SANTA CLARITA: BRIEFLY : STABBING SUSPECT PLEADS NOT GUILTY.NEWHALL - An Agua Dulce Agua Dulce is Spanish for "sweet water". It also refers to various locations: In Mexico:
John Brent Hale, 37, is charged with murder in Saturday's slaying of Allen Dale Ward, 36, who was stabbed several times in the upper body after the victim got upset about a car battery, said Deputy District Attorney Mike Noyes. Hale had been living with Ward and the victim's girlfriend in the 15100 block of Sierra Highway Sierra Highway is a road in Southern California, United States. It runs from Tunnel Station near the north limit of the City of Los Angeles, where it intersects with San Fernando Road and Foothill Boulevard, as well as Interstate 5, and continues north to Mojave, mostly paralleling , authorities said. Hale fled into the hills around the rural residence about 7:40 p.m. Saturday, and a search by deputies in a helicopter and on the ground was unsuccessful. He was arrested Monday night in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , officials said. Dressed in a fatigue military jacket, a bearded and pot-bellied Hale stared at Newhall Municipal Judge H. Keith Byram as he set a preliminary hearing for 9 a.m. April 21. Hale is being held without bail at the 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, sheriff's station. ?13- Daily News Science author to speak at library VALENCIA - Award-winning science writer Jerry Pournelle Jerry Eugene Pournelle, (born August 7, 1933) is an American essayist, journalist and science fiction author who contributed for many years to the computer magazine Byte. He has served as President of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. will speak at the Valencia library Sunday, kicking off National Library Week celebrations. Pournelle, the co-author of books including ``Higher Education'' and ``Beowulf's Children Beowulf's Children is a science fiction novel written by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle and Steven Barnes. It is the sequel to The Legacy of Heorot, and concerns the actions and fate of the second generation of colonists on the planet Avalon. ,'' and writer of the ``Chaos Manor'' column in Byte Magazine, will speak about the future from 2 to 4 p.m. The free lecture will be held at the library, 23743 W. Valencia Blvd. Other events will be held during National Library Week, which has the theme ``Kids Connect the Library.'' On Monday, KC and Company will perform its Musical Mystery Tour at 4 p.m. At 6 p.m. Wednesday, Activated Storytellers/L'Eau Theque will perform Totems totems (tō·t  mz),n. and Tales, American Indian American Indian or Native American or Amerindian or indigenous American Any member of the various aboriginal peoples of the Western Hemisphere, with the exception of the Eskimos (Inuit) and the Aleuts. folk tales using sign language and some gymnastics. ?13- Daily News 9 Pitchess inmates injured during melee CASTAIC - A fight among 20 to 30 inmates at the Pitchess Detention Center in Castaic left nine men injured, a Sheriff's Department spokeswoman said Wednesday. The disturbance broke out about 10:40 p.m. Tuesday at the jail's North Facility and lasted about five minutes, said Deputy Kim Unland. ``The inmates used their feet, fists and jail-made slingshots,'' she said, adding that deputies used verbal commands to halt the violence. One inmate was taken to Los Angeles County/USC Medical Center and received stitches for a cut to his head, Unland said. Eight others were treated at a facility clinic. ?13- City News Service Winds spark blaze, cause power outage VALENCIA - High winds knocked down power lines Wednesday along Highway 126, about a half-mile west of Interstate 5, leaving some Valencia residents without power and causing a small fire that was quickly extinguished, firefighters said. The fire broke out about 4 p.m. near a wheat field, said Firefighter David Bailey of Los Angeles County Fire Station 76 in Valencia. The downed lines also knocked out traffic lights at Magic Mountain Parkway and The Old Road, authorities said. CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan officers directed heavy traffic during the afternoon rush hour. Southern California Edison Southern California Edison (or SCE Corp), the largest subsidiary of Edison International (NYSE: EIX), is the primary electricity supply company for much of Southern California. It provides 11 million people with electricity. officials could not immediately determine how many homes were left without electricity or when the power would be restored. A high-wind advisory was in effect Wednesday along the Grapevine in the Fort Tejon area, said California Highway Patrol Officer Michelle Esposito. A wind advisory was also in effect in the Antelope Valley, where winds reached 30 to 40 mph, according to the National Weather Service. |
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