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July 3, 2002 | NICHOLAS RICCARDI, TIMES STAFF WRITER
The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating possible civil rights abuses at Metropolitan State Hospital in Norwalk, a sprawling facility that for years has been the subject of complaints about excessive use of restraints and drugs to control child and adult mental patients. Federal investigators arrived last week at Metropolitan, which houses disturbed felons from state prison and is the last state hospital to treat mentally ill children.
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June 6, 2001 | DAVID KELLY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Plans for the Cal State Channel Islands library and media center were unveiled Tuesday night, showcasing a melding of old and new, steel and glass that planners hope will become the centerpiece of the new university. The two-story, 260,000-square-foot complex, designed by world-renowned British architect Norman Foster, features a glass facade linked to the Spanish-style design of what was once Camarillo State Hospital.
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December 24, 2000 | FRED ALVAREZ, TIMES STAFF WRITER
With the holidays here, Marcia Flannery did her best to make the motel room feel like home for her son, Page Dye. She set up a tiny Christmas tree and surrounded it with toy harmonicas, chocolate Santas and a dancing snowman that wiggled to a yuletide version of the twist. She set out new slippers and a pair of her son's favorite pajamas. But here at this Costa Mesa motor inn, hours from her Oxnard home, Flannery knew Page would eventually ask the question that always breaks her heart.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
September 20, 2000
Ventura County will get its first new freeway offramp in nearly two decades, one that traffic engineers say will help cut congestion at another interchange in this city as the new Cal State Channel Islands campus opens for business. Construction of the $7.7-million Springville interchange--roughly halfway between Central Avenue and Las Posas Road--is expected to begin in spring. It is being planned and paid for by Camarillo, as it prepares for growth along the city's western fringe.
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February 23, 2000
We are stunned and disappointed by The Times' failure to endorse Supervisor Kathy Long's candidacy for reelection. You seem to view the mental health merger as the defining issue in the campaign, but anyone with a grasp of the county or the 3rd District knows that this is not a one-issue district or county. Long's advocacy for the mentally ill cannot be questioned. While Mike Morgan did everything in his power to shut down Camarillo State Hospital, Long fought to keep it open. The result of closing the hospital is a housing shortage that she and the Board of Supervisors are still working to resolve.
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August 31, 1999 | FRED ALVAREZ, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Professor Larry Decker took a minute out of his back-to-school routine Monday to welcome the first students to the first day of classes at Ventura County's emerging state university. For the past nine years, Decker has taught at the Ventura campus of Cal State Northridge, a satellite learning center shoehorned into a coffee-colored office building overlooking the Ventura Freeway.