BRIEFLY : BOFA HELPS FUND DISNEY HALL.Bank of America
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC TYO: 8648 ) is the largest commercial bank in the United States in terms of deposits, and the largest company of its kind in the world. has become the latest corporate giant to pledge money toward the Walt Disney Concert Hall This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. Please help Wikipedia by adding references. See the for details. This article has been tagged since September 2007. in downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or , offering $5 million toward construction of the $265 million venue, sources said Tuesday. The bank plans to formally announce its contribution today, sources say. The gift brings to $122 million the amount pledged so far toward the long-stalled project, following other contributions from the Ralphs/Food for Less Foundation and the Atlantic Richfield Co. Foundation. Bank of America also plans today to pledge another $5 million to economic development and social programs in 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. , including $1 million for construction of child care facilities and $50,000 to provide leadership training in the Pacoima area. ?13Daily News City eyes author-artist tax The City Council ordered a study Tuesday to determine whether to write off taxes being sought from authors and artists under a new ordinance that legalized home-based businesses in Los Angeles. Councilwoman Laura Chick has heard concerns from home-based writers and artists that their activity is covered by constitutional ``free speech'' protections and therefore should be protected from business taxes required in the ordinance. The council asked the city administrative officer to survey how other cities tax writers and artists, and determine whether those home-based activities should be exempt from the business tax required of others. ?13Daily News Airport ponders jet noise BURBANK - Burbank Airport officials announced Tuesday they have hired consultants to study jet noise, which has been the biggest source of complaints from Burbank residents about the facility. Airport officials said they hired Coffman & Associates to complete what is known as a Part 150 study, a review that is periodically required by the Federal Aviation Administration Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), component of the U.S. Department of Transportation that sets standards for the air-worthiness of all civilian aircraft, inspects and licenses them, and regulates civilian and military air traffic through its air traffic control . ``We monitor current noise levels and look at prior recommended mitigation measures to make sure the subject airport, pilots and cities are doing all they can reasonably do to reduce noise,'' said Mark Johnson Mark Johnson may refer to: Academics and scientists
The entire process will take about 15 months and will involve interviewing community members, local leaders and airport officials. ?13Daily News City honors academic stars The academic decathlon decathlon (dĭkăth`lŏn), in modern Olympic games, a contest for men held over two days and composed of 10 track-and-field events. team from El Camino High School "El Camino High School" may refer to:
 The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. for
its second-place finish in the recent national championships.
The silver-medalist students and teachers from the Woodland Hills school received commendations from Riordan before going to the City Council, which hailed their second high finish in as many years. ``This is something to all feel very good about and very proud of, and to know that they are just examples of many other things to be proud of in our 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. ,'' said Councilwoman Laura Chick, whose district includes the school. ``Thank you all for the hard work and your wonderful accomplishments.'' ?13Daily News Police bias unit gets boss A former Los Angeles Police Commission grievance investigator will head the panel's newly formed discrimination unit, officials said Tuesday. Karen Jenney, who worked for the civilian panel from July 1992 to October 1994, will take over the Discrimination Complaint Investigation Unit in late June or early July. The unit will investigate allegations of racial, age, sexual, religious and gender discrimination. ``I view this as a place where sworn personnel and civilians can come and get a fair and objective investigation on any complaints that they have,'' Jenney said. ``This unit will be something that will make the department proud, and the city.'' ?13City News Service |
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