BRIEFLY : DEADLINE LOOMING TO VOTE IN ELECTION.Monday will be the last day to register for June 8 elections 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. and Newhall. In Los Angeles, voters will decide the fate of a proposed City Charter overhaul, and cast ballots to fill three City Council seats, one position on the school board and two in the Community College District. In the City Council's 7th District, Alex Padilla, an aide to Assemblyman Tony Cardenas, D-Panorama City, is facing Corrine Sanchez, who heads a job training program. In the 10th District, incumbent Nate Holden is facing the Rev. Madison Shockley, and in the 14th District, Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Nick Pacheco is up against political consultant Victor Griego. In 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. , incumbent Barbara Boudreaux will face education activist Genethia Hayes. In the two Community College District Board of Trustees board of trustees Politics The posse of thugs who oversee an institution's administration. See Board of directors. races, Nancy Pearlman is facing California State University, Los Angeles California State University, Los Angeles (also known as Cal State L.A., CSULA, or "'CSLA"') is a public university, part of the California State University system. , professor Sylvia Scott-Hayes. Incumbent Julia Wu is up against Mona Field, president of Glendale Community College's faculty union. In Santa Clarita, voters will decide whether to authorize the Newhall School District The Newhall School District is a school district in the Santa Clarita Valley that serves the Valencia and Newhall communities within the city of Santa Clarita, California, as well as the Stevenson Ranch community in unincorporated Los Angeles County. to issue up to $35.5 million in bonds. - City News Service 3 injured in crash when vehicle rolls PACOIMA - Two adults and a 4-year-old boy were injured Saturday when a car traveling about 75 mph swerved to avoid a trash can on a Pacoima freeway, then started rolling, a California Highway Patrol officer said. The crash happened about 4:15 p.m. on the westbound Ronald Reagan Freeway just west of Laurel Canyon Boulevard Laurel Canyon Boulevard is a major street in the city of Los Angeles, California. It starts off at Polk Street in Sylmar in the northern San Fernando Valley near the junction of the San Diego (Interstate 405) and the Golden State Freeways (Interstate 5). , said CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan Officer Karen Faciane. The trash can that caused the crash apparently had blown onto the freeway, she said. The driver, a 23-year-old man, escaped unharmed, but the car's three other occupants were taken to Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Providence Holy Cross Medical Center is a hospital in Mission Hills, California, USA. The hospital has 254 beds, and is part of Providence Health & Services. History with minor injuries, Faciane said. - City News Service Mail carriers collect goods in food drive Letter carriers across the country toted heaps of food alongside their mail bags on Saturday as residents donated millions of pounds of nonperishables for the seventh annual food drive. People left cans, boxes and other unopened foods at their mailbox for letter carriers to take back to U.S. post offices. From there, the items are taken to local charities and food banks that need their stocks replenished for the summer months. Their supplies dwindle dwin·dle v. dwin·dled, dwin·dling, dwin·dles v.intr. To become gradually less until little remains. v.tr. To cause to dwindle. See Synonyms at decrease. as summer approaches, so it was suggested in 1993 that the food drive be held the last Saturday before Mother's Day. At the Woodland Hills post office, carrier Mark Mendenhall picked up nearly 200 pounds of food from the 834 apartments along his route. The 47-year-old Oak Park resident said he didn't mind the extra weight. ``My brother might be eating this food some day, or it could be me. Nobody should go without,'' Mendenhall said. Residents on his route donated enough food to fill 20 grocery bags, he said. Last year, more than 5 million pounds of food were collected statewide and about 62.5 million pounds were donated across the country. - Daily News |
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