BRIEFLY; BUSINESS LOTS CUT AT PORTER RANCH.The 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. Planning Commission Noun 1. planning commission - a commission delegated to propose plans for future activities and developments commission, committee - a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle on Thursday approved a reduction in the amount of commercial development that will be allowed at Porter Ranch. In its second change to the specific plan for the project, the commission reduced commercial development from 6 million to 3 million square feet in exchange for giving the developer more flexibility on where those projects will be built. Still to be decided are issues involving signs and development standards, officials said. The project is planned to include 3,000 homes and 1,200 multifamily units. - Daily News DEPUTIES TO CARRY TRAUMA CARE KITS Sheriff Lee Baca Leroy David Baca (b. May 27 1942, East Los Angeles, California) is the Sheriff of Los Angeles County, California. After graduating from Benjamin Franklin High School (Los Angeles) in 1960, Baca worked his way through East Los Angeles College before starting with the L.A. announced Thursday that 5,000 ``trauma kits'' will be distributed to deputies countywide to help in the emergency treatment of gunshot and stabbing victims. The medical kits are designed primarily to help the wounded before paramedics arrive, Baca said. The kits were provided, in part, by funds raised through Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe Donald R. Knabe (born October 15, 1943 in Illinois) is a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, serving the Fourth District, a crescent shaped district that covers the coastline from Marina Del Rey southward to Long Beach, and southeastern Los Angeles County to , Baca said. - City News Service SAFER CIGARETTES HAVE SENATE FANS SACRAMENTO - The state Senate voted Thursday to make California the first state to require that all cigarettes sold in the state be self-extinguishing to reduce accidental fires. State Sen. Adam Schiff's measure would allow only fire-safe cigarettes to be sold in California beginning in July 1, 2002. A 22-11 vote sent Schiff's bill to the Assembly. Schiff, D-Pasadena, said that while most of the tobacco industry opposes the bill, Philip Morris announced development of a cigarette paper in 1998 that will extinguish itself if unattended. - Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. POWER OUTAGE Noun 1. power outage - equipment failure resulting when the supply of power fails; "the ice storm caused a power outage" power failure equipment failure, breakdown - a cessation of normal operation; "there was a power breakdown" HITS 2,000 CUSTOMERS VALENCIA - More than 2,000 customers lost power Thursday when underground circuits were knocked out for unknown reasons, also prompting the Sheriff's Department to dispatch deputies to seven intersections in Newhall and Valencia during rush hour. Power went out at 3:51 p.m. It was mostly restored several hours later, said Southern California Edison Southern California Edison (or SCE Corp), the largest subsidiary of Edison International (NYSE: EIX), is the primary electricity supply company for much of Southern California. It provides 11 million people with electricity. spokeswoman Karen Shepard-Grimes. - Daily News |
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