BRIEFLY : COUNCIL MAY STEP INTO DISPUTE AT USC.Amid continuing protests by workers at the University of Southern California The U.S. News & World Report ranked USC 27th among all universities in the United States in its 2008 ranking of "America's Best Colleges", also designating it as one of the "most selective universities" for admitting 8,634 of the almost 34,000 who applied for freshman admission , the Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. moved on Tuesday to try to
intervene by expanding the city's worker-retention law.
The council asked the city attorney to draft a measure expanding the ordinance to include institutions that have contracts with the city, such as USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. , and not just companies such as concessionaires. Under the ordinance, a new city concessionaire cannot abruptly replace the former contractor's workers. The University of Southern California has had an an ongoing dispute with workers over its plans to hire subcontractors. - Daily News Little League field will be developed LAKE VIEW TERRACE - The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved an agreement with Little League Baseball to develop a field in the Dronfield Avenue area at the Hansen Dam Hansen Dam in Los Angeles County, California was built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District in 1939 and 1940. The project is located near the northern edge of the San Fernando Valley on Tujunga Wash, about one mile below the confluence of the Big Tujunga Wash Recreation Area. The Little League field, part of a complex of sports facilities See:
- Daily News Power failure hits Simi Valley region SIMI VALLEY - A portion of western Simi Valley was left without electricity early Tuesday evening, darkening dark·en v. dark·ened, dark·en·ing, dark·ens v.tr. 1. a. To make dark or darker. b. To give a darker hue to. 2. To fill with sadness; make gloomy. 3. property of 4,395 customers, officials said. The outage occurred shortly before 6 p.m. in an area bounded by Cochran Street, Fitzgerald Road, Sinaloa Road and Talbert Avenue. Power was quickly restored to most of the customers, but officials said about 350 homes and businesses might still be blacked out early today. - Daily News |
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