slayings of two female college students in Washington state. - City News Service Airport resolves system failure BURBANK - Bob Hope Airport Bob Hope Airport (IATA: BUR, ICAO: KBUR, FAA LID: BUR) is a regional and national airport located in Burbank, California, United States. It was formerly known as United Airport (1930-1934); Union Air Terminal (1934-1940); resumed normal operations Generally and collectively, the broad functions that a combatant commander undertakes when assigned responsibility for a given geographic or functional area. Except as otherwise qualified in certain unified command plan paragraphs that relate to particular commands, "normal operations" of Wednesday after resolving a technical problem with the Instrument Landing System that prevented flights from landing in the morning fog for several hours. The Instrument Landing System allows aircraft to land when there is limited visibility. The system is maintained and operated by the Federal Aviation Administration Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), component of the U.S. Department of Transportation that sets standards for the air-worthiness of all civilian aircraft, inspects and licenses them, and regulates civilian and military air traffic through its air traffic control , airport spokesman Victor Gill said. Authorities checked out the equipment and it appeared to be working, Gill said. The cause of the problem in the system was not found. ``It could have fixed itself or it may have been some extraneous condition or a problem with the aircraft which first reported the problem last night,'' he said. - City News Service Sinkhole sinkhole or sink or doline Depression formed as underlying limestone bedrock is dissolved by groundwater. Sinkholes vary greatly in area and depth and may be very large. cannot be filled until June SUN VALLEY - A 30-foot-deep, 200-foot-wide sinkhole that opened in Sun Valley during last month's rain cannot be filled until June, officials said. ``It was a major loss of a roadway, and it can't be fixed overnight,'' deputy city engineer Tim Haug said. ``As far as a washout washout to disperse or empty by flooding with water or other solvent. medullary solute washout a syndrome in which the relative hyperosmolarity of the renal medulla is reduced due to an excessive loss of sodium and chloride from I've been involved with, this is biggest I've seen.'' The ground under Tujunga Avenue opened up on Feb. 19 and the hole kept growing. Eventually 25,000 cubic yards of soil were washed away by runoff from the nearby foothills. Public works supervisor Rory Shaw, 47, who was working on the site, was killed Feb. 20 when he fell into the sinkhole and was engulfed by rushing water at the bottom. - Associated Press Hazardous waste Hazardous waste Any solid, liquid, or gaseous waste materials that, if improperly managed or disposed of, may pose substantial hazards to human health and the environment. Every industrial country in the world has had problems with managing hazardous wastes. violations costly BURBANK - A jewelry maker agreed to pay a $25,000 penalty for violating hazardous waste laws at its Empire Avenue facility. The California Department of Toxic Substances Control The California Department of Toxic Substances Control (or DTSC) is an agency of the government of the state of California. The agency monitors exposure to hazardous, radioactive, and toxic wastes in addition to enforcement of compliance by individual businesses, said Mel Bernie and Company, Inc., which does business as 1928 Jewelry Company, did not label hazardous waste, didn't identify scrap metal as hazardous waste and didn't immediately remove from a service a leaking storage tank system. - Daily News Council denies running permit BURBANK - The City Council has voted unanimously to deny Tina Castaldi's application for a permit to operate an early-morning running program in Wildwood Canyon. Castaldi's Killer Boot Camp would increase traffic in the residential area near Wildwood Canyon, and because the program could start before dawn the runners could het hurt, officials said. The council's denial of the permit came after Castaldi appealed an earlier rejection by the director of the Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department. - Daily News Firefighter settles suit with county VENTURA - A former Ventura County firefighter will receive $150,000 to settle a lawsuit that claimed she was racially harassed. The Board of Supervisors agreed Tuesday to settle the claim by Melvina K. Lay, 45, of Los Angeles. Lay, who is black, was a firefighter from 1991 to 2002. In a lawsuit filed last year, Lay alleged she was ridiculed, called racial epithets, given the worst assignments and faced retaliation for complaining about harassment. Alan Wisotsky, an Oxnard attorney who handled the case for the county, said the Fire Department was unaware of any problems because Lay filed her suit two years after retiring because of a work-related injury. - Associated Press Railroad tracks repair in Industry Tracks damaged in Tuesday's freight train derailment derailment /de·rail·ment/ (de-ral´ment) disordered thought or speech characteristic of schizophrenia and marked by constant jumping from one topic to another before the first is fully realized. in Industry were repaired, and Metrolink service resumed between Los Angeles' Union Station and Riverside, authorities said. Metrolink's Denise Tyrrell said the trains may go slower than usual on the repaired track sections. The Union Pacific's John Bromley said that crews worked hard to replace a broken rail that caused 21 cars of a 48-car freight train, headed to Santa Fe Springs Santa Fe Springs, city (1990 pop. 15,520), Los Angeles co., SW Calif., inc. 1957. The city lies in an oil and natural gas region and has diversified manufacturing. from Colton, to derail de·rail intr. & tr.v. de·railed, de·rail·ing, de·rails 1. To run or cause to run off the rails. 2. about 9:50 a.m. yesterday near Fullerton Road and Railroad Street. - City News Service |
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