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February 18, 1994 | MIGUEL BUSTILLO and THOM MROZEK, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Inside the old San Fernando police station, where the Cabinet secretary came calling Thursday, city clerks, Los Angeles County prosecutors and sheriff's deputies toil in jail cells every day, while U.S. Rep. Howard L. Berman works in one of the building's offices. A bizarre bureaucratic punishment? An ironic change of careers? No, not really.
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September 22, 1993 | JULIO MORAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Every day more than 2,500 people pass through the doors of the San Fernando courthouse, home to both Municipal and Superior courtrooms. There, it is the job of county safety officers such as Jesus Ruiz to make sure that none of these people--attorneys, jurors and messengers, as well as members of the general public--are carrying a knife or a gun.
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May 27, 1993 | CARMEN VALENCIA
A proposal to create a new city division to streamline the maintenance of municipal buildings, such as City Hall and the police station, has met with mixed reactions from council members. One council member saw the proposal as a cost-cutting measure that could potentially save the city thousands of dollars, while another called it a move to dislodge a division from the city's Recreation and Community Services Department.