BRIEFLY $3 MILLION TO AID TOURISM WORKERS.A $3 million program to help hotel and airport workers thrown out of work as a result of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks was announced Tuesday by labor leaders and elected officials. Mayor James Hahn For the Iowa politician, see . James Kenneth "Jim" Hahn (born July 3, 1950) is an American politician from the Democratic Party. He was the Deputy City Attorney (1975-1979), City Controller (1981-1985), City Attorney (1985-2001) and Mayor of Los Angeles, California ; state Assembly Speaker Bob Hertzberg, D-Van Nuys; and union leaders said the money will help an estimated 34,000 workers keep health insurance and provide money to head off either foreclosure on their homes or eviction The removal of a tenant from possession of premises in which he or she resides or has a property interest done by a landlord either by reentry upon the premises or through a court action. from apartments. Funding includes $1 million from Kaiser Permanente Kaiser Permanente is an integrated managed care organization, based in Oakland, California, founded in 1945 by industrialist Henry J. Kaiser and physician Sidney R. Garfield. to provide three months of continuing health coverage along with another $1 million for coverage for union members, and $1 million from the California Endowment to provide emergency housing and emergency medical care. - Daily News No anthrax anthrax (ăn`thrăks), acute infectious disease of animals that can be secondarily transmitted to humans. It is caused by a bacterium (Bacillus anthracis found at postal centers No evidence of anthrax was found in tests done at five 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. County mail processing facilities, the Postal Service postal service, arrangements made by a government for the transmission of letters, packages, and periodicals, and for related services. Early courier systems for government use were organized in the Persian Empire under Cyrus, in the Roman Empire, and in medieval announced Tuesday. - City News Service Auto crashes kill 1, injure 2 others A man was killed Tuesday and two others were critically injured in separate traffic crashes across 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. , police said. A 52-year-old man died after he was hit by a car at Lassen Street and De Soto de So·to , Hernando or Fernando 1496?-1542. Spanish explorer who landed in Florida in 1539 with 600 men and set out to search for the fabled riches of the north. Avenue in Chatsworth on Tuesday at 7:18 p.m., authorities said. Police identified him as Rodney Ghilarducci. A 15-year-old girl was fighting for her life Tuesday night at a hospital after she went out onto Woodman Avenue near Hart Street and was hit by a van, police said. The girl was hit about 2:35 p.m. as she and her 14-year-old friend were running to be picked up by a parent after school, authorities said. Tuesday morning, a 91-year-old North Hollywood woman was critically injured when she was hit by a city Department of Water and Power truck, authorities said. The incident occurred about 9:15 a.m. when the victim stepped off the curb to cross Van Nuys Boulevard and was hit by the truck, which was turning right onto Van Nuys Boulevard from Sherman Way, officials said. - Daily News Cell phone towers top money issue The design and location of cellular phone antennas was the costliest lobbying issue in the city between July and September, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a report by the City Ethics Commission. Lobbyist disclosure statements filed with the commission show $190,949 was spent on the issue by five lobbying firms during the third quarter of 2001, officials said. - City News Service County picks bid for rebuilding hall The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is the five member governing board of Los Angeles County, California. Members of the board of supervisors are elected by district, the current members as of April 2006 are:
The projected cost, $136 million, is higher than an estimate of $80 million presented to the supervisors in January. The winning bidder is a partnership among Clark Construction, the real estate development company Urban Partners and Nadel Architects. The Italian Renaissance-style structure on Temple Street has been empty since it was closed after the 1994 Northridge Earthquake. - City News Service 16-year fugitive now faces justice A man who eluded authorities for 16 years has finally appeared in a U.S. courtroom to face charges of illegally exporting nuclear weapons triggers to Israel. Richard Henry Smyth, 72, was charged in a 30-count indictment issued in 1985. - Associated Press |
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