2005 WHAT'S AHEAD.Byline: - Daily News Full sports slate looms Although 2004 was a very big sports year locally, 2005 should be just as busy. It will kick off Tuesday with USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. playing Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl in Miami for college football's national championship. Led by Heisman Trophy winner Matt Leinart, the Trojans look for their second consecutive national title. In February (17-20), the Nissan Open golf tournament will return to Riviera CC. The final round will be on the same day as the NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= All-Star Game and the Daytona 500. Speaking of auto racing, the following Sunday will be the first of two NASCAR NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing), organization that sanctions American stock-car races, est. 1948. It held its first race in Daytona Beach, Fla. races (the NASCAR Nextel Cup Auto Club 500) at California Speedway in Fontana. The Dodgers will open the baseball season April 4 at San Francisco, with their first home game April 12, also against the Giants. Meanwhile, the Angels will open at home April 5 against Texas. On April 10, the Long Beach Grand Prix
The Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach is the premier circuit in the Champ Car World Series. It is an open-wheel race held on a temporary road course in Long Beach, California. will thunder through the streets of Long Beach. The college football season for USC and UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX is tentatively scheduled to open Sept. 3, with USC at Hawaii and UCLA at San Diego State. Stable or better? The biggest question heading into 2005 is whether the improving economy will maintain or pick up its pace. Next year will see a number of changes beginning to take place in the Valley landscape. Construction will begin on an expanded Westfield Shoppingtown Topanga, and demolition will start at the old Boeing Rocketdyne plant across the street. The housing market will remain tight locally, and prices will continue to climb, but there were indications late in the year that the price appreciation is slowing. Big decisions for voters As Mayor James Hahn fights for a second term, this coming city election season will also see voters tested on other issues. Eight City Council members, three members of the Los Angeles Board of Education and three members of the Community College District Board of Trustees board of trustees Politics The posse of thugs who oversee an institution's administration. See Board of directors. will be chosen. On the March 8 ballot, there will be proposals to make technical changes to the pension funds for police officers and firefighters and on whether Harbor Department police can go into a different retirement fund. At the May 17 election, voters will decide in any runoffs for contested seats, and there are continuing discussions on submitting other proposals for the ballot. Officials have until Jan. 26 to place proposals on the ballot. Among those being considered are a half-percent sales tax sales tax, levy on the sale of goods or services, generally calculated as a percentage of the selling price, and sometimes called a purchase tax. It is usually collected in the form of an extra charge by the retailer, who remits the tax to the government. to hire more police and a plan to allow the merger of city security forces into a new Office of Public Safety. More schools to open Los Angeles Unified School District The Los Angeles Unified School District (the "LAUSD") is the largest (in terms of number of students) public school system in California and the second-largest in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population. expects to open a record 39 new schools in 2005, including seven in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. , as part of the district's massive $14 billion construction program. Residents should expect to see the first of those a primary center in Pacoima and an East Valley continuation high school A continuation high school is an alternative to a comprehensive high school primarily for students who are considered at-risk of not graduating at the normal pace. The requirements to graduate are the same but the scheduling is more flexible to allow students to earn their credits in Van Nuys open their doors Jan. 3. With the year-round and traditional school years beginning in July and September, respectively, the Valley will open elementary schools in Encino, Panorama City, North Hills and North Hollywood. Two new high schools will also open in Arleta. Coming attractions If you are marking your calendar for 2005, there are several movies and a big cultural event coming in the new year. March: Robots: Ice Age director Chris Wedge returns with a CGI CGI in full Common Gateway Interface. Specification by which a Web server passes data between itself and an application program. Typically, a Web user will make a request of the Web server, which in turn passes the request to a CGI application program. tale of invention-happy mechanical characters. May: Star Wars Episode III: George Lucas' final conflict, or so everyone disappointed by the past two installments dearly hopes. June: The King Tut exhibit opens its nationwide tour in Los Angeles at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, also known as LACMA, is the official and world-renowned art museum of the County of Los Angeles, California, located on Wilshire Boulevard along Museum Row in the Miracle Mile vicinity of Los Angeles. on June 16. Batman Begins: Christian Bale dons the cowl, reportedly in the serious, Dark Knight mode of the best Bat-comics. Christopher Nolan (Memento) directs. November: The New World: Bale again, in another telling of the Jamestown/Pocahontas story. Directed by Terrence Malick (The Thin Red Line) and co-starring Colin Farrell. December: King Kong: Lord of the Rings helmer Peter Jackson takes on the legendary giant ape. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) no caption (top of building over clouds) Dean Musgrove/Staff Photographer |
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