BRIEFLY : 2ND COUNCIL MEETING IN VALLEY TO BE HELD.The Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. will meet today in the San Fernando
Valley San Fernando ValleyValley, 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. , the second time so far this year. And, unlike recent meetings where at least five members were excused from attending, all but one member - Councilman Richard Alatorre - is expected to show up. Alatorre is recuperating from surgery. The meeting is scheduled for 10 a.m. at the Lake View Terrace Recreation Center, 11075 Foothill Blvd. Among the topics scheduled to be discussed is the future of a proposed golf course in the Tujunga Wash area. - Daily News LAUSD LAUSD Los Angeles Unified School District (Los Angeles, CA) reopening elementary schools Two San Fernando Valley elementary schools that were closed in the 1980s due to low enrollment will be reopened during the next two school years, the Los Angeles Unified School District The Los Angeles Unified School District (the "LAUSD") is the largest (in terms of number of students) public school system in California and the second-largest in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population. board voted Monday. Haynes Street School in Canoga Park will reopen on a two-semester LEARN calendar this fall and Newcastle Avenue School in Reseda is slated to reopen at the start of the 1999-2000 school year. - Daily News Police copter cop·ter n. Informal A helicopter. makes emergency landing VAN NUYS - A Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . helicopter made an
emergency landing Monday at Van Nuys Airport Van Nuys Airport (IATA: VNY, ICAO: KVNY, FAA LID: VNY) is a public airport located in Van Nuys, California in the San Fernando Valley, within the Los Angeles city limits. after the pilot sensed
engine trouble, officials said.
The aircraft, with a pilot and technical flight officer aboard, landed safely about 2 a.m., said police Lt. Keith Johnson of the Air Support Division. ``He made a precautionary landing because he believed he momentarily lost'' hydraulic control, Johnson said. The cause of the malfunction was not immediately identified, he said. - Daily News Campus finishes up voting on new name Birmingham High School Birmingham High School is a public coeducational high school in the neighborhood/district of Lake Balboa in the San Fernando Valley section of the city of Los Angeles, California. The school is a part of District One of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). students finished voting Monday on a new school mascot but administrators do not plan to announce the results until Wednesday. About 500 of the school's 3,000 students cast ballots Friday and Monday, said math teacher and tennis coach Rick Prizant, a vote coordinator. Prizant said many students boycotted the vote because they want to remain the Birmingham Braves, a nickname that was banned after the Los Angeles Unified School District found it to be a racial stereotype offensive to American Indians. A federal judge upheld the district's decision to change the name. Students had a choice of four names: Buccaneers Buccaneers can refer to:
- Daily News Nine area children named to orchestra Nine local students were among 84 young musicians from across the United States and England to be named to the 1998 Disney Young Musicians Symphony Orchestra. The children will perform live at Chicago's Ravinia Festival on July 3. The local children are YeJin Kim, 10, of La Crescenta; Yumi Man, 10, of La Crescenta; Sharon Park, 11, of Northridge; Jean Yeh, 10, of Westlake Village; Kendahl Feldman, 12, of Newhall; Teresa Liu, 12, of Northridge; Natalie Bonifede, 11, of Agoura; Avi Bialo, 12, of Calabasas; and Danielle Goren-Hill, 10, of Encino. - Daily News Transit executive quitting MTA (1) (Message Transfer Agent or Mail Transfer Agent) The store and forward part of a messaging system. See messaging system. (2) See M Technology Association. 1. (messaging) MTA - Message Transfer Agent. post The Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Monday announced the resignation of Ellen Levine, executive officer for Transit Operations, effective June 27. Levine, 52, has worked for the MTA and its predecessor agency for 18 years in seven positions and has been in her present job since October 1996. Levine, who is responsible for 6,000 MTA employees, 2,100 buses and 100 rail cars carrying 350 million passengers a year, said she was asked but declined to stay on in a different capacity. - City News Service LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. commission schedules session San Fernando Valley residents will have a chance tonight to tell the Los Angeles Police Commission what they think of police services when the panel holds a special meeting beginning at 6:30 p.m. at Reseda High School Reseda High School, established in 1955, is located in the Reseda section of Los Angeles, California, United States. The current principal of Reseda High is Alfredo Tarin. The mascot of Reseda High is the Regent, a lion welding a crown and a scepter. . The meeting in the campus at 18230 Kittridge St. is one of several being held by the Police Commission away from Parker Center to get a better handle on what residents think about the Los Angeles Police Department. - Daily News Officials visit N.Y.in mercy killings Searching for advice on how to build a murder case against a suspected mercy killer, Glendale police recently flew to New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of to compare notes with authorities working on a similar case, officials said Monday. Four investigators returned April 21 from a three-day trip organized to gather tips on collecting evidence in a case involving potential victims who have been dead for months or even years, said Sgt. Rick Young of the Glendale Police Department. Before recanting his entire confession on national television, Efren Saldivar, 28, a former respiratory therapist, told police in March that he had killed 40 to 50 terminally ill patients at Glendale Adventist Medical Center Glendale Adventist Medical Center is located in the Los Angeles suburb of Glendale, California. It was founded in 1905. Glendale Adventist Medical Center is a sister institution of Loma Linda University Medical Center and is a part of the Seventh-day Adventist hospital system. . - Daily News Woman arraigned in insurance fraud A Tarzana woman accused of defrauding insurance companies at her Sherman Oaks acupuncture clinic was arraigned Monday, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. Miriam Yedvab, 49, was charged last week with one count of mail fraud. She is accused of billing insurance companies for services at the Alpha Acupuncture Clinic, some of which were never performed, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Jack Weiss. Weiss said the clinic, owned and operated by Yedvab, catered to the entertainment industry. Yedvab faces a maximum sentence of five years in federal prison. - Daily News Circuit City cut out of harassment suit GLENDALE - A Glendale judge Monday dismissed Circuit City from a lawsuit in which a bikini-model-turned-actress claimed the company was liable for the alleged sexual harassment from a stereo repairman re·pair·man n. A man whose occupation is making repairs. Noun 1. repairman - a skilled worker whose job is to repair things maintenance man, service man who came to her home. Yvette McClendon claims K. ``Greg'' Tomasyan made improper advances. Superior Court Judge Charles Lee dismissed the company from the complaint, according to Circuit City attorney Kurt A. Schlichter. - City News Service |
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