BRIEFLY : FIVE-YEAR-OLD BOY WILL STAY IN HOSPITAL.Despite doctors' optimistic reports, the 5-year-old critically wounded at the North Valley Jewish Community Center won't be going home this week after all, hospital officials said. Benjamin Kadish will remain at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles for several more weeks for pediatric pediatric /pe·di·at·ric/ (pe?de-at´rik) pertaining to the health of children. pe·di·at·ric adj. Of or relating to pediatrics. rehabilitation, said Steve Rutledge, a hospital spokesman. -Daily News Cannery Row plan rejected by panel MONTEREY, Calif. - City Council members unanimously rejected a $50 million plan Wednesday night to develop crumbling Cannery Row. In the 5-0 decision, council members also refused to take the procedural step of certifying the project's Environmental Impact Report. Opponents had said that dozens of new shops, restaurants and condominiums just yards from Monterey Bay would destroy the city's cultural heritage and create terrible traffic jams. Developer Dan Summers, one of three Palo Alto-based partners behind the Cannery Row Marketplace plan, said Wednesday's vote was ``very unexpected and very disappointing'' and said he wasn't sure what his next step would be. ``We probably won't come back with another development proposal,'' he said. ``Frankly, I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. what we could come back with. We might sell the property. I don't know what will happen. . . . Frankly, I am in the dark as to what to do.'' - Associated Press 5 Valley officers to get valor valor a rodenticide no longer marketed because of toxicity in horses causing dehydration, abdominal pain, hindlimb weakness, inappetence, fishy smell in urine. Called also N-3-pyridyl methyl N1-p-nitrophenyl urea. medals Eighteen Los Angeles police officers, including five from 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. divisions, will be honored with the department's highest award at a luncheon next month. The five Valley officers were involved in a 1997 shootout Shootout Venture capital jargon. Refers to two or more venture capital firms fighting for the startup. at a warehouse that left one officer dead and two wounded. The Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation). The Medal of Valor (O't Ha'gvora, Hebrew: עיטור הגבורה) is the highest Israeli Military decoration. to the officers on Sept. 15 at the Regal Biltmore Hotel, 506 S. Grand Ave. The event begins with an 11 a.m. reception. Tickets are $100 for chamber members and $125 for non-members. For reservations and information, call the chamber at (213) 580-7524. -Daily News Van Nuys resident gets advisory post Councilwoman Laura Chick on Wednesday appointed a Van Nuys resident to serve on the 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. Advisory Committee. Chick said she was naming Terry Stone to the panel, which serves to advise council members and the Airport Commission on issues at the Van Nuys Airport. Stone lives near the airport and serves as editor of a community newsletter called the Bull Creek Pocket Notes. -Daily News District's projected deficit eliminated Continuing a dramatic financial turnaround, the Los Angeles Community College District The Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) is the community college district serving Los Angeles, California and some of its neighboring cities. In addition to typical college aged students, the LACCD also serves adults of all ages. announced Wednesday that it ended the fourth quarter of its fiscal year with a $24 million ending balance. The district as recently as January had predicted it faced a $13 million deficit. Administrators enacted a series of reforms, including layoffs, rescheduling classes to attract working students and imposing restrictions on the district's nine member colleges against borrowing from general fund reserves. ``The continued fiscal improvement of the district is illustration that the reforms undertaken over the past year are working,'' said district board of trustees board of trustees Politics The posse of thugs who oversee an institution's administration. See Board of directors. President Kelly Candaele. -Daily News |
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