BRIEFLY : CAREER CENTER OPENS IN NORTHEAST VALLEY.SUN VALLEY - Hoping to tackle the high unemployment rate in the northeast 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. , a nonprofit agency has opened a new $2.4 million one-stop career placement center that offers free services to job seekers. The One-Stop Workforce and Industry Center, the first of its kind in the Northeast Valley, will provide job training, placement and counseling to youths, adults and displaced workers. El Proyecto del Barrio bar·ri·o n. pl. bar·ri·os 1. An urban district or quarter in a Spanish-speaking country. 2. A chiefly Spanish-speaking community or neighborhood in a U.S. city. , an Arleta-based nonprofit group, is the lead agency in the project. The center, which is hosting an open-house celebration today, is funded by a federal Department of Labor grant that is disbursed by Los Angeles County and city. For more information about the center, located at 9034 Laurel Canyon Blvd., call (818)-504-0334. - Daily News Jury dodgers called to court to explain Some of the people who failed to sign up for jury duty this summer are due in court today to explain why. About 34,000 people have failed to fill out jury duty forms in the past year, court spokeswoman Jerrianne Hayslett said. Because of the high unreturned rate of forms, the Los Angeles Superior Court reinstated a Sanctions Summons Program in July, to get potential panelists to take their summonses seriously. The penalty for not responding to a jury summons can be jail time and up to a $1,500 fine. - City News Service Drug program gets money from HUD Hud (h  d), a pre-Qur'anic prophet of Islam. Hud unsuccessfully exhorted his South Arabian people, the Ad, to worship the One God. The Housing Authority of the city of Los Angeles The Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles is the public housing agency for Los Angeles, California. It was founded in 1938. There are more than 60 public housing locations in Los Angeles. has received new funding for its Drug Elimination Program from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. San Fernando Gardens is one of the Housing Authority sites that will receive part of $2.1 million in federal funds Federal Funds Funds deposited to regional Federal Reserve Banks by commercial banks, including funds in excess of reserve requirements. Notes: These non-interest bearing deposits are lent out at the Fed funds rate to other banks unable to meet overnight reserve for the drug program, officials said. - Daily News Lead testing urged for mug drinkers People who have been drinking out of certain Save the Children mugs should have their blood tested for high levels of lead, state health officials warned Tuesday. The lead showed up in tests of two types of the 20-ounce mugs - Popsicle Faces and Here Comes Santa. The mugs are made in China and distributed by Connecticut-based Centrum centrum /cen·trum/ (sen´trum) pl. cen´tra [L.] 1. a center. 2. the body of a vertebra. cen·trum n. pl. cen·trums or cen·tra 1. Corp. The state Department of Health Services Department of Health Services may refer to:
A portion of the mug sales goes to Save the Children, a nonprofit organization that provides health and education services worldwide. - Associated Press Rock singer posts bail in Ohio fight The lead singer for the swing band Royal Crown Revue The Royal Crown Revue is a band formed in 1989 in Los Angeles, California. They play modern swing music and are credited with starting the Swing Revival movement.[1][2] was free on bond Tuesday after allegedly getting into a fight with an off-duty sheriff's officer at an Ohio restaurant. Edwin Nichols, 32, of Los Angeles, was charged with assault of a police officer, disorderly conduct, assault and resisting arrest. According to a police report, Nichols became involved in a fight with Daniel Garner, 29, a Lucas County Sheriff's Department deputy. - Associated Press `Sesame' workshop to be held at CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge NORTHRIDGE - As part of a 10-campus tour, professionals from the children's TV show ``Sesame Street'' will hold a public workshop Thursday at California State University, Northridge CSUN offers a variety of programs leading to bachelor's degrees in 61 fields and master's degrees in 42 fields. The university has over 150,000 alumni. It's also home to a summer musical theater/theater program known as TADW (TeenAge Drama Workshop) that leads teenagers through an , that will offer a behind-the-scenes look at how the program works. The event will be held at Cal State Northridge's Performing Arts Center A performing arts center, often abbreviated PAC, is a multi-use performance space that can be adapted for use by various types of the performing arts, including dance, music and theatre. from 7:30 to 9 p.m. It will include live demonstrations and panel discussions by senior producers, writers and Muppeteers. It is important to note that the workshop is intended for college-age students and adults, and not children. - Daily News Van Damme deal taped, lawyer says An entertainment lawyer testified Tuesday that a martial-arts expert suing Jean-Claude Van Damme for his share of profits from a movie allegedly tape-recorded part of that deal with the actor. That tape, however, was allegedly lost or destroyed in the 1994 Northridge Earthquake, the plaintiff's trial attorney Steven Kramer has indicated. Michael Frankel represented Frank Dux in negotiations with Nice Tie/Epic Productions to help pen the movie ``Enter the New Dragon: the Kumite'' with the kick-boxing star in 1991. - City News Service |
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