Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • 11

wfhn a i Tribune Ttoubles with bars Oakland police officers question ABC's help Jn dosing problem bars IA-131 r- PegaA-11 Tuesday November 15 1994 STAFF MM1ER trial part of Oakland court records show Potential Jurors for the mandaughter caae filled out questionnaires Monday The final 12 Jurors will be picked Nov 28 Opening statements are aet for the next day He said years of bitter arguments over money drove him to It according to court records Carol would buy things with credit cards but when he tried to buy something it emied in an argument court records show The couple had moved the year before to an upscale $310000 home at' Alameda's Harbor Bay Isle from a more modest home on Solomon Lane Carol Carien was a secretary for Bechtel Enterprises in San Brandeco Gros aaid he and his wife have prepared themselves for the trial and don't expect paitdU emotions to sur free steeled ourselves the last couple he confessed to the killing waa like our son We coukhit have treated him any better" Gros said were in total shock We couldn't believe he did Carlen'a attorney Lincoln Mints has said repeatedly that the killing waa committed during a quarrel in the heat of pi salon and deserves a manslaughter conviction However Carien told investigators at the time of htt arrest that he had bought a wig and a false mustache two weeks before the killing He told investigators he decided to kill hla wife while he was driving home from work that day OAKLAND Two and a half yen after former Oakland policeman Keith Carien was charged with the strangulation death of hie wife hla trial begins in Alameda County Superior four! The 22-year veteran police officer aaid he strangled hla wife of 18 yean In the kitchen of their Alameda home on April 13 1992 because they were always fighting over money records show He stuffed her body hi their trunk spray-painted the car with gang grafittl and left it in an indus The parents of Carol Ann Carien a 46-yearold i rotary aaid they are relieved the trial it finally starting Lesley and Ruth Gros will be fiying in from their Rhbde Island home to watch the triaL like to see him spend the rest of his life in prison" Lesley Gros mid from Mkkfietowp RJ "My feelings for him are Gros aaid he and his were stunned when Carien Berkeley finance department fails to bill for sewer service Youth creates summit ByCNoaLmry STAFF VWVTER Thousands of Berkeley properly owners will receive a chilling surprise from the dty in their mailboxes this winter A dty auditor's report estimates that the finance department his neglected to bill commercial and residential accounts more than $3 million for sewer service As a reC suit customers will be back-billed foraervice for the past three years Eric Tsao of the finance department NCKLAMMBtS-fM Famly and friends mourn Evslyna LaBlanc at her funeral Monday Sha waa known as because har favorlta color waa purpia Questions linger at slain funeral STAFFVMIH OAKLAND AMn May could have cleaned debris out of a creek as his community project required to become an Eagle Scout However the 17-yearold de- dded on a to sene bis less fortunate peers: qjir organizing a Youth United Conference and bringing in 18 employers who have agreed to hire two doaen tributes Monday to this Oakland girl known to her friends as whose favorite color purple was remembered by like-colored rib- bons pinned onto the Jackets of mourners The services came nine days after 15-year-old Eveiyna LeBlanc was found shot and near death outside a San Leandro school Nov 5 She died about 12 hours later Police were still searching for Evelyns LeB-lanc's killer on Monday Police found her at about 8:45 pm lying near a wall at Thomas Jefferson Elementary School in San Leandro The San Leandro High School student had been shot once in the head Authorities speculate she may have been on her way to a friend's house at the time of her death will be a lot of people aaying hell' you didn't bill me for this? not paying it' "said Mayor Jeff Letter Less than a year after City Auditor Anna Rabldn uncovered $4 million in uncollected ftmda owed to tiie city's refuse transfer station her office has submitted another damaging report The Nov 1 report cites a variety of problems contributing to the' oversight including the underassessment of at least 5500 residential units And although it will be little comfort to individual property ownera- one of the biggest bills about $400000 will probably be sent from the city to itaelf A similar amount may be jawed by the Ber Please see Jolt A-12 could have the audacity the unmitigated nerve to take out of our midst such a Jovey asked Dr Frederick Murph senior' minister of First AME Church in Otdt-land where the service wsa held Several years ago the family moved from one Oakland neighborhood to another to escape from inner-city crime Murph said "Wherever you move there are people who have no respect for life" Murph said The service stirred a deep anger for Greg Belvin a Sacramento resident whose son attended school with Eveiyna BeMn had worked 15 years in law enforcement "Its not getting any Belvin aaid out: side the church' are no Immediate answers I want to have an ajwwer for my three sons But I don't" srtfrwmBt OAKLAND Arlene LeBlanc'a hands were trembling Her voice shaking is Evelyns for those of you who didn't know her" LeBlanc said Monday as she held a letter from a neighbor She intended to read the note to about 250 mourners attending her daughter's funeral