Explosion in San Bruno now a crime scene
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San Bruno police declared the area where an explosion and massive fire killed at least four people and injured more than 50 a crime scene this morning, a routine move that limits access to the area until authorities determine that no foul play was involved.
California-American Water Company
Marina Coast Water District
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Number of Documents: 245
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Type: EXPARTE Filing Date: September 8, 2010
Filed By:
California-American Water Company
Marina Coast Water District
Description: California-American Water Company and Marina Coast Water District noticed four separate (both oral and written) Ex Parte Communications as follows: 1. meeting with Lester Wong, Advisor to President Michael R. Peevey, on September 2, 2010; 2. meeting with Melissa Slawson and Jason Reiger, Advisors to Commissioner Nancy E. Ryan, on September 2, 2010; 3. meeting with Matthew Tisdale, Advisor to Commissioner Dian M. Grueneich, on September 2, 2010; and 4. meeting with Karen Shea, Advisor to Commissioner Timothy Alan Simon, and Kenneth Koss, Chief of Staff to Commissioner Simon, on September 3, 2010.
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Type: NOTICE Filing Date: August 30, 2010
Filed By:
Marina Coast Water District
Description: of Filing of Conformed Copy of Water Purchase Agreement Containing Previously-Announced Revisions Acceptable to the Signatories
Exparte
EX PARTE
Lat. 'By or for one party' or 'by one side.'
Refers to situations in which only one party (and not the adversary) appears before a judge. Such meetings are often forbidden.
Although a judge is normally required to meet with all parties in a case and not with just one, there are circumstances where this rule does not apply and the judge is allowed to meet with just one side (ex parte) such as where a plaintiff requests an order (say to extend time for service of a summons) or dismissal before the answer or appearance of the defendant(s).
In addition, sometimes judges will issue temporary orders ex parte (that is, based on one party's request without hearing from the other side) when time is limited or it would do no apparent good to hear the other side of the dispute. For example, if a wife claims domestic violence, a court may immediately issue an ex parte order telling her husband to stay away. Once he's out of the house, the court holds a hearing, where he can tell his side and the court can decide whether the ex parte order should be made permanent.
Secrecy and criminality
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That bombshell comes in the wake the SFPD’s crime lab scandal, in which lab technician Deborah Madden – herself a court witness with a criminal history that should have been disclosed to defense attorneys – is suspected of regularly stealing from the seized narcotics that she tested.
