[0] BRIEFLY : MOORPARK EXTENDS TAX REBATE FOR ONE YEAR.

MOORPARK - The City Council voted 3-2 Wednesday night to continue a property tax rebate to low-income and senior residents for one more year.

In place since 1989, the rebate program paid between $60 and $140 to an average of 50 low-income and senior families in Moorpark. The rebate amount equaled the homeowner's assessment for city parks, lighting and landscaping. Last year, 81 households received rebates ranging from $66 to $140, for a total cost of about $6,000. City staff estimated that the program cost an additional $4,000 to $5,000 per year in administrative costs.

The rebate will cease after the city's 1997-1998 fiscal year, which ends June 30, because Prop. 218, a voter-approved measure that governs assessment districts, now forbids cities from offering rebates to special groups.

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Children avoid injury in school bus crash

SIMI VALLEY - An after-school crash Thursday involving a bus and a sedan did not cause injury to any of the nine children on board the bus, officials said Thursday.

The Simi Valley Unified School District bus, traveling along Royal Avenue near Corto Street, was hit on its after-school route about 3:20 p.m., California Highway Patrol dispatchers said. No one was injured in the collision.

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