CHILLER FAILURE CLOSES COURTS SHUTDOWN COMES AMID HEAT WAVE.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Staff Writer LANCASTER - Court operations at the 21-month-old, $109 million Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Courthouse were disrupted again Thursday after a chiller chill·er n. 1. One that chills. 2. A frightening story, especially one involving violence, evil, or the supernatural; a thriller. chiller Noun 1. went down, knocking out the building's air-conditioning system. Thursday's malfunction mal·func·tion v. 1. To fail to function. 2. To function improperly. n. 1. Failure to function. 2. Faulty or abnormal functioning. was the third time in a week that electrical or other problems have led to a suspension in court services. When court employees arrived for work, the air conditioning air conditioning, mechanical process for controlling the humidity, temperature, cleanliness, and circulation of air in buildings and rooms. Indoor air is conditioned and regulated to maintain the temperature-humidity ratio that is most comfortable and healthful. was off and temperatures in the courtrooms and offices ranged from the mid- to high 80s. Thursday's high was expected to be 104. Court services were suspended sometime after 8:30 a.m. until about 10:30 a.m. when the air-conditioning problem was fixed, court officials said. No evacuation was ordered, and people were allowed to stay inside the four-story building if they wanted to. ``As far as impact, we are still functioning. We do have some last-day trials that look like they are going to start on time today. We are not going to have to relocate them to another court,'' Antelope Valley Supervising Judge Thomas White Thomas White can refer to:
White and other court officials met with county facilities and maintenance personnel to discuss what could be behind the recurring re·cur intr.v. re·curred, re·cur·ring, re·curs 1. To happen, come up, or show up again or repeatedly. 2. To return to one's attention or memory. 3. To return in thought or discourse. problems. A malfunction over the weekend shut down the air-conditioning system Monday and led to a suspension of court services for about four hours. On July 14, the courthouse was evacuated e·vac·u·ate v. e·vac·u·at·ed, e·vac·u·at·ing, e·vac·u·ates v.tr. 1. a. To empty or remove the contents of. b. To create a vacuum in. 2. for about two hours when a problem in the electrical system caused many of the elevators to malfunction, officials said. A deputy district attorney was trapped in one of the elevators but was rescued after about 45 minutes by firefighters, officials said. In July 2004, the courthouse was closed for a short time because of a water leak in the clerk's office and in the holding cell area and a foul stench coming from the plumbing system. The 380,000-square-foot courthouse at Fourth Street West and Avenue M opened in October 2003. Karen Maeshiro, (661) 267-5744 karen.maeshiro(at)dailynews.com |
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