ADVISORY/UPDATE: Mayor Hahn, Rene Russo to Join in Metropolitan's 75th Anniversary Celebration Dec. 9.

City Desks/Assignment Desks

ADVISORY...for Tuesday (Dec. 9)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

Metropolitan, Which Provides Nearly Half the Water for the

Region's 18 Million People and $650 Billion Economy,

Now Known for Conservation, Storage, Recycling 

                        UPDATED MEDIA ADVISORY

WHAT:       Southern California's largest water importer and
            wholesaler celebrates its 75th anniversary

WHEN/WHERE: Lunch and program 12 p.m. Dec. 9 at Pasadena Civic
            Auditorium, 300 E. Green St., Pasadena
            (Thomas Guide Pg. 565, J5)

WHO:        Metropolitan Board Chairman Phillip J. Pace; Los Angeles
            Mayor James Hahn; Pasadena Mayor Bill Bogaard;
            actress-native plants enthusiast Rene Russo; Colorado
            River Aqueduct construction veteran Walter Preston; and
            legislators, mayors, city council members, water officials
            from throughout the region.

BACKGROUND: Metropolitan Water District was incorporated Dec. 6, 1928,
            to build and operate an aqueduct bringing water to the Los
            Angeles Basin from the Colorado River. The first board
            meeting was held in Pasadena on Dec. 29, 1928, with
            representatives of the cities of Anaheim, Beverly Hills,
            Burbank, Colton, Glendale, Los Angeles, Pasadena, San
            Bernardino, San Marino, Santa Ana and Santa Monica. Today,
            Metropolitan has 26 member public agencies and serves a
            5,200-square-mile area in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside,
            San Diego, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura counties.