was witty smart pretty and full of class waa all LeBlanc could read before she was overcome with emotion "I feel good because she was my she added later "1 had her for 15 yean At least had that" It was the shortest yet most powerful of the Tradition Marches Again Amtrak expected to arrive in London Square in April teens May who presented hla plan Monday to the Mayor's Youth Commission has been working on the conference for three months as an Eagle Scout candidate project" But May still needs food donations to' feed an wpertfd turnout of 250 young people who will gather from' 9 am to 3 Saturday at Beth Eden Baptist Church at 10th and Adeline atrecta in West Oakland The conference designed for people between the ages of 13 and 18 will focus on finding solutions to urban violence gangs drugs sexually trenmitted disease and teen-age pregnancy Keynote speakers win include Mickey Moore a reformed chug dealer and Sherman Spears of On Target" a local service group To be interviewed for a Job participants between the ages of 16 and 18 must attend the conference They will be screened and interviewed later by a panel that will bt-dude May a straight-A student who attend a private school In 8an FVandaco where he ie one of on(y Please see frofset A-12 The dty has been without an Amtrak station since August The historic Southern Pacific depotat 16th and Wood streets ln West Oakland was severely damaged In the 1989 earthquake and had to be closed Passengers used a temporary station there until August Amtrak riders now must use the Emeryville' station at 5885 Landregan St off Interstate 80 and the Powell Street exit for intercity and long-distance trains STAFF WMIER OAKLAND By next spring Amtrak conductors will be bellowing out their familiar aboard!" signal from the new passenger station in Jack London Square The modernistic station atSecond and Alice streets is scheduled to greet its first trains April 1 according to the Port of Oakland On a daily basis it is expected to handle 800 rider of Coast Starlight CaU-fomia Zephyr Capitol and San Joaquin traipa Passengers will be met' by a fleet of AC Pott officials were hoping trains would atop in Jack London Square in January but 8P which owns the tracks along The Embar-cagyro didn't have enough crews to perform Transit buses taxis and possibly a Jitney coiK-tSb necessary track and signal improvements necting the elation to nearby BART stations The 16000-equare-foot palace" and the Afauneda-OakUnd Fhny terminal at station and the footbridge spanning The Em- Lad by the Cal band tfvefrfafock-tong footbal parade tho first in Berkeley In yW HOOK JO iM SVTMU IWOflQiy monOTp UpOflMffvQ Dy WO DOTKMOy Chamber of Commarca the parade was In honor of this yaar'r Big Gam ba-twoon Cal and Stanford Saturday A tradMonal preganw bonfire wB ba It at UC Parfcafoy'a Graak Thaatar on Friday night the foot of Cby Street "I think tiie atation la fantastic-looking ft will certainly add a major presence" Jack London Square aAld Steve Hanson a real es--tate representative with the port which Is building the $9 million CA Delhims-Oakland barcadero should be finished in mid-February said Irnee Osantowsld a prqject engineer for -the port The building will have office Amtipk dispatchers train crews and ticket gents Please see Amtrak A-12 KHoOiMEroLKNo Oakland council to take up Kaiser expansion senior center Gettln Aroun These are among the actions pending today before Aie Oakland CMyCoundk Cttywider Hear a report on KaJaer Pennanente's expansion plana In Emeryville at a 9 am economic devdopment committee meeting WeatOaklaad: Comider awarding a $178 million contract for building a West Oakland senior w- r- Jf 8 Your Body KatsierPi' manentewifl presents free public forum tonight on spiritual feauea for people livhig with HIV The forum featuring a panel of speakers representing Jewish Catholic and Chrlstisn viewpoints will take place in room 1200C of tiw Kaiser Permanent Medical hospital tower 280 Wll MacArihurlSvd Oakland Call 598-6848 Be safe when coli Wkh another chilly storm front the American Red Cross Bay Area hsss list of safety tips on dealing with the cold In the home sweep out the chimney before lighting a fire and vacuum around the funuire to dear any buildup Bring pets Inside at night and check for hypothermia in the elderly who may have circulation problems Warning signs are shivering numbness and a glaaqr stare Wear layered dothlng to regulate body temperriure In caae of frostbite wanning ahSUU be gradual without nibbing Motorists planning to travel in cold i weather ahotdd pack warm dothing and blankets and cany extra food water a flashlight and a portable radio and batteries Hear a report qn disabled access lames at the Paramount The- aterstaiftSOam public works committee tneeting Hear a report on a propoecd entertainment-cabawt district at a am public works committee meeting The Oakland City Councfl's committee meetings atari at 9 am In the Lakeside Park GardenCenter 668 BeOevue Ave The foil councfi meets at 7:30 pm Gall the City Clerk's Office at 238-361 1 for more Each night this week Caltzsna will dose two eastbound lanes on Interstate 80 between Ashby -Avenue and Gilman Street in Berkeley Crews will be paving part of the roadway To minimise traffic problems the work will take place from 10 pm to 6 am K80 la being widened from the Bay i Bridge to Highway 4 in Contra Costa County Conaider a land swap for the pew downtown state building at 15th and Clay atreeta at the 7:30 pm council session -V -w- A.