SAN FERNANDO VALLEY: BRIEFLY : LANCASTER MAN GETS 2 YEARS IN SPY CASE.

A retired defense engineer who obtained security clearances despite being discharged from the U.S. Navy with a personality disorder was sentenced Monday to two years in federal prison and fined $50,000 for trying to sell classified information related to a secret antisubmarine system.

John Douglas Charlton, 63, of Lancaster received a sentence more than two years shorter than specified by federal guidelines because psychiatric reports concluded that he suffers from a mental disorder.

The May 1995 federal indictment against Charlton said he passed classified documents in 1993 for an asking price of $100,000 to an undercover FBI agent posing as a French intelligence agent.

The documents included information on the ``Sea Shadow'' radar-invisible ship - a Lockheed spinoff of technology from its F-117A stealth fighter.

SOURCE: - Daily News Crash into pole kills driver, 20

A 20-year-old Lake View Terrace man died after his car crashed into a telephone poll, police said Monday.

Juan Romero, 20, was driving east on Osborne Street near Haddon Avenue about 10:50 p.m. Sunday when another car suddenly pulled away from the curb, said Los Angeles Police Officer Paul Skinner of the Valley Traffic Division.

Romero swerved, lost control of his 1996 Geo two-door and ran off the road, officials said. The car crashed into the telephone poll, then rolled on its side, Skinner said. Romero died at the scene.

SOURCE: - Daily News Power lost briefly at Warner Center

WOODLAND HILLS - Parts of the Warner Center business park briefly lost electrical power shortly before 11 a.m. Monday, officials said.

Department of Water and Power workers detected a cable failure and shut down a high-voltage relay line for about 10 to 15 seconds at 10:52 a.m., said DWP representative Mindy Berman.

Power was lost only to high-voltage lines that lead directly into the Warner Center, and residences in the area were not affected, Berman said.

SOURCE: - Daily News $100,000 fire hits store in Van Nuys

VAN NUYS - Fire broke out in a San Fernando Valley mini-mall Monday, causing $100,000 in damage to an aircraft parts store, fire officials said.

The blaze broke out at 3:45 a.m. inside the All Aircraft Parts store in the 7600 block of Balboa Boulevard, said Bob Collis, spokesman for the Los Angeles Fire Department.

It took 25 firefighters 27 minutes to extinguish the blaze, Collis said.

There were no injuries. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

SOURCE: - Daily News Sewage spill shuts 4 miles of beach

Portions of Dockweiler State Beach and Venice Beach remained closed Monday due to a sewage spill from a ruptured Los Angeles city pipeline into a Ballona Creek storm drain, health officials said.

It was not clear how long the 4-mile stretch of beach would stay closed, said Richard Kebabjian of the county Department of Health Services' environmental health section.

SOURCE: - City News Service 2 aftershocks tied to Landers Quake

LANDERS - Two small aftershocks of the 1992 Landers Earthquake shook parts of the San Bernardino County desert Monday.

The stronger tremor was magnitude 4.0. It occurred at 4:46 p.m. and was centered 17 miles north of Yucca Valley, according to seismologists at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.

It was preceded by a 1:36 p.m. aftershock centered about nine miles north-northwest of Landers.

SOURCE: - Associated Press Retired educator seeks Nevada seat

Ted Tiffany, a former principal and administrator with the Glendale Unified School District, filed Monday for the Nevada state Board of Education seat representing Carson City, Douglas and Storey counties and parts of Washoe and Lyon counties.

Tiffany, 61, retired last year after 37 years with the Glendale school system. That included stints as a junior high and high school principal and student programs director.

``I feel I have a lot to contribute,'' said Tiffany, who also was involved in efforts to keep students from leaving school and who served for 14 years as a trustee for Glendale Community College.

``You have to give students goals. Students today have no light at the end of the tunnel. That's why so many are dropping out,'' he added.

The candidate also favors uniforms for public school students and closed campuses. He said many students aren't mature enough to handle open campuses.

The Board of Education seat sought by Tiffany is held by veteran board member Frank R. Brown.

SOURCE: - Associated Press