PRINCIPAL GUILTY ON FOUR COUNTS.Byline: Daily News SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, - A San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. principal was acquitted of hate crimes this week by a jury, but convicted of crimes involving a gay couple who claimed the man harassed them. Donald R. Gaskin gaskin the muscular portion of the hindleg between the stifle and hock, corresponding to the human calf. The term is used in horses and sometimes dogs. , principal of the North Valley Occupational Center in Mission Hills, was found guilty of four counts of misdemeanor petty theft and damaging property. Jurors found him not guilty of six counts of civil right violations that had alleged he targeted a female couple in his Canyon Country neighborhood. Gaskin is scheduled to return June 10 to Newhall Superior Court for a probation hearing and sentencing. Originally charged with 11 misdemeanors, Gaskin had been accused of harassing the couple for more than a year. The victims claimed he damaged some sprinklers and stole some mail, charges that held. Gaskin ran unsuccessfully in 2000 for the board of the Castaic Lake Castaic Lake is a lake on Castaic Creek formed by Castaic Dam, in northwestern Los Angeles County, California, near the town of Castaic. The 323,700 acre foot lake (399,000,000 m³) is the terminus of the West Branch of the California Aqueduct, though some comes from the 154 mi² Water Agency and, more recently, testified against the proposed Golden Valley Ranch development east of Santa Clarita. He said at the time he spoke on behalf of his neighborhood, but residents said he was not authorized au·thor·ize tr.v. au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es 1. To grant authority or power to. 2. To give permission for; sanction: to represent them. |
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