BRIEFLY.Deputy's widow sues over crash The wife of a sheriff's deputy killed in the Metrolink commuter train crash of three months ago filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the transit agency Monday. Rita Kay Tutino, the widow of Deputy James Tutino of 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. , alleges a series of negligent acts in the suit, including that Metrolink caused the death because it used a locomotive to push, rather than pull, the train cars. Eleven people were killed Jan. 26 in an early-morning 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 suburban Glendale. Rita Tutino's attorney, Jerome Ringler, said analysis over the past 10 years has shown that using locomotives to push trains is dangerous because the cab car lacks a V-shape grill designed to deflect the force of a collision. - 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. Death sentence upheld in '92 case The California Supreme Court on Monday upheld a death sentence for a man convicted of murdering a swap-meet employee during a robbery in 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. in June 1990. In a 119-page ruling, the panel affirmed a jury's October 1992 finding that Ricardo Roldan should be executed for Roland Teal's slaying. Teal was shot to death after he chased and grabbed one of the men involved in the robbery. - City News Service Officials attempt to drop LAX suit El Segundo El Segundo (ĕl sēgŭn`dō), industrial city (1990 pop. 15,223), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1917. Its products include navigation and computer systems, aircraft parts, office machines, telephone apparatus, and officials announced plans Monday to try to halt their lawsuit over Mayor Jim Hahn's LAX modernization plan, saying Los Angeles should instead respond to a county panel's bid to block the revamp. Officials from El Segundo, Inglewood and Culver City - all of whom have sued Los Angeles over the modernization plan - are scheduled to appear before a Riverside judge tomorrow to try to suspend the ongoing litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. in light of a recent decision by the Los Angeles County Airport Land Use Commission. - City News Service Theft plea to yield jail term in June A Ventura County man is scheduled to be sentenced in June after pleading guilty to 24 felony charges, including the fictitious sale of a Christmas tree Christmas tree Evergreen tree, usually decorated with lights and ornaments, to celebrate the Christmas season. The use of evergreen trees, wreaths, and garlands as symbols of eternal life was common among the ancient Egyptians, Chinese, and Hebrews. farm, District Attorney Gregory Totten said Monday. Anthony Navarro, 44, pleaded guilty Friday to charges involving the theft of approximately $2 million in a series of crimes that included grand theft, identity theft, loan fraud, check fraud, forgery, filing false documents and money laundering The process of taking the proceeds of criminal activity and making them appear legal. Laundering allows criminals to transform illegally obtained gain into seemingly legitimate funds. , the District Attorney's Office said. - Daily News Carnival, parade set for this week THOUSAND OAKS - The Conejo Valley Days carnival will begin Wednesday at Conejo Creek Park and run through the weekend, with a parade scheduled for Saturday along Thousand Oaks Boulevard. The carnival will be open from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday at the park located on Janss Road just east of Route 23. Carnival hours are 5 p.m. to midnight Friday, noon to midnight Saturday, and noon to 8 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $6 for adults, $5 for students and seniors, and $3 for children 6 to 12. Children under 6 are free. Information is available at www.conejovalleydays.com or from the Conejo Valley Days hotline, (805) 371-8730. - Daily News Metrolink's CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. gets big pay jump The Metrolink board of directors approved a nearly 10 percent pay raise for CEO David Solow, increasing his annual salary to $199,000 to keep pace with administrators at other agencies, officials said Monday. Solow, 52, has been chief executive officer since 1999, overseeing all aspects of the commuter rail agency's $283 million operating and capital budget. He has been with the agency since 1991. The board on Friday approved the 9.8 pay raise and enhanced benefits and launched a review of his retirement package. The pay raise is retroactive to July 2004. - Daily News 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 to intensify focus on alcohol The California Highway Patrol will deploy additional officers along the Harbor Freeway in Central and South Los Angeles South Los Angeles is the official name for a large geographic and cultural area lying to the southwest and southeast of downtown Los Angeles, California. The area was formerly called South Central Los Angeles, and is still sometimes called South Central. next week because of an increase in alcohol-related collisions, officials said Monday. The increase is part of an ``Alcohol-Involved Collision Reduction Effort,'' funded by a grant from the state's Office of Traffic Safety, according to CHP Officer Alex Delgadillo. - City News Service |
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