BRIEFLY; CANDIDATE FORUM FOR AREA HOPEFULS.NORTH HOLLYWOOD - A campaign forum on Friday will feature candidates for state Assembly 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. area. Candidates in Assembly districts 38, 41 and 42 will speak at the event, which is sponsored by a committee of the Valley Industry and Commerce Association and 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. Area Chamber of Commerce. The forum is scheduled from noon to 1:30 p.m., and is open to the public. Admission is $30 per person, including lunch and parking. It will be held at Beverly Garland's Holiday Inn, 4222 Vineland Ave. For reservations, call VICA VICA Vocational Industrial Clubs of America VICA Video Conferencing Alliance (UK) VICA Vocational Industrial Chapters of America VICA Vision Counsel of America at (818) 226-6466. - Daily News SENTENCING DUE FOR 'DASH' DRIVER A DASH bus driver is scheduled to be sentenced Monday for pulling a gun on a passenger in an incident triggered by a rattling sun visor Noun 1. sun visor - a shade (sometimes of green mica) affixed above the windshield of an automobile shade - protective covering that protects something from direct sunlight; "they used umbrellas as shades"; "as the sun moved he readjusted the shade" , city prosecutors said Wednesday. - City News Service COUNCIL'S OPINION ON GREEK SOUGHT In a move to include the Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. in a disputed
contract, the city Recreation and Parks Commission on Wednesday asked
the council to review a plan to seek new bids to operate the Greek
Theatre.
With a mandate to open up bidding for the facility or face a $1.5 million referendum election, the commission said it wanted council members to indicate their concerns before a bid package is sent out. - Daily News CHICK AIDE NAMED TO HEAD FILM BOARD Gov. Gray Davis has tapped the chief deputy to Councilwoman Laura Chick to serve as director of the California Film Commission. Karen Constine, who has worked as Chick's chief deputy since her 1993 election, will take over the job in the near future. The commission works to coordinate activities in the entertainment industry and with local government to keep production in California. - Daily News EMERGENCY TEAMS WILL LINK VIA WEB The City Council on Wednesday authorized payment for computer software that will link 18 police stations, 100 fire stations and emergency response teams via a secure network. The Internet-based emergency management software was developed by the city in conjunction with eteam.com Inc. - City News Service PARKING SCANDAL SPURS PLACARD BILL Assembly Speaker 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. said Wednesday he has introduced a bill to crack down on the abuse of handicapped parking placards, in the wake of a scandal involving 19 former or current 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 football players. The bill would impose a mandatory $250 fine for misusing the placards, strengthen the application process to prevent fraud and require an annual audit of the program by the state Department of Motor Vehicles In the United States of America, Department of Motor Vehicles (or DMV) is a commonly used name of the government agency of a U.S. state which administers the registration of automobiles (e.g., by issuing license plates), and/or the licensing of drivers (e.g. , said Villaraigosa, who is stepping down as speaker to run for mayor of Los Angeles. - City News Service CONCERT STABBING SUSPECT ARRESTED SIMI VALLEY - Police arrested a 26-year Acton resident Wednesday on suspicion of attempted murder in connection with a stabbing at a punk rock show following an ultimate fighting ultimate fighting Sports medicine A modern blood sport, in which 2 combatants battle each other without rounds or rest periods, to the finish, be it death, incapacitation, or surrender, in which one opponent is battered into submission, and signals abdication by a event earlier this month. Derek E. Shea was arrested at his workplace on suspicion of stabbing concert-goer Casey Holland, 25, of Simi Valley, who suffered a wound to the back at the Jan. 23 event, Simi Valley Police said. - Daily News |
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