AROUND THE VALLEY.WEST HILLSCity offers reward in campus fire-bomb A $50,000 reward was offered Friday by the Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever was
responsible for a Molotov cocktail attack at the Bernard Milken Jewish
Community Campus in West Hills.
The fire-bombing, which is being investigated as a hate crime, occurred about 2 a.m. Monday at 22622 Vanowen St. The building was not damaged and there were no injuries. "Anyone who is going to attack someone because of their race or religion (doesn't) belong in our society, and we're taking a very aggressive action with the investigation," said Councilman Dennis Zine, who sponsored the reward. RESEDA School celebrates completion of park Cleveland High School will mark the end of a two-year project with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 11:30 a.m. March 6. Students and school officials will celebrate a park created from a previously unused area of the campus at 8140 Vanalden Ave. The project took two $10,000 Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. city beautification beau·ti·fy tr. & intr.v. beau·ti·fied, beau·ti·fy·ing, beau·ti·fies To make or become beautiful. beau grants and more than $35,000 -- most of it in student volunteer work -- in matching funds Noun 1. matching funds - funds that will be supplied in an amount matching the funds available from other sources cash in hand, finances, funds, monetary resource, pecuniary resource - assets in the form of money . BURBANK Villaraigosa's ex-lover co-hosting radio show Former TV reporter Mirthala Salinas Mirthala Salinas (born October 27, 1970) was an anchor and reporter for U.S. Spanish language television channel KVEA-TV in Los Angeles. In August of 2007, she was suspended from her job for two months due to a conflict of interest scandal as a result of sleeping with the Mayor of , who gained unwanted publicity last year when she was linked romantically to Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Antonio Ramon Villaraigosa (born Antonio (Tony) Ramon Villar, Jr. on January 23, 1953) is the mayor of Los Angeles, California. He is the first Latino mayor of Los Angeles since Cristobal Aguilar in 1872. -- contributing to the breakup of his marriage -- announced Friday her return to journalism as a co-host on Spanish-language radio. Salinas Salinas, city, United States Salinas (səlē`nəs), city (1990 pop. 108,777), seat of Monterey co., W Calif.; inc. 1874. It is the shipping and processing center of a fertile valley famous for its grain and lettuce. joins radio journalist Gerardo Lorenz on W Radio 690-AM's Hoy por Hoy Hoy por hoy is a Spanish radio program, produced by the news department of the Cadena SER. It is the most listened-to radio program in Spain with an average of about three million listeners a day and is considered the most listened-to program in Spanish radio history. morning show. She began her new job Monday. "I'm very happy today to announce my return to journalism," Salinas said at a morning news conference in Burbank. "This is what I have done my whole life and what I want to continue to do." Salinas was a reporter and anchorwoman an·chor·wom·an n. 1. A woman who narrates or coordinates a newscast in which several correspondents give reports. 2. Sports A woman who is an anchor in a competition, such as a relay race. at KVEA-TV Channel 52 last year when it was disclosed that she and the mayor were romantically involved, and that she had been reporting on Villaraigosa's marital problems without disclosing her role. SAN FERNANDO City paying $750,000 to settle permit suit The city has agreed to pay $750,000 to settle developer Severyn Aszkenazy's complaint that he was illegally denied liquor permits for a restaurant project. The agreement was filed Thursday, just days after a trial began, to determine what penalty the city should face for having denied the permit. The trial was suspended as the two sides hammered out a deal. "You're never happy to pay out," said San Fernando City Administrator Jose Pulido. "We're just looking forward to moving on and focusing in on what we need to get done as a city." As part of the settlement, Aszkenazy agreed to withdraw his lawsuit, according to the agreement. Each side will pay its own legal costs. -- Staff and Wire Services |
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