JUSTICE POSTPONED BROKEN COOLING DELAYS HEARINGS.Byline: KAREN MAESHIRO Staff Writer LANCASTER -- Court hearings were delayed and witnesses and jurors inconvenienced Monday when the 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 was closed for about four hours in the morning because 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 out. The four-story building at Avenue M and 4th Street West did not open for business until about noon after county crews were called in to fix the problem. ``It delays matters being called today. It's a real inconvenience to parties and witnesses and jurors that had to report first thing this morning and told to come back,'' court administrator Howard Millings said. ``Eventually we will get to everything.'' Court employees arrived at work around 7:30 a.m. to find extremely warm temperatures inside the building and the the air conditioning on the fritz. Supervising Antelope Valley Superior Court Judge Thomas White Thomas White can refer to:
``It was hot when when we walked into the building this morning. Supervising Judge White decided to shut the building down until noon,'' Millings said. Temperatures inside reached 90-plus degrees, which was still cooler than the forecast high outside of 103. weekend, Millings said. The $109 million, 380,000-square-foot Michael D. Antonovich Michael Dennis Antonovich (born 1939 in Los Angeles, California) is a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors representing the Fifth District, which covers northern Los Angeles County, the Antelope, Santa Clarita, Pasadena, and parts of the San Fernando and San Antelope Valley Courthouse opened in October 2003. The buff and terra cotta cot·ta n. pl. cot·tae or cot·tas A short surplice. [Medieval Latin, of Germanic origin.] building has a glass-encased, barrel-shape atrium atrium (ā`trēəm), term for an interior court in Roman domestic architecture and also for a type of entrance court in early Christian churches. The Roman atrium was an unroofed or partially roofed area with rooms opening from it. . Inside are 15 courtrooms, including two in the basement for high-security cases. Six more courtrooms can be added to handle future growth. karen.maeshiro(at)dailynews.com (661) 267-5744 CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color) People wait to re-enter re·en·ter also re-en·ter v. re·en·tered, re·en·ter·ing, re·en·ters v.tr. 1. To enter or come in to again. 2. To record again on a list or ledger. v.intr. the Antelope Valley Courthouse, which was closed because of an air-conditioner problem Monday. (2 -- color) Temperature inside the building reached over 90 degrees. The Antelope Valley Courthouse did not open until about noon on Monday, after the air conditioner was fixed. Ana P. Gutierrez/Special to the Daily News |
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