BRIEFLY.Teen sentenced in stabbing death 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. - A 17-year-old boy was sentenced Tuesday to 26 years to life in prison for stabbing his mother to death in May 2004. Jason Amico pleaded guilty in November to stabbing his 41-year-old mother, Reina, several times inside their Blackwall Drive home in Simi Valley. He was a 15-year-old sophomore at Royal High School at the time and fled to a relative's house, where he was arrested. ``It's an appropriate sentence given the viciousness of this crime,'' Deputy District Attorney Stacy Ratner said after the sentencing by Ventura County Superior Court Judge Rebecca Riley Rebecca Riley (b. 2002 d. December 13, 2006), the daughter of Michael and Carolyn Riley and resident of Hull, Massachusetts, was found dead in her home after prolonged exposure to various medications, her lungs filled with fluid. . - Daily News 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 panel orders meetings on rates Moving ahead with an ambitious plan to achieve 20 percent renewable energy Renewable energy utilizes natural resources such as sunlight, wind, tides and geothermal heat, which are naturally replenished. Renewable energy technologies range from solar power, wind power, and hydroelectricity to biomass and biofuels for transportation. by 2010 - seven years ahead of an earlier deadline - the Board of Water and Power Commissioners on Tuesday instructed DWP managers to begin meeting with community groups and businesses. ``I think what we're signaling is a history-making shift in the energy policy of the city,'' said David Nahai, vice-president of the board. The panel asked DWP staff to come back by mid-2006 with a slate of wind, geothermal, biomass, hydroelectric and solar power sources that will provide a fifth of the city's energy needs by 2010. They also asked for a figure on a surcharge to pay for the accelerated renewable portfolio. While the commissioners have said they anticipate such a rate hike will be small, they called for outreach to residential and commercial ratepayers to begin as soon as possible. - Daily News Ex-Simi, county politician dies SIMI VALLEY - James R. Dougherty, who served on the Simi Valley City Council and the Ventura County Board of Supervisors The examples and perspective in this article or section may represent an unduly geographically limited view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. The Board of Supervisors is the body governing counties in the U.S. in the 1970s and 1980s, has died from lung disease lung disease Pulmonary disease Pulmonology Any condition causing or indicating impaired lung function Types of LD Obstructive lung disease–↓ in air flow caused by a narrowing or blockage of airways–eg, asthma, emphysema, chronic bronchitis; , officials said Tuesday. He was 70. Brian Miller
Brian Miller is a British actor. He appeared in the Doctor Who serial Snakedance and provided Dalek voices in Resurrection of the Daleks and , Dougherty's administrative assistant when he was a county supervisor, said he died Sunday at his home in Glendale. Miller described Dougherty as a unifying force on the board and a fiscally conservative guardian of county finances. ``Before he was elected, the board was divided. He had a talent for bringing people together and he was a true leader on the board,'' said Miller, now district chief of staff for Rep. Elton Gallegly Elton W. Gallegly (born March 7 1944), an American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1987, currently representing the 24th District of California (map). , R-Simi Valley. In 1987, Dougherty helped lead the effort to bring the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Center for Public Affairs to its hilltop location at the west end of Simi Valley. He also helped get the 23 Freeway from Moorpark to Thousand Oaks completed and was instrumental in helping Moorpark become a city in 1983. - Daily News Flames damage home; one injured GRANADA HILLS - Fire caused significant damage to a one-story single-family home Tuesday where one person inside the structure suffered minor injuries, officials said. The fire was reported at 4:31 p.m. in the 11100 block of Jellico Avenue, in Granada Hills, said Los Angeles Fire Department The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), also known as the Los Angeles City Fire Department to distinguish it from the Los Angeles County Fire Department. It is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Los Angeles. spokesman Jim Wells. Firefighters gained control of the blaze in 25 minutes, he said. The cause of the blaze and the cost of damage was yet to be determined, Wells said. - Daily News Man sentenced after fatal crash SIMI VALLEY - A 23-year-old Simi Valley man was sentenced to a maximum of 20 years in prison Tuesday in connection with an Aug. 27 crash that killed his girlfriend in Nevada as they were driving to the counterculture coun·ter·cul·ture n. A culture, especially of young people, with values or lifestyles in opposition to those of the established culture. coun Burning Man Festival. Under the sentence by Judge David Gamble in the Ninth Judicial District Court in Minden, Nev., Trevor Clark would be eligible for a parole hearing in six years, officials said. Clark had faced a possible sentence of between two and 20 years after he pleaded no contest in November to driving with marijuana in his system and causing the crash that killed 20-year-old Tracy Fein. - Daily News |
